This sucks for a 5th year senior. Bad way to go out.
Heinselman To Miss Postseason, Will Be Replaced by Gonzales
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Heinselman Done for the Post Season
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That's a tough break for a guy who was gonna be in the mix for his first All-American honors. Easy kid to root for, too.
That’s awful. Did the injury just happen? Terrible way to end his career. He’s a classy kid😕
I echo all your sentiments. That is such a rough way to end your college wrestling career! He has always been a class act as was said. I wish him nothing but the best going forward.
Malik is a kid who many of us Ohio State fans have discussed countless times who would have been a national champ, potentially even a multi national champion if he wrestled back when the old 118 pound weight class existed.
He very seldom got beat or outwrestled by kids his weight and strength….in fact I can’t recall too many from memory. And yes I know he wrestled all 125’s but if I have to explain what I mean when I say that, then just never mind lol.
Now to the contrary, Malik always came up short and struggled against the bigger, longer 125’s.. he just couldn’t get to his attacks nor off bottom for his first few years anyway. Gonna miss watching Malik.
From everything I’ve heard, he is an exceptional human being, and even better teammate. Feel for the kid, obviously.
He very seldom got beat or outwrestled by kids his weight and strength….in fact I can’t recall too many from memory. And yes I know he wrestled all 125’s but if I have to explain what I mean when I say that, then just never mind lol.
Now to the contrary, Malik always came up short and struggled against the bigger, longer 125’s.. he just couldn’t get to his attacks nor off bottom for his first few years anyway. Gonna miss watching Malik.
From everything I’ve heard, he is an exceptional human being, and even better teammate. Feel for the kid, obviously.
That was freaking hilarious. Have you ever made someone else laugh before?
Injuries suck. All the blood, sweat and tears these athletes put into their sport and then it’s over in an instant. What a bummer.
he made it to the big dance as a freshman.... enough said. Sucks he can't fulfill his goal for the year or at least try
Brown, Peterson, and Medley all move up 1 spot.
After that it's hard to tell. Gonzales went 0-2 vs. the B10 Tournament field, 6-4 to Peterson and 5-2 to Medley. He went 5-3 vs. all B10 opponents, but his best win was over McHenry.
The case to put him 10 ahead of Steen is that (1) Steen got teched by both Peterson and Medley, and (2) McHenry is better than Steen's only B10 win (Lujan). It's not an unreasonable argument, but who knows how the conference will sort it out.
I assumed they would take the easy route and bump everyone up one place and put the new tOSU guy at 14.
They could. But IMO that's the wrong way to go. Gonzales does have a body of work.
Another approach would be to put Gonzales at 12. Lujan has only 1 win (Moran) but was mostly competitive, worst "blowout" loss was 5-1 to McKee. Moran and Renteria have only beaten backups, and have a lot of ugly losses.
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that is a shame. He is fun to watch and my favorite Buckeye. Wish him the best moving forward
It's like picking your favorite hemorrhoid.
Sucks for the kid. Terrible way to end a very good career
Best of luck in his future endeavors
Best of luck in his future endeavors
Yeah, I’m not sure I can say I have a “favorite” Buckeye, but I’ve always had a lot of respect for him. He’s been a warrior for them for years, always in the mix. It’s sad to see such an anticlimactic end to his career.
Gonzales is 13-7 in D1 bouts, with losses to Peterson and Medley of the wrestlers going to Big Ten's. Not sure what the conference will do with that. #14 Renteria is 1-7, with his only win against a back-up. Moran is 2-6 with his only 2 wins against back-ups. Lujan is 1-6 with his only win against Moran. Lujan also lost to Steen. We all know Steen's overall results. I guess we'll know tomorrow where Gonzales will be placed. I'll guess #14.
A big part of it is that it’s his last year. If he was hurt his freshman year, I’d feel like that sucks, but whatever, he’ll be back next year. What makes this particularly bad is that he’s been around for a long time and his career just ended suddenly without a chance to make one more run at an AA.
A good part of Suriano was that he was 2nd ranked in the nation rather than 15th.
This is correct. Gonzales was inserted at 14, so Steen moves up to 10 and faces Brown first, so Steen needs to either beat Brown and then beat Cronin in the Qs or beat the loser of Medley-Peterson in the consis OR lose to Brown and beat the winner of Medley-Peterson in the consis. Considering Steen got teched by both Peterson and Medley, it's not a good situation for him.
Praying for a minor, quickly-healed sprained ankle for his consi opponent
