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Several posters here thought he would struggle in college once he didn’t have a strength advantage. Looks like they were right.
He was #7 at 170 by Flo but not in the top 30 pound for pound. Not a scrub by any means but would expect Thompson to be favored and not almost get majored.
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Tyler Knox follows up his beat down of Bouzakis with a 8-4 win over Richie Koehler of Rider. Gets Reece Witcraft of Okie St in the quarters who knocked off Julian Chlebove 7-3
Also he's somewhat of a Greco guy and they generally don't do as well in D1 folk.
He was prone to giving up scoring in bursts in freestyle -- not freestyle bursts either. More about sloppy execution and matador defense. The type of stuff D1 guys will exploit.
That said, he's one month into his freshman season.
Shapiro up 10-2 after the 2nd. Wow.
16-4 annihilation with 2:16 riding time. I didn’t see it, but quite a statement.
16-4 annihilation with 2:16 riding time. I didn’t see it, but quite a statement.
That Shapiro vs Andonian match was incredible. Shapiro too slick for him but there were some close moments. Andonian is too crazy for his own good. Just goes big from anywhere
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Andonian is that wrestler that everybody except VT fans love to watch.
Let's not get carried away. No doubt, Shapiro is the real deal, but complete funk isn't going to beat someone of his calibre 9 out of 10 times. Andonian has a punchers chance against anybody, so that answered some questions.
Andonian is the Emanuel Augustus of wrestling, let's see how he does against more traditional guys like Teemer and Robb.
Is it reasonable to think that if Shapiro beats Andonian, Cardenas, Teemer, and Robb, he should be ranked #1?
Cardenas beat Chittum 9-8 so it’s Cardenas vs Shapiro next. Cardenas is tough but Meyer is way to slick for him. Cardenas is more of a plodder. I don’t expect it to be super close. Would have liked to see Chittum vs Shapiro especially since we saw Cardenas vs Shapiro already in freestyle
I could see a close match with Robb, but think Shapiro won’t have too much trouble with Teemer.
Pump the brakes if you want, but Shapiro looks like NCAA semifinalist material at the very least. Very controlled and confident against a guy who can make you pay for being slightly out of position and off-balance. I was impressed!
Bouzakis is absolutely terrible on bottom. AN is going to torture that kid.
You just about have to be perfect against Andonian, because everything is an attempted kill shot. So yeah, that is impressive. But I didn't expect Andonian to beat Shapiro. And I was surprised at how little, if any, conventional offense Andonian has.
He did have a good game plan against him, other than the first throw attempt he handled him pretty easily. If you can avoid the chestwraps during scrambles you'll be fine against Andonian. It seems like he likes to put himself in precarious positions to try and hit it but when you know it's coming you can stay out of trouble.
Stanford kid wrestling Griffith is gonna be a monster. Destroyed Braden Thompson last round and in the driver seat here.
Rode Griffith the entire 2nd period and then gets a reversal in the 3rd to go up 2-0. Griffith reverses him with about 35 seconds left. Has to let him up because RT is locked and can’t take him down. Norman wins 4-2
6'3"! Checked their roster this morning after watching the Thompson match.
Griffith hasn't looked the same the last couple years. I'm kind of surprised he came back.
2024 174 lb NCAA Final:
Lorenzo Norman vs. Gabe Arnold
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Lorenzo Norman vs. Gabe Arnold
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