Articles for Thursday

[Tom McAndrew]

enjoy


Daily Collegian: Athlete of the week -- Penn State wrestling's Bo Nickal

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Familiar foe awaits Gavin Teasdale in Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic

FloWrestling: Retrospective -- Ohio State's 2018 NCAA Tournament

Pittsburgh Sports Now: NCAA Wrestling Wrap-up and Final Thoughts

Massillon Independent: 'It's a lot of history for me': Carr ready to pitch in for Iowa State

Casper Star-Tribune: Wyoming wrestling notches best finish at nationals under Mark Branch

The Rider News: Unfamiliar territory for Rider after NCAAs

North State Journal: Macchiavello wins 197-pound wrestling title for NC State

FloWrestling: Where Are PWC Participants Going To College?

FloWrestling: Tech Notes -- Gavin Teasdale vs. Pat Glory

Limerick Post: Brandon Meredith Notches 150th Wrestling Win
(I missed this one when it was published earlier this month)

Articles Added After Initial Post

NWCA: Iowa's Stoll, Penn State's Nickal, Sanderson Earn NWCA Post-Event Awards at the NCAA Championships

MMA Fighting: Ed Ruth moves to welterweight to fight Laszlo Furko at Bellator 196

PennLive: Before he was a state champ, Susquehanna Township's Edmond Ruth was the 'weird kid' nobody wanted to wrestle
(another article I missed when it was published earlier this month)

FloWrestling: Time To Get These Seniors Paid

TwinCities.com: Apple Valley's Seth Gross wins NCAA wrestling title; ex-teammate Mark Hall finishes 2nd

The Open Mat: Measuring the Matness -- Investigating Upset Trends at the NCAA Di Championships (Part One)

The Open Mat: Measuring the Matness -- Investigating Upset Trends at the NCAA DI Championships (Part Two)

 

[PSU&Trout]

enjoy


Daily Collegian: Athlete of the week -- Penn State wrestling's Bo Nickal

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Familiar foe awaits Gavin Teasdale in Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic

FloWrestling: Retrospective -- Ohio State's 2018 NCAA Tournament

Pittsburgh Sports Now: NCAA Wrestling Wrap-up and Final Thoughts

Massillon Independent: 'It's a lot of history for me': Carr ready to pitch in for Iowa State

Casper Star-Tribune: Wyoming wrestling notches best finish at nationals under Mark Branch

The Rider News: Unfamiliar territory for Rider after NCAAs

North State Journal: Macchiavello wins 197-pound wrestling title for NC State

FloWrestling: Where Are PWC Participants Going To College?

FloWrestling: Tech Notes -- Gavin Teasdale vs. Pat Glory

Limerick Post: Brandon Meredith Notches 150th Wrestling Win
(I missed this one when it was published earlier this month)

I think that's all for today, but I've got to hustle off to an appointment, so I can't make my final check. If I find additional articles later today, I'll add them.

Has or will Flo do a Retrospective PSU 2018 ?

 

[Tom McAndrew]

I noted when I initially posted this that I had to interrupt the process due to an appointment, and would check for additional articles. I have added five additional articles at the bottom of the OP

Oops, I added two more, so it's seven additional articles that were added at the bottom of the OP

 

[jack66]

From Pittsburgh Sports Now

"Ronnie Perry, a senior for Lock Haven, shocked the wrestling world by upsetting Iowa Hawkeye and four time All American Brandon Sorensen in the second round. After working his way through rest of the bracket, which included defeating NCAA champion Jason Tsirtsis, no one thought he could beat Retherford. In the second period, it appeared as though Perry scored a takedown, but “two” was not called. With Lock Haven out of challenges, all his coaches (and the crowd) could do was plead the ref to do an official’s review. All tournament, the referees took matters into their own hands when something was not clear. But on the biggest stage, with an unthinkable upset potentially brewing, this official did not. It’s instances like this with Penn State that make people say ridiculous things."

No more ridiculous than this writer insinuating an upset was brewing.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

No more ridiculous than this writer insinuating an upset was brewing.

Yeah, the score was 5-1, with 8 seconds left in the 2nd, when Perry hit a low single. In what universe would losing 5-1 more than 2/3 of the way through a bout be considered as an upset in the making?

In the second period, it appeared as though Perry scored a takedown, but “two” was not called. With Lock Haven out of challenges, all his coaches (and the crowd) could do was plead the ref to do an official’s review. All tournament, the referees took matters into their own hands when something was not clear. But on the biggest stage, with an unthinkable upset potentially brewing, this official did not.

What uninformed nonsense in the article. First, I never felt that Perry scored a takedown. Second, the ref was in absolute perfect position during the sequence. He saw that Zain's right foot was free, and that Perry never collected that foot, or covered the far hip, or did anything else that would meet takedown criteria. Third, as for refs reviewing the video on their own, they don't do that whenever "something was not clear (to who?)." They do that when THEY have questions as to a) whether time had run out before criteria were met, b) criteria may have been met during a sequence, c) whether a wrestler was in or out of bounds, d) etc. The call was quite clear to the ref, and there was nothing about it which required him to check the video.

 

[PSU Mike]

I opened two articles to read about a kid named “Whittlake” (PPG), and the little known fact that Ed Ruth only won 2 NCAA titles and AAed only 3 times (pennlive).

 

[El-Jefe]

From Pittsburgh Sports Now

"Ronnie Perry, a senior for Lock Haven, shocked the wrestling world by upsetting Iowa Hawkeye and four time All American Brandon Sorensen in the second round. After working his way through rest of the bracket, which included defeating NCAA champion Jason Tsirtsis, no one thought he could beat Retherford. In the second period, it appeared as though Perry scored a takedown, but “two” was not called. With Lock Haven out of challenges, all his coaches (and the crowd) could do was plead the ref to do an official’s review. All tournament, the referees took matters into their own hands when something was not clear. But on the biggest stage, with an unthinkable upset potentially brewing, this official did not. It’s instances like this with Penn State that make people say ridiculous things."

No more ridiculous than this writer insinuating an upset was brewing.

Also very poorly worded for a professional writer.