Good to see SVN out there front and center. Even sporting the knee brace.
Match Thread Nebraska dual - Sun, Feb 18
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Don't know about that - Bernie's Neutral Defense is marginal at best. He has trouble beating wrestlers with top-shelf defense because his Neutral Defense is not well suited to tight matches.
How many Bernie truax matches have you watched before this year?
I prayed Kerk just stayed on top. That’s one big boy. One shot underneath that kid, could be a season ender
New rule 5+ minutes of riding time should be a stalled out 6 point win .
Middleswarth contains bioengineered contents…and here we thought chips came from potatoes! The world we live in.
Yeah - I’m watching it on DVR and thought the same. When PSU isn’t winning by 20+ (without falls) the crowd is much more into it.
Even when winning by a ton, falls tend to make it loud.
Nolf on his feet. Zain on the mat.
My 2 cents, davis is what we thought he is a solid potential aa but maybe a seat warmer for grease lightning next year, nagau is better than he has shown. Bartlett just keeps on beating the best in his Weight class, kasak will make a run at nationals, Levi is rounding into form, mitch the twitch is the 3rd best wrestler in his weight class, I like him vs kot but not vs Carr if that makes sense. Carter next topic, Bernie well he a point getter a nationals and keeps Josh in red shirt, Brooks next topic and ditto for Greg.
This team just isn't fun to watch. No back points. Just a few majors and a tech.
Don't disagree - 5 #1s and Messenbrink could all be finalists, really don't see any of them missing the SEMIs or finishing worse than 3rd. Davis, Nagao, Kasak and Truax could all AA, but also may not - not sure any of them will make the SEMIs and they'll need to wrestle through CONSI Bracket to AA; they look 50/50 as a group imo to AA, so I'll say 2 will AA, 2 won't.
It is a hard move - turking a leg above the knee and elevating such that the hips turn the shoulders is not easy. I'd say a cradle is the easiest pinning combo to accumulate pins with, but you need length. Truax is pretty good on top and has great length with those arms - surprised you don't see him getting some cradles.
I think some teams approach their dual against PSU this year as their "superbowl" meet, put it all on the line, and overperform. Others do the opposite and just pray to limit bonus. The latter tend to leave embarrassed.
He is referring to the two controversial calls he got (opponents didn't get to be more specific) that many people including apparently the BigTen top referee think were wrongly not awarded.
No. And I’m on the train now thay the 3PT TD has an unintended consequence.
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Or…..he has podium potential when he grows a little bit. Learns from this year. He’s going to have hardware on the way to NCAA’s this year.
Frank Molinaro. 23-17 (or close to it) his first year! 7th place. Imagine this board if that were happening now.
Jeez….true freshman with a couple of losses and really good wins is a seat warmer.
Or…..he has podium potential when he grows a little bit. Learns from this year. He’s going to have hardware on the way to NCAA’s this year.
Frank Molinaro. 23-17 (or close to it) his first year! 7th place. Imagine this board if that were happening now.
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That’s exactly why he was being told to take bottom. Easier to stall than not get taken down.
Only one call that was highly suspect. The other one was a complete nothing burger.
He has a dece
he has a decent sweep single and a pathetic left side ankle puck attempt. That’s it!!!! After seeing his limited arsenal anyone close to decent make adjustments rendering his offense impotent. In a room like psu not being able or willing to expand on this limited offense is very disappointing.
3 trips to NCAAs, three consolation finals appearances. 🤔
I'm pretty impressed with kasak I truly believe he isn't done. He continues to get better and will be better prepared next time around. I'm interested in seeing where he places at big 10s
Yea, the same Ref that called some for being pushed OB while in Neutral ties, but didn't call it other times, somehow didn't believe it was stalling to intentionally put your foot off the mat OB for the sole purpose of avoiding being taken down??? What Smith did was definitely Stalling as cited as an example in the Rulebook and should have been called as such.
I would argue it’s producing the consequences intended. They wanted less mat wrestling. They’re getting it, in the form of catch/releases and top stalls.
Serious question: can one even legally do the bow and arrow now with the leg 5 count?
I think the good news is that there isn't anybody Kasak can't go with at 149. Every week he gets smarter, hopefully he's peaking at the right time.
As a photographer (with an art school background) I'm acutely aware of subliminal coding in images. I even wrote, way back when, a paper on Newport Ads doing much of the same thing that's happening in that Lion Cornhusker atrocity.
It definitely makes it harder. You have to have everything set up before reaching for the leg. Hate that new rule…
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