I mean, c'mon... if you're reffing the match (and you know going in that Zain is the best wrestler in college) and you still allow his opponent to continually deliver blows to the side of his head?!? I guess maybe if you are reffing two guys you've never seen before but that was the most bush league thing i have seen in a long long time - the wrestling gods will guarantee they meet up in the Big 10s.
I still can't get over Deluca...
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I was wondering whether it was just me... watching the match on my DVR and not checking the board for comments. It wasn’t just DeLuca, but it seemed that Rutgers plan for their overmatched wrestlers was to get into street fights.
A point I noticed, Deluca and VanBrill, long for their weight, seemed to give ZPain a problem, couldn't turn him as easily Also, JN started out with a similar issue. There go-to moves were not working. Do you think it was related to their opponents length? Thanks for your insights!
Hoping JN comes back healthy whenever the team doctors allow him.
Hoping JN comes back healthy whenever the team doctors allow him.
Zain just ran out of time on both bow and arrow attempts.
Also, the problem Zain had with DeLuca was repeated eye pokes.
Pure punk attitude. Rutgers has a ton of those guys on the team, including Lewis and, yes, even chip-on-his-shoulder Suriano. There is something in the water and air there beyond all the foul chemicals. As a famous film maker once put it, "I believe there's an intelligence to the universe, with the exception of certain parts of New Jersey."
If the ref isn't going to handle it, our guys should force the issue, blow for blow. Jersey tough? GTF outta here. Try a broken down Western PA steel town or a dairy farm. Crack some ****ing heads. Make the ref do his job.
Because retaliation doesn't draw penalties in football and hockey?
No, the answer is how Zain dealt with Amine: "I'm just gonna pin him."
Instead of DQ'ing Deluca, it would have been sweet if he just added a 3-minute period to the match.
Or turned off the clock, and maybe instituted a 5-count for pins.
DeLuca, Lewis and Gravina all had the same plan. Piss off and frustrate our guys. That was my take, and only God knows why you would want to piss off Zain when he can tear off limbs and feed them to you.
They did.
If Nolf had not been hurt today I would be thinking today was a great lesson.
They were in a thug fest, they had at best an incompetent for an official and they allowed the thugs to take them out of their game. Lessons were learned and my guess is come March most of the Goodale boys will be better off avoiding the PSU kids.
Penn Stater here (I happen to live in NJ)...Not sure if you saw the picture of DeLuca from the Rutgers - tOSU match, sticking tongue out (http://www.nj.com/rutgers/index.ssf/2018/01/eleazar_deluca_rutgers_upset_ohio_state_149_pounds.html). Based in part on this image which tells you something about his character, I feared a circus atmosphere for Zain's match. It was beyond imagination.
