Really likable kid IMO. Going to be a fine coach some day.
Match Thread PSU @ Iowa in-match discussion thread
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Really likable kid IMO. Going to be a fine coach some day.
The thing that was frustrating about that match besides Davis losing is Ayala was always hyped for having a high motor and being willing to mix it up. I thought. I'd have expected more of a wild, high-scoring kind of match based on reputation. He seemed to want no part of trying to scramble with Davis after the initial takedown. I guess the Brands Brothers have gotten to him. Seemed more like Ayastalla to me.
Still hilarious after all these years. You can still hear the disdain in Taylor’s voice when he talks about the Jordan practices and the pointless grinding they did. The kids don’t know any better
I caught that comment also. I'm guessing they're pretty close and speak fairly regularly. Both been in the business a long time.
Even more hilarious: "Bo Jordan did well with the hand he was dealt."
Hey, was our very own Thomas Gilman trolling Iowa last night on X?
That's the one.
Word is that Spencer's mom smashed the refs glasses right before the match started and he was just winging it most of the night.
Whatever the hell is going around is a nasty bug. A lot of call offs this year.
I went to the PA farm show with the Mrs and we both got a nasty cold a week later and then I lost my sense of taste and smell, which is coming back slowly. Apparently, most colds are corona viruses (like C19) and they also can produce the effect. More in children and the elderly. I'm no kid, so. Today was the first day I could smell my morning coffee in three weeks.
Seeing Starocci gas is like having Lex Luthor enter the arena with Kryptonite hidden in an overcoat.
I'm sure he'll be better Monday night, 100% for Nebraska and I pity the Edinboro kid, unless they put in Bearclaw
I heard it and didn't think much of it. Gable's still the man when it comes to Iowa Wrestling even if he's no longer HC.
This is probably futile, but try to read along. My comment was in response to a post stating that Davis was aggressive throughout the bout. That just wasn't the case, regardless of what Ayala was or wasn't doing.
Davis needed to do more, but I was in no way defending Ayala.
I respect Gibbons' accomplishments as a wrestler and a coach, but as a announcer, he's just not that good. his Iowa roots show way too much and I thought he said something about a move making everybody over 65 happy. It seems like he's caught in past glories.
Navy ride by either Nagao or Haines I believe
Off the top of my head I thought I saw 21 to 5 but I’m too lazy to fact check it.
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125 1-0 Iowa
133 2-1 PSU
141 4-1 PSU
149 6-4 PSU
157 9-4 PSU
165 12-5 PSU
174 15-5 PSU
184 17-5 PSU
197 18-5 PSU
285 20-5 PSU
Beau Bartlett vs Real Woods - 141 LBS, Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
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Levi Haines vs Jared Franek - 157LBS Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
Mitchell Mesenbrink vs Michael Caliendo - 165 LBS Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
The refs job is to keep the match going. The ref never attempted to do that with Ayala until the 3rd period. It's very easy to do. Give a warning, then the stall call is next. Hard to blame a guy standing when he's facing a dude with his knee on the ground. The real problem has always been the same in NCAA wrestling. There is zero consistency in the calls. Just have some consistency. At least in freestyle, you better damn well wrestle, or you're on the clock.
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Carter, and yes it is an old school move that you don't see much anymore.
I think it’s something you might see a good bit of in our room. Casey loves his old man tricks. We obviously don’t know much at all about how our coaches approach teaching technique—but I get the sense there are no taboos, that the palette they paint with is massive, and the color wheel they use is very sophisticated (to strain a metaphor to its limits).
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Right, how do you get aggressive when your opponent is allowed to wrestle from a knee? Braeden tried early on and gave up a counter takedown so I don't blame him for not taking a bunch of shots. I will be real curious how the coaches approach the next match. For starters, I suspect they will get in the refs ear about it prior to the match beginning.
I’m thinking they develop a plan as to how to take advantage and takedown a wrestler on his knee.
He should back up get down on a knee and throw double stall calls
We don’t have any reason to complain, and they have every reason they can imagine.
I would predict that in the future rules will not allow dropping to one knee IF the NCAA is truly interested in more action, which might be an oxymoron.
Brands is just a different type of a guy. I think his recruits understand his persona. For most part he doesn't have many kids transfer out. He's certainly a Type A personality. Cael is a Type B personality.
Please note I tried again to post a screenshot of the difference of type A and B personality.
Can't figure out how to do it. 😟
This is the answer. The problem is that Braeden seemed a little befuddled as to what to do about it in the moment. I’m sure there’s an answer. They just need to figure it out.
I dont play KYPSW but I've been confidently picking BoBar in this rematch since the preseason, despite repeatably being told by many supposedly knowledgable posters here that Woods was the better man.
The next meeting will be worse.
Could we see a 5 count when a knee hits the mat, kind of like riding the leg.
If Iowa wrestling's veterans can bounce back, the Hawkeyes are capable of reaching goals
If Iowa wrestling's veterans can bounce back, they are still capable of successwww.desmoinesregister.com
- “125-pound sophomore Drake Ayala opened this dual with a fairly dominant win over Braeden Davis.”
- “149-pound sophomore Caleb Rathjen ignited the crowd with a huge win. He was dominant through the majority of regulation”
- “Iowa was within striking distance with winnable matches left.“
- “if you get one or two of the veterans to come through and have Arnold in this lineup, things could have turned in a different direction for Iowa.”
Their sports writers are as delusional as their fanbase.
Let's hope he goes for falls and techs come tournament time
We've seen rule changes after wrestlers abuse a certain technique to stall.
The 5 count came after Delgato used the ankle ride to win an NC. I remember Nico dragging him across the mat like a piece of toilet paper stuck to his shoe.
The danger count came after Heil spent much of his championship season wrestling from his back. His match with Jimmy G was a classic.
However, the Anthony Robles effect might make it hard to legislate against wrestling on one knee.
Nah, peaking is a state of mind.
I think TnT were especially proud of this one, but it won’t be long-lived. They hated that RBY challenged ADS to score without that triceps grab, and I think this was their response. After a while RBY didn’t even need to keep the arm back as often. The difference is that TnT/ADS could never adapt at 133, but CCCJ will here at 125. What TnT missed out Friday on was gathering data on how to beat Braeden without the knee and hand down. They basically blew their wad before it mattered.
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