Penn State wrestling lands top Class of 2025 recruit Marcus Blaze

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My #1 must get is satisfied. I am a very very happy guy. This kid is incredible, and he won't disappoint. Cael has done it again, and Marcus clearly is where he can become the best version of his already incredible self.

I am in the minority it seems, but I like Blaze better than Jax or Bassett, and despite the long silent journey, who can't respect the total class this kid has shown through his recruiting process!

Between Lilledahl, PJ Duke and now Marcus, Cael's undefeated record might just get threatened this next lineup cycle. We are truly blessed.
 
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Happy Antonio Banderas GIF
 
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Honestly PJ Duke and Marcus are hard to separate at the top of the class. They could/should be co #1s. Both on on a tier of their own above of Jax and Bo IMO.

Pardon the contradiction but both are generational, both have torn through to colleagiate competition (Gross, Fix, Lewan, Andonian,...).

Both on the same team is just unfair and I love it.
 

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My #1 must get is satisfied. I am a very very happy guy. This kid is incredible, and he won't disappoint. Cael has done it again, and Marcus clearly is where he can become the best version of his already incredible self.

I am in the minority it seems, but I like Blaze better than Jax or Bassett, and despite the long silent journey, who can't respect the total class this kid has shown through his recruiting process!

Between Lilledahl, PJ Duke and now Marcus, Cael's undefeated record might just get threatened this next lineup cycle. We are truly blessed.

Nice to see a post from you, @Goggles Paisano. Wrestling season must be about to start.

Blaze is just an amazing wrestler. He would be a valued member of any team with whom he signed.

Blaze vs. Jax or Bo is an interesting concept. As others have noted, Bo appears to have grown bigger than Blaze, and projects (to the extent that any future weight projections are accurate) at a higher weight than does Blaze in college, so I'll avoid comparing them. I'd be happy to see both of them on PSU's roster in the future. Jax vs. Blaze is somewhat of a contrast in styles. Jax is an amazing scrambler, and has no shortage of offensive skills. Blaze may not have the offensive repertoire that Jax does, but I'm not sure if that's accurate. Jax seems to be a more frequent shooter, whereas Blaze seems to be really technically sound offensively (and it all other positions). Currently, Blaze and Jax do seem to be pretty close in terms of weight. Weight projection comparisons for the two are even fuzzier (than my earlier caveat) with Jax being a year behind Blaze in school.

It's becoming the norm for CS and staff that they continue to land some of the top talent in the country. As fans we almost take it for granted the unending verbals of all-star wrestling talent, but it's unprecedented how well CS and staff recruit, and how consistently they do so. When a group of studs are nearing the end of their time at PSU, as a fan you can't help but wonder if the team can continue the success. And then you look at the young talent on the team, and the incoming talent, and it's hard not to just smile.
 
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My #1 must get is satisfied. I am a very very happy guy. This kid is incredible, and he won't disappoint. Cael has done it again, and Marcus clearly is where he can become the best version of his already incredible self.

I am in the minority it seems, but I like Blaze better than Jax or Bassett, and despite the long silent journey, who can't respect the total class this kid has shown through his recruiting process!

Between Lilledahl, PJ Duke and now Marcus, Cael's undefeated record might just get threatened this next lineup cycle. We are truly blessed.
Blaze will help us get Bassett and Forrest. Weight separation won’t be an issue with them.
 
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Nice to see a post from you, @Goggles Paisano. Wrestling season must be about to start.
Interestingly enough I may just be over here full time this season.

After a decade on HVI as my primary go to for everything PSU wrestling, I got banned.

Whomever the mod is there now killed me over a slight quip the day after the election, no message, no warning, no explanation. I honestly can't even remember what I said. He even mapped the ban somehow to my Google profile so I can't even view the site on Chrome without clearing my cache each day.

Oh well, life is too short to get too worked up, at least for me that is.

I am stoked for this year and beyond, we are are all so lucky to be PSU fans during this golden age for the program. Incredible.
 
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Hey Greg,
Can you set up a Q&A interview with Marcus ? He’s the one big time recruit we really needed and seems like a perfect fit for our program. I’d personally like to know how much he knows other guys we’re recruiting and what he thinks of our program, hobbies Etc.
 

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Jax Forrest I believe
Jax is one ranking below Marcus. They have had some very close matches including OT in two of them. Jax and Bassett should be our next Targets. They are right there with Marcus. Forrest and Bassett train with the NLWC a lot so hopefully we can get both this guys committed soon. Lots of love for Jax Forrest and Bo Bassett from Nitt nation. Both are Pa guys who wrestle for Bishop McCort who is only about 45 minutes from our PSU Campus. Weight separation will not be an issue. Let’s Go Cael and Staff. We need these 2 Pa wrestlers. 🥇🙏
 

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Interestingly enough I may just be over here full time this season.

After a decade on HVI as my primary go to for everything PSU wrestling, I got banned.

Whomever the mod is there now killed me over a slight quip the day after the election, no message, no warning, no explanation. I honestly can't even remember what I said. He even mapped the ban somehow to my Google profile so I can't even view the site on Chrome without clearing my cache each day.

Oh well, life is too short to get too worked up, at least for me that is.

I am stoked for this year and beyond, we are are all so lucky to be PSU fans during this golden age for the program. Incredible.

If the mod is still Hotshoe then it was 100% him. He’s a soft little loser snowflake who bans anyone who disagrees with him politically. Ask me how I know.
 

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Hey Greg,
Can you set up a Q&A interview with Marcus ? He’s the one big time recruit we really needed and seems like a perfect fit for our program. I’d personally like to know how much he knows other guys we’re recruiting and what he thinks of our program, hobbies Etc.
Few have had luck getting him to talk so we’ll keep trying but it’ll probably end up being a fruitless endeavor.
 
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Few have had luck getting him to talk so we’ll keep trying but it’ll probably end up being a fruitless endeavor.
10-4. He’s committed now so we may have better luck. I’m sure he’s happy and relieved at the same time. Young man seems to fit it perfectly. I’d personally like to know his relationship with the other wrestler’s we are recruiting. He could definitely help his team. Thanks Greg.
 

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What is happening at PSU wrestling far exceeds what those football programs have done. We could have split our squad in half and both still would have won the national championship last year.
Crazy.
When discussing Cael i am reminded of the Bum Phillips quote about Bear Bryant...

"He can take his'n and beat your'n and take your'n and beat his'n"
 
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