My recap:
125 - Cabanban did what he needed to. Weathered that first period storm and got Spencer to gas. Solid performance.
133 - Good, solid win. Clearly the better wrestler, but would have liked to see a little more.
141 - One thing I haven’t seen talked much about is Casey’s weight. To put that kind of energy out 1 hour off the scale is huge. Really tells me he’s doing all the right things. He proved he’s right there with the absolute best in the country. Sky is the limit.
149 - I’m so happily surprised with Paniro. With the known problems with his gas tank in the past I thought this might be the perfect storm for the problems to rise up again. The added stress from the Carver environment plus going against such a grinder in Murin. Paniro has proven he is legit.
57 - Did not expect this to be close. We’re not good here.
65 - Carr handled this far easier than I thought. Kennedy is very good, but appears like he’s going to be another Hawkeye who can’t generate offense against top talent.
74 - I’m bummed about this one, but think the coaches made the right call. Good experience for Gaitan. Hope he can grow to a full sized 74 by next year.
84 - Coleman was never in any danger, but I was a bit disappointed in his effort. Feel like he knew he’d be able to score on a bad Assad shot so didn’t initiate much offense. Needed to open up more.
97 - Bastida is a stud and a title contender. He got too hyped up and stopped wrestling. Need to get one more td to ice it.
Hvy - Schuyler fought hard and did better than most thought. I think he’s a border line AA, but there is a big gap outside of the top few. 6-8 is there for the taking.