xghswc, it wasn't a blanket statement, about beard. it was a statement about caldwell's ability to dominate in four different WEIGHT classes. as you pointed out we do have different classes, and tyler has jumped from 112 to 160, over four years. the reason i mentioned cotton is that i believe last year we would be talking about a fab 1, cotton. really shouldn't be much debate about that one. you don't sound too sure in your statement about beards ability to wrestle with cotton. i think alot of people questioned caldwell's ability to gain so much weight, then wrestle 2 "top 10" wrestlers, and win. that is why i asked about jumping weight. caldwell's presence at 160, seems to have made at least 1 wrestler decide to move up in weight. much like elliot did a year ago, to ensure a state championship, by not wrestling cotton. jmo.