I love watching this kid wrestle. He is up there with Nolf, Desanto and others as must see wrestling. Def has a shot to pull some upsets at Nationals. March is going to be fun.
N Lee vs T Thorn
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PSU has a legit shot at winning 7 matches against the greatest dual team of alltime....
Me thinks more Lil Nolf that Zain...but damn impressive! He was decked, terrible effort by ref to get there!
Ryan was tweeting about the injustice of wrestling in Rec Hall.
Hope so, because right now he's on track for the #6 or #7 seed at nationals -- which slots him into the quarters, so "some upsets" (plural) puts him into the national finals or the 3rd place match.
Kid could win B1G’s and maybe get a 5 seed.... if he continues his impressive run. He wrestles like he trains with Zain during the week and is just happy to see someone else on the weekends.
Think he’s going to kick McKenna’s butt. McKenna is cutting a lot and doesn’t create a lot of offense
Beyond legit. Something like 28 - 13.
The long bus ride will be the one home.
That was fun...the entire team at the rope just behind Cael cheering Nick on. The call for the fall was deafening.
I thought about that but just don't see how he'll get seeded ahead of Meredith, Jack, Yianni, Heil, or Eierman.
Though right now, if Nick beats McKenna, the tanner will draw Thorn yet again in the B10 semis. Bad matchup for him. Taking 3rd or worse at B10s could land McKenna a round 2 matchup against one of those top 5 guys.
133 might not be very big at all.
El you are probably right but none of those guys have a tough conference tourney to navigate do they?
That Avoid Zain wrestle-off may have turned out to be a lose-lose proposition.
Bscaff put it best on BSD a couple days ago:
What would be really funny
Tom Ryan pushes Hayes to 49 and Mickey to 57 to make room for McKenna at 41, creating a super team – and then all 3 miss the podium.
That’s my dream, brother.
And 197 isn't going to be OSU.
Lee does? Thorn and McKenna are returning AAs, but without Ashnault this weight won't be confused for B10 125.
Meredith, Heil, Alber at B12s. Eierman and Mason Smith at MACs. Yianni, Jack, and Zacherl will probably cruise thru their conference tourneys.
I was wondering if JRob was thinking, "we all knew what was going on there."
Funny you mention that. I was absorbed in the match, but happened to glance over to the bench, where all of our guys were on their feet, bouncing up and down, cheering. Really cool to see.
Zain, Nolf, Bo ... all possible comparisons for the young Mr. Lee. But in a few years a freshman is going to get compared to him! Love what Nick is doing on the mat right now.
True Freshmen Nick Lee ....
Further proof that Penn State will regress once Taylor & Ruth graduate.
Further proof that Penn State will regress once Taylor & Ruth graduate.
I would have sworn that realistically it has nothing to do with selecting and developing. This staff is just blessed from above with divine luck. The kids who were born with the luck of the Irish and destiny of being champions just kinda always pick Penn State.
Like the optimism. I'm excited for the whole dual, but a couple match-ups stand out more than others. 197 is one of those...and I'll give Moore a slight edge, pre-bout. They wrestle the bouts for a reason though...
.Agree with the principle, but it was sometimes more like, you can fool me twice, but not 3x. I'm pretty sure his FR he lost twice to both Perelli and Sanders only to beat them both the 3rd time at NCAA's. Not to split hairs!
Lost to Perelli twice at the Scuffle no less. I wasn't surprised Nico beat Perelli at NCAAs that year as they were close but his quarter final win over Sanders was a huge surprise to me. to Sanders too. I was very impressed that senior Sanders had his NCAA title dream dashed by Nico in the QFs, but still wrestled back for 3rd.
There are a bunch to be excited about. Pretty much have waited through the first 3 months for someone to bring a team capable of challenging the Nits. Less than a week to watch their response to the challenge. Tis a shame duals don't matter, otherwise my growing excitement for this match could send me into an SVT (for the unknowing that is a racing heart arrhythmia, not a STD).Like the optimism. I'm excited for the whole dual, but a couple match-ups stand out more than others. 197 is one of those...and I'll give Moore a slight edge, pre-bout. They wrestle the bouts for a reason though...
