He lost against a kid from Drexel. I believe the score was 5-1. He had an injury timeout for his left arm, but all in all he looked pretty bad. Zain has to be #1 now. If you watch the Grapple on Flowrestling mat 3 has sound broadcast because it's Neb vs Cornell.
Grapple at the Garden: T-shirts goes down
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Tsirtsis lost his sister and a good friend in the off season. You have to wonder how that is playing on him mentally this year.
It may have been Cimato but he looked good and Tsirtsis looked not ready, giving up 2 TDs. He has no offense, 1st period was scoreless, then Tsirtsis started down got an escape, the Drexel kid got the TD, stopped match for injury time (left arm of Tsirtsis), Drexel went down and got escape then another TD.
@165 #5Wilson(Neb) squeaked out a win 2-0 against Pickett(Cor)
@174 #13Barnes(Neb) lost to #3Realbuto(Cor) 9-6 who is up 2 wts from last year and is jacked. He was fading little at the end though. Barnes was coming on in the end.
@184 #6Dudley(Neb) lost to #1Dean(Cor) 11-3. Dudley's only offensive move is a headlock through which didn't even get started against Dean.
@165 #5Wilson(Neb) squeaked out a win 2-0 against Pickett(Cor)
@174 #13Barnes(Neb) lost to #3Realbuto(Cor) 9-6 who is up 2 wts from last year and is jacked. He was fading little at the end though. Barnes was coming on in the end.
@184 #6Dudley(Neb) lost to #1Dean(Cor) 11-3. Dudley's only offensive move is a headlock through which didn't even get started against Dean.
Certainly in the running, but too early to make a statement like that, IMHO. At this point you could make the same statement about Sorensen, and provide some compelling support for the statement. It's unfortunate that those two will not face each other until the B1G tourney (and no guarantees that they meet there). Each of them should face some good challenges during the season. Plus, while he seems to have had an early stumble, I would not want to write-off the chances of T-shirt at this point.
Thank goodness T-shirt does't wrestle for the Lions. This board would spend the next couple weeks questioning his strength, technique, and every other perceived weanesses and reasoning for his lack of perfection and overwhelming domination.
The thing is, I would have favored Zain over T-shirt BEFORE this loss, defending champ or not, so this only solidifies my thought. Now, "clear favorite", does not imply a done deal. Anything can happen, as we all know. As for Sorenson, I place him in the next tier down at 149, as I believe Zain and T-shirt still belong in their own tier, by a nose.
Tsirtsis has proven himself a tough customer, even if you don't like his style. Injuries happen, just look at the Nittany Lions. I'd rather see a little more that 4 bouts, and get well out of December before proclaiming favorites, but that's just me. My wish is that all Nittany Lion wrestlers, and wrestlers from other teams too be injury-free in 2015-16. Then let's see who wins.
