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Are headgear shenanigans an emerging Iowa strategy?
  1. Bastida v Warner - alleged pull on what seemed to be loose headgear.
  2. Vespa v Lee - comes completely off during a cradle.
  3. Parris v Cassioppi - extended break taken to readjust the headgear with Coach Brands in the ref's ear.
All three Iowa wrestlers seem to be using the same style headgear.

So, could loosely wearing this style headgear be a strategy to:
  • Keep opponents uncomfortable with respect to working the head;
  • Increase the potential for a headgear-pull challenge lunger; or,
  • Increase the potential for a headgear-adjustment lunger?
The gamesman in me thinks it very well could be.
 
Romero must be hurt fairly bad. It was senior night tonight and I would think that he would’ve wrestled if he was just a bit banged up. Anyone hear anything about his injury?
Dislocated his finger in his last match although he finished the match. Prol more precautionary than anything. he should be fine.
 
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Dislocated his finger in his last match although he finished the match. Prol more precautionary than anything. he should be fine.
It happened in his match against Brooks on Feb 3. Looked like it happened when his finger contacted the Resilite. The finger was clearly not in its normal position and was just ugly looking.
 
SeaBass was a 5x AA with two 3rds, a 4th and a 6th place finish. Has to be one of the best to never win an NCAA Championship with this scalp list:

RBY
Spencer Lee
Seth Gross
Pat Glory
Real Woods
Vitali Arujau
 
SeaBass was a 5x AA with two 3rds, a 4th and a 6th place finish. Has to be one of the best to never win an NCAA Championship with this scalp list:

RBY
Spencer Lee
Seth Gross
Pat Glory
Real Woods
Vitali Arujau
A couple weeks ago I mentioned that he had beaten RBY and Spencer, and ask what does that say about how good Nick Lee is. Those others just add fuel to the question.
 
SeaBass was a 5x AA with two 3rds, a 4th and a 6th place finish. Has to be one of the best to never win an NCAA Championship with this scalp list:

RBY
Spencer Lee
Seth Gross
Pat Glory
Real Woods
Vitali Arujau
Also beat Moisey, though a lot of people did that too.
 
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Glory was called for stalling three times in the third period against Penn's Ryan Miller yesterday, and was ridden out (IIRC) in that period. Won 9-6.
Yep. Having to go up to 133 then back down to 125 doesn't instill confidence. He may be just as gassed as Spencer if it gets to the third. Heck, I don't even think he is a shoe in for the finals.
 
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Glory was called for stalling three times in the third period against Penn's Ryan Miller yesterday, and was ridden out (IIRC) in that period. Won 9-6.
I think it’s a weight cut issue with him. If he makes the national finals he would have all day to rehydrate and get himself well. Getting to the finals though is going to be a bitch with how he is wrestling straight off the scales
 
I think it’s a weight cut issue with him. If he makes the national finals he would have all day to rehydrate and get himself well. Getting to the finals though is going to be a bitch with how he is wrestling straight off the scales
True, though that also requires somebody capable of beating him, and after he handled Courtney, IDK who that would be.

I could see him scraping by a couple matches, and then having his best match in the finals. Whether or not that would be enough to beat Lee, probably not but who knows.
 
True, though that also requires somebody capable of beating him, and after he handled Courtney, IDK who that would be.

I could see him scraping by a couple matches, and then having his best match in the finals. Whether or not that would be enough to beat Lee, probably not but who knows.
For sure. If he can make the finals I can definitely see it being his best match just because he has all day to recover. Probably not good enough to beat Spencer but a fully fed and hydrated Glory has the best chance of anyone
 
Dislocated his finger in his last match although he finished the match. Prol more precautionary than anything. he should be fine.
I wrestled an AA when I was a sophomore. He was one of these overly-aggressive guys with wild eyes. First thing he did was grab my hand and pull my finger out of joint. It was pointing off in a wild angle. My trainer said, "No problem" and popped it back in place and sent me back out. I wanted no more of the guy and he beat me easily. I think it was the only bout in my life I lost by more than 3 points and several of the points were stalling.
The next year the guy was back coaching that team. He obviously remembered me, because his kid comes out against me with wild eyes and crazy aggressiveness. I turned to his coach and said, "Not two years in a row!" and beat the kid 23-0.
 
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I wrestled an AA when I was a sophomore. He was one of these overly-aggressive guys with wild eyes. First thing he did was grab my hand and pull my finger out of joint. It was pointing off in a wild angle. My trainer said, "No problem" and popped it back in place and sent me back out. I wanted no more of the guy and he beat me easily. I think it was the only bout in my life I lost by more than 3 points and several of the points were stalling.
The next year the guy was back coaching that team. He obviously remembered me, because his kid comes out against me with wild eyes and crazy aggressiveness. I turned to his coach and said, "Not two years in a row!" and beat the kid 23-0.
Yep. A similar thing with me against this kid from the now defunct high school of Bald Eagle Nittany..kid was an animal and the only time I got pinned...the following year I realized he only had 2 actual moves and never stopped charging me...a few hiccups in the 2nd avoiding his cradle but my duck and ankle pick was on that night and I got him 8-5. But MAN those kids up there in that Lock Haven area back in the day were nothing nice 😆 🤣
 
I think it’s a weight cut issue with him. If he makes the national finals he would have all day to rehydrate and get himself well. Getting to the finals though is going to be a bitch with how he is wrestling straight off the scales
lots of weight cutting I don't think extra time helps that much still losing a lot of weight is not good!
 
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