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shows you how close and how far he needs to go to wrestle with the top level in college. Good showing for the HS Sr. (albeit just graduated). Two nice throws - his was off of the mat, Synon was nearly off and resulted in the fall. Both situations were driven by desperation due to the score. Little things. Nick will be fun to watch in the (near) future!
Thought that was bs pin called against Lee but he was done at that time anyhow. Hit nice lateral drop before that but was ruled OB. Was a shame because that would have tied match if not earned pin. Just couldn't get past Synon's defense.
plenty of things to learn from. if he gets either of those first two shots completed I think its a different match.
chasing synon around mat is optimum then he just got caught flat footed and tilted. from there synon shut it down and he had to get aggressive.
cant teach heart and motor and those are things he has.
how he comes back for 3rd will be something to watch
chasing synon around mat is optimum then he just got caught flat footed and tilted. from there synon shut it down and he had to get aggressive.
cant teach heart and motor and those are things he has.
how he comes back for 3rd will be something to watch
Those are two guys Lee beat last summer. A summer in the college room will go a long way. I think Lee should RS.
Didn't Synon ride the piss out of Logie Bear a few years ago? I was concerned with that match up due to his length. Kid is tall.
What was the score when Lee got pinned? Synon has some big wins in his career including a pin over Dijulius when he was ranked 5th. Knick will be ready in 12 months. Needs to get stronger.
Looking forward to next year's "pull the shirt!" threads.
Also two guys who have been in a college room training folk since the summer. Also remember that Nick was recently wrestling 61 kilos, so he's up 8 pounds or so at 141. Give him the summer and let him focus on folk and I think he'll be just fine
Not really. Since they're not enrolled, they're not practicing folk with the team. They're practicing with the NLWC, which means they're focused much more on freestyle (but could get some folk in on the side).
Sorry, thought it was about Nick and AJ.
I'll refund Project Literacy their scholarship money.
Can't get much more absurd than the "enroll him so we can pull his shirt now" from a few weeks ago.
Some opposing fans already gleeful about Lee's loss. They won't be gleeful soon - I love him taking on all challenges as a high school senior in effect.
Shouldn't be much need to pull shirts from anyone next year. That may not deter the shirt-pullers, though.
I think Nick Lee redshirts because it is highly unlikely we need him next year. We should enter next season with 7 guys ranked top 3... Suriano, Zain, Nolf, Cenzo, Hall, Nickal, and Nevills. 4 of those will be ranked #1...Suriano, Zain, Nolf, and Nickal. If we need points from Nick Lee in 2018, something went really wrong.
It's kinda sad. It's almost as if they feel some of their manhood is taken away when PSU is better than their own team. They look for little things like this Lee defeat to maybe feel as if someone gave them their balls back.
What about Hall? I know he's not there yet, but don't you see Hall improving more than the more experienced guys ahead of him?
We could have more than 4 guys ranked #1, but I only listed the guys who are pretty much guaranteed. 174 doesn't clear out much next year, so its way too early to predict a #1 seed. I did with 125 because it loses 4 of the top 5 guys, according to Intermat, to graduation. By contrast, 174 only has 1 senior in the top 7.
I think it was Jack Nicklaus who was once asked what was the more-preferred trait in a new golfer between power or accuracy. He replied power because you can learn accuracy over time but you can't learn power. I'd much rather see Lee go all out with his offense at his first college tournament, like he did, than try to win for the sake of winning. Although that sword the champs got was pretty sweet.
David Taylor was dominated by Cyler Sanderson in his true freshman year during pre season.
There are a million examples of what happened out there today with Nick.
R.E.L.A.X. He will be just fine. He'll get stronger, he'll get bigger, he'll get better. That's what happens in the Penn State wrestling room.
To everybody.
The worms over at "TheMat", know that, all too well, which is why they are celebrating tonight. It's all they have. They're like tiny little gnats who know they're going to be stepped on. Ever notice how it's almost impossible to know WHO THEY REALLY ROOT FOR? They hate us so much, they don't even HAVE a favorite team, they just root against Penn State, it's hilarious and pathetic at the same time.
