Griff the BullRam

Didn't he win it in 2013?

Mizzou - Gotta go with Michael Chandler. He's not necessarily the most decorated, but IMO, embodies Mizzou's Tigerstyle. Not a big time recruit coming out of high school, never won a state title, walked on to the team, finished as a 4 time NCAA qualifier with an AA as a senior, and FWIW, currently fights for Bellator. I don't know how they do it, but Smith and Co. seem to take these low-to-mid tier guys and turn them into qualifiers/AAs year after year.

I don't know about that. I mean, I see a lot of employees from Track and WIN on here talking about their rankings, interacting with the fans, taking fan questions for their weekly wrestling show, etc. If anything, seems like Flo is behind the times on all this. Shoot, you guys didn't even cover the local high school tournament I was at this past weekend, nor are you covering the one this weekend. WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS COVER EVERY SINGLE TOURNAMENT AND AGREE WITH ME ON EVERY SINGLE ISSUE!!

Thanks for taking the time to respond to us and giving us your rationale on the rankings. I'm sure it would be easy to just throw the rankings out there and say nothing at all!

https://www.flowrestling.org/events/6305476-micd-up-coaches/videos?limit=27 They just tweeted out a link to all the mic'd up videos, and I agree with everyone that all these videos are great!

There was a heavyweight state runner up in Missouri around 2000 named Conrad Slaughter

https://www.flowrestling.org/events/6251733-oklahoma-state-at-south-dakota-state-2018-ncaa-wrestling/videos?playing=6272149&limit=60 Sounds like Gross has a back issue that could keep him out a few weeks, maybe even a month

That was my understanding as well. As a wrestling fan, I hope he starts, but for the sake of this contest, I hope he starts after Oklahoma State!

Starter: Austin DeSanto Backup: Brock Zacherl

I have to agree with Housebuye here. I'm a big Mizzou and Eierman fan, but I think Carr is the real deal. I'd still take Eierman in a rematch, but man, if I were an Illinois fan, I'd be pretty pumped about Carr.

As a Mizzou fan, I can tell you that our top basketball recruit has gotten hurt both this year and last. I assume they're implying that plywood is tougher than our recruits (which might not be false). Maybe the original Reddit poster is a Mizzou fan who realizes that it's a better wrestling school than basketball?