Match Thread Day 2 - 2025 Big Ten Tournament thread

[SlipperyPete12]

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How to Watch: Big Ten Wrestling Championships - Day Two

How to watch and listen to the championship matches of the 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament on Sunday.

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Sunday Matches
Consi Semi-Final Matches (Noon, Central - Big 10 Plus):
133 - Braeden Davis VS Braxton Brown (MD)
141 - Beau Bartlett VS Joseph Olivieri (RUT)
149 - Shayne Van Ness VS Andrew Clark (RUT)
197 - Josh Barr VS Isaiah Salazar (MN)

Consi winners advance to the 3rd place match. Consi losers move to the 5th place match. 3rd & 5th place matches will take place in the 2nd session at 4:30p.

Final Matches (4:30 PM, Central - Big 10 Network):
125 - Luke Lilledahl VS Caleb Smith (NEB)
157 - Tyler Kasak VS Brandon Cannon (OSU)
165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink VS Michael Caliendo (IA)
174 - Levi Haines VS Lenny Pinto (NEB)
184 - Carter Starocci VS Max McEnelly (MN)
285 - Greg Kerkvliet VS Gable Steveson (MN)

 

[El-Jefe]

Consi Semi-Final Matches:
133 - Braeden Davis VS Braxton Brown (MD)
141 - Beau Bartlett VS Joseph Olivieri (RUT)
149 - Shayne Van Ness VS Andrew Clark (RUT)
197 - Josh Barr VS Isaiah Salazar (MN)

Final Matches:
125 - Luke Lilledahl VS Caleb Smith (NEB)
157 - Tyler Kasak VS Brandon Cannon (OSU)
165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink VS Michael Caliendo (IA)
174 - Levi Haines VS Lenny Pinto (NEB)
184 - Carter Starocci VS Max McEnelly (MN)
285 - Greg Kerkvliet VS Gable Steveson (MN)

What this means in the big picture:

9 of our 10 guys will get NCAA draws that put them into the quarters. Davis will too, if he beats Brown. And making the quarters is 1 win away from the podium.

So today was a great step toward having 10 AAs this year.

 

[Kale_yeah]

What this means in the big picture:

9 of our 10 guys will get NCAA draws that put them into the quarters. Davis will too, if he beats Brown. And making the quarters is 1 win away from the podium.

So today was a great step toward having 10 AAs this year.

I think I read that brown was davis's fall back wrestler.

 

[slushhead]

What this means in the big picture:

9 of our 10 guys will get NCAA draws that put them into the quarters. Davis will too, if he beats Brown. And making the quarters is 1 win away from the podium.

So today was a great step toward having 10 AAs this year.

It will be nice if a few can level back up and finish strong, though it isn’t life or death. This tournament always has a handful of surprises, and it doesn’t make or break how someone wrestles a couple of weeks later.

My biggest “want” is that all finish today as healthy as can be expected.

 

[pish69]

Interesting that Big10 network last night and Flo have no interviews with any PSU guys.

Cael must tell them, no interviews till after the last match of tourney.

 

[PSU_Pride_93]

Interesting that Big10 network last night and Flo have no interviews with any PSU guys.

Cael must tell them, no interviews till after the last match of tourney.

Penn State wrestling and Flo are like oil and water

 

[nittinsc]

ICYMI

 

[pish69]

Penn State wrestling and Flo are like oil and water

Nothing on Big10 either which leads me to believe Cael put the hammer down

 

[Delcolion915]

I don't think this tournament saw the best from some of our guys. I also think those guys will wrestle better in 12 days 😂. History tells us that much.

 

[mcpat]

I think the lack of interviews is consistent with the well established mentality that this tournament isn’t the prize.

 

[Delcolion915]

I think the lack of interviews is consistent with the well established mentality that this tournament isn’t the prize.

This tournament is a necessary step for the one after this. This tournament means nothing else than that. The next tournament is all that matters to Penn State, and it's been that way for 15 years.

 

[Richie O]

How to Watch: Big Ten Wrestling Championships - Day Two

How to watch and listen to the championship matches of the 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament on Sunday.

pennstate.rivals.com

 

[dicemen99]

How to Watch: Big Ten Wrestling Championships - Day Two

How to watch and listen to the championship matches of the 2025 Big Ten Wrestling Tournament on Sunday.

pennstate.rivals.com

Probably need to review that article and update the parts you copied and pasted from last year's article.

We have 10 qualified wrestlers that have scored 145 points and Michigan isn't in 2nd place.

 

[El-Jefe]

Nothing on Big10 either which leads me to believe Cael put the hammer down

Cael told them they're not required to do interviews.

Most athletes don't like to do interviews anyway.

 

[jmadden1998]

Cael told them they're not required to do interviews.

Most athletes don't like to do interviews anyway.

But that doesn't fit the narrative that all media hates Penn St. Are you sure Cael told them that?

 

[slushhead]

I think the lack of interviews is consistent with the well established mentality that this tournament isn’t the prize.

You mean we don’t want our guys doing interviews like what VomBaur did last night?

I could hear it coming once he started down the track of “My coach told me he had a dream last night . . .” — and I was like, c’mon man, don’t do it, don’t do it, don’t jinx yourself like that. And at the last second he realized the same thing and pulled out, pivoting to “made the finals”, lol. He had already gone too far, and no one watching that thought that the dream was about anything less than him winning it.

Reminded me of the Tommy Boy scene when his dad set him up with a microfridge.

 

[PSU Soupy]

It felt as if Big 10 Network was burying the lede with the PSU Wrestling Team in the morning and evening TV matches. The hyped stories were the underdogs getting to the finals, Illinois wrestling surprisingly well etc......very little about the Elephant in the room of the continued dominance of the Big 10 and college wrestling by PSU. The SEC network shines Saban's shoes before football interviews. With PSU dominance in wrestling it probably creates more interest among PSU fans....you would think that the TV Coverage would cater to that interest. The tone will probably change if PSU is positioning themselves to win 4-5 Big 10 championships today.

 

[El-Jefe]

It felt as if Big 10 Network was burying the lede with the PSU Wrestling Team in the morning and evening TV matches. The hyped stories were the underdogs getting to the finals, Illinois wrestling surprisingly well etc......very little about the Elephant in the room of the continued dominance of the Big 10 and college wrestling by PSU. The SEC network shines Saban's shoes before football interviews. With PSU dominance in wrestling it probably creates more interest among PSU fans....you would think that the TV Coverage would cater to that interest. The tone will probably change if PSU is positioning themselves to win 4-5 Big 10 championships today.

When winning isn't enough, we need attention.

It's OK. The other teams' fans can have reasons to tune in too.

 

[PSU Soupy]

When winning isn't enough, we need attention.

It's OK. The other teams' fans can have reasons to tune in too.

I agree with your comment, winning is the important thing. It was just odd that the star of the conference was not aggressively promoted by a TV network owned by the Conference.

 

[SJP80]

Think about years past. They would interview a PSU wrestler and he would say oh this is not the real prize. The real prize is next week. So if I’m a TV station airing this the last thing I want somebody to get on and say What you’re watching right now really doesn’t matter. They want some excitement. And that’s what they get from the guys who score the major upsets. That is better TV. Nothing burger for me.

 

[tullfan68]

so if you miss your time on weigh ins isn't it a auto disq?or usual special rules for certain schools?

 

[slushhead]

Think about years past. They would interview a PSU wrestler and he would say oh this is not the real prize. The real prize is next week. So if I’m a TV station airing this the last thing I want somebody to get on and say What you’re watching right now really doesn’t matter. They want some excitement. And that’s what they get from the guys who score the major upsets. That is better TV. Nothing burger for me.

So they probably don’t want anything to do with Kerk, lol.

 

[El-Jefe]

Think about years past. They would interview a PSU wrestler and he would say oh this is not the real prize. The real prize is next week. So if I’m a TV station airing this the last thing I want somebody to get on and say What you’re watching right now really doesn’t matter. They want some excitement. And that’s what they get from the guys who score the major upsets. That is better TV. Nothing burger for me.

Heads would explode at Big Ten HQ if the best athletes in the conference openly called the Bo Schembechler Tournament a stepping stone.

 

[pish69]

So they probably don’t want anything to do with Kerk, lol.

LOL!! Love Kerk..but agree..please keep him away from the mic

My personal 2025 rankings of PSU wrestlers from best to worse in front of mic..

1. Cstar and there’s no close 2nd
2. Mitchell..will give a philosophy lesson
3. Beau..always smiling and telling us he’s gonna let it fly
4. Haines..like his vibe
5. Luke..freshman kid in candy store vibes
6. Kasak..dawg..Levi vibes
7. Barr..very grateful for his partners
8. SVN..rarely see him interviewed but still well above these next two
9. Davis..one of worst/funny interviews after B1Gs last year
10. Kerk..nothing gets him excited, can give a shit vibe

I think Zach Ryder will shoot up this list next year..very outgoing kid

 

[aalion]

But that doesn't fit the narrative that all media hates Penn St. Are you sure Cael told them that?

I am 100% sure he has in the past because I have heard him around nationals…

“You don’t need to talk to TV if you don’t want to except after finals if you win … don’t talk to Flo…”

 

[tullfan68]

Kasak gotta be by far the strongest kid in his weight class!well of one of the strongest in any weight!

 

[CSauertiegPSU]

Barr getting spit out agaisnt Salazar is annoying. That’s gonna be a tough match that wouldn’t be surprised goes to SV at 1-1

 

[pish69]

Barr getting spit out agaisnt Salazar is annoying. That’s gonna be a tough match that wouldn’t be surprised goes to SV at 1-1

I don’t think so. Salazar looked bad this tourney

 

[Delcolion915]

Barr getting spit out agaisnt Salazar is annoying. That’s gonna be a tough match that wouldn’t be surprised goes to SV at 1-1

Not if Barr wrestles well.

 

[CSauertiegPSU]

I don’t think so. Salazar looked bad this tourney

Pair of major decisions on the back side though. 12-0 and 13-0.

 

[pish69]

Pair of major decisions on the back side though. 12-0 and 13-0.

Can’t get the PJ Casale match out of my head

 

[wrestlingfan22]

Can’t get the PJ Casale match out of my head

Sometimes, a loss wakes guys up. Figs looked horrible and lost his first match at B12s, and he has won every match by fall since then

 

[Ja1339]

But that doesn't fit the narrative that all media hates Penn St.

Willie likes us…at least right up to when we crapped on his boys JB and Manning.

 

[nittinsc]

Lionvision on now

 

[Cstroke]

Get ready Pete, it’s gonna get fast and furious.

 

[El-Jefe]

Sometimes, a loss wakes guys up. Figs looked horrible and lost his first match at B12s, and he has won every match by fall since then

Not for our guys though. Every one of our losses is a sign of the apocalypse.

 

[SlipperyPete12]

Get ready Pete, it’s gonna get fast and furious.

 

[mcpat]

Anyone there able to report if the team looks properly lathered today?

 

[Cstroke]

Not it..

 

[johnstownsteel]

Cael told them they're not required to do interviews.

Most athletes don't like to do interviews anyway.

Braedens interview last year made me think he's one of them. Lol