Way too early 2020 NCAA champ picks

[Jimmy Cinnabon 163]

125: Lee.  Also wins OW.

133: Gross over DeSanto

141: Pletcher

149: Mauler

157: Hidlay

165: Marinelli finally breaks through

174: Hall

184: Big Z repeats

197: Moore finally wins it

285: Steveson exacts his revenge on Cassar

 

Iowa wins team title

[buckeyehomer 35]

125: Lee

133: Gross

141: Lee

149:  Sasso

157: Hidlay

165: Marinelli

174: Hall

184: Zahid

197: Reenan

285: Steveson 

[Jimmy Cinnabon 163]

1 minute ago, buckeyehomer said:

125: Lee

133: Gross

141: Lee

149:  Sasso

157: Hidlay

165: Marinelli

174: Hall

184: Zahid

197: Reenan

285: Steveson 

As a buckeye homer why are you picking Reenan over Moore?

[ConnorsDad 358]

4 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

As a buckeye homer why are you picking Reenan over Moore?

Probably because he thinks Reenan will beat Moore. Just a thought.

[Jimmy Cinnabon 163]

5 minutes ago, ConnorsDad said:

Probably because he thinks Reenan will beat Moore. Just a thought.

Not a very homerish pick, I say.

[pamela 962]

If Alex Marinelli wins a title this season, I think he’ll also win the Hodge

[Jimmy Cinnabon 163]

3 minutes ago, pamela said:

If Alex Marinelli wins a title this season, I think he’ll also win the Hodge

You think he would get it over 3x champ Lee?

[calot 19]

1 minute ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

You think he would get it over 3x champ Lee?

I can see Gross winning the Hodge this year.With Lee getting his as a senior 

[Iscored2onu 7]

46 minutes ago, buckeyehomer said:

125: Lee

133: Gross

141: Lee

149:  Sasso

157: Hidlay

165: Marinelli

174: Hall

184: Zahid

197: Reenan

285: Steveson 

Did anyone else notice all the "lee's"?  

125 - LEE

141 - LEE

157 - hid-LEE

165 - marine-LEE

[pamela 962]

Yah haha, I was about to qualify my prediction with Seth Gross. I thought someone here said he’s going 141 this season though?

I think Marinelli would win the Hodge over Lee because many are predicting that Spencer will wrestle selectively this season, plus he’s had some lapses during the season before, whether it was from injury or illness or whatever. 

Marinelli pretty much bulldozes everyone all season long but needs to pull together a solid tournament run. If he can win a title and beat Cenzo, a former national champ, along the way I think that will help his case for the Hodge all the more.

Edited October 21 by pamela

[PSUSMC 79]

34 minutes ago, Iscored2onu said:

Did anyone else notice all the "lee's"?  

125 - LEE

141 - LEE

157 - hid-LEE

165 - marine-LEE

Travis Lee (marginalee) approves!

[killdozer 37]

125- Lee

133- Gross

141- Leeth

149- Sasso

157- Carr

165- McFadden

174- Hall

184- Valencia

197- Moore

285- Steveson

[pamela 962]

8 minutes ago, Iscored2onu said:

Did anyone else notice all the "lee's"?  

125 - LEE

141 - LEE

157 - hid-LEE

165 - marine-LEE

Gablee Steveson? lol

[buckeyehomer 35]

1 hour ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

As a buckeye homer why are you picking Reenan over Moore?

Love my buckeyes, just don't see Moore getting it done this year.

[Crotalus 230]

1 hour ago, pamela said:

Yah haha, I was about to qualify my prediction with Seth Gross. I thought someone here said he’s going 141 this season though?

I think Marinelli would win the Hodge over Lee because many are predicting that Spencer will wrestle selectively this season, plus he’s had some lapses during the season before, whether it was from injury or illness or whatever. 

Marinelli pretty much bulldozes everyone all season long but needs to pull together a solid tournament run. If he can win a title and beat Cenzo, a former national champ, along the way I think that will help his case for the Hodge all the more.

Marinelli is certainly a bulldozer, but does he put up enough bonus points to win the Hodge? Checking wrestlestats, he was just over 50% last season, and the was by far his highest.

I would think Zahid Valencia would be a top candidate as well, if he is able to go undefeated up at 184 (though I guess if he stayed at 174 and beat Hall again, that might have been an even stronger case). He's up around 75% bonus for his career, as is Spencer Lee. Seth Gross was over 80% for 2017 and 2018, though his competition at SDSU wouldn't have been quite as tough as the other guy's (on average). We'll see if he can keep that up at Wisconsin.

Edited October 21 by Crotalus

[Broomstick 23]

There are definitely fewer "sure fire" picks this time of year to win it all than the last several years.  Even with Spencer Lee and Zahid, who I think many would say are the biggest favorites in their respective weights, there are decent reasons to have doubts.  Questions about how Zahid will adjust to the new weight (in my mind, not much concern) and there was really only one weekend last year when Lee looked untouchable (of course it was the one that mattered).

[Crotalus 230]

2 minutes ago, Broomstick said:

Questions about how Zahid will adjust to the new weight (in my mind, not much concern)

Yeah, I see Zahid like Nickal. The weight class doesn't really matter. He could go up to 197 if he wanted and I think he would be the favorite. I think Hall is a tougher matchup for him than anyone at 184.

[Gantry 1,357]

18 minutes ago, Broomstick said:

 Questions about how Zahid will adjust to the new weight (in my mind, not much concern)

I don't think a single non-troll wrestling fan has questions about Zahid adjusting to 184. 

[Jimmy Cinnabon 163]

Honestly Zahid has the frame to go 197, maybe even heavy if he went on the Cassar diet plan.  He's 6'2 with a 6'6 wingspan.

Edited October 21 by Jimmy Cinnabon

[bnwtwg 136]

I don't know anything except that Lewis will beat Joseph in the finals again this year, and then a freshman is going to knock off Lewis next year

[VAtoSC 24]

2 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

I don't know anything except that Lewis will beat Joseph in the finals again this year, and then a freshman is going to knock off Lewis next year

As much I would love see to Mekhi wrestle this winter he is taking an Olympic redshirt. 

[steamboat_charlie v2 710]

5 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

I don't know anything except that Lewis will beat Joseph in the finals again this year, and then a freshman is going to knock off Lewis next year

The finals of what?  Olympic Team Trials?

[VAtoSC 24]

125- Lee over Rivera

133- Gross over RBY

141- Lee over Demas

149- Sasso over Kolodzik

157- Hilday over Carr

165- Marinelli over Joseph

174- Hall over Smith

184- Valencia over Shakur

197- Moore over Brucki

285- Cassar over Gable

[Sublime607 81]

Besides last years Midlands does anyone know if Sasso and Teemer have wrestled each other before?

[yonz_g 51]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

I don't know anything except that Lewis will beat Joseph in the finals again this year, and then a freshman is going to knock off Lewis next year

If this situation is a possibility, I could see Kharchla being next in line to dethrone Lewis, followed by another freshman phenom two years later; and so on...