Same with Carson Kuhn. And it was glorious.
Collegiate Wrestling Duals (No PSU)
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According to the PSU Wrestling Club website, PSU was up 85-73 in match points (thru #197).
So, had Snyder won by a 13 pt major, OSU would've won the dual.
Yeah, I had to go look through the archives on this. MM's 4-1 win at the 2015 B1G's included a TD, an escape, and a RT point. So yep, only scored on him once.
I must have miscounted. Ah, I miswrote Micah Jordan's score as 20 instead of 24. My bad. You are correct.
Tom Ryan charging in and then putting his hands on his hips in frustration make this angle so much better.
The other thing about Kyle's career is he had very few falls for wins mostly TF's and majors
Getting many TF's as an undersized NCAA Heavyweight without many back points is really quite the amazing feat, honestly. Greg certainly gets a lot of TFs too, but those usually involve his tilts, etc.
Next criterea is Nearfall points, I believe, which PSU would have won 14-4 (12 for zain, 2 for bo, 4 for Nato)
The team without the robes still wins!😉
Those things were awesome! I'd love to have one to wear every time PSU takes the mat...just for good luck!
SIAP... but looks like Army's schedule has PSU at the Black Knight Invitational
That could be limited PSU participation -- it's the day after the Bill Farrell freestyle tournament.
Dual national championship? No thanks see no benefit for B10 teams wrestling the same guys another time before nationals and having it after no benefit for wrestlers to go thru another meat grinder after.
But, if it's like last year, they bring pretty much everyone else, so it's a great event. It's also the shortest trip for me except for Rutgers, so I'm biased.
PSU should do it and only bring their 2s. It will make for closer scores and the 1s can still be ready for nationals. 😉
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West Point can also be quite nice that time of year if you want to make a weekend out of it. I took someone's advice on here last year and stayed on campus at The Thayer. Wonderful experience.
Stayed on campus in a turtle-back camper when my brother went there. Probably can afford The Thayer now. It's a beautiful campus to walk.
Unfortunately, November 19th is too close to a Monday travel day for me. Maybe another year.
Neville v Snyder was one of 2 times I could actually feel rec hall moving. The other was when Zain beat Steiber. Good times indeed.
I thought Zain beat Steiber at the BJC? At least in my (admittedly faulty) memory.
Edit- just checked and it was Rec Hall. Weird…. I guess I made up my memory.
Flo has PSU at the Journeyman Collegiate Classic on November 12 too"
While technically not a traditional bracketed tournament, the round robin/scramble structure of this event could result in many of the matchups you'd expect to see in a more typical bracketed tourney, so we're still including it on this list.
Participants: Arizona State, Army, Bloomsburg, Buffalo, Cornell, F&M, Harvard, Hofstra, Lehigh, LIU, Lock Haven, North Carolina, North Carolina, State, Penn, Penn State, Purdue, Sacred Heart
While technically not a traditional bracketed tournament, the round robin/scramble structure of this event could result in many of the matchups you'd expect to see in a more typical bracketed tourney, so we're still including it on this list.
Participants: Arizona State, Army, Bloomsburg, Buffalo, Cornell, F&M, Harvard, Hofstra, Lehigh, LIU, Lock Haven, North Carolina, North Carolina, State, Penn, Penn State, Purdue, Sacred Heart
To clarify: last year's event had multiple brackets within each weight -- i.e., 125A, 125B, 125C, etc. Round robin within each bracket.
Competition appears to have been limited to those round robins -- round robin winners did not face each other to determine a weight class champ.
Wrestlers typically got 3 matches each (excluding forfeits).
Cael always has his wrestlers prepared for dual strategies.
Nick knew the situation but still came out and got a takedown, which Snyder was not remotely prepared for. He definitely thought Nick would back up to try to limit damage. Going up 2-1 basically made it virtually impossible to Snyder to win the dual without a pin, which forced Snyder to go for a yolo throw that gave Nick a second TD.
Similarly, using Marco Vespa this year against Spencer was brilliant. He came out and threw a hail mary that once again, Spencer was not expecting. Afterwards, Vespa's height and length basically makes it impossible for Spencer to pin him in a tilt.
I would bet good money that Kuhn's plan was to pin NATO (or get a 2+4) with the headlock but he just hit it too close OOB.
Nick knew the situation but still came out and got a takedown, which Snyder was not remotely prepared for. He definitely thought Nick would back up to try to limit damage. Going up 2-1 basically made it virtually impossible to Snyder to win the dual without a pin, which forced Snyder to go for a yolo throw that gave Nick a second TD.
Similarly, using Marco Vespa this year against Spencer was brilliant. He came out and threw a hail mary that once again, Spencer was not expecting. Afterwards, Vespa's height and length basically makes it impossible for Spencer to pin him in a tilt.
I would bet good money that Kuhn's plan was to pin NATO (or get a 2+4) with the headlock but he just hit it too close OOB.
Don't know if the rules changed since, but last year Arizona State had multiple bracket champs at the same weights.
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