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Lehigh Match Thread!!

197 Max Dean v Michael Beard
  • Beard with a single and he converts.
  • Dean out. 2-1 Beard.
  • Beard with an identical shot but Dean dances out of it.
  • Dean in on a single and he converts. Dean gets hit with a stall warning but he's still on top. PSU coaches unhappy with the call.
  • Dean continues to ride with :19 remaining.
  • Dean hit with a second stall, so the score is tied 3-3. Lehigh threw a brick, possibly for locked hands, which is now being reviewed. :06 remaining for Dean to ride out to keep the score tied.
  • Challenge lost.
  • Beard can't escape, period ends 3-3.
  • Dean chooses bottom to start the second. He's up and out, now leading 4-3.
  • Beautiful low shot by Beard 5-4. Lets Dean out, 5-5.
  • Dean the more active wrestler, Beard's gas tank will be tested.
  • Dean with a single, and he converts. 7-5. Beard escapes with seconds remaining. 7-6 Dean.
  • Beard from bottom escapes, we're tied 7-7.
  • Beard with a double, 9-7. Dean tired but Dean he's out.
  • Beard with a stall warning.
  • Beard with another takedown 11-8. Dean out, 11-9. :30 left.
  • Dean needs a TD to tie, Beard dancing backwards. Time will run out.
  • Beard with a huge win in a memorable match. 11-9, Dean with consecutive losses.
 
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Sacrilege, I know, but Byers was annoying me with too much historical info without describing action -- even if little to know early action. Better now. I think I'm past it.
 
Interesting stall call since Beard’s hands went down on the mat.
 
Sounds like some BS stall calls on Dean and then this lunger.
One was warranted. Curious about second. When Beard’s hands touched (both of them!) I would have thought that counted as breaking him down. Should have reset things.
 
Glad he's getting these out of his system now as a wakeup call. Who knows what's going on behind the scenes? Won't speculate but Dean is better than this. Quite honestly, he had multiple matches he could have lost in regular season last year (Brucki, Hoffman, Warner even Cardenas to a lesser extent)

Law of averages happen. He will be ready for March.
 
HWT Greg Kerkvliet v Nathan Taylor
  • Kerk with a low single, lifts, he's behind.
  • Riding Taylor now, looking tilt. Has two, 4-0, 1:20 remaining.
  • More NF off a tilt, this time four.
  • Kerk rides out first 8-0.
  • Kerk from bottom. Nice mat return, but Kerk reverses and nearly gets a pin. 14-0.
  • Another tilt and it's an 18-0 TF.
  • Penn State wins the dual 24-12.
 
Yes, he does. Completely out of gas and completely bailed out on defending that final takedown. That version of Dean doesn’t AA in March
If I believe the reports from last year that Dean beat Beard by one point on a last second TD and I recognize that Beard is also a former AA, then I’m not ready to write Dean off as a non-placer based on a close loss today.
 
If I believe the reports from last year that Dean beat Beard by one point on a last second TD and I recognize the Beard is also a former AA, then I’m not ready to write Dean off as a non-placer based on a close loss today.
Clay didn't say he's a non placer, he said if he wrestles next March like this weekend, he will be and he's right.

Max won't wrestle next March like this weekend though.
 
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I'm grateful we have the coaches that we have and have the track record we do in March. It allows me to enjoy good wrestling, tip my cap to the opponent and not panic about iffy December results. Max will be fine.
 
Pretty impressive that Beard's gas tank held up in the third, given that was his achilles heel while at PSU. Of course, it appeared that it was Dean's gas tank that didn't hold up. Beard wasn't lightning sharp in the third, he merely had to be the less wobbly wrestler, and was. But all credit to him for getting those late TDs.
 
Glad he's getting these out of his system now as a wakeup call. Who knows what's going on behind the scenes? Won't speculate but Dean is better than this. Quite honestly, he had multiple matches he could have lost in regular season last year (Brucki, Hoffman, Warner even Cardenas to a lesser extent)

Law of averages happen. He will be ready for March.
True, but Max looks poor right now. Call it like it is.

It's Early December but Max isn't an All American right now at this moment.
 
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Dean looks like dogshit.
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