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Ohio State Wrestling (2015/2017/2018 B1G Champs, 2015 National Champs, 2019 National Runners-up)

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Akron Rick said:
Edit: Just saw the Gonzalez commitment, big get there! #1 wrestler in the nation at 103 on InterMat. Doesn't change how bad I want to flip Figueroa though.
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Definitely agree. Recruit these #1s and sort out their spots later. Kinda like FB Bucks are doing with all those DBs this year.[/QUOTE]

Exactly, plenty of time for fluctuations in weight as well, they're young. Could easily see a scenario where they stack up back to back at 125 and 133 to start.

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Wrestling is probably a summer sport now
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Probably right. As much as I love wrestling, I can't imagine any sport has a higher probability of spreading the disease (saying this coming from a guy that saw myself and fellow wrestlers catch anything and everything). While I'd support a wait and see approach, I have very low confidence there will be a winter season.
 
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Probably right. As much as I love wrestling, I can't imagine any sport has a higher probability of spreading the disease (saying this coming from a guy that saw myself and fellow wrestlers catch anything and everything). While I'd support a wait and see approach, I have very low confidence there will be a winter season.


You said it, man. Wrestling and the Covid virus are a perfect match. I remember my jr. year i was a 127. My coach made me drop to 120 to help the team we scrimmaged another team and we were practicing escapes while they were practicing their rides. My opponent was coughing and snotting all over me and sure enough I
ended up with bronchitis/walking pneumonia which cost me the rest of the season. Thank God there was no Covid going around back then but the point is if two guys wrestle and one is sick the other guy will be.
 
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RB07OSU said:
Probably right. As much as I love wrestling, I can't imagine any sport has a higher probability of spreading the disease (saying this coming from a guy that saw myself and fellow wrestlers catch anything and everything). While I'd support a wait and see approach, I have very low confidence there will be a winter season.
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Akron Rick said:
You said it, man. Wrestling and the Covid virus are a perfect match. I remember my jr. year i was a 127. My coach made me drop to 120 to help the team we scrimmaged another team and we were practicing escapes while they were practicing their rides. My opponent was coughing and snotting all over me and sure enough I
ended up with bronchitis/walking pneumonia which cost me the rest of the season. Thank God there was no Covid going around back then but the point is if two guys wrestle and one is sick the other guy will be.
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All depends on what happens regarding the football season and from a medical person (not me) Covid is not going away. Might get slowed but that is all.
 
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LitlBuck said:
All depends on what happens regarding the football season and from a medical person (not me) Covid is not going away. Might get slowed but that is all.
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Yeah I think there may just come a point where you acknowledge at some point we're going to get it but I reckon that's for another thread.

@Akron Rick I hear you there, just missed getting meningitis, got a staph infection sophomore year, and a skin disease that pops up every now and then. Love wrestling but it has some nasty side effects.
 
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NCAA president Mark Emmert's announcement Thursday that the NCAA will not conduct any fall sports championships this year left a number of questions unanswered, including what effect if any COVID-19 might have on the start of winter sports like basketball and wrestling. The National Wrestling Coaches Association Division I Leadership Group published a letter Thursday calling for "a sport-imposed delay" to the 2020-21 competitive season until January 1st, 2021.

Ohio State's wrestling season has typically kicked off in early November. Last year the team contested three dual meets in November and one in December, and competed as a team in two open tournaments before winter break.

The NWCA letter was sent Wednesday to all Division I Coaches, Athletic Directors, Senior Women’s Administrators and Conference Liaisons to recommend a shift to the 2020-21 season as a result of ongoing complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic. NWCA surveyed all Division I head coaches with regard to a delayed start, with 92% of coaches in favor of postponing the sport's start of competition.

"I think we had thought as a group that we would likely go with a Big Ten schedule," Ohio State head coach Tom Ryan said Thursday. "Be conservative, and just start in January, end in March; a shortened season, and then hopefully the following year you go back to more of a normal college wrestling season."

NWCA said while the official start of the season should be Jan. 1, the start of official practice should remain in place, "or at the decision of the respective state, institutional, or conference guidelines." The letter also noted that if schools choose to compete prior to the self-imposed start date, those matches should not count toward the 2021 NCAA Championships' qualifying criteria.
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While Ohio State's wrestling team is one of the rare "non-revenue" programs that generally pays its own bills, the financial toll of a COVID-cancelled football season is too big for anyone to take for granted.

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Just sayin': I didn't know that. Do they take that much in on admissions to events, some TV revenue, and/or is it specific wrestling related donations?
 
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ScriptOhio said:


NCAA president Mark Emmert's announcement Thursday that the NCAA will not conduct any fall sports championships this year left a number of questions unanswered, including what effect if any COVID-19 might have on the start of winter sports like basketball and wrestling. The National Wrestling Coaches Association Division I Leadership Group published a letter Thursday calling for "a sport-imposed delay" to the 2020-21 competitive season until January 1st, 2021.

Ohio State's wrestling season has typically kicked off in early November. Last year the team contested three dual meets in November and one in December, and competed as a team in two open tournaments before winter break.

The NWCA letter was sent Wednesday to all Division I Coaches, Athletic Directors, Senior Women’s Administrators and Conference Liaisons to recommend a shift to the 2020-21 season as a result of ongoing complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic. NWCA surveyed all Division I head coaches with regard to a delayed start, with 92% of coaches in favor of postponing the sport's start of competition.

"I think we had thought as a group that we would likely go with a Big Ten schedule," Ohio State head coach Tom Ryan said Thursday. "Be conservative, and just start in January, end in March; a shortened season, and then hopefully the following year you go back to more of a normal college wrestling season."

NWCA said while the official start of the season should be Jan. 1, the start of official practice should remain in place, "or at the decision of the respective state, institutional, or conference guidelines." The letter also noted that if schools choose to compete prior to the self-imposed start date, those matches should not count toward the 2021 NCAA Championships' qualifying criteria.
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While Ohio State's wrestling team is one of the rare "non-revenue" programs that generally pays its own bills, the financial toll of a COVID-cancelled football season is too big for anyone to take for granted.

Re: While Ohio State's wrestling team is one of the rare "non-revenue" programs that generally pays its own bills,

Just sayin': I didn't know that. Do they take that much in on admissions to events, some TV revenue, and/or is it specific wrestling related donations?
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That all makes sense. No sense to rule out a season starting in January, although I think its highly unlikely we have a wrestling season before winter of 2021 unless there is some major break through on vaccines or testing (sounds like there is a really positive break through on cheap testing on saliva samples). If they are somehow able to do a delayed season, doing only in-conference meets also seems to be smart. Going to be so tough for these guys to stay in range of their target weights, I think you would need to loosen up some restrictions on weigh-in requirements if they do in fact have a season. I can't imagine going through the grueling weight cutting process not knowing if you are actually going to wrestle.
 
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Jordan Williams is the #5 ranked wrestler in the country from Oklahoma in the '22 class. Wrestled at 126 last year but may be moving up. Just put out his Top 10 and Ohio State made the lis t. My guess is the favorites are UNC and Ok.St. but maybe Coach Ryan can work some magic.

Jesse Mendez is the #9 ranked wrestler in the country (both of these ratings are pound-for-pound) and he also has mentioned to a poster on Bucknuts that Ohio State is his favorite school, although that was some time ago. He is a 138 lber.
 
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WIN Magazine has team and individual rankings out. Buckeyes are ranked #7 (tie with NC State). Placing in the top 8 in their weight class are Sammy Sasso #2 at 149#, Kaleb Romero #4 at 174#, and Tate Orndorff at HVY. Echemendia ... who we all hope to be on the podium,,,was not included in the ranking at this point. Ethan Smith and Rocky Jordan were also ranked but much lower.
 
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