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2021 B1G Tournament

Jesus, some of you are damn ridiculous. Over hyped. Kerk just got back on the mat. No training, no conditioning. Get real with your nonsense. He wrestled 3 places above his seed. What the hell did y'all expect?
Honestly, I expected a much closer match against Cass. Maybe not a win, but at least a competitive match. Didn't think that was terribly unrealistic, but clearly I was mistaken.
 
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285 3rd Place Match: Kerk vs. Tony Cassioppi (Iowa)

Per 1
TC with a front headlock, nothing. Kerk in on a single, TC counters with a front headlock, they scramble, and TC gets the TD at the edge, 0-2. Kerk is flattened. Stall warning on Kerk. End. RT @ 1:49 for TC

Per 2
Kerk takes neutral. Kerk reaches for a leg, TC snaps the head down and gets the TD, 0-4. And Kerk is flattened once again. Stall call on Kerk, so it's 0-5. End. RT @ 3:19 for TC

Per 3
TC takes bottom. He's out in 8 sec, 0-6. Kerk tries a double, blocked. TC stuffed the head and working on it. Stalemate with 1:00 left. RT is locked for TC. TC with a TD makes it 0-8. End. With 3:30 in RT, it's a 0-9 major for Cassioppi.

Kerk finishes 4th at the B1G Championship

(And as an aside, once again Byers spent half the match doing PBP of the championship final. I wish somebody would tell him that when PSU wrestlers are competing, that's the only match he should focus on.)
I’m sure if it was closer he would have.
 
I'm not mad, whatsoever. The expectations were ridiculous.
Well, your posts have an angry tone, so you sure seem angry. See example below:

Jesus, some of you are damn ridiculous. Over hyped. Kerk just got back on the mat. No training, no conditioning. Get real with your nonsense. He wrestled 3 places above his seed. What the hell did y'all expect?
 
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I for one love where this team is right now! I'll also say this, I think one day in the future, many of these same boys are gonna be part of the team that will legitimately be in the conversation as one of the best PSU teams of all time. Can't wait to see how good they are in their junior and senior seasons along with a few newbies like Van Ness filling in the rest of the roster.
 
Well, your posts have an angry tone, so you sure seem angry. See example below:

Jesus, some of you are damn ridiculous. Over hyped. Kerk just got back on the mat. No training, no conditioning. Get real with your nonsense. He wrestled 3 places above his seed. What the hell did y'all expect?
And your point is? I'm not the one ripping on our wrestlers and placing ridiculous expectations on them.
 
Well done on the giffs. Enjoyed them all
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For all the wrestling savants who told me how awesome Heinselman had become.... he got dominated by Rayvon Foley losing 8-2. MH is decent but he's not the improved world-beater that many have attempted to make him out to be.
 
Now come on. Not a fan of either team. You could also says psu has some of the oldest freshman ever lol. Plus it’s not like Nick lee is a young guy. Now c star is a reak RS freshman and Kemerer is in his what 6th year ? Plus he’s coming back for next year. What year was Cassar when he won his title? Wrestling is kinda screwed up in this way. It is what it is I guess.

Actually, Nick Lee is a 4th year senior and didn't gray shirt. But yes, the age thing is a little over done regarding Iowa (but still a little funny to joke about).
 
Jesus, some of you are damn ridiculous. Over hyped. Kerk just got back on the mat. No training, no conditioning. Get real with your nonsense. He wrestled 3 places above his seed. What the hell did y'all expect?
That is with coming off an injury where he couldn't lift either to at least maintain strength.

Quite honestly, Kerk was the International Man of Mystery going into the tournament, great pedigree/talent coming off an injury with very limited time on the mat. Really had no idea what was going to happen. Good news he should be an All-American and we see what happens next year where he has a full season to prepare.
 
JS: one person made that rude comment NOT the entire board. I could as easily go to HR and ask for an apology for things stated about RBY. Really how old are you????? I certainly hope that you are NOT over the age of 18.
It's not been one comment. It's been all year. Frankly, there have been people on this board that have been incredibly disparaging to Cass for no reason. He's a quiet nice kid who just shows up to wrestle and destroys everyone not named Mason or Gable.

If you're going to talk that trash, you have to be able to take your medicine too. If PSU pulls it out at nationals, I'll be back to take mine too.
 
I'm sure it wasn't Manning.
Yeah, it was said once, calmly and without camera time. Not screamed 3 or 4 times like the kid had never seen anything like it before.
Not like the wrestler,down by one, gets a takedown in the last 30 seconds so three coaches have to hop back and forth for 30 seconds with both their fingers pointing at the floor yelling to keep him down.
 
It's not been one comment. It's been all year. Frankly, there have been people on this board that have been incredibly disparaging to Cass for no reason. He's a quiet nice kid who just shows up to wrestle and destroys everyone not named Mason or Gable.

If you're going to talk that trash, you have to be able to take your medicine too. If PSU pulls it out at nationals, I'll be back to take mine too.
We’ve been waiting 4-5 years for apologies from scores of Hawk fans slandering Zain by claiming he used Roids. His face is red after a hard match - Steroids!!!!!!

You know, if we’re speaking about quiet, nice kids and all
 
We’ve been waiting 4-5 years for apologies from scores of Hawk fans slandering Zain by claiming he used Roids. His face is red after a hard match - Steroids!!!!!!

You know, if we’re speaking about quiet, nice kids and all
Zain's an all-time fav of mine. I'm not sure I remember the steroids thing. I thought the complaint was the hands to the face.

Fans are always going to talk trash. Just have to be ready to take it too.
 
And your point is? I'm not the one ripping on our wrestlers and placing ridiculous expectations on them.
My point is, your responses are angry to an almost equally ridiculous level, so don't be surprised when posters respond the way this one did:
Jesus, some of you are damn ridiculous. Over hyped. Kerk just got back on the mat. No training, no conditioning. Get real with your nonsense. He wrestled 3 places above his seed. What the hell did y'all expect?

Poster Response:
You don't have to get so mad. MY expectations were obviously wrong. That's what I was saying.
 
Zain's an all-time fav of mine. I'm not sure I remember the steroids thing. I thought the complaint was the hands to the face.

Fans are always going to talk trash. Just have to be ready to take it too.

Oh yes, there were quite a few accusations about steroids (and not just about Zain). Accusing wrestlers of illegal activity is on a different level than dumb personal insults like Fat Tony. Some insults are actually quite amusing, like "Noodle Arms". I forget which HR poster coined that one. But I absolutely agree with your overall premise. If you're going to dish out, you better be able to take it.
 
We’ve been waiting 4-5 years for apologies from scores of Hawk fans slandering Zain by claiming he used Roids. His face is red after a hard match - Steroids!!!!!!

You know, if we’re speaking about quiet, nice kids and all
Graduating and being Team USA isn't enough to avoid the HR steroid-mongering, at least for David Taylor.
 
Zain's an all-time fav of mine. I'm not sure I remember the steroids thing. I thought the complaint was the hands to the face.

Fans are always going to talk trash. Just have to be ready to take it too.
But if you’re gonna hold us responsible for every dingus that lurks around here, you should have to answer for the whackados on HR. Also, as far as “taking it”, it’s not like you guys haven’t stumbled in the national tournament after winning B1Gs before.
 
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