Penn State vs. Ohio State (Friday, Feb. 19th)
- Thread starter dmm53
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Yeah, this. In the season-opening presser on Jan 12, Cael said: "I thought a couple of our guys are in really good shape. They were in such good shape, that .... normally, we’re not int his good of shape in October, so we had to scale things back."
I mean, most of these dudes we're seeing look ... off, in their fitness now, looked like beasts in the Fall NLWC events. Between covid and training to peak on a wacky calendar, maybe for this year we need to modify our mantra to something like: trust in Cael to adjust his own plans.
Reading comprehension is not my strong point here, so Cael thought they were in too good shape for October and had them stop training and will restart for March? aha
One thing that stuck out to be about Flo's documentary on Cael is Mike Mal said Cael doesn't want anyone even watching his team warming up anymore. They also said PSU practices are notoriously not as long as others yet our guys are the best conditioned and our guys look smaller yet somehow outmuscle people.
Cael knows conditioning bottom line.
Dodge, dip, dive,duck and...dodge.
125: dec OSU
-Heinselman has looked good this year, and with it being Robbie’s second match, I’m giving the edge to experience here
133: maj PSU
-RBY didn’t look quite himself against Michigan, I think he rebounds here.
141: maj PSU
-Same as RBY, Cael has these guys ready to go for this one
149: dec OSU ( hopefully we stay out of the cradle )
-I think this is gonna be BearClaws weight moving forward. He’s all go and I think if he stays out of the cradle it stays a decision
157: dec PSU
-Brady looked good against Lewan which was big for his confidence. He builds even more with a win here
165: dec OSU
-Make no mistake I think JLee can win. However, it’s hard to pick him after the Michigan dual.
174: dec OSU
-CStar will need more offense against Romero than he’s shown lately. I know he just took out Massa, and can 100% beat Romero. But because of the lack of offense, I’m going Romero here
184: maj PSU
-Brooks can score in so many different ways and IMO he’s looked the best out of anyone.
197: dec PSU
-Hopefully we see the rivalry continue. The knee is worrisome, but the way he got to Amine’s legs gives me ( and hopefully him ) a lot of confidence.
285: dec PSU
-Snacks wrestled Parris tough. Orndorff didn’t. If Snacks takes it to Orndorff the same way, he gets it done.
21-12 PSU
-Heinselman has looked good this year, and with it being Robbie’s second match, I’m giving the edge to experience here
133: maj PSU
-RBY didn’t look quite himself against Michigan, I think he rebounds here.
141: maj PSU
-Same as RBY, Cael has these guys ready to go for this one
149: dec OSU ( hopefully we stay out of the cradle )
-I think this is gonna be BearClaws weight moving forward. He’s all go and I think if he stays out of the cradle it stays a decision
157: dec PSU
-Brady looked good against Lewan which was big for his confidence. He builds even more with a win here
165: dec OSU
-Make no mistake I think JLee can win. However, it’s hard to pick him after the Michigan dual.
174: dec OSU
-CStar will need more offense against Romero than he’s shown lately. I know he just took out Massa, and can 100% beat Romero. But because of the lack of offense, I’m going Romero here
184: maj PSU
-Brooks can score in so many different ways and IMO he’s looked the best out of anyone.
197: dec PSU
-Hopefully we see the rivalry continue. The knee is worrisome, but the way he got to Amine’s legs gives me ( and hopefully him ) a lot of confidence.
285: dec PSU
-Snacks wrestled Parris tough. Orndorff didn’t. If Snacks takes it to Orndorff the same way, he gets it done.
21-12 PSU
I think Cael knows two things which is why PSU's conditioning looks so good. He knows essentialism, that is focus on what is important and he knows the importance of recovery. Take those two and most of the team not killing themselves cutting large amounts of weight and the team is fresh at the end of the season. Essentialism allows for the short practice, recovery has to be planned throughout the season.
At times in the past the team has looked sluggish for some meets. That is simply the team working hard earlier in the year to allow time to recover later in the year when the workload is reduced. It also allows the team to get use to wrestling tired which happens in multi-day tournaments. You can't go hard for 3 months and then have a easy week before NCAA's and expect to be significantly recovered.
Some (other) matches going on tonight and this weekend that might be of interest:
Friday, February 19
Michigan at Michigan State, 5:00 PM - Big Ten Network
Rutgers at Maryland, 6:00 PM - BTN+
Penn State at Ohio State, 7:00 PM - Big Ten Network
Sunday, February 21
Northwestern at Minnesota, 1:00 PM - BTN+
Nebraska at Illinois, 2:00 PM - ESPNU
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 6:00 PM - ESPNU
Iowa at Wisconsin, 9:00 PM - Big Ten Network
Friday, February 19
Michigan at Michigan State, 5:00 PM - Big Ten Network
Rutgers at Maryland, 6:00 PM - BTN+
Penn State at Ohio State, 7:00 PM - Big Ten Network
Sunday, February 21
Northwestern at Minnesota, 1:00 PM - BTN+
Nebraska at Illinois, 2:00 PM - ESPNU
Oklahoma at Oklahoma State, 6:00 PM - ESPNU
Iowa at Wisconsin, 9:00 PM - Big Ten Network
