West Virginia dual

[witness]

Does opponents not scout Cook? He continues to get the same throw match after match. Lol

[bennymj171]

No Colten, they are hopeful to get him back by the end of the year, no Sloan against West Virginia, nothing serious with him sounds like a sprain, possibly going against university of Ohio

[UWMandSDSU]

What's the word on Sloan? Is he wrestling this weekend?

Cody discusses Sloan in the video (around 2:00 min mark). Pretty much says it is not serious but doesn't know if he will wrestle this weekend.
https://www.facebook.com/JackrabbitW...3372431550540/

[MontanaRabbit]

What's the word on Sloan? Is he wrestling this weekend?

[TheWombat]

I'm actually living in West Virginia at the moment, so I'm super excited for this. This will be the first time that I get to I see the Jacks in person since I moved out here.

Here are my predictions for the dual with some insight:

125. Vega dec. Thomas 3-0 Thomas is a solid 125, but he's pretty conventional and I could see Vega winning a lot of the positions that Thomas isn't used to being contested for him.
133. Price tech. Seibert 9-0 Seibert is not a good DI starter (though he has improved quite a bit), while I don't think that Price is hugely better, I think that Price will be able to put him on his back and score some cheap points.
141. Carlson dec. Rea 12-0 This one could go either way. When Rea is at his best, he can beat Carlson, but I don't think that he pulls it off here.
149. Pohlmeyer tech. Lusher 17-0 Lusher isn't really ready to be in a DI line-up just yet. Hogue could hang with him and keep it to a decision if he's healthy, but Lusher is a space filler.
157. Hornfeck dec. Carlson 17-3 WVU gets on the board here. Hornfeck has good length and is good on top. He will frustrate Carlson and I think he's better than what we've seen out of Carlson lately.
165. Kiussis dec Cook 17-6 I think that Tim Flynn is a very good coach and he will have Kiussis ready to wrestle Cook. I think Kiussis will beat him on top and avoid dangerous positions, though Cook tends to surprise people.
174. Joll dec. King 17-9 Joll hasn't had a lot of success so far this year, but he is very fun to watch. He is a great scrambler and he is brave enough to try some crazy stuff. This will be a close match that could go either way. I'll give it to Joll in a battle of true freshman for the sake of parity.
184. Carlson pin Moomau 23-9 Moomau has improved a lot from last year, but he still has a long way to go to be able to hang in there with someone like Carlson.
197. Adams dec. Sloan 23-12 Adams has been on fire this year. I don't think he's significantly better than Sloan, but he has to be the favorite here.
285. Ngati dec. Wolters 23-15 Ngati is a very good wrestler when he's at his best. He had a great post season last year, but he hasn't been doing as well this year. This should be a close match and I think that Wolters has a shot at an upset, but I have to favor Ngati.

WVU should be favored at 157, 197, and 285. SDSU should be favored at 125, 133, 149, and 184. 141, 165, and 174 could go either way on paper. SDSU should be a strong favorite, but WVU jumped levels late last year and could do it again this year.

[Northernjackrabbit]

Not sure who is all hurt and/or when they are coming back in lineup. The last couple duals at okstate and little rock we had various people in. Rankings via Intermat

125 -#14 Vega vs Joey Thomas
133 - Price vs Lucas Seibert
141 - Clay Carlson vs Caleb Rea
149 - #11 Pohlmeyer vs Liam Lusher
157- Colten or Peyton Smith vs Alex Hornfeck
165 - Cook vs Nick Kiussis
174 - King or Hawkins vs Scott Joll
184 - #17 Zach Carlson vs Jackson Moomau- Zach won by fall last time they met
197 #15 Sloan or Hawkins or Forfeit vs #2Noah Adams- not sure if Sloan will be back in lineup for this
285 - Wolters vs Brandon Ngati - Wolters has lost twice by decisions