Iowa chinks in armor?
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It’s interesting to see. Brands is probably not the hammer people made him out to be after the Venz match. But he’s not terrible.
Warner gassed out pretty hard. It’s possible they’re in the middle of a particularly hard training cycle. Who knows.
Hope Ohio state can at least give a respectable showing.
Nelson just got caught out of position. Took a beating? No.
Chinks in armor? Forsure.
Yeah I'm not seeing much concern for Iowa. Warner gassed but he was dominating and still won comfortably. Lots of elite wrestlers randomly gas a couple times a year (Zahid comes to mind), he doesn't have a history of that and I don't think it's a long term concern.
Their horses are still so good, they are going to be fine. When Jacob Warner is the what 7th best guy on your team you are doing pretty darn well. And heck Nelson Brands being your worst starter is also an impressive thing.
Their horses are still so good, they are going to be fine. When Jacob Warner is the what 7th best guy on your team you are doing pretty darn well. And heck Nelson Brands being your worst starter is also an impressive thing.
Lyon and Penola are two really solid wrestlers. Warner actually looked great until he gassed and the Brands match-up was already the one we felt most confident with. The rest of the line-up looked dominant, excluding the 3x weights with starters out. It's going to be a great dual next Friday.
I thought Penola had more to do with Warner gassing than Warner did. If Penola had wrestled as hot in the first period as he did in the second and third, Warner would have lost, imho
Because Spencer Lee was wrestling? Just a hunch and it is TanTom.
Ryan making his wrestler duck Lee is pathetic, and it doesn't even make any sense since an undefeated Lee will get the number #1 seed at BigTens anyway.
They are the best team out there but I think the goofers 10 AA is safe for another season.
Ech of tOSU hurt his knee while getting cradled and pinned by Eirman. Needs to take lessons from DeSanto on how to get the ref to stop the match in that situation. Maybe he didn't yell loud enough ? 
Why didn't we recruit Sasso? Gee, PA kid too. It's a district 11 thing isn't?
Enjoyed watching Murin get pinned after that cheap shot to the head he gave Sasso.
Sasso pins Murin (something Zain couldn’t have done )
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Ah yes. The Max Murin who wouldn’t get teched or pinned by Zain Retherford just got balled up by Sammy Sasso.
Edit: PSUcup1 beat me.
Edit: PSUcup1 beat me.
That situation has been rehashed numerous times on this board. But, yeah, every time one sees Sasso one is reminded how nicely he would fit in the PSU lineup.
Just having fun. Can we rehash it again? Wrestling in the OSU room he has become pretty good, just think if he had found his way to Lorenzo.
Tom promotes a kid to elite black shirt status then parks him in the chair behind him while the back up wrestles Lee
Looking at Iowa’s body of work so far this season they are scary good, with bonus point machines at several weights. With the monkey wrench of an abbreviated season, other COVID impacts, injuries, and a very young team impacting Cael’s system for having PSU peaking at nationals, I suspect even his astounding coaching prowess may not be enough to mount a serious challenge to Iowa this season. Gotta admire elite wrestling, regardless of the wrestler’s team.
Yeah, I get it. There may be a good reason why PSU didn't recruit Sasso, but man he would he would pencil in nicely at 149. I will now say nothing further on the matter.
Agree. Kind of reminds one of another B10 team from the last 10 years.
I don’t know if anybody else knew this, but Kemmerer is tough from all positions, and can wrestle well in all positions, and can wrestle from any position.
AB vs Brands is gonna be slaughter
Jordan didn't seem to want much part of wrestling from neutral, either.
Singletary physically looks more like a bowler than a college 197.
WARNER ALWAYS LOOKS GREAT
except when he doesn’t
except when he doesn’t
Could be wrong, but I believe anyone seeded in Top 8 for the 2020 NCAA tourney has been acknowledged as All-American. If that is accurate, Cassioppi would qualify.
Iowa looks very very good top to bottom. I think we can beat them, but we need a half dozen things to lean our way.
1) We wrestle our best, no Mark Hall off nights vs Kem type performances
2) We are 100% healthy for the first time in 2 years, and that includes Kerk. As for Howard I am willing to pass on this one, Lee is probably going to Pin/Tech his way to a NC. If Howard could keep it to a major, that would be a major accomplishment, but in reality asking way to much. I say walk him out and take a MFF. Watching Cassi, I think Seth gets bonused despite his great showing against lower competition so far.
3) Hold all loses other than 125 to decisions
4) We could use one or two bonus wins in there to counter their bonus match at 125 (AB for one?)
5) 3-4 of the 5: RBY, Nick, Berge, Starroci and Beard need to deliver in what will be a high number of pivotal matches. I have no worries about Aaron and Kerk, feel very good about Nick, and no clue about Verk and Joe (needs more development on bottom) but they could hold their own and keep it close if on their game.
I can almost guarantee a couple of the high flying Hawks (Warner?) are brought back down to earth with this dual. They missed out on Michigan as well so a few haven't really been tested.
Win or lose we will come away with a clear picture of how we benchmark against them, and where we need more work over the next month.
We never peak in February so it's all good. I am just fine with a respectable L in the dual, a 2-4 finish at Bigs, and a 9th NC in 11 years!
1) We wrestle our best, no Mark Hall off nights vs Kem type performances
2) We are 100% healthy for the first time in 2 years, and that includes Kerk. As for Howard I am willing to pass on this one, Lee is probably going to Pin/Tech his way to a NC. If Howard could keep it to a major, that would be a major accomplishment, but in reality asking way to much. I say walk him out and take a MFF. Watching Cassi, I think Seth gets bonused despite his great showing against lower competition so far.
3) Hold all loses other than 125 to decisions
4) We could use one or two bonus wins in there to counter their bonus match at 125 (AB for one?)
5) 3-4 of the 5: RBY, Nick, Berge, Starroci and Beard need to deliver in what will be a high number of pivotal matches. I have no worries about Aaron and Kerk, feel very good about Nick, and no clue about Verk and Joe (needs more development on bottom) but they could hold their own and keep it close if on their game.
I can almost guarantee a couple of the high flying Hawks (Warner?) are brought back down to earth with this dual. They missed out on Michigan as well so a few haven't really been tested.
Win or lose we will come away with a clear picture of how we benchmark against them, and where we need more work over the next month.
We never peak in February so it's all good. I am just fine with a respectable L in the dual, a 2-4 finish at Bigs, and a 9th NC in 11 years!
