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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on September 4, 2024

Try and predict his top five. Winner gets a Mister Brisket T-Shirt.

We will run this until Sunday. First come; first served.

In other words, if someone predicts the same five you want prior to your post, you must pick at least one different school.



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Drew Taylor added to this discussion on September 4, 2024

Hank, you’re operating under the assumption he’ll narrow his list precisely to five. No guarantee of that.

But if he does:
Rutgers
Penn State
Ohio State
Iowa
Oklahoma State



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Brian Mathews added to this discussion on September 4, 2024

Penn State
Oklahoma State
Ohio State
Iowa
Michigan



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on September 4, 2024

Quote from Brian Mathews's post:

"Penn State
Oklahoma State
Ohio State
Iowa
Michigan"



That's the five I'd have picked. No chance you're going to win Brian ;)



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Jeff Streu added to this discussion on September 4, 2024

I like this idea. We might as well have fun with it while we wait.

Penn State
Oklahoma State
Iowa
Ohio State
Cornell



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Nick Lecklider added to this discussion on September 5, 2024

The top four are going to be Ohio state, Penn state Oklahoma state, and Iowa. The only question is who is five? This contest might need carried out to 7 or ten bc I think the answer is already given. I would say Michigan but can he be cliff keen and Rudis guy? Rutgers bc of his teammate Mason. Or Cornell. I honestly don’t think any other person can pull him. I’ll say Iowa state as my 5 just to be different.

Penn state
Oklahoma state
Iowa
Iowa state
Ohio state

Drew he is eliminating one every week now so top five should happen in the far future



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Bill Splete added to this discussion on September 5, 2024

I like Jeff's the best. I feel like Cornell has tremendous pull with Vito and Yanni. If we get Bassett and Blaze, it will bring Tom and Anthony Ralph to Goat status in recruiting. With all the money flying around and their skill, it is possible.
The site is awesome, and we are all a little smarter because of Rex. It's always a good day when Mr. Brisket has a contest

Ohio State
Penn State
Pitt
Lehigh
Okie State



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Rob Wagner added to this discussion on September 5, 2024

Looking like we may not see the results from this contest until early-mid 2025.

So until then, Browns fans getting excited for the Cowboys coming into town/Tom Brady's first broadcast? Really sad Jimmy Donovan won't be in the booth this year due to his declining health.



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Jeff Reid added to this discussion on September 6, 2024

Bo just got spanked in the semis. Maybe I am an outlier here, but I think his biggest strength is his motor. He seems a bit sloppy otherwise. He does give up lots of points.



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Brady Hiatt added to this discussion on September 8, 2024

Ohio St.
PSU
Ok St.
Iowa
Pitt-Johnstown. (So I can be the lone winner. lol )



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Ben Golden added to this discussion on September 9, 2024

Quote from Jeff Reid's post:

"Bo just got spanked in the semis. Maybe I am an outlier here, but I think his biggest strength is his motor. He seems a bit sloppy otherwise. He does give up lots of points."



Speaking on this one result alone... I think it's tough to know how much to make of losing to a junior world champ. Sometimes they turn out to be elite at the senior level. A couple examples that stand out:

1) Logie Bear lost in 2011 Junior World finals to Toghrul Asgarov. Looked bad at the time... but then a year later, Asgarov won the Olympics with a win over Besik Kudokhov, who was regarded as the best pound-for-pound wrestler in the world at the time.

2) Aaron Pico lost in 2014 Junior World finals to an Iranian. Seemed to be a knock on him at the time... but that Iranian wound up being Yazdani-Charati, who won the 2016 Olympic bracket that included Burroughs and has been one of the best wrestlers in the world ever since.

So I think withhold judgement on this loss for a bit.



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Ben Golden added to this discussion on October 31, 2024

Quote from Ben Golden's post:

"

Quote from Jeff Reid's post:

"Bo just got spanked in the semis. Maybe I am an outlier here, but I think his biggest strength is his motor. He seems a bit sloppy otherwise. He does give up lots of points."



Speaking on this one result alone... I think it's tough to know how much to make of losing to a junior world champ. Sometimes they turn out to be elite at the senior level. A couple examples that stand out:

1) Logie Bear lost in 2011 Junior World finals to Toghrul Asgarov. Looked bad at the time... but then a year later, Asgarov won the Olympics with a win over Besik Kudokhov, who was regarded as the best pound-for-pound wrestler in the world at the time.

2) Aaron Pico lost in 2014 Junior World finals to an Iranian. Seemed to be a knock on him at the time... but that Iranian wound up being Yazdani-Charati, who won the 2016 Olympic bracket that included Burroughs and has been one of the best wrestlers in the world ever since.

So I think withhold judgement on this loss for a bit."




Following up on this topic… the guy Marcus Blaze lost to at junior worlds just smashed everyone including defending champ Vito and 3x champ Uguev at senior worlds and looks like one of the best wrestlers on earth right now. Suddenly it seems… sheesh, Blaze wrestled him closer than anyone at senior worlds.



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Discussion Topic: Bo Bassett Contest
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on October 31, 2024

Ben: I've offered Blaze a Wagyu Brisket as incentive via the Mister Brisket NIL program. I might have to throw in a couple Wagyu ribeyes.



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