VT’s Mitch Moore enters the transfer portal

[Creek chub 174]

Speaking as a diehard Hokie, this is a shock. Not sure of his reasons, but oddly enough there was mention by Frayer that we could possibly get a transfer in the 125-141 slots. Mitch was a home run hitter who was a blood round type guy who struggled at time to develop shots at the D1 level. Wish him the best though

[RegularStalling 17]

Wonder if he's interested in reuniting with Frank in Tempe? Seems like it'd be a nice fit if he's looking to go 49s.

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going back home to the Buckeye State?

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1 hour ago, treep2000 said:

going back home to the Buckeye State?

Wonderiing the same thing?  141 is open next year at Ohio State unless Echemedia gets down.  

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Echemendia is planning on 141. talked to him the other day. 

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2 hours ago, RegularStalling said:

Wonder if he's interested in reuniting with Frank in Tempe? Seems like it'd be a nice fit if he's looking to go 49s.

Definitely a hole at 149 in Tempe. Looks like it would be a great fit. 

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I would guess without much knowledge of the kid, that his brother not being on the roster/ no longer wrestling has something to do with him looking for a change of scenery.

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18 hours ago, RegularStalling said:

Wonder if he's interested in reuniting with Frank in Tempe? Seems like it'd be a nice fit if he's looking to go 49s.

Anyone know if he is looking to go 149?  That could also be a potential reason to transfer if he can't beat Andonian (assuming Andonian stays at 149).

Edited April 15 by 1032004

[Creek chub 174]

Not sure if Mitch wants to go 149. He seems pretty short and already has trouble getting in on his shots. I’d assume the taller 149 guys would make his shot production even lower. 

[RegularStalling 17]

Update: Moore announced via twitter he will be transferring to Oklahoma. 

[Downtown Brown 27]

What’s with all these transfer portal guys? Now I heard of at least 5 this week. Some heading to Big12, some apparently looking to head out.

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It’s really not that different than before except there is a portal now. Before our exposure to big time recruits was not much more than reading some online results from big tourneys and intermat rankings. Now we can see a ton of matches on each guy and have a good idea before coming in what they will be. Sometimes guys want to redshirt but are thrown to the wolves and sometimes guys wanna wrestle and be done in 4 years. If coaches don’t hold there end of the bargain then guys bounce.

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21 hours ago, Downtown Brown said:

What’s with all these transfer portal guys? Now I heard of at least 5 this week. Some heading to Big12, some apparently looking to head out.

Who are some of the new ones?

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5 hours ago, buf87 said:

Who are some of the new ones?

Triston Wills from OSU to Little Rock is one that’s been announced. 

[TobusRex 1,737]

I've actually obtained footage of Moore traveling through the portal. Looks scary, man...

 

 

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On 5/4/2020 at 6:34 PM, RegularStalling said:

Update: Moore announced via twitter he will be transferring to Oklahoma. 

So who goes 149? And who stays 141? It will be up to Demas obviously. Whichever he chooses, Moore gets the other as I don't see Moore winning a wrestle off. Any idea what weight Demas wrestles next year?

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On 5/7/2020 at 12:53 AM, Wrestleknownothing said:

So who goes 149? And who stays 141? It will be up to Demas obviously. Whichever he chooses, Moore gets the other as I don't see Moore winning a wrestle off. Any idea what weight Demas wrestles next year?

Demas will stay at 65kg. Granted he could wrestle either 141 or 149 and makes 65kg, so this post isn’t helpful. Sorry

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5 minutes ago, Housebuye said:

Demas will stay at 65kg. Granted he could wrestle either 141 or 149 and makes 65kg, so this post isn’t helpful. Sorry

But it wasn't harmful either, so thanks for the reply. Any chance Demas waits to see where Diakomihalis goes before deciding? I know there is talk Diakomihalis will go up to 149 (and that is where Wrestlestat has him).

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15 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

But it wasn't harmful either, so thanks for the reply. Any chance Demas waits to see where Diakomihalis goes before deciding? I know there is talk Diakomihalis will go up to 149 (and that is where Wrestlestat has him).

Demas I don’t think will decide based on other guys. He is extremely confident in himself. Even in high school he was a bit over the top with the cockiness, but it has served him well. 
  
 

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On 5/7/2020 at 12:53 AM, Wrestleknownothing said:

So who goes 149? And who stays 141? It will be up to Demas obviously. Whichever he chooses, Moore gets the other as I don't see Moore winning a wrestle off. Any idea what weight Demas wrestles next year?

Well they wrestled at the 2019 ncaas and Demas won by major and they met last year and demas won 6-5 so you never know ,a wrestle off could be a lot closer then people expect, especially since both guys love going upper body and both are very good there 

[Gantry 1,529]

I forgot already, what happened to Moore at ACCs?  Looks like he didn't wrestle there...

Edited May 10 by Gantry

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49 minutes ago, Gantry said:

I forgot already, what happened to Moore at ACCs?  Looks like he didn't wrestle there...

He got hurt right at the end of the year

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5 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

But it wasn't harmful either, so thanks for the reply. Any chance Demas waits to see where Diakomihalis goes before deciding? I know there is talk Diakomihalis will go up to 149 (and that is where Wrestlestat has him).

I mean Demas would probably be lucky to finish better than 3rd in the Big 12 at 149... 

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On 5/10/2020 at 3:43 PM, Gantry said:

I forgot already, what happened to Moore at ACCs?  Looks like he didn't wrestle there...

I think Robie said he was held out for concussion protocol