Bo Nickal..dream crusher

[AgSurfer]

I saw, in person, him lose in the finals of the 2003 world championships at MSG.

On that subject, I was standing at one corner of the mat when Les Gutches hit Cael with one of the most awesome throws I've ever seen in freestyle. That was at the US Open back in 1999 or 2000. The video is probably out there on YouTube if someone wants to search for it.

 

[Sportfan2017]

I'll end the mystery for those of you who are wondering. Obviously, I've not been banned, but I've worn out my welcome here and have opted, on my own volition, to remove myself from this board.

Yesterday is over

 

[Roar More]

 

[86PSUPaul]

Like Matter said..we all have bad days..it wasn't your content that drove me nuts, it was not letting it go when the argument wasn't going anywhere.

For what it's worth..prior to yesterday, personally, I've enjoyed your posting history here.

No hard feelings from me at least

FWIW I would miss you too Ban. Though I really wouldnt miss the last few days of banter if they slid off to back pages. No welcome worn out.

 

[Ja1339]

In all seriousness, I'd slot it in as #2. Junior two time champ (who beat Nolf twice) gets stuck? Snyder hadn't won anything to that point and Rohn's pin was a total reversal of the match, but Cenzo? That was stupendous.

We have certainly been spoiled these last few years, that's for darn sure.

 

[Ja1339]

Precisely why I prefaced it with, "the PSU lenses" statement so as to try to keep it impartial.

With that said, given the three other dramatic pins in the finals that were listed, would it be a stretch to you to think that many would find the pin of Taylor by Jenkins, also given all that had happened before, to NOT be considered dramatic? If not, I'd like to know why you don't think that it is. It certainly rocked me when I saw it.

Boooooooooooo!!

 

[bowandarrow]

On that subject, I was standing at one corner of the mat when Les Gutches hit Cael with one of the most awesome throws I've ever seen in freestyle. That was at the US Open back in 1999 or 2000. The video is probably out there on YouTube if someone wants to search for it.

Got you, boo.

 

[ecdcr]

Like Matter said..we all have bad days..it wasn't your content that drove me nuts, it was not letting it go when the argument wasn't going anywhere.

For what it's worth..prior to yesterday, personally, I've enjoyed your posting history here.

No hard feelings from me at least

Me too. I hope you'll reconsider.

 

[Gebmo]

If you are in Fairbanks try Hoo Doo. Cool venue and good beer. It must be the water.
http://www.hoodoobrew.com/on-tap-2/

Sitting there right now..... and agreed on both. Thanks for the tip.

 

[Cali_Nittany]

Sitting there right now..... and agreed on both. Thanks for the tip.

I'm jealous.

 

[dwkeller]

This time with the Strawbs.

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Great song!

 

[Hotshoe]

Besides Bo's and Imar getting pinned by Cenzo, Quentin Wright's finger four at Pitt over Wilps was one of my favorites.

 

[RoarLions1]

Besides Bo's and Imar getting pinned by Cenzo, Quentin Wright's finger four at Pitt over Wilps was one of my favorites.

Figure four? If it's the match I'm remembering, the pin was among the most unusual (unique) I've ever seen.

 

[PSU Mike]

Figure four? If it's the match I'm remembering, the pin was among the most unusual (unique) I've ever seen.

Until Jason ...

 

[psuflyguy]

Besides Bo's and Imar getting pinned by Cenzo, Quentin Wright's finger four at Pitt over Wilps was one of my favorites.

I've looked for video of that Q match, but have never been able to find it.

 

[NoVa Lion]

I've looked for video of that Q match, but have never been able to find it.

I couldn't find it either. However, I was there. It was a dual at Pitt in Q's senior season. It happened so fast I couldn't tell you exactly what happened but Q had both legs around Wilps head/shoulders and pinned him in the first period.

 

[El-Jefe]

I can't find video of the match either, but I did find a sequence of pics from it -- starting here:
https://pennstatewrestlingclub.org/gallery3/index.php/2013/PittSel/33_-q

Here is the last pic of the sequence:

This was definitely a Quentin Wright Special.

 

[PSUbluTX]

Sorry if I missed a previous discussion of this, but was reliving some of the 2018 B1G highlights from February and just realized that Mymar tried a similar move as the dream crusher Bo used in the National finals but with a much different result.

I'd be curious if others have a different take, but starting at about the 5:20 mark of this video MyMar seems to be trying an elevator but Bo quickly adjusts and converts for the take-down. Crazy that Bo would crush MyMar's dreams with the same basic move a month later.

 

[tikk10]

Sorry if I missed a previous discussion of this, but was reliving some of the 2018 B1G highlights from February and just realized that Mymar tried a similar move as the dream crusher Bo used in the National finals but with a much different result.

I'd be curious if others have a different take, but starting at about the 5:20 mark of this video MyMar seems to be trying an elevator but Bo quickly adjusts and converts for the take-down. Crazy that Bo would crush MyMar's dreams with the same basic move a month later.

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Nice catch. Big difference is that Martin didn't have Bo's head, so even though Bo leaves his hips high, and even goes over, he can easily recover.

I hadn't rewatched that match, thanks. Both of Bo's takedowns are things of beauty.

 

[nerfstate]

Nice catch. Big difference is that Martin didn't have Bo's head, so even though Bo leaves his hips high, and even goes over, he can easily recover.

I hadn't rewatched that match, thanks. Both of Bo's takedowns are things of beauty.

Bo’s footwork is one of his greatest strengths. Those pups never stop moving and improving. Makes hard stuff look effortless.

 

[Dogwelder]

Nice catch. Big difference is that Martin didn't have Bo's head, so even though Bo leaves his hips high, and even goes over, he can easily recover ...

Also, Martin had only been doing that move since he was 7, but Bo’d been doing that move since he was 6. #killedbymath

 

[RoarLions1]

Bo’s footwork is one of his greatest strengths. Those pups never stop moving and improving. Makes hard stuff look effortless.

Not just footwork. Anyone that's wrestled knows how unique Nolf and Nickal are. I'd say they're the Picasso, Fred Astaire, and Archimedes of the wrestling world, all rolled into one. There's really good guys coming in, just saying we should enjoy the artistry of these two in particular for their senior years.

 

[dicemen99]

Not just footwork. Anyone that's wrestled knows how unique Nolf and Nickal are. I'd say they're the Picasso, Fred Astaire, and Archimedes of the wrestling world, all rolled into one. There's really good guys coming in, just saying we should enjoy the artistry of these two in particular for their senior years.

Agreed. When this roll started, my favorite was Quentin. Then DT overtook him, and to a lesser extent Ed. Zain came along and I enjoyed him even more than DT. I know I enjoy Nolf and Nickal even more. At some point it's got to stop getting better, right?

Fortunately I have a personal favorite in Cenzo that I'll be able to enjoy for another year after Nolf and Nickal are gone.

 

[NoVa Lion]

Agreed. When this roll started, my favorite was Quentin. Then DT overtook him, and to a lesser extent Ed. Zain came along and I enjoyed him even more than DT. I know I enjoy Nolf and Nickal even more. At some point it's got to stop getting better, right?

Fortunately I have a personal favorite in Cenzo that I'll be able to enjoy for another year after Nolf and Nickal are gone.

I sure hope it doesn't stop getting better, but you;re right, not sure how much better than 7 team titles in 8 years and multiple champs almost every year it can get.

 

[nerfstate]

Bo’s footwork is one of his greatest strengths. Those pups never stop moving and improving. Makes hard stuff look effortless.

Not just footwork. Anyone that's wrestled knows how unique Nolf and Nickal are. I'd say they're the Picasso, Fred Astaire, and Archimedes of the wrestling world, all rolled into one. There's really good guys coming in, just saying we should enjoy the artistry of these two in particular for their senior years.

Isn't that what I said?

I know you're not picking on me Roar, just having fun. I think you'll find we see eye to eye 98% of the time on this kind of thing (OK, maybe only 83%).

 

[PSUbluTX]

I think you'll find we see eye to eye 98% of the time on this kind of thing (OK, maybe only 83%).

We’ll let WrestleStat be the judge of that.

 

[nerfstate]

We’ll let WrestleStat be the judge of that.

I'm just quoting your post to increase my sample size.

 

[crazylegs2]

Sorry if I missed a previous discussion of this, but was reliving some of the 2018 B1G highlights from February and just realized that Mymar tried a similar move as the dream crusher Bo used in the National finals but with a much different result.

I'd be curious if others have a different take, but starting at about the 5:20 mark of this video MyMar seems to be trying an elevator but Bo quickly adjusts and converts for the take-down. Crazy that Bo would crush MyMar's dreams with the same basic move a month later.

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Bo has even a better counter to the same move against Hunter Ritter at the B1G Championships

https://www.flowrestling.org/video/5756654-184-lbs-bo-nickal-psu-vs-hunter-ritter-wis

 

[GOLDBANGER]

Not just footwork. Anyone that's wrestled knows how unique Nolf and Nickal are. I'd say they're the Picasso, Fred Astaire, and Archimedes of the wrestling world, all rolled into one. There's really good guys coming in, just saying we should enjoy the artistry of these two in particular for their senior years.

I was thinking Monet, Gene Kelly, and Pythagoras.

 

[Dogwelder]

... I'd say they're the Picasso, Fred Astaire, and Archimedes of the wrestling world, all rolled into one ...

We need to add Alfred E. Newman or Mark Twain for the wink, if not a Jim Carrey for full-blown guffaws.

 

[Dogwelder]

... I'd say they're the Picasso, Fred Astaire, and Archimedes of the wrestling world, all rolled into one ...

I was thinking Monet, Gene Kelly, and Pythagoras.

The thought of all these men making a love child together might get LemonPie overly excited ... #jk #allingoodfun

 

[y2jriden]

I sure hope it doesn't stop getting better, but you;re right, not sure how much better than 7 team titles in 8 years and multiple champs almost every year it can get.

Not to mention the unbelievable moments of the last few years, Cenzo pinning Imar and then being (arguably) topped by Bo pinning Myles, how can there possibly be anything better this year?

 

[SWPA]

Schnupp pinning S. Lee would do it.

 

[johnstownsteel]

The thought of all these men making a love child together might get LemonPie overly excited ... #jk #allingoodfun

Lol

 

[El-Jefe]

The thought of all these men making a love child together might get LemonPie overly excited ... #jk #allingoodfun

Combo of Cael Sanderson + Arnold Schwarzenegger would do it.

 

[RoarLions1]

I was thinking Monet, Gene Kelly, and Pythagoras.

Have you ever heard of Archimedes? Not sure how a guy in your occupation would ever run across that name.

 

[GOLDBANGER]

Have you ever heard of Archimedes? Not sure how a guy in your occupation would ever run across that name.

Pi x R squared x H baby!!