Wow. If Joe Bach would have gone 285 I would have been near perfect at that weight. At least I included the disclaimer that any of those 4 could place top 3.
I nailed 5 out of 6 at 285. I'll have to take my crystal ball to the shop! I hope I'm right on my 2009 prediction for Jacob!
Eric:
You did an excellent job of predicting 5A 285 and if you remember I stated that to you in a private e-mail that I sent you after you came out with your original predictions. I told you in that e-mail that it was a little difficult to see Jacob rated 6th after he took 5th the year before, but after thinking about it for a couple of minutes with Atticus coming into 5A and possibly Joe Bach into 285 I could see that you were exactly correct in putting Jacob at sixth in your preseason prediction. I think the only thing you were off base with in your 5A 285 predictions is that you were pretty insistent on keeping Joe Bach in 285 even though his Dad mentioned a couple of times on here that Joe was going to wrestle 215 this year.
I really do think you do a pretty good job with your predictions. I don't agree with all of them and I am sure everyone who reads them can find something they will disagree with. But for the most part I think you make a very good attempt to predict the weights and places kids will end up at. I enjoy reading them. When you put your predictions out there in this forum like you do, you are putting yourself out there on the limb and you know you are going to get some feedback.
I hope you are right about your prediction for Jacob next year too. At this point though Jacob is not sure if he is wrestling 215 or 285 next year. He is wrestling Kids this year at 215 to see how he likes 215. He has a lot of people advising him to stay at 285 though. We will see.
