TheWrestingTalk.com Pre-Season College Wrestling Rankings Team & Individual

bluestater · 09-25-2007, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by tigerfan

Nice to see Mizzou ranked 5th, but how do they get there? You failed to rank Wagner, Chandler, Marable or Ellis?

Everyone but Marable got my vote, but Wagner, Chandler and Ellis all sort of flew under the radar last year. They made important contributions at NCAA's, but they didn't AA. Wagner has an extremely difficult weight class, so he has a tougher road to the podium, and Marable hasn't proven himself enough, yet. Don't worry; we'll let our Tigers do their talking on the mat.

tigerfan · 09-25-2007, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by bluestater

Everyone but Marable got my vote, but Wagner, Chandler and Ellis all sort of flew under the radar last year. They made important contributions at NCAA's, but they didn't AA. Wagner has an extremely difficult weight class, so he has a tougher road to the podium, and Marable hasn't proven himself enough, yet. Don't worry; we'll let our Tigers do their talking on the mat.

True enough! According to Coach Smith, Wagner has made a huge leap forward over the summer. From what I've seen, he's taking it to Primus pretty good in practice. Can't wait for the Mizzou open.

gg121and2 · 09-25-2007, 09:09 AM

bluestater - I was wondering if you were going to add the new Chicago Olympic logo.

bluestater · 09-25-2007, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by gg121and2

bluestater - I was wondering if you were going to add the new Chicago Olympic logo.

That is the new Chicago Olympic logo. Click here to see a larger version, and the explanation. I think it's fantastic, especially since it incorporates the Chicago flag. But thanks for paying attention at all, GG!. I want the Olympics to come to Chicago so much, and it truly needs the support of the entire country.

Gripsnhips · 09-25-2007, 09:27 AM

Wow. These are really good. Outside of Mack Reiter being ahead of Coleman Scott.

Well done by us all.

Schlottke · 09-25-2007, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by well informed

I think Varner will be wrestling at 197 this year, so that could make 197 a little more interesting.

I heard this elsewhere, too. Once that is verified, we can update the survey.

Schlottke · 09-25-2007, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by tigerfan

True enough! According to Coach Smith, Wagner has made a huge leap forward over the summer. From what I've seen, he's taking it to Primus pretty good in practice. Can't wait for the Mizzou open.

As I recall, Wagner was very close to the round of 12 rankings, wouldn't be surprised to see him in there next poll.

Trusty · 09-25-2007, 10:36 AM

Many weights will need to be adjusted, No Hernandez @ 33 and Manny ahead of at least 6 AA?? I think it's great and all but these rankings are more from the heart than anything.

matclone · 09-25-2007, 12:26 PM

Hey, not bad at all. I'm impressed. Will any of the press wires pick up on these?

p.s. Reader at 165 should be "Jon", not "John".

eazee · 09-25-2007, 12:42 PM

In today's ISU daily it was said that David Bertolino will be going up to 197 from 174. It also mentioned all of the lighterweight sophs that will bump up, but no mention of Varner.