I have zero idea.
I would bet the trainer & coaches are carefully looking over that knee during this break.
Any sign of soreness or swelling, I bet they pull the plug.
B1G Championships Session 1 Thread
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I have zero idea.
I would bet the trainer & coaches are carefully looking over that knee during this break.
Any sign of soreness or swelling, I bet they pull the plug.
You forgot Nolf vs Cael (does he make Nolf MFF out). lol!
Seriously, even in matches where they're favored, tOSU has more difficult matches. Pletcher-McKee, BoJo-Amine, MyMar-Abounader, even Moore-Beasley are tough matches.
That “max points possible” can be a little misleading because it is based on mathematical formula that it is “possible” that all wrestlers can all pin their way thru the remaining tournament. And that’s basically impossible.
It reads “240 max” but neither team will get close to 200.
A better barometer is:
1. How many in semis?
2. How many are favorites ?
I didn't have a problem with Massa's reaction. Seemed like a reasonable response from an elite wrestler who all year has been trying to overcome injuries, climb out of a rut, and overcome some bad losses, all while hearing the chorus of people counting him out of contention for any top finish. I couldn't tell from my BTN+ feed if he was flexing "at the Iowa corner." If so, no way to tell if it was intentional, or if it might have been in response to trash talking he received from that corner.
Exactly.
Buckeyes have 9 in semis but most of the matches they’ll be underdogs or all out brawls.
And Campbell has to face Marinelli in his wrestleback.
Buckeyes have a tough challenge ahead.
And, it's not only how many byes, but who got them. All right, Keener was one of our 3. But our other 2 were Zain and Bo; compared to M Jordan and Moore. We lost out in the bonus there, as we would have had 2 falls and tOSU not as much.
I wouldn't mess with the founder of what became our Commonwealth. That's for sure.
Yes the 2nd match he got caught, kind of a fluke merkle, but the first match? Net-net both matches. Nerves, maybe? That first kid was 0-12, the whole conversation the last 2 months has been Cassar strength and consistency vs Raptors value delivering more team points via bonus. I'm still in his camp, but cradle be damned he needs to turn some lower seeds with something else in his tool box. I am sure us posters, the coaches and even Shak himself aren't pleased so far. A win is a win and if he takes it all we won't care much how.
I just took 10 tums, that seemed to work.
BTN2GO is rebroadcasting first round now. Good chance to catch Hall and Nickal if you missed then... if you have the patience to wait that long.
Jason didn't appear to be favoring the leg, but he does look rusty and perhaps a tiny bit hesitant at times. I'm guessing he's around 80% right now. I believe Tucker and Short both got in on his (good) leg a few times, and not in the normal Nolf "Here, take my leg so I can pin you" way. Assuming the knee feels ok, I'd like to see him go against Pantaleo. I suspect he will.
For those who haven't seen the bouts, Jason's knee brace is tiny compared to what the Iowa guys are wearing. It looks more like a sleeve.
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Not an upset, but it was a little upsetting. From dominating all season against all comers, and to my recollection never putting himself close to a bad situation, to seeing VJ on his back for the 4th straight match is the biggest surprise to me. Cudos to his fighting off that first time this morning, 30 seconds at least and very close.... he'll be fine but we came close to seeing the best 165 match in the losers bracket final.
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My main goals for Big 10's are 4 - Kuhn & Keener both qualify, Nolf doesn't get re-injured ( I think he might default out from here forward), and the rest finish healthy as well. Does anyone care who won bigs last year? Points, Points? "We don't need no stinking badges."
So the worst guy in the Semis at 125 is Lizak, who was an NCAA finalist?
After the way the injury looked when he sustained it, it is a miracle that he could be at 80% today.
I still kind of hope they sit him tonight to get him even healthier for nationals.
A killer 125 conference tourney.
And, speaking of 125, it looks like our 125 pounder will score more points that tOSU's Campbell. Campbell is going to get a goose egg after wrestling Marinelli tonight and Kuhn has already scored 1 1/2!
Thanks but still does not make sense to me. Understand the scenario for all is impossible, but it is not impossible for all members of one team to do so. can only assume that assumption is how they calc the max possible. So each team has all 10 still capable of pulling it off. And if they have nine in winners bracket(higher point value) to our our eight and are already up by 4.5 points, how are we making it up?
One additional match available through wrestlebacks for those now in consi vs.now in semis.
I was thinking the same 75-80% before I read your post. He looks amazingly healthy at this point and two weeks from now I could see him at about 90% if there are no significant setbacks. Really encouraging. I'd like to see him go if there is no compelling medical reason not to.
For those of you concerned with how Sugar's tourney has gone so far--perhaps take solace in his 7+ minutes of RT in 2 matches?
And for those who suggested the coaches are upset with him don’t know our coaches very well.
I have to agree about Jason, except I’ll add: it seemed to me the rust flew off him late in the Short match and suddenly the snapdowns were back and he looked goooood!
There is a Search function on this board ... from last year's Session 2 Thread, in a post made by me:
"At the end of Session 1, here are the team scores:
PSU - 70
Ohio St. - 68
Iowa - 55.5
Minny - 52
Mich - 47
Illini - 28.5
Wisky - 28.5
Nebraska - 26
Indy - 20
MSU - 19
Rutgers - 17.5
Maryland - 16.5
Purdue - 7
NW - 4"
165 is total insanity at Big Tens.
8 Big Ten ranked in Top 11 nationally, and Campbell is ranked #14.
Okie St Chandler Rogers is #12 and Anthony Valencia is #15.
Campbell could completely whiff in Big Tens and still get seeded for NCAAs. Could happen. The conference field is that strong.
I posted this much earlier today, when I was having some internet problems and somehow it ended up in the Brooks Maryland states thread. Oh well.
LOL, JB kept saying that OSU is undefeated, I guess Campbell has defected. Maybe he is like the Russians at the Olympics, competing under the Big Ten flag.
LOL, JB kept saying that OSU is undefeated, I guess Campbell has defected. Maybe he is like the Russians at the Olympics, competing under the Big Ten flag.
I agree that it's possible and if he beats the Bull, definite. If, however, he loses to the Bull, I think it is still possible but not likely. Just speculation.
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It easier for you to find it for me...thx
2018 for comparison
Ohio State 85.5
Penn State 81.5
Michigan 64.5
Iowa 39
Illinois 29
Purdue 23.5
Minnesota 23
Northwestern 23
Rutgers 22
Nebraska 16.5
Wisconsin 13.5
Maryland 6.5
Michigan State 5
Indiana 2.5
Yes, I'm not worried about Rasheed. He was aggressive and that's PSU's style. He got burned at times (as did Joseph). But it's valuable experience. He looked good in all positions. When we really need him to get bonus is NCAA's and I'm optimistic about that. Again--valuable experience in a post-season tournament setting--something he hasn't had before!
A takedown is a bad thing. Frank Molinaro took down, and look what happened ...
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