r.payton@att.net

i hate to say this but with the departure of Fagiano IU may not win a big 10 match above 174 -184 -Powless r/s freshman -197 -?

hwt-supposedly Everhart flunked off . That leaves freshman Nick Cook -although a ''gentle giant'' I don't think he's ready for big 10 action yet .
Ortega and Powless both won some matches last year but 133 and 184 are monstrous this year -125,141,149,157,165,174-need a whole bunch of fall points here and I don't see that happening .
Also the other day i was reviewing last years Midlands results and Poeta beat Welch 21-7.

LoSt

Welch will be solid he was a highschool recruit facing a stud and the guy most considered a national champion. IU is weak in the upper weights though thats for sure

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I think Cookie will adjust well to the Big Ten, because he's always wreslted up to his competition. He's beaten a lot of top heavyweights in high school, guys he'll now see in college. I think he'll fare well, might take some lumps in the early going, but I think by the end of the season, he'll be on the verge of making the big show.

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Where did Fagiano go? I haven't been paying attention the the Illinois boards. See what I miss!

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r.payton@att.net

I mentioned Cook because his coach returned my e-mail teling me what a gratykd he was and how much potential he has -not many coaches take time for that -if you are coached by good people you usually turn out to be a good person -Cook is so frigging HUGE-Beast of the ast match I saw he looked so much stronger and 'tougher' than the stall artist he was wrestling -Powless will be ok down the line but 184 in the big 10 is as tough a weight class as 149 was last year -as is 133-the kid Ortega beat for the High school nationals did well as a freshman Boris Nadovich?-but 33 is a grinder too -if Everhart makes grades and goes back down to 197 they'll be ok -Fagiano leaving HURT IU .
George Malone , if he ever sees 197 again might be ok -he gave dubois a decent match 2 years ago. But he was huge at 215.

r.payton@att.net

Hofstra

eazee

I like Cookie's chances...The Big 10 will be pretty thin at heavy.

Massey, Wise, Erekson all can AA maybe title contention.
Berhow won a few at Nationals.
Morrison will be good.

That's a top 5. After that you have Kasten, Laboranti, O'Donnell, Kuhar, Phillips.

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