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Retherford received 33 of 45 first-place Hodge Trophy votes to win the award known as wrestling’s version of the Heisman Trophy. The Nittany Lion junior finished well ahead of two 2016 Olympic medalists — Missouri’s J’den Cox and Ohio State’s Kyle Snyder— and sophomore teammate Jason Nolf, whose domination at 157 pounds this past season was stride for stride with Retherford’s stats.
Cox, the three-time champ and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, finished second in Hodge voting with five first-place Hodge votes from the official Hodge Committee made up of every past Hodge winner, national wrestling media, a retired college coach from each region of the country and a representative of the national wrestling organizations. Snyder, a two-time NCAA champ, Olympic and World gold medalist, was third in the 2017 Hodge race with four votes, while Nolf received the final three votes.
Just curious. Does Cael get 3 votes or just 1
Article from WIN Magazine here:
https://www.win-magazine.com/2017/0...re-house-dan-hodge-trophy-presented-by-asics/
So first place votes:
Zain 33 (2 from fan vote)
Cox 5
Snyder 4
Nolf 3
Because he wasn't undefeated.Congrats to Zain! I'm curious how Bo didn't finish higher in the voting when he pinned his way through the tournament and then defeated Dean who was going for his 3rd title?
One vote, but each voter (pretty sure this hasn't changed) gets a 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and 4th Place vote. The math is simple after that...4 Points for a 1st Place vote, 3 Points for a 2nd Place vote, 2 Points for a 3rd Place vote, and 1 Point for a 4th Place vote. WIN used to publish the total points, now all they publish is the number of 1st Place votes.On Off The Mat, during the NCAA Finals, they asked DT if he had 2 votes or 1 vote. He indicated that he had 1 vote.
Has Spyker reported yet on whether Kemerer or Sorensen wins in the room?... And IMO Kemerrer was a better quality win prefered to Sorenson ...
Cox was probably 2nd because he's a senior and a certain number of voters will go for the senior, official criteria be damned.So that's 6 of the last 7 national championships, and 3 of the last 6 Hodge Trophies? Sounds like a pretty good run to me.
Honestly cant figure out how Nolf wasnt second. Nobody challenged him this year. No OT's or close matches. Maybe international success has some voting power? Snyder was dominant when he wrestled... but he didnt earn a place in the final selection, imo.
The current criticism is that his bow and arrow is intentionally dirty (he purportedly rotates the foot and knee on purpose). Got that straight from HR!Not bad for a guy that stalls on top.
When did they include stalling, as a Hodge criteria?Not bad for a guy that stalls on top.
The current criticism is that his bow and arrow is intentionally dirty (he purportedly rotates the foot and knee on purpose). Got that straight from HR!
Heil is the one who tortures by stalling.He's either stalling or torturing from the parallel position. Apparently, there's no in between.
Cox was probably 2nd because he's a senior and a certain number of voters will go for the senior, official criteria be damned.
Cox was probably 2nd because he's a senior and a certain number of voters will go for the senior, official criteria be damned.
Congrats to Zain!!
Just curious. Does Cael get 3 votes or just 1
Yeah,but he lost a couple matches so that's probably a couple vote deduction.Good question -
Believe someone asked 2-time winner David Taylor about Hodge voting, during the ESPN3 discussion panel broadcast and he said he only gets one vote.