MadMardigain 1,638 Report post Posted December 18, 2015 Lucas Sheridan (didn't he wrestle at IU?) takes out #1 seed John Anderson in the quarters.Yes a former IU wrestler. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Husker_Du 885 Report post Posted December 18, 2015 Holy moly, Teshya Alo came to wrestle. Can't wait for the 58kg final! Alo is America's next big thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hubbard 426 Report post Posted December 18, 2015 Is Jordan Oliver competing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 2,455 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 Is Jordan Oliver competing? He registered, but the rumor is he won't be competing. He did already qualify, so there is no need for him to compete. I do want him to though...a bunch of compelling matchups would arise if he jumped in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hubbard 426 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 Damn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newyorkwrestler 258 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 seeds are out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 1,175 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 Abas match #2 of the tournament tomorrow; it just feels wrong to not see a number next to his name on this bracket. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevep34 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 75 kg greco is gonna be interesting to see who faces bisek. lester is up and provisor is down. since i'm from nj i'll throw in taylor walsh. It will be interesting. I think Speiller gets him this time if they meet again. He had Bisek stuck last year don't know how it wasn't called.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GoNotQuietly 1,175 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 Other notable early match-ups L.Steiber v. J.Ness A.Hall v. S. Santos Z.Valencia v. K Gavin K. Gadson v. C Byers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rpm002 193 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) It was interesting how they were willing to deviate very far from the rankings to come up with these seeds. The example that jumps out is Dennis #1 vs Sanders #9, when in the rankings, Sanders was higher. I tend to think Dennis > Sanders is right (Sanders was only ranked higher because he placed 2nd at Farrell vs 3rd for Dennis, but Dennis was on the much tougher side of the bracket), but Dennis over Colon, Escobedo, and Scott is very interesting. Dennis beat Scott 8-6 in their most recent meeting, but Scott teched him at the US Open shortly before that. I guess the fact that Dennis proved something that this weight by looking good at Farrell swayed them to put him higher. I would have gone Colon, Escobedo, Scott, Dennis as my top 4 at 57, but it is not an easy call. Edited December 19, 2015 by rpm002 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DuckFor2 219 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 rpm, seeds are irrelevant for this event. they shouldn't even seed them, splitting hairs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maligned 529 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 rpm, seeds are irrelevant for this event. they shouldn't even seed them, splitting hairs. I disagree. Getting to the semi-finals guarantees a top 6 finish (i.e. top 7 for OTT qualification). If you randomly draw the weights, you'll end up with undeserving guys at the trials and deserving guys needing 6 or 7 wins on short rest in the conso's to get 7th. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
carp 58 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 At 57kg, the only name I'm surprised I don't see is Matt McDonough. Ramos and Graff aren't there, but that's to be expected given they are already qualified. Here's who you do have: Colon (ranked #2) Escabedo (ranked #3) Sanders (ranked #5, #2 at Farrell) Dennis (ranked #6, #3 at Farrell) Nasar (ranked #8. #4 at Farrell) Tomasello (ranked #9, tied for #5 at Farrell) Blanc (ranked #10, tied for #7 at Farrell) Mitcheff (ranked #11, tied for #5 at Farrell) Micic (ranked #12, tied for #9 at Farrell, only one to even come close to Graff) Perrelli (tied for #7 at Farrell) Waters (tied for #9 at Farrell) Hochstrasser (closest Ramos has come to losing to an American) Pataky (made 2015 trials) Kjar, Morrison, and Hutter are solid Oh yeah, and Scott and Abas. That's 18 solid guys. Top 7 sounds generous, but there are going to be some very strong guys who don't make it. McDonough is rehabbing from knee surgery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HurricaneWrestling 1,123 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) Is it just me, or does Ruth look like he's packed on considerable muscle, particularly upper body? Edited December 19, 2015 by HurricaneWrestling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pamela 1,334 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 Did Ed Ruth do a lot of lifting/weight training in college? Good strategy now with smaller guys like Caldwell, Dake, Taylor moving up. Also nice match by Erin Golston just now. I was sort of hoping for Doi vs. Doi in the semis. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
itsmyopinion 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2015 its sad to see abas out already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gantry 1,872 Report post Posted December 21, 2015 Pretty cool story, JRob catches a flight to Vegas for the qualifier and guess who his pilot is? http://www.startribune.com/don-t-i-know-you-gophers-wrestling-coach-has-familiar-pilot-on-flight-to-vegas/363047171 1 headshuck reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
