Precin and McD should be entertaining. I wish it were televised.

I think this is going to be a very interesting dual match. The outcome of the match between Precin and McDonough will go a long way toward setting the tone of the match - and maybe of the match with Penn State on Sunday. I think Jason Welch will do well against St. John. I saw Welch wrestle against Illinois a few weeks ago and he is extremely aggressive. Conrad Polz is pretty exciting to watch as well. But, over-all, I think Iowa will take it.

For a freshman , Friedly is a complete HAMMER on top. I can see NW taking 4 matches -Welch is a quiet 20-2-should be interesting

You probably alread know this but just in case; the match is being streamed live at 8:00 PM Eastern on the Bigtennetwork.com

Originally Posted by r.payton@att.net

165 Polz vs Jannsen

I think you meant Kevin Bialka. Polz wrestles for Illinois.

Without looking at the line-ups, here was the prediction I posted on another site more than a week ago:

125: #2 Matt McDonough vs. #1 Brandon Precin
133: #10 Tyler Clark vs. Levi Mele/Bobby Joyce
141: #16 Mark Ballweg vs. Kaleb Friedley
149: Matt Ballweg/Jeret Chiri vs. #11 Andrew Nadhir
157: #15 Derek St. John vs. #7 Jason Welch
165: #16 Aaron Janssen vs. Kevin Bialka
174: #14 Ethan Logthouse vs. Robert Kellogg
184: #17 Grant Gambrall vs. Aaron Jones
197: #15 Luke Lofthouse vs. John Schoen
265: Blake Rasing vs. Ben Kuhar

Looking at the line-up, I can see the 'Cats winning 125, 149 and 157 with very possible wins/upsets at 141 and heavy.

Like any college dual, the name of the game will be bonus points. As much as I love my 'Cats and even with splitting the matches five-a-piece, I see Iowa walking away with this dual 21-15.

I had to check and see if NW was using Kellogg or Baika -I changed the line up as best I could with their records next to them .

The upper weights for Northwestern are all sneaky tough. None of them world beaters of course but they could pull out a couple wins at 65-HWT and make things interesting if the lightweights can win.