We saw about 100 PSU bouts today. No need for 103.
Black Knight Invitational - Sun, Nov 24
- Thread starter Callthestall
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The ONLY thing that derails this PSU train this year is injuries. Cael is playing it smart as usual when deciding who wrestles when.
That's why I only get mat notifications, I figure the spoiler wasn't worth it anymore I always look at the results any way.
Slippery Pete, As always you did an incredible job, and just so you know, I go back and read your play by play a lot to understand how the action occurred for an individual wrestler even when I haven't watched or heard the matches. It's like your words enable me to see what happened. It's a true gift you have and thanking you doesn't do justice by how much I do appreciate your work. I was driving around meeting clients this afternoon and broke the law by reading and driving at times.
Final results. 22 wrestlers entered. 6 wrestlers won 1st place (Lilledahl, Bartlett, Van Ness, Kasak, Mesenbrink & Barr). 3 first place matches had 2 PSU wrestlers that didn't wrestle (174, 184 & 285). Facundo & Cochran took 2nd place. McHenry & Connor Mirasola took 3rd place. Levine & Garcia battled for 5th at 133lbs, with Levine getting the win.
125:
Luke Lilledahl 1st Place
Kurt McHenry 3rd Place
133:
Timothy Levine 5th Place
Kyison Garcia 6th Place
Gary Steen DNP
141:
Beau Bartlett 1st Place
Cael Nasdeo DNP
149:
Shayne Van Ness 1st Place
Connor Pierce DNP
157:
Tyler Kasak 1st Place
Alex Facundo 2nd Place
165:
Mitchell Mesenbrink 1st Place
Ty Watson DNP
174: Levi Haines & Matt Lee share 1st Place (no final match)
184: Carter Starocci & Zack Ryder share 1st Place (no final match)
197:
Josh Barr 1st Place
Lucas Cochran 2nd Place
Connor Mirasola 3rd Place
285: Greg Kerkvliet & Cole Mirasola share 1st Place (no final match)
125:
Luke Lilledahl 1st Place
Kurt McHenry 3rd Place
133:
Timothy Levine 5th Place
Kyison Garcia 6th Place
Gary Steen DNP
141:
Beau Bartlett 1st Place
Cael Nasdeo DNP
149:
Shayne Van Ness 1st Place
Connor Pierce DNP
157:
Tyler Kasak 1st Place
Alex Facundo 2nd Place
165:
Mitchell Mesenbrink 1st Place
Ty Watson DNP
174: Levi Haines & Matt Lee share 1st Place (no final match)
184: Carter Starocci & Zack Ryder share 1st Place (no final match)
197:
Josh Barr 1st Place
Lucas Cochran 2nd Place
Connor Mirasola 3rd Place
285: Greg Kerkvliet & Cole Mirasola share 1st Place (no final match)
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Your clients keeping you from following PSU Wrestling, eh?
Do you want me to have a sit down with them to clear some things up?
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Kasak might be a 174 ponder next year, he looks huge, bigger than Mesenbrink.
I was pissed actually. Sunday at 4 is the only time you can meet? But I knew I had Slippery Pete in my back pocket.
Cael sent a full squad so he could avoid pro-Army trolling from SHP on Twitter/X
Well played, sir, well played!
I definitely can't troll any press releases from the Black Knight Invitational this year...
Edit to add: This was more of a
"Pirate,
Shut Up!
-Society"
type of performance.
Is the cesspool leaking over into here?
Height can give you an advantage but it doesn't define your weight class.
The better question is would he have a spot.
For a real challenge, I think Pete should do a closed captioning of Byers for us.
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Kudos for the coverage. Assuming that you will be in Philly in March. Free drinks for you.
True. To earn that label, he'd have to face the level of competition at the Luther Open.
Fify and that is the way Cael would want it.
It’s fine for Mitch to wrestle hard against plebes, but he better not dare against his betters like JB!!! That’s just unsporting
We should start a go fund me for the carpel tunnel that
@SlipperyPete12 is going to develop…..
@SlipperyPete12 is going to develop…..
And most likely would have been 15 had Luke and Kurt been on opposite ends of the bracket.
I had the win loss record 59- 14 with 50 bonus wins . I thought Josh barr was best wrestler and curt McHenry could be the backup at 125 -133.
I have to go back & clean up the PBP typos because of people like you. Lol. It's cleaned up & better than before.
If you turn your clients into fans of the team, then they won't bother you during matches or tournaments. 😆
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I don't think so. My thoughts are Cael has been letting Pete into the RTC all summer long to build his conditioning for these tournaments. That has to be it, no human could take on pbp bouts from 22 wrestlers cold.
We could ask nerfstate to ask Cael at the next presser, but he'd have an easier time getting the answer from the NSA.
Just like the team, we are Grateful for what Pete has done and I think he had Fun. You watch how Pete peaks in Mid-March.
The United States Army watched Penn State wrestle, but your clients think they're special.
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I probably wouldn't look too far from that if I was wearing a bikini or speedo. They say that you shouldn't look at a nuclear bomb flash. Well, the same applies to me. It's unhealthy lol.What kind of clients are you meeting on a Sunday? 😂
Delta Force guys thinking: if we’re Tier 1, what are these guys?
Anybody know why David Evans didn't wrestle in this event? He has been a top backup at the lower weights.
Some thoughts:
Were was Joe Sealey?
Could the Facundo and Cochran finals results have been affected by weigh cuts? The results might have been the same, but closer. I expect to see a lot of both of these guys throughout the season, but I don't think they can sustain the weight for a tournament.
Were was Joe Sealey?
Could the Facundo and Cochran finals results have been affected by weigh cuts? The results might have been the same, but closer. I expect to see a lot of both of these guys throughout the season, but I don't think they can sustain the weight for a tournament.
I dunno, both were pretty dominant enroute to the finals. This is another data point though--I'm sure Lucas will have an opportunity or two to flip the script.
Gable coming back knocks you guys down a peg, thank god. and hopefully you'll go with Facundo at 157. Davis could pull a Davis again. Bartlett is taking 3rd. I'll cross my fingers that Lilledahl sucks on the mat.
I'm not saying it's certain. But there's a path to PSU taking second.
I would say that path is considered "the road less traveled."
