Journeyman/NE Dual Schedule

[Earl]

As stated in an earlier thread these duals will be this Saturday. The duals schedule for each team is.....

Oklahoma State
Round 1-Binghamton
Round 2-Clarion
Round 3-Hofstra
Round 4-American

American
Round 1-Bloomsburg
Round 2-Open
Round 3-Central Michigan
Round 4-Oklahoma State

Michigan
Round 1-Bucknell
Round 2-Maryland
Round 3-Bloomsburg
Round 4-Virginia

Binghamton
Round 1-Oklahoma State
Round 2-American International
Round 3-Lehigh
Round 4-Appalachian State

Maryland
Round 1-Open
Round 2-Michigan
Round 3-Appalachian State
Round 4-Central Michigan

Hofstra
Round 1-Open
Round 2-Bloomsburg
Round 3-Oklahoma State
Round 4-Bucknell

Clarion
Round 1-American International
Round 2-Oklahoma State
Round 3-Virginia
Round 4-Lehigh

Appalachian State
Round 1-Central Michigan
Round 2-Bucknell
Round 3-Maryland
Round 4-Binghamton

Bucknell
Round 1-Michigan
Round 2-Appalachian State
Round 3-Open
Round 4-Hofstra

Central Michigan
Round 1-Appalachian State
Round 2-Lehigh
Round 3-American
Round 4-Maryland

Virginia
Round 1-Lehigh
Round 2-Open
Round 3-Clarion
Round 4-Michigan

Lehigh
Round 1-Virginia
Round 2-Central Michigan
Round 3-Binghamton
Round 4-Clarion

Bloomsburg
Round 1-American
Round 2-Hofstra
Round 3-Michigan
Round 4-Open

[gg121and2]

I know I'm looking forward to Hofstra and Oklahoma State.

[yankeekev]

I am looking forward to all of these duals with the most anticipation towards the Hofstra dual. There will be tough match ups in each dual, and will give us an idea where we stand early in the year.

[yankeekev]

I am also very interested to see how Brandon Mason does this weekend. He has been absolutely dominate. Is it because of weak competition or because he has grown into the weight. I personally think he has grown into the weight and will win it all this yr. You heard it here first. Everybody talks about how vital your workout partner is, well he is wrestling a 4 time AA (Tyrone Lewis) and a time champ (Chris Pendleton) every other day. He also looks huge compared to last year. Only time will tell. Good luck to all the competitors. Go Pokes!

[gg121and2]

yankeekev - I liked Mason a lot in high school. Early in his HS career he sort of took a back seat to the Paulson twins, who were getting a lot more attention. I've only seen him wrestle in person 4 times in college so this observation may not be valid - in those matches his stamina wasn't where it could have been. If he can build up his endurance when tournament time rolls around, I agree, he could be the NCAA champ.

[yankeekev]

gg, I would attribute the stamina thing to the fact that he was a 165 going at 174. With Hendricks there he had to go up or sit. It took him a couple of yrs but I think he now looks like a true 174 lber. When he wrestled Jack Jensen in the Orange Black match he looked bigger than Jack. He certainly hasn't run out of juice this yr hence my over eagerness to see how this weekend turns out.

[gg121and2]

Hawkeye season tickets came Wednesday. I'll see Mason and the rest of the Cowboys Jan. 5th in Carver and the following week in Cedar Falls.

[yankeekev]

That is always a good one. this yr i think we match up with Minny in a dual better than Iowa. the wild card is 125 w/ Shinn...can he make it down to 125 and not lose any enegy. He looks huge for 133 let alone 125. He also looked very comfortable at 133 giving Coleman all he wanted and then some. If he can keep that kind of energy at 125 he should be a better match for charlie this yr. if he can't we'll need an upset at 184 and Hvy or we will go down in flames.

[jfs]

Hoftsra takes on tough teams. No fear should be their motto!

[yankeekev]

I sure wish I could be there. If anyone is there and can forward any info it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.