I have no dog in this fight other than wanting to see Kansas win but I'll weigh in none the less. I hope my comments don't offend anyone because I certainly don't mean them too.

I think the question here is...what is the metro classic about? Is an "all star" event to reward kids for a great year by offering them attendance? Or is it an opportunity for kansas to beat missouri? We all know that all star events such as the MLB, NFL, and NBA all star games are simply to award the most deserving with an appearance. People talk about the number of all star games/pro bowls a guy has been too, not the number they've won. If that's the case for the metro classic then I say we invite someone who wrestled for the entire season and allow them to say they wrestled in the metro. However, if it's about beating Missouri, the choice is an easy one, you take the kid who has the best opportunity to score for Kansas--Lucas Vincent.

I would contend that as Kansans we do see this event as about winning. My evidence for this is in a heavyweight match that took place 2-3 years ago. Kansas was ahead by 4-5 points going into the final match and missouri trotted out all-american Dom Bradley. Kansas' heavyweight (whom I cannot remember who it was now) wrestled the match with no offense and simply refused to give bradley the opportunity to turn him. Bradley won the match 4-0 scoring 1 escape and then being awarded 3 stalling points. Kansas hung on to win the duel and Kansas fans rejoiced.

I guess if the point was participation we would have expected the kid to go out there and wrestle a match with no regard for the team score, however, that's not what happened and that's not what the fans wanted--we wanted Kansas to win and that's what it was all about.

If that's what it's about we need to put the kids on the mat that have the best opportunity to win for Kansas. If that's not what its about we need to stop caring about winning; and judging from the crowd at the last several metro classics, I don't see that happening.