So--Who Do You Think Will be #1-10?
Soon we will get the rankings of #1-10 pre-season. We pretty much know who they will be. But, in what order? They all have at least 1 NCAA title already. (The only guy with an NCAA title not in the Top 10 is Quentin Wright). Here are my picks. What are yours?
#10 Bosak--Bosak makes top 10 because of his finals win last year over Wright, but as a career so far, Wright has done better overall. But, Bosak is from my hometown, so gotta root for him too!
#9 Kilgore--An interesting question is how much (if any) do you factor in a RS year. Kilgore and Howe are the only 2 in top 10 to have RS'ed last year. Are their previous season results considered the same as 2012 season results? Do you think that: 1) they should be even stronger being 2 years away from their previous results? 2) being further back, are they considered a little less significant? 3) they're considered equal to 2012 performances?
#8 Nelson--I've already argued this, but I see Z as deserving (ability-wise) to be higher than Nelson. But an NCAA title is an NCAA title and Nelson deserved his.
#7 Oliver--I think Oliver deserves to be higher, but with Stieber's win in finals, you've got to put him ahead of Oliver.
#6 L Stieber--Based on beating (well. . .it was controversial!) Oliver who otherwise would have been a higher pick.
#5 Howe--He may deserve to be higher but his injury his last season and then RS year make him harder to place.
#4 McD--With 2 titles and 3 finals you could make a case for #2. But he has not been as overwhelmingly dominating against top competition as Taylor & Ruth.
#3 Ruth
#2 Taylor--Hard to choose between Taylor & Ruth, but since Taylor got the OW., got to go with him.
#1 Dake--He may not score as lopsided a victories over top guys as Taylor and Ruth, but with 3/3 NCAA titles, it's hard to go against him!
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Tom, I think I may have put them in the exact same order. I would strongly consider flopping Oliver and Stieber along with Nelson and Kilgore, but the list looks good to me.
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With 2 titles and a runner up I would put McDonough at #2, otherwise I agree.
I went to State High too by the way, wrestled with Koll, but was still hoping Wright would drub Bosak.
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Mcd
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Howe
Oliver
Stieber
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Bosak
Nelson
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nlion91 
With 2 titles and a runner up I would put McDonough at #2, otherwise I agree.
I went to State High too by the way, wrestled with Koll, but was still hoping Wright would drub Bosak.
Hard to drub anyone when the guy youre wrestling just wants to play "got your wrist"
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TomWright25 Soon we will get the rankings of #1-10 pre-season. We pretty much know who they will be. But, in what order? They all have at least 1 NCAA title already. (The only guy with an NCAA title not in the Top 10 is Quentin Wright). Here are my picks. What are yours?
#10 Bosak--Bosak makes top 10 because of his finals win last year over Wright, but as a career so far, Wright has done better overall. But, Bosak is from my hometown, so gotta root for him too!
#9 Kilgore--An interesting question is how much (if any) do you factor in a RS year. Kilgore and Howe are the only 2 in top 10 to have RS'ed last year. Are their previous season results considered the same as 2012 season results? Do you think that: 1) they should be even stronger being 2 years away from their previous results? 2) being further back, are they considered a little less significant? 3) they're considered equal to 2012 performances?
#8 Nelson--I've already argued this, but I see Z as deserving (ability-wise) to be higher than Nelson. But an NCAA title is an NCAA title and Nelson deserved his.
#7 Oliver--I think Oliver deserves to be higher, but with Stieber's win in finals, you've got to put him ahead of Oliver.
#6 L Stieber--Based on beating (well. . .it was controversial!) Oliver who otherwise would have been a higher pick.
#5 Howe--He may deserve to be higher but his injury his last season and then RS year make him harder to place.
#4 McD--With 2 titles and 3 finals you could make a case for #2. But he has not been as overwhelmingly dominating against top competition as Taylor & Ruth.
#3 Ruth
#2 Taylor--Hard to choose between Taylor & Ruth, but since Taylor got the OW., got to go with him.
#1 Dake--He may not score as lopsided a victories over top guys as Taylor and Ruth, but with 3/3 NCAA titles, it's hard to go against him!
The quality of that top 5 is amazing.
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nlion91 With 2 titles and a runner up I would put McDonough at #2, otherwise I agree.
I went to State High too by the way, wrestled with Koll, but was still hoping Wright would drub Bosak.
I'm assuming that you mean you wrestled with Rob Koll for State High. I wrestled with his older brother Chris.
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ODH The quality of that top 5 is amazing.
Yeah--when I saw that I put Howe at #5 I couldn't believe it.
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TomWright25 I'm assuming that you mean you wrestled with Rob Koll for State High. I wrestled with his older brother Chris.
Correct, wrestled with Rob for State High. Len Rocky was our coach.
