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I wonder how iMar feels about the fact that the guy responsible for him not being a 4 timer is a backup on our all decade team.
 
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Whatever happened to Nick Leen (#9 recruit in 2017)? I had high hopes for him.
 
I was looking through other teams and tOSU recruiting class of 2019 was almost identical to their class this year. In 2019 they had #1 Greg Kerkvliet (MN), #4 Carson Kharchla (OH), #5 Jordan Decatur (OH), #32 Dylan D'Emilio (OH), #50 Isaac Wilcox (UT) and in 2022: #1 Nick Feldman (PA), #4 Jesse Mendez (IN), #5 Nic Bouzakis (FL), #22 Luke Geog (OH), #50 Seth Shumate (OH), #131 Gavin Brown (OH). Pretty similar in rankings. They better hope they get a lot more out of this class however!
 
Best Lineup Penn State vs Iowa:

25 Lee Dec Megaludis, 3-0 Iowa
33 RBY Dec Clark, Tied 3-3
41 Lee Dec Eierman, 6-3 PSU
49 Retherford Dec Sorensen, 9-3 PSU
57 Nolf Major St. John, 13-3 PSU
65 Taylor Tech Marinelli, 18-3 PSU
74 Ruth Dec Kemerer, 21-3 PSU
84 A Brooks Major S Brooks, 25-3
97 Nickal Fall Warner, 31-3 PSU
HW Cassar Dec Cassioppi, 34-3 PSU

Fair?
 
Best Lineup Penn State vs Iowa:

25 Lee Dec Megaludis, 3-0 Iowa
33 RBY Dec Clark, Tied 3-3
41 Lee Dec Eierman, 6-3 PSU
49 Retherford Dec Sorensen, 9-3 PSU
57 Nolf Major St. John, 13-3 PSU
65 Taylor Tech Marinelli, 18-3 PSU
74 Ruth Dec Kemerer, 21-3 PSU
84 A Brooks Major S Brooks, 25-3
97 Nickal Fall Warner, 31-3 PSU
HW Cassar Dec Cassioppi, 34-3 PSU

Fair?
Our Brooks hasn't been able to bonus Assad yet, and has lost to Sammy in freestyle. So I think that the major is unlikely. I'd probably go major for DT over Alex before I'd call for the tech.
 
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Best Lineup Penn State vs Iowa:

25 Lee Dec Megaludis, 3-0 Iowa
33 RBY Dec Clark, Tied 3-3
41 Lee Dec Eierman, 6-3 PSU
49 Retherford Dec Sorensen, 9-3 PSU
57 Nolf Major St. John, 13-3 PSU
65 Taylor Tech Marinelli, 18-3 PSU
74 Ruth Dec Kemerer, 21-3 PSU
84 A Brooks Major S Brooks, 25-3
97 Nickal Fall Warner, 31-3 PSU
HW Cassar Dec Cassioppi, 34-3 PSU

Fair?
All that Penn State did was stall and counter.

Signed: iRoNbIrD
 
Our Brooks hasn't been able to bonus Assad yet, and has lost to Sammy in freestyle. So I think that the major is unlikely. I'd probably go major for DT over Alex before I'd call for the tech.

In Aaron’s defense, he wrestled that match like he was working on his top game. He didn’t push the pace at all.

Aaron has majored much better wrestlers (Romero, Venz) than Assad.
 
Best Lineup Penn State vs Iowa:

25 Lee Dec Megaludis, 3-0 Iowa
33 RBY Dec Clark, Tied 3-3
41 Lee Dec Eierman, 6-3 PSU
49 Retherford Dec Sorensen, 9-3 PSU
57 Nolf Major St. John, 13-3 PSU
65 Taylor Tech Marinelli, 18-3 PSU
74 Ruth Dec Kemerer, 21-3 PSU
84 A Brooks Major S Brooks, 25-3
97 Nickal Fall Warner, 31-3 PSU
HW Cassar Dec Cassioppi, 34-3 PSU

Fair?
Nolf techs St John, especially if you convince Nolf St John has been talking shit.

By the end of their college development Zain bends Sorenson in half and majors or techs him.

Considering DT is a major better than St John, teching a stalling Marinelli seems accurate.

College wrestler Brooks wrestling college wrestler Sammy, and considering Sammy would wrestle Brooks trying to win instead of stalling to a closer decision loss Brooks winning by a major seems fair.

The one I might disagree with is Spencer and Nico. Unless Spencer overwhelms Nico in the first 4 minutes, which I believe is highly unlikely, then Spencer's limited gas tank would make him highly susceptible to Nico's unrelenting pressure and attacks. Nico is every bit as good as Seabass.
 
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Our Brooks hasn't been able to bonus Assad yet, and has lost to Sammy in freestyle. So I think that the major is unlikely. I'd probably go major for DT over Alex before I'd call for the tech.
A guy that couldn’t get near the top of the podium is suddenly holding Taylor to a major? The same wrestler that was a hair shy of pinning his way thru the NCAA’s, now only majors, Mr 7th placer? I respect Marinelli quite a bit, but those two simply don’t share the same air.

Tho this was not part of your point, I’m not sure how Retherford isn’t a major over Sorensen since he actually did that.
 
Best Lineup Penn State vs Iowa:

25 Lee Dec Megaludis, 3-0 Iowa
33 RBY Dec Clark, Tied 3-3
41 Lee Dec Eierman, 6-3 PSU
49 Retherford Dec Sorensen, 9-3 PSU
57 Nolf Major St. John, 13-3 PSU
65 Taylor Tech Marinelli, 18-3 PSU
74 Ruth Dec Kemerer, 21-3 PSU
84 A Brooks Major S Brooks, 25-3
97 Nickal Fall Warner, 31-3 PSU
HW Cassar Dec Cassioppi, 34-3 PSU

Fair?
It might be a little closer than that being held at CHA. I mean, that’s where the match would be held, right?
 
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A guy that couldn’t get near the top of the podium is suddenly holding Taylor to a major? The same wrestler that was a hair shy of pinning his way thru the NCAA’s, now only majors, Mr 7th placer? I respect Marinelli quite a bit, but those two simply don’t share the same air.

Tho this was not part of your point, I’m not sure how Retherford isn’t a major over Sorensen since he actually did that.
Are these matchups happening at NCAAs then? If so, I’ll go tech for DT. If not, I’ll give the guy who is 3-1 vs our 2x champ some more credit.
 
Our Brooks hasn't been able to bonus Assad yet, and has lost to Sammy in freestyle. So I think that the major is unlikely. I'd probably go major for DT over Alex before I'd call for the tech.
first you have to get assad to wrestle instead of stalling the whole match hard to score points that way!
 
It might be a little closer than that being held at CHA. I mean, that’s where the match would be held, right?
Aren’t they ALL held there? Twas a BIG10 mandate, brought down several years ago, in order to try to keep Iowa somewhat competitive.
 
I wonder how iMar feels about the fact that the guy responsible for him not being a 4 timer is a backup on our all decade team.
And a guy who is an NCAA champ in both seasons he's wrestled is a backup, and it's not even debatable. And a guy who transferred and won 2x NCAA champs elsewhere is a backup as well.
 
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Best Lineup Penn State vs Iowa:

25 Lee Dec Megaludis, 3-0 Iowa
33 RBY Dec Clark, Tied 3-3
41 Lee Dec Eierman, 6-3 PSU
49 Retherford Dec Sorensen, 9-3 PSU
57 Nolf Major St. John, 13-3 PSU
65 Taylor Tech Marinelli, 18-3 PSU
74 Ruth Dec Kemerer, 21-3 PSU
84 A Brooks Major S Brooks, 25-3
97 Nickal Fall Warner, 31-3 PSU
HW Cassar Dec Cassioppi, 34-3 PSU

Fair?
Zain sick again?
 
Blowing up my original post because I'm dumb and forgot about the PSWC stats . . .

Here is Zain all time vs. Sorensen
  • 3/6/2016 Dec 4-0 (B1G Finals, CHA)
  • 3/19/2016 MD 10-1 (NCAA Finals, NYC)
  • 1/20/2017 Dec 9-8 TB2 (Dual, CHA)
  • 3/17/2017 Fall (NCAA Semi, St. Louis)
  • 2/10/2018 Dec 6-2 (BJC Dual)
  • 3/4/2018 Dec 2-0 (B1G Finals, East Lansing)
So that's four decisions, a major, and a fall, but the last year seems to show the gap closing a bit. Bonus is obviously possible, but I would probably have to go w/ a Dec, in spite of my fervant fandom of Zain's general dominance. After that UTB win in Carver, I think Zain wins 100 out of 100 matches though.

BTW--anyone hear how Brandon is doing these days? Full remission, I hope . . .
 
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And a guy who is an NCAA champ in both seasons he's wrestled is a backup, and it's not even debatable. And a guy who transferred and won 2x NCAA champs elsewhere is a backup as well.
IMar vs Marinelli would be interesting. Did they ever go against each other?
 
Twice. Imar had a md win at Midlands when Marinelli was a true freshman. Next year at NCAAs, Imar won 5-2 in the semis.
Marinelli got to the SEMIS?
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So long ago I almost forgot.
 
And a guy who is an NCAA champ in both seasons he's wrestled is a backup, and it's not even debatable. And a guy who transferred and won 2x NCAA champs elsewhere is a backup as well.
I'm not so sure that 174 Ruth is unquestionably better than 2022 Starocci. I think that would be one hell of a match. The thing that stands out to me with the current crop is how good they are defensively; I think Carter and Aaron gave up 2 and 5 TDs, respectively, last year. Carter: 1x each to Foca, Lewis. Aaron: Hidlay, DJ Washington, and Amine 3x.

Of all of the potential PSU on PSU crime, Ruth vs Starocci is the most intriguing to me. When I win the next PowerBall and build that time machine I've always wanted, I'll make sure this happens.
 
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I'm not so sure that 174 Ruth is unquestionably better than 2022 Starocci. I think that would be one hell of a match.

Of all of the potential PSU on PSU crime, Ruth vs Starocci is the most intriguing to me. When I win the next PowerBall and build that time machine I've always wanted, I'll make sure this happens.
Bo/Ruth at 84 as well.
 
Are these matchups happening at NCAAs then? If so, I’ll go tech for DT. If not, I’ll give the guy who is 3-1 vs our 2x champ some more credit
Fair enough. And those who held the most prolific bonus wrestler in our history (53 Falls and 42 TF’s) were masterful at hiding on the mat, trying not to win….generally speaking. Stalling, in another word. ;) It is fair to credit Marinelli in a way like his predecessors Evans and St John…who DT only bonused on occasion, and most were decisions.
 
I’ll have to see if there are any videos posted of those matches. I’m guessing that Marinelli’s bull style wrestling isn’t a good strategy to use against IMar.
Here's Midlands. Marinelli kept him at bay for the first two minutes, then he didn't.



Also, Marinelli gets what might have been the first in a long series of bullshit stalling call points at 08:30 or so.
 
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Right after shooting him off the mat
While winning 11-3 + RT. Watching that sequence a couple of times, it looked to me like IMar thought it was blown dead, as there's a whistle as that's happening. Also looked like Marinelli was on the other mat, which should have resulted in a stoppage.
 
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