Pre-Season Prediction Challenge

[TBar1977 4,482]

Not everything is about Penn State. Jesus

Just all of your hit posts.

[Lurker 2,033]

Sorry, but I was literally asked by someone to make this thread for predictions only. I apologize if the argument spilled over here. Have a great Holiday weekend!

No need to be sorry. It’s entertaining. Have a good weekend as well

[rcoates1 155]

Lee over Fix

Suriano over Gross

Yianni over Eierman

Jordan over Leeth

Nolf over Hidlay

Joseph over Massa

Zahid over Amine

Martin over Parker

Nickal over Moore

Steveson over Nevills

 

 

PSU +30

Iowa

tOSU

OSU

Edited August 31, 2018 by rcoates1

[ClawRide 50]

Not everything is about Penn State. Jesus

 

Maybe not everything, but almost everything.  Right?

[REPetzoldt 4]

On ‎8‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 9:04 AM, steamboat_charlie said:

Pretty early... might have to shuffle a couple because of weight classes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125:  Lee over Fix

 

 

 

133:  Gross over Suriano

 

 

 

141:  Yianni over Eierman

 

 

 

149:  McKenna over Kolodzik

 

 

 

157:  Nolf over Hidlay

 

 

 

165:  Joseph over Marstellar

 

 

 

174:  Valencia over Hall

 

 

 

184:  Martin over Reenan

 

 

 

197:  Nickal over Moore

 

 

 

285:  Steveson over Dhesi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. PSU by 20

 

 

 

2. Iowa

 

 

 

3. tOSU

 

 

 

4. OkState

 

I like Steveson winning. Intermat has him 5th in first rankings. Go Gophers. Dhesi isn't even ranked on Intermat. Will he be wrestling this season?

Edited October 17, 2018 by REPetzoldt
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[treep2000 1,124]

Bumping back to top... because it's Thanksgiving week, we're bored, and folks are settling into their weight classes/Redshirts being taken off:

125:  Lee over Rivera

133:  Fix over Gross

141:  Yianni over McKenna

149:  Jordan over Kolodzik

157:  Nolf over Hidlay

165:  Joseph over Marinelli

174:  Valencia over Amine (yup... I have Hall going for 3rd)

184:  MyMar over Reenan

197:  Nickal over Moore (Moore is better at 92kg/97kg than at this weight)

HWT:  Gable over Cassar (Yup... I have Cassar making an incredible run!)

 

[MSU158 1,980]

On 8/30/2018 at 11:27 AM, MSU158 said:

Here is a little challenge for you:  Pick Finalists for all 10 weights.  Pick the top 4 teams and margin of victory.  We can revisit it later and maybe make a 2nd one after Conferences.  Let's see how well we can project and then how well we paid attention at the end.

 

Here is mine:(We can come back and revise these once we know for sure  if and what weight guys like Fix, Steveson, Dhesi, etc. are going)

 

125:  Lee over Fix

133:  Gross over Micic

141:  Yianni over McKenna

149:  Ashnault over Lugo

157:  Nolf over Hidlay

165:  Joseph over Wick

174:  Valencia over Amine(I did this one just for you!)

184:  Martin over Parker

197:  Nickal over Moore

285:  Dhesi over Stoll

 

1. PSU by 12

2. Iowa

3. OkState

4. tOSU

Adjusted for what redshirt/weight changes we know

125:  Lee over Rivera

133:  Gross over Suriano

141:  same

149: Ashnault over Jordan

157: same

165: same

174: same

184: same

197: same

285: Steveson over Stoll(unless Dhesi comes back 2nd semester, then I would have Dhesi over Steveson)

 

Scoring: same

[Banana Peterson 13]

125- Lee decision over Piccininni 

133- Surriano decision over Wilson

141- Yianni decision over McKenna

149- Ashnault major decision over Jordan

157- Nolf major decision over Hidlay 

165- Wick pin over Marsteller 

174- Valencia decision over Hall

184- Reenan decision over Martin 

197- Nolf major over Moore

HWT- Cassar decision over Stevenson 

[TBar1977 4,482]

8 minutes ago, Banana Peterson said:

125- Lee decision over Piccininni 

133- Surriano decision over Wilson

141- Yianni decision over McKenna

149- Ashnault major decision over Jordan

157- Nolf major decision over Hidlay 

165- Wick pin over Marsteller 

174- Valencia decision over Hall

184- Reenan decision over Martin 

197- Nolf major over Moore

HWT- Cassar decision over Stevenson 

Nolf is good, but they only let him dominate one weight class per NCAA's. 

[Banana Peterson 13]

16 minutes ago, TBar1977 said:

Nolf is good, but they only let him dominate one weight class per NCAA's. 

Bo Nickal hitting that Winn Dixie really mixed me up it appears. 

[Aviator12 205]

125: Lee over Piccininni

133: Suriano over Fix

141: McKenna over Yianni

149: Jordan over Ashnault

157: Nolf over the World (and Hidlay)

165: Cenzo over Wick

174: Zahid over Hall

184: Martin over Reenan

197: Nickal over Conel

HWY: Gable over Cassar

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by Aviator12

[Aviator12 205]

As an Ohio State fan it’s hard for me to not include Kollin Moore in the finals against Nickal.

Until I see different however, I think the cut down from 97KG back down to 197 will not be easy for Kollin, and he will drop a few matches he should win in the process due to his cardio .....and this will land him on the same side as Nickal come NCAA seeding.

I think he drops a semifinal match to Nickal and takes 3rd against whoever.

Edited November 20, 2018 by Aviator12

[Gantry 1,872]

19 minutes ago, Aviator12 said:

As an Ohio State fan it’s hard for me to not include Kollin Moore in the finals against Nickal.

 

You took the bold move of going two Penn Staters in the final. 

[pish6969 293]

Ok MSU. This is for you.

 

Lee over Piccininni

Suriano over Gross

Yianni over Eirman

Jordan over Ashnault

Nolf over Hidlay

Cenzo over Marrinelli

Hall over Zahid

Shak over Martin

Bo over Moore

Cassar over Gable

 

PSU wins by a landslide

tOSU 2nd

Iowa 3rd

OSU 4th

 

Now I know PSU won’t have 6 champs but I do predict all of these guys in the finals and I will not pick over my boys. I did that once with Cenzo his freshman year and I won’t do it again. Obviously the Hall pick is pure homerism as I feel Zahid a step ahead but I’ll go with Hall. I do believe Cassar is the real deal and ready to take HwT by storm. Stoll don’t scare me as Nevills beat him twice when healthy and you saw what Cassar did to Nevills. Shak over Martin? Again, Martin is the clear favorite at this point, but I’m going with Shak, he’s a dangerous man. I believe Flo has him ranked 5th and he’ll eat up Parker, Zavatsky and Venz who are all ranked ahead of him at this point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[bnwtwg 1,009]

Is it too late to join? And yes, I very much understand that the title of the post is "Preseason" but I was busy $hitposting away on Deadspin, so please accept my most humble of apologies :)

 

125 Lee over Fausz

133 Suriano over Fix

141 McKenna over Lee

149 O'Connor over Ashnault

157 Nolf over Berger

165 Marinelli over Chance [#1 seed] (FIGHT ME IT'S HAPPENING WHATEVER WE ALL CRAP ON JOSEPH EVERY YEAR EVEN THOUGH HE HAS TWICE BEAT THE GUY WHO IS #2 ON THE WORLD TEAM LADDER WHO IS HE ANYWAYS RIGHT)

165.1 probably the freshman none of us expect that destroys the world, and will also win next year

174 Hall over Zahid

184 Martin over Shak in the highest scoring match of all time, or the shortest match of all time

197 Nickal over Moore

285 Steveson over Cassar

 

[Housebuye 2,417]

For those of you saying Martin vs Rasheed...

I'd be freaking out prior to that one, worrying that Martin will again get pinned in some crazy way after being up 6-2. 

It would be interesting that all of Martin's finals would be against a PSU guy

[pish6969 293]

For those of you saying Martin vs Rasheed...
I'd be freaking out prior to that one, worrying that Martin will again get pinned in some crazy way after being up 6-2. 
It would be interesting that all of Martin's finals would be against a PSU guy

Somebody’s getting pinned in that match. Mark it down now


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[MSU158 1,980]

Rasheed is too 1-dimensional to go with Martin.  He is otherworld deadly with the cradle, but I just don't see him able to use that against Martin.  I would truly be surprised if he keeps it close with Martin.  Don't forget, Martin dominated 184, except for Nickal.  Rasheed is NO Nickal.......

[qc8223 327]

125 Lee over Picc

133 Suriano over Fix 

141 Yianni over McKenna

149 Ashnault over Oliver

157 Nolf over Deakin

165 Joseph over Marstellar

174 Valencia over Hall

184 Martin over Reenan

197 Nickal over Moore

285 Steveson over Cassar

[MSU158 1,980]

On 11/19/2018 at 1:18 PM, MSU158 said:

Adjusted for what redshirt/weight changes we know

125:  Lee over Rivera

133:  Gross over Suriano

141:  same

149: Ashnault over Jordan

157: same

165: same

174: same

184: same

197: same

285: Steveson over Stoll(unless Dhesi comes back 2nd semester, then I would have Dhesi over Steveson)

 

Scoring: same

So, let's see how the brackets have adjusted these possibilities.

125:  Still possible and I am sticking with it.

133:  No Gross due to injury.  For sake of consistency in this particular exercise, I will just bump Suriano up and say Suriano over Fix.

141:  Possible and Likely.  Yianni over McKenna was the pick.

149:  Possible and Likely.  Ashnault over Jordan was the pick.

157:  Possible.  Deakin needs to wrestle much better than he has to get there.  Nolf over Deakin was the pick.

165:  Possible.  Marinelli' draw is brutal and Marsteller could benefit from it.  Joseph over Marsteller was the pick.

174:  Possible.  This obviously calls for a big upset.  But, Amine wasn't too far behind at B1G's.  Valencia over Amine was the pick

184:  Parker got screwed at B1G seeding and it carried over to NCAA's.  One dumb mistake against Venz cost him, while Rasheed wrestled 1 guy all season to get his seed.  The bottom half of this bracket is hot garbage.  But, I will insert ZZ as the finalist, losing to Martin, out of sheer contempt.  Martin over Parker was the pick.

197:  Possible and likely.  Nickal over Moore was the pick.

285:  Seeding at this weight made very little sense.  Parris at the 5 getting full credit for his win over Dhesi(6 seed) but they ignore his 37 losses to Jennings(12 seed).  Anyway, I will say the winner of Dhesi/Steveson wins NCAA's.  However, the brackets do give him a crazy chance at my very original Steveson over Stoll prediction.  Sadly, I don't think he is nearly in the shape necessary to pull that off.  So, I say Dhesi over White to stay consistent with the brackets based on my predictions.

Edited March 14, 2019 by MSU158

[boconnell 1,623]

On 8/30/2018 at 4:29 PM, boconnell said:

125 Lee over Fix

133 Gross over Micic

141 Yianni over Eierman

149 McKenna over Kolodzik

157 Nolf over Hidlay

165 Joseph over Joe Smith

174 Valencia over Hall

184 Martin over Preisch

197 Nickal over Weigel

285 Steveson over Dhesi

125 I guess I still go with Lee

133 I go with Fix after the weight change

141 Still Yianni

149 Ashnault after McKenna went down to 141

157 Still Nolf

165 Still Joseph

174 Still Valencia

184 Still Martin

197 Still Nickal

285 Still Steveson

[MSU158 1,980]

So, how did I do:

Before even knowing for sure what weights guys would be at or who was or wasn't redshirting or who would be injured:

125:  Lee over Fix-Had the Champ, but Fix ended up at 133.  He DID take 2nd!

133:  Gross over Micic-  Gross essentially missed the season due to injury.  Micic took 3rd.

141:  Yianni over McKenna-  Called it.

149:  Ashnault over Lugo-  Called the Champ.  Lugo fell 6 slots short, but one of those was Jordan dropping down.

157:  Nolf over Hidlay-For all intensive purposes that WAS the championship match.  However seeding didn't allow it.  

165:  Joseph over Wick-Joseph fell a slot short and Wick 2 slots.

174: Valencia over Amine-Valencia wins it, but Amine missed by 1.  I just HAD TO pick him over Hall!  ;)

184:  Martin over Parker-It did happen in the consi-semis, but Martin would take 3rd and Parker 5th.

197:  Nickal over Moore-Nailed it

285:  Dhesi over Stoll-This was by far the hardest weight to pick not knowing if Dhesi would come back or if Stoll's knee was shot(pun intended).  Dhesi took 5th and Stoll R12.

 

After weight classes and redshirts were established(but before injuries officially ended seasons):

125:  Lee over RIvera-Missed the runner-up by 1 with Rivera taking 3rd.

133:  Gross over Suriano-Suriano officially going 133, bumped Micic down 1(but really 2 with Fix going 133 as well).

141:  Still nailed it

149:  Ashnault over Jordan-Nailed it!

157:  Nolf over Hidlay-See above

165:  See above

174: See above

184: See above

197:  See above

285:  Dhesi over Steveson-Steveson SMOKED him!  Dhesi with 5th Place and Steveson with 3rd.

 

Finally, after brackets came out: (Very little adjustments on principle, except for when forced due to both being on the same side of the bracket)

125: Same

133: Suriano over Fix-Nailed it!

141: Same-Nailed it

149:  Same-Nailed it

157:  Nolf over Deakin-Got Nolf, but Deakin took 6th.

165:  Same

174:  Same

184:  Martin over Zavatsky-If anyone got this one right, they should have been betting in Vegas.  Martin took 3rd with Zavatsky taking 8th.

197:  Same-Nailed it

285:  Dhesi over White-Stuck with Dhesi for consistency, but nailed the runner up.