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2025 NCAA's - Match/PBP/discussions (merged)

Just going to drop a link here to a Flickr album of some of my shots at NCAAs this year.


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Great pictures as always tikk, thank you for sharing!

If you have pictures of Luke and Tyler on the podium, can you photo shop them to the top? That would bring justice back to the universe.
Thank you. I didn't bother with podium pics this time, sorry. Sometimes I do, but I could only be out there for certain finals matches (184, 165, 197) and would have had to wait to be ushered in to take the same exact photo that a dozen or so other photographers were taking. I used the time to process the shots I already took and watch the rest of the finals.
 
We had six guys seeded 1st or 2nd. Two more seeded third. Anyone claiming three finalists isn’t disappointing is kidding themselves and the rest of us. I’m sure the young men themselves are disappointed. It’s okay to sometimes feel disappointment in life. It’s reality. You can state it was disappointing and not be a hater.
Sure but LL and TK lost by a very narrow margin. BD, BB, SVN, LH, and Kerk lost to eventual champs. Disappointing sure but that’s wrestling. Imagine what the team would have been had 3-4 of those close defeats were victories?
 
What don't you understand about the fact that not all competitors look at their competition in terms like "getting even"?

In American English, that term has ALWAYS had connotations of strong, almost visceral disdain.

There's hatred, like Woody Hayes vs Michigan, and then there's mutual respect like Keckeisen vs Starocci, for example. I'd be pretty damn surprised if David feels a need to get even with Cael.
There was no mutual respect for Carter by Keck’s sister. Road the train with his Mom and sister after the finals. Mom was very cool, Keck’s sister referred to Carter as “that asshole from Penn State”.
 
We had six guys seeded 1st or 2nd. Two more seeded third. Anyone claiming three finalists isn’t disappointing is kidding themselves and the rest of us. I’m sure the young men themselves are disappointed. It’s okay to sometimes feel disappointment in life. It’s reality. You can state it was disappointing and not be a hater.
You have to keep in mind that both second and third place finishers lose just a single match, and third has at least one more win. Sometimes it’s just a matter of whether you get a hot guy in a quarter or semi.
 
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There was no mutual respect for Carter by Keck’s sister. Road the train with his Mom and sister after the finals. Mom was very cool, Keck’s sister referred to Carter as “that asshole from Penn State”.

Not a great look. OTOH, gotta respect family having each other’s back.

Reminds me of Starocci’s comment a couple years ago about being ready to join any brawl that might ensue when Coach Casey had words with another coach after a dual.

Regardless, I’ve been very impressed by Keck. Really enjoyed this interview after his loss to Carter.

 
Not a great look. OTOH, gotta respect family having each other’s back.

Reminds me of Starocci’s comment a couple years ago about being ready to join any brawl that might ensue when Coach Casey had words with another coach after a dual.

Regardless, I’ve been very impressed by Keck. Really enjoyed this interview after his loss to Carter.

After that, I like him even more. With that mindset, he is future coach material.
 
Has anybody found the team trophy presentation anywhere?
They changed the date and time. They decided to do the trophy presentation at Carter during the Iowa/Penn State match during intermission this upcoming season. There was some push back from both schools but in the end better minds prevailed as they felt it could solidify to the world how great Penn State is and to help motivate Iowa to push for more than just second place
 
They changed the date and time. They decided to do the trophy presentation at Carter during the Iowa/Penn State match during intermission this upcoming season. There was some push back from both schools but in the end better minds prevailed as they felt it could solidify to the world how great Penn State is and to help motivate Iowa to push for more than just second place
A solid piece of self development is understanding one's own self limitations. There is almost always at least one other team, lately at least two between PSU and Iowa. Before worrying about catching PSU the Hawks need to focus on things within reach. The Hawks should try to catch those other teams that are always ahead of Iowa, but behind PSU.
Catching PSU is not something Iowa is remotely close to.
 
Has anybody found the team trophy presentation anywhere?
That's not televised. The awards happen way too long after the event ends for TV to hang around. I think this year was probably close to a half hour after, and it's kind of an informal mess.

The individual champions photo took extra long this year b/c Hendrickson was doing some TV interview. The other nine guys, and at least nine photographers just sat around and waited for maybe ten minutes more

 
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