Black Knight Invitational 11/19 on Flo
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Barraclough was dominating Matt Lee 7-1 in 2nd with over two mins riding time. There’s a restart for some reason (Barraclough was dominating too much on top?) and Lee hits a switch to a cradle and now it’s 7-7 going into 3rd.
Cassella with opening TD but then quick reversal by Messenbrink. 3-2 Cassella early.
Cassella #21 per Intermat.
Messenbrink cuts him after a long ride. Then gets TD. 5-4 Messenbrink with 1:30 RT after one.
Messenbrink with a Peterson. 11-4 now.
Stall call on Cassella as Messenbrink hammering on top. And then a second stall maybe 30-40 secs later.
12-4 Messenbrink after two with 3:11 RT.
Messenbrink a little sloppy being aggressive on feet in 3rd. Almost gives a TD but successfully defends. Messenbrink TD makes it 15-4. Lets him up.. TD. 18-5. Cuts him. 18-6. TD and cradle. Cassella choked out? 25-6 final.
Cassella #21 per Intermat.
Messenbrink cuts him after a long ride. Then gets TD. 5-4 Messenbrink with 1:30 RT after one.
Messenbrink with a Peterson. 11-4 now.
Stall call on Cassella as Messenbrink hammering on top. And then a second stall maybe 30-40 secs later.
12-4 Messenbrink after two with 3:11 RT.
Messenbrink a little sloppy being aggressive on feet in 3rd. Almost gives a TD but successfully defends. Messenbrink TD makes it 15-4. Lets him up.. TD. 18-5. Cuts him. 18-6. TD and cradle. Cassella choked out? 25-6 final.
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He missed 2 folk seasons and only had an abbreviated Covid shortened season as a true freshman while wrestling hurt , this is his first time competing in a long time and first time competing with 2 healthy shoulders since the beast of the east his senior year of HS, ask Anthony cassar how long it takes to trust your shoulders and body again after being injured for so long , he clearly scared right now to really use that shoulder , it was really obvious at journeyman..the kid has stuck It out this long to get healthy , give him some time to build that confidence back up like cassar needed to. We re gonna cruise to a team title so give Robbie atleast half the season to get on track and if he can’t we have Davis who looks ready to go right now but no need to rush. Come on this penn state not Iowa we win titles in march not November
Not for me…I have been following him for over a year…the only question on this board was that he was going 133 …the kid is good!
Wow, a lot of people thought Casella would be a good measuring stick for Mesenbrink. Yeah, I guess so........
So Mitchell Mesenbrink just beat the 21st ranked wrestler in the nation 25-6. Yep.
I guess maybe he's pretty good 👍
I guess maybe he's pretty good 👍
Wow, Cassella is no slouch. That’s impressive! Trying not to get too excited or over-reactionary, but 10 AA’s is definitely a possibility.
There is no one in this field that’s a good measuring stick. He will crush Fish unless BearClaw takes him out first
He stalls like Nolf
It might be better to start Davis now and let Robbie gain confidence in the tournament circuit: Sending him out there right now to get poor results in dual meets will take an even worse toll.
Davis has earned the spot.
A 19pt TF over a two-time NQ with no bonus point losses last season (and only one ever - a fall) is encouraging.
It took Cassar 4 matches to knock off the #10 wrestler in the country in his return to the mats.
These Howard to Cassar comparisons are ridiculous.
What handle does he use on this board?
Actually, Mitch M versus Fish would be another good data point. Fish was pretty tough toward the end of last season. Fish lost to Facundo 1-3 in OT in the PSU-MSU dual meet, than upset #4 seed Ramirez of Cornell at the NCAA tourney. So not really a fish on the mat.
Just watched Steen v Howard. That was a fun scrap. To think that is happening in the room everyday is pretty cool. If Steen is undersized though then Howard is too just by the eye test and no one seemed to have an advantage strengthwise.
Davis has 3 competition dates left before he is no longer shirting. So there's only so long we can use this strategy. Because once Davis' shirt is burned, he's not sitting.
And Messenbrink was the #7 seed. Doesn't make any sense, but like you say it also doesn't matter. It's strange, but also rather meaningless.
Steen with the 2nd period fall in what would have otherwise been a 2nd pd TF over Buffalo’s Elton. Looked really good.
Cassella took one look at Mitchell and said to himself “This dude is tiny, I got this.”
He had a level of intensity I don’t think I’ve seen yet. That was good to see.
Hard to believe it won’t be nine if we stay healthy. But I’m not seeing an AA at 125 right now.
After watching my Steelers all season its nice to finally see some offense from one of my teams.
