I will tell you why I would not call him the favorite. 1. Phillip Lyons placed 3rd at 215 last year, losing a close match to Staab of Planville. 2. Lyons is 32-1 this season, lost to pingelton of Mill valley 8-6, his only loss and Pingelton is 37-0.
3. I know for a fact that Lyons has wrestled and beat more ranked kids than schmidt. So 29-0 may look great on paper, but how many ranked or quality people has he beat. Faught beat schmidt last year at State for 3rd place at 171 I think, and Lyons toys with him in practice.
I'm sure schmidt is great he has to be to be 29-0 and have horienck to practice with everyday, and I'm sure if they meet it could go either way, BUT why is He, like you say, the Favorite, show me something, anything that puts him over Lyons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!