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2018 NCAAs -- Session 2 Thread

Keener vs. Sykora (N. Dakota St)

Missed the beginning, but Keener with a TD, 2-0. Sykora with an esc, 2-1. 1:40 left in the 1st period. Sykora in on a leg, Keener with a whizzer, to a split, Sykora reaches across for the other ankle and gets the TS, 2-3. OOB at 1:06. Keener up and nearly out, and then he is out, 3-3. Stalemate at 50 sec. Sykora gets a TD, and then Keener with a headlock for the reversal, and 4 NF. Wow. Keener up 9-5.

Per 2
Keener takes bottom. Ugh, he gets flattened pretty quickly. he starts to work up, but never to his feet. Keener grabs an arm and tries to roll, but Sykora prevents it. Stalemate at 1:10. Keener tries a sit back and gets stopped. Working to his base. End. RT @ 2:03 for Sykora

Per 3
Sykora takes bottom. Keener throws in a boot off the whistle. He's trying to tilt him, and Sykora is trying to back out. Sykora gets out after 30 sec, 9-6. Keener in deep on a single, Sykora locks around the body. Stalemate at 34 sec. Sykora shoots, blocked. Keener working the head. End. Keener with 9-7, as Sykora gets a RT point
 
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To the negative nancies that counted Lee out already
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Nick Lee vs. Josh Alber

Per 1
Lee with a quick TD off the whistle, 2-0. Alber with an esc, 2-1. Alber in on a single, Lee fights it off. Stalemate with 1:12 left. Alber shoots,blocked. Lee drives in, blocked. 30 sec left. OOB with 16 sec left. End. RT @ 4 sec for Lee

Per 2
Alber takes bottom. Alber to his feet, and he's out in 13 sec, 2-2. Alber shoots, Lee with a nice counter spins behind for the TD, 4-2. Alber to his feet, and he's out, 4-3, with 42 sec left. Alber shoots on the edge, but they are OOB with 11 sec left. End

Per 3
Lee takes bottom. Caution on Alber. Lee up quickly, but brought back down. OOB with 1:38 left. Lee to his feet, brought back down again. Lee tries a switch, nothing. To his feet, and nearly out, but OOB with 1:11 left. Lee to his feet, and he's out 1:07 left, 5-3. Stalemate at 54 sec. Alber shoots, stuffed. Alber gets a single, Lee works around and gets the TD, 7-3. Nice move by Lee. End. Lee advances with a 7-3 decision!
 
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OK, that works. Something to build on for tomorrow for the whole team. Points, baby, points....
 
Looks like my OP was incorrect, as this is the last round of consolations tonight. PSU went 9-0 in Session 2.
 
Can someone get Mr. Bevilaqua to calm Billy down? It was like he was watching the Jerry Seinfeld vs. Duncan Meyer match race rematch again.
 
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Down 7.5 points at the end of day 1...have to wrestle smart and look for bonus tomorrow to close the gap (as though no one knows that).
 
Maybe you should submit a question to Foley (as "Mike D") about why the NCAA doesn't switch to freestyle.

Freestyle rules .... no

But ever since the Garett vs Clark final I’ve been a propent of scoring changes

3 for a Td and 3 for a reversal

And eliminate the tech fall and reinstate the superior decision (or make a Tf 18 or 20 points)

And the OT rule are awful. And you’re kidding yourself if you think people wouldn’t be bitching if Boykin was the PSU wrestler
 
A couple comments from Nevills afterward...

Match evaluation...
"I just don’t think I wrestled very well. I just kept sticking with it. I knew that when he got to his feet I was going to suck him back. I know I was still in the match. Coaches were telling me to get off bottom when I got taken down. It was a really unfortunate takedown I gave up. I just kept wrestling through. I’m excited to be wrestling in the quarterfinals tomorrow."

Avenging a January loss against Boykin...
"It feels real good. He’s just somebody – I've got to learn to score on those stockier, real strong guys. It was exciting."
 
I think it's safe to say that you can eliminate any competition from teammates for Zain for the Hodge Trophy.
 
These announcers make so damn many factual errors. Jim Gibbons just said that Nolf vs. Kemmerer is a rematch of last year's finals.
 
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