Starocci looked to be at maybe 65% of his normal self. He hasn't given up a TD all season, then gives up a quick TD in each bout today, without much effort to defend. It's gonna be a tough road from here on out, starting with Lewis.
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Most pointless hype of all time - Nash Hutmacher.
Q: How many teams will M2 outscore all by themselves this weekend !!??
Let's try not to bury Carter just yet. Kemp was predicted by many to finish 3 to 5 on the podium and Askren thought Kemp had as good a chance as Mekhi against this version of Carter
I can’t remember exactly what Nolf’s tournament on one leg was like, and his was probably worse, but likely comparable. If anyone can replicate that it, it’s him.
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Micah Jordan wishes he could forget.
I feel bad for my dad though, he's 80 and every year he gets confused by this (it's pretty much the only thing that confuses him). I feel like ESPN doesn't make their app easy to navigate, like they should allow you to page down and go directly to another mat. They could also let you set up favorites and go to the matches you want to see. If they can't do that they should at least have the wrestlers who are on the mat listed beneath the thumnail.
Nolf didn't give up a single takedown post injury. Even more impressive because Nolf wrestled a yolo style where he doesn't care about giving up TDs and changed to one that is more like Carter's.
But he also had the luxury of another month of healing (hence why he wrestled Big Tens)
But he also had the luxury of another month of healing (hence why he wrestled Big Tens)
The whining ends???? What happens when you have all 8 mats and Brands, Manning, Ryan and Jones all have guys wrestling? You sure that’s a good idea?
I stand corrected. Still think he pulls it out. Probably just the homer in me.
It look as tho Carter was in control and not in danger of losing those 2 matches. Did what.he needed. If Lewis goes balls to the wall tomorrow it could be trouble but that is not the Lewis I have seen this year. Riding is going to be huge and stall calls could come into play late 3rd period. Carter couldn't have better people I'm his camp for this weekend.
Part of it was likely mat rust due to limited work over the last four weeks while allowing the injury to heal. And I have to think, no matter what he may say or not say publicly, the fact that he was injured has to prey on his mind to one extent or another. He certainly doesn't want a repetition of what happened a month ago and, if he's truly fully confident in a fully healthy knee, what useful purpose might all the extra leg protection serve?
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Actually, Carter's "more special". Never pinned.
Didn’t you take a backhoe to his Nittany Lion career like 12 days ago?
Is C Starr better off wrestling Mekhi now or in the finals? I know some have said that its good to face Mekhi early, after making weight. But is that really an advantage over an experienced wrestler like Mekhi at this point? Is Mekhi really cutting that much weight? Didnt seem to be gassing in his first 2 matches, imo.
How is Carters knee going to be after his first night of wrestling since the injury? The matches were pretty late, and thats not much time to ice down the knee/recover.
I was glad to see Carter run off the mat after his win yesterday. Thats a good sign to me.
We'll see if Carter has the same bulky brace on that he did in the first 2 rounds. Its pretty clear to me that the brace is causing him problems.
How is Carters knee going to be after his first night of wrestling since the injury? The matches were pretty late, and thats not much time to ice down the knee/recover.
I was glad to see Carter run off the mat after his win yesterday. Thats a good sign to me.
We'll see if Carter has the same bulky brace on that he did in the first 2 rounds. Its pretty clear to me that the brace is causing him problems.
And CStar get Lewis off the scales tomorrow morning. Let’s see if the cut has a negative affect on ML.
If the cut is a factor at all, then the quarters are a greater advantage than the finals -- don't give him the extra day's allowance + the full day of hydration.
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That's an interesting take - the knee brace is causing problems for Starocci. Why the heck is he wearing that pesky brace?
Somebody earlier asked about a state-by-state breakdown.
I'm too lazy to find that post, and far too lazy to do every state ... but by my count PA = 45:
125 = 1:
25 Berginc – Hempfield
133 = 4:
2 Crookham – Saucon Valley
13 Phipps – Norwin
14 Van Dee – Erie Prep
27 Strickland – Benton
141 = 3:
2 Bartlett – Wyoming Seminary
16 Chappell – Seneca Valley
18 Matthews – Reynolds
149 = 7:
3 Arrington – Forest Hills
5 Watters – West Allegheny
7 Kasak – Bethlehem Catholic
22 Willochell – Latrobe
30 Swisher – Bellefonte
31 Solomon – Franklin Regional
32 Boyd – Erie McDowell
157 = 2:
1 Haines – Biglerville
4 Scott – Dubois
165 = 1:
11 Cerniglia – Notre Dame Green Pond
174 = 5:
3 Ruth – Susquehanna Township
6 Welsh – Waynesburg
9 Starocci – Erie Prep
13 McCoy – Chestnut Ridge
23 Augustine – Waynesburg
184 = 2:
5 Pinto – Stroudsburg
30 Duvall – Penns Valley
197 = 8:
2 Hidlay – Mifflin County
4 Beard – Malvern Prep
15 Shaw – Thomas Jefferson
16 Luke Stout – Mt. Lebanon
21 Mac Stout – Mt. Lebanon
24 Urbas – State College
28 Wehmeyer – Malvern Prep
32 Crawford – Strath Haven
285 = 5:
5 Taylor – Brookville
9 Feldman – Malvern Prep
19 Crosby – Erie Prep
21 Pitzer – Mt. Pleasant
26 Catka – Sun Valley
Also a few others who graduated from PA schools but I didn't count above:
125 – Ungar – Notre Dame Green Pond, but from NJ (rumored to have stayed in NJ)
133 – Bouzakis – Wyoming Seminary; from FL, family has since moved to PA
141 – Henson – graduated from Waynesburg, but really from MO
149 – Griffin – Hill School, but really from MA
I did count Bartlett even though he's originally from AZ, because he had long established himself as a PA resident.
The Malvern Prep guys are all from PA. Beard is from the Pottstown area. Wehmeyer is from outside Bethlehem (northern Bucks). Feldman would've attended Solanco.
EDIT: Make that 49. I missed:
- 133 Chlebove -- Northampton
- 165 Maag -- Notre Dame Green Pond
- 165 Thompson -- Franklin Regional
- 184 Hale -- Downingtown West
I'm too lazy to find that post, and far too lazy to do every state ... but by my count PA = 45:
125 = 1:
25 Berginc – Hempfield
133 = 4:
2 Crookham – Saucon Valley
13 Phipps – Norwin
14 Van Dee – Erie Prep
27 Strickland – Benton
141 = 3:
2 Bartlett – Wyoming Seminary
16 Chappell – Seneca Valley
18 Matthews – Reynolds
149 = 7:
3 Arrington – Forest Hills
5 Watters – West Allegheny
7 Kasak – Bethlehem Catholic
22 Willochell – Latrobe
30 Swisher – Bellefonte
31 Solomon – Franklin Regional
32 Boyd – Erie McDowell
157 = 2:
1 Haines – Biglerville
4 Scott – Dubois
165 = 1:
11 Cerniglia – Notre Dame Green Pond
174 = 5:
3 Ruth – Susquehanna Township
6 Welsh – Waynesburg
9 Starocci – Erie Prep
13 McCoy – Chestnut Ridge
23 Augustine – Waynesburg
184 = 2:
5 Pinto – Stroudsburg
30 Duvall – Penns Valley
197 = 8:
2 Hidlay – Mifflin County
4 Beard – Malvern Prep
15 Shaw – Thomas Jefferson
16 Luke Stout – Mt. Lebanon
21 Mac Stout – Mt. Lebanon
24 Urbas – State College
28 Wehmeyer – Malvern Prep
32 Crawford – Strath Haven
285 = 5:
5 Taylor – Brookville
9 Feldman – Malvern Prep
19 Crosby – Erie Prep
21 Pitzer – Mt. Pleasant
26 Catka – Sun Valley
Also a few others who graduated from PA schools but I didn't count above:
125 – Ungar – Notre Dame Green Pond, but from NJ (rumored to have stayed in NJ)
133 – Bouzakis – Wyoming Seminary; from FL, family has since moved to PA
141 – Henson – graduated from Waynesburg, but really from MO
149 – Griffin – Hill School, but really from MA
I did count Bartlett even though he's originally from AZ, because he had long established himself as a PA resident.
The Malvern Prep guys are all from PA. Beard is from the Pottstown area. Wehmeyer is from outside Bethlehem (northern Bucks). Feldman would've attended Solanco.
EDIT: Make that 49. I missed:
- 133 Chlebove -- Northampton
- 165 Maag -- Notre Dame Green Pond
- 165 Thompson -- Franklin Regional
- 184 Hale -- Downingtown West
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Speaking of rule changes, anyone remember the hands to the face era? My how things have boomeranged hard and fast on that one.
We went from penalties being called if hands even got close to the face and national titles be decided on that basis, to wrestlers routinely doing Moe Howard impersonations on the mat ...
If he had the shits earlier today, he probably got rid of them. Shits happen 💩
Long game strategery. Why risk injury when you can control the match and still win by major?
It’s great to watch their “duals” at nationals. They go 8-2 (34-6) and then 10-0 (40-0)! What will be their record in Rd 3?
Doesnt mean that he needs that exact brace. There are countless types of different braces. My comment is not the dumb one, yours is.
The ESPN app is god awful for finding mats. I ended up pasting the links to each mat in a google doc and just used that to switch mats. That or the Hulu app works well if you have the bundle.
For what it’s worth I came across this breakdown a few days back. Not sure what metric was used to do the categorization but it also lists last year’s totals as well.
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I used to fiddle with individual mats, but the past few years have been very happy with the Multicast feed that shows all 8 mats on one feed. Sure, the boxes are a little small even on a 65" TV, but I just pull a computer chair up closer to the TV and find it to be fine. This may be the easiest thing for your dad to do. The only downside to the multicast is they don't display riding time, but Sparks has been doing a really good job keeping up with the action across all 8 mats and commenting on riding time status when it's meaningful.
the hulu/espn bundle is the way to go. super easy to switch from matcast to individual mats.
Maybe he's wearing a heavier brace as a precaution and his corner knew he could beat those opponents with a restricted range of motion. Maybe he'll go to a lighter neoprene brace now that he's wrestling #1.
I watch matcast on my big TV, and when one of our guys comes up, I use the monitor attached to my laptop to stream the individual mat. Works like a charm. Best of both worlds really. Can't go wrong for $10. Hell, that won't get you a bag of popcorn at a movie theater.
Is the extra pound per day a relatively new thing, or has that been around for awhile?
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