PotentiallyDan

Do we know what the extent of the knee injury was/is? Is Wyatt now healthy? I do believe at 100% he has greater than a snowflakes chance in hell of beating Kerk.

I currently live in Nebraska and have only been REALLY following the sport for about 7 years now, who are some of the best historically?

Meyer Shapiro has that certain look to him and is entering a pretty open middleweight landscape at the moment. Add in the fact that Robb is almost certainly out this season and 149/157 could be had by an elite freshman.

I just cancelled a cheap ($320 for 3 nights) VRBO house within walking distance to the arena if anyone needs a cheap place to stay close.

Edmond Ruth of Illinois is on my radar.

You weigh the risk vs the reward and try to delicately manage it. Coach Smith did a fine job the first year with Ford Focus, most college wrestling fans didn't even know who he was until the Championships when he had the bizarre interview. Year 2 is when JS had his work cut out and it appears from afar, he was not up to the task, but he unquestionably did a great job year 1 and Focus happened to break the longest individual champion streak in Oklahoma State history. This is more a function of Farrari being an egotistical POS whose head swelled too fast following his year 1 success, and I suspect it was multiplied by the current age of social media + NIL bootlickers. John Smith has done enough good to not be taken down by a narcissist like Ford Focus.