Northwestern vs. Wisconsin Predictions???

[Achilles]

Matchups can be found at http://www.uwbadgers.com/sport_news/wrst/matchups/matchups.aspx?gameID=2361 looks to be an exciting dual, but i wonder if Lang will be in the lineup because he didn't wrestle a single match at the National Duals

[Conquistadors]

OK, I'll bite. I gather Lang won't wrestle, but that Flaherty will.

125 Velez (NW) DEC Cudd NW-3, WI-0
133 Clum (WI) MDEC Quintela, WI-4, NW-3
141 Gutnik (WI) DEC Gould, WI-7, NW-3
149 Ty Turner (WI) MDEC Kim WI-11, NW-3
157 Henning (WI) DEC Hagel WI-14, NW-3
165 Durkee (NW) DEC Donar WI-14, NW-6
174 Herbert (NW) MDEC Flaherty WI-14, NW-10
184 Tamillow (NW) DEC Peterson WI-14, NW-13
197 Delguyd (NW) DEC Herbst NW-16, WI-14
Hwt Massey (WI) DEC Fox WI-17, NW-16

Yikes, I went through the line-up with no expectation of who would come out on top. Looks exciting. Most of Wisconsin's losses to Iowa were in the last 30 seconds. I hope Lang gets back into the line-up soon. Wouldn't be surprised to see Clum get a fall.

[Hanging out in Cali]

I agree that it will be close. Northwestern tends to struggle against Wisconsin. If Lang is out, UW wins by 1 or 2. If he wrestles, they win by 4 or 5. I think the prediction is close, but UW will win 125 and NU will win HWT. 157 and 165 are swing matches and Hagel may win and Durkee lose. Either way it will be an exciting and close dual. NU beats NIU, NIU beats UW, and does UW beats NU? That is why they wrestle the duals. Wish I could be there.

[Achilles]

I highly doubt that flaherty will wrestle, but it wouldn't make much a difference any ways. Cali the dual is being web cast for free so you can see it, and was anybody else surprised to see Rieter only beat Quintella 5-3, maybe clum will get a match who knows. Clum is a very exciting wrestler to watch just because he is so much smaller than everyone he wrestles (he could easily make 125) yet his tech. is so good that he is hard to stop.

[Achilles]

Alright here is my stab,

125 Velez (NW) DEC Cudd NW-3, WI-0 (cudd could pull it off here he kinda got screwed last night by the officials, however it seems he doesn't have much of an offense)
133 Clum (WI) pin Quintela, WI-6, NW-3 (clum will catch dan with the 5th or 6th cradle he trys durring the match
141 Gutnik (WI) MDEC Gould, WI-10, NW-3 (Gould will be out classed in this one)
149 Ty Turner (WI) MDEC Kim WI-14, NW-3 (Very possible that this wont be a major, Turner wrestles hard but he rarely opens up until the third period)
157 Henning (WI) MDEC Hagel WI-18, NW-3 (Henning looked tougher than hell last night beating Jonhston, and I cant see him not turning Hagel a few times)
165 Durkee (NW) DEC Donar WI-18, NW-6 (Durkee is tough and working out with Bertin has only made him tougher, Donar is struggling)
174 Herbert (NW) PIN Mike Felling WI-18, NW-12 (Herbert is a BEAST)
184 Tamillow (NW) DEC Peterson WI-18, NW-15 (Peterson ALMOST pulled the upset of beating Bradley last night, and if he was any better he would have won that match, that being said i think Tamillow is a different wrestler than Bradley and shouldn't have trouble with Peterson)
197 Delguyd (NW) DEC Herbst NW-18, WI-18 (Interesting to see how Delguyd deals with Herbst Height)
Hwt Fox (NW) DEC Massey NW- 21, WI-18 (Massey is no joke, however he is wrestling with a tworn ACL and hasn't had any matches recently)

I can very well see UW winning one of the last two matches and taking this dual away from Northwestern