I am not worried at all. I think RBY punishes Nagao for that crap he pulled at the Big 10s at the end of the match with the hard choke and cross face. You could tell that RBY was pissed at the end of that match. I believe he will exact punishment tomorrow!
Disaster is a little strong. I didn't expect Facundo to AA. Maybe get 1.5-2 points.
Facundo was seeded to go 2-2 and score 1.5 or 2.0 pts.
yep. Missing on 1.5-2 points isn't a disaster, IMO.
I don't remember ever seeing Facundo in the top 8 of a coaches poll, but I could be mistaken.
After he beat Amine he was 6th in the rankings of flo...etc
He was a giant, the whole match I just kept thinking how is this guy 184?
Those aren't ncaa rankings. I use them, but like intermat they're seriously flawed.
You're acting like he dominated top 12 competition all season. Great freshman year, but he didn't. Not to take anything away from Alex, but Kharchla had just come off injury and Amine was banged up all year. Dominant freshman don't grow on trees. I'll end my commentary with Thank You Alex for your contribution for what is hopefully another championship team.
Says the guy that created a brand new handle to defend himself 😂
We still have 8 scoring wrestlers. You'd think Guns would be happy.
ONly 8? YOu know that means we lost, LOL. IMO he sees it as his roll in life to be a wet blanket and not just enjoy the moment. At least as far as wrestling is concerned.
Hotshoe, you put in a way that I couldn't. That is exactly what it looks like. Last year he lived off of 1-pt wins, where he could just ride guys out. This year, that didn't happen nearly as much with the scores, and he just wasn't able to outscore the better wrestlers.
I was comparing the situations. Not the wrestlers. Two highly touted freshmen in their first NCAA tournament. I just think it’s too early to give up on AF.
He had the horsepower last year. He is a returning national champ who has clearly regressed. Shouldn’t he be “bullied off of the team”?
You can’t throw bricks for breathers! You better feel you have an excellent chance of them overturning the call. PSU gets 3 for the entire tourney. We lost 1 already today. Lots of huge matches left and we can only miss two more times. That call wouldn’t of been reversed. Great decesion by coaching staff.
Do we need to revisit Kerry McCoy’s record?
Simply not true. Gabe won 197 as an undersized wrestler with a brutal ride. He won lots of matches by whiskers and even lost to Cam Caffey. Wrestlers just don’t step on a mat without a plan….and a road map to beating Max is attack low and stay out from underneath. Max does not sprawl quickly but chooses to dive for the far ankle. Allred and others this year exploited low and at both ankles, tying like a low double and moving left or right. Getting the early TD on Max was a clear win and was pointed out by Johnson or Gibbons repeatedly for a year….it provides options to not go under Max.
Well, the sky isn’t falling, but it was certainly a disappointing performance from him (in both B1Gs and NCAAs). I’m sure he’d tell you the same thing. He’s talented but he needs to be better. Hopefully, it’s a wake up call for him. In particular, he was in on that nice low single several times in both matches and couldn’t finish. If he finishes those shots, both matches go very differently.
After watching the Paniro match, it looks like the switch flipped and the lights came on for SVN in the third period of the first match. Yianni is too big of a hill to climb, but I don’t think a trip to the fifth place match is necessarily a given.
Yep he's gotta keep improving, and he will. He will be forced to, if not someone in the room will pass him.
This is the truth.
