Has Tom Brands traveled outside the state of Iowa in the past nine years (since Michael Kemerer) to scout or recruit an athlete? Has he traveled inside the state of Iowa in the past nine years to scout or recruit an athlete?
Match Thread PSU @ Iowa in-match discussion thread
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He’s focusing on low hanging fruit at Sebolt. Given Sebolt’s eMbRaCe ThE gRiNd approach, it fits in well with the Brands world view, but puts a lot of tread on the tires
My problem is not with Ayala going to a knee - that is not stalling in-&-of itself. You could be doing it to create a change of levels and look for angles to attack as you come back up. So occasionally going to a knee as one element of your Neutral Offense is not stalling. But going to a knee habitually as an exclusively defensive mechanism to prevent engagement and therefore prevent offensive action is absolutely illegal when you do it 30+ times in a match with many of the one-knee kneel-downs lasting 5 or 10 seconds!
No way in hell should that be permitted and Folk Refs allowing this type of bullshit (i.e., blatant stalling to prevent offensive action and preserve a narrow lead) is the biggest problem with Folk wrestling. Mike McCormick should be busy issuing his Press Releases stating how the Ref failed to enforce the Rules to the detriment of the sport - and that type of bullshit wrestling will not be tolerated in the regular season.... and most certainly will not be allowed at the NCAA Chapionships.
It is interesting that I bet many Iowa fans that are perfectly fine with Ayala wrestling on his knee were probably apoplectic with RBY not “presenting himself” by keeping one arm behind his back.
To be clear, I do not agree that RBY didn’t present himself.
To be clear, I do not agree that RBY didn’t present himself.
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RBY did not refuse "to present himself" by keeping an arm behind his back - he refused to allow Desanto to "Russian-Tie" his arm, but he didn't refuse to engage (as evidenced by his own takedowns of Desanto.
I have been outdone. He can have the record, it's exhausting.Here's Goggles upon seeing the length of this post....
Does anyone think Davis held back to not tip his hand completely before things get important? Coaching staff and him seemed very calm during this break to go out and do more of the same, I just wonder if it was data gathering reminiscent of RBY Desanto dual.
Yea, no way I see them telling Davis to intentionally lose, but they may have told him not to "throw caution to the wind".... Some have suggested that he should have bull-rushed Ayala, but imho that would have been exactly what Ayala was looking for.... - if Davis attempted to freight-train him, all Ayala has to do is go low for the ankle pick, Davis would have been taken down. Ayala was attempting to frustrate Davis and make him do something desperate.... What's been suggested would not have worked.
Cater Starocci vs Patrick Kennedy - 174 LBS Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
Aaron Brooks vs Zach Glazier - 197 LBS Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
Greg Kerkvliet vs Ben Keuter - Heavyweight Dual Meet Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
I’m envisioning a Beau Bartlett head-flip over a kneeling Ayala to get behind him for an easy TD.
Bernie Truax vs Aiden Riggins - 184 LBS Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
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