Big 12(5) season gets underway

[yankeekev]

OSU has a huge weekend coming up. Saturday they travel to Missouri, then Sunday travel to OKC to wrestle Nebraska on tv.
They are slight favorites in each dual and will need to bring the same intensity they wrestled in Iowa to sweep this weekend.

OSU vs Missou picks on Sat:
125 Ashmore or Shinn vs Olanowski or ? 3-0
133 Scott vs ? 8-0
141 Morgan vs Hoehn 15-0
149 Fuentes vs Wagner 15-3
157 McSpadden vs Chandler 15-6
165 Diff vs Marable 18-6
174 Mason vs ? 22-6
184 Jenson vs Jordan 22-9
197 Foster vs Askren 22-12
Hvy Rosholt vs Ellis 25-12

Missou has a few injuries that makes this a tough one to pull out, but the pokes will still have to bring their A effort. McSpadden has to win matches like this one to have any hopes of AA. 65 is most exciting match of the night.

OSU vs Neb picks on Sun:

125 Ashmore or Shinn vs Donahoe 0-3
133 Scott vs Jordan 3-3
141 Morgan vs Rowe 7-3
149 Fuentes vs Burrroughs 7-6
157 McSpadden vs Oliver 10-6
165 Diff vs Dwyer 13-6
174 Mason vs Browne 16-6
184 Jenson vs Jones 16-9
197 Foster vs Brester 16-12
Hvy Rosholt vs May 19-12

Nebraska and OSU match up very evenly and every match is not a give me. Really tough weekend for Foster, I wish they would pull him to 184 as I think he could make a deeper run at that weight than this one, 197 is just loaded and he looks to me to be undersized for the weight. His technical skills are off the charts, as was displayed when he had Davis on his back. I doubt he gets put on his back again this year. Adding the glitz of tv this should be an incredible dual to watch. I hope the travel coupled with making weight two days in a row doesn't hurt us. Good luck to the pokes and may the best man win!

Other picks are welcome, and I'm sure with as close as some of these matches appear they are going to be there will be as many different opinions of the outcome as there are posters. ;D

[yankeekev]

Right on cue, Diff loses in O.T. and the dual with Missou is a tie. congrats to Missou, they took it to us. Missed point at 25,33,41 cost us.

[setonhallpirate]

yankee-I just noticed, you had Morgan getting a seven-point victory over Hoehn at 141...were you implying that Hoehn was going to get controversially stuck and throw a chair or something of that ilk? Just curious...

[yankeekev]

that was team score. I didnt put scores, just 3 for dec, 4 for md etc.

[Earl]

I agree with just about everything on your OSU/Nebraska picks. I do think Morgan/Rowe will be a regular decision however. Depending on which Vince Jones shows up, Nebraska could get bonus points at 184. Possibly 197 too.

[jfs]

Nebraska showed up!

[ltwtlooker]

Nebraska is under rated on Intermat and both computor schemes. Most of it is due to their ease of schedule. There was a lengthy debate on USAW