Kind of echo this.
Don't know where I read it (maybe on this site), but there were only 2 people in the arena that night who thought Owings had a chance: Gable and Owings.
I think Owings said that in an interview. However, he was wrong too. I was there with 4 other guys and all of us felt that Owings had a good chance to win. Like Gable, he pinned everyone in his bracket going into the finals match. I wonder how many times that has happened where both finalists have pinned their way to the finals.
No lol, but I did loudly proclaim that he was not very tough, in a little more harsh words than that.
I have no problem with things that are in the rear view mirror. When it comes to Iowa, I'm indifferent.
We should have had Suriano at 125 who if he stayed I think would have been at least a 3 time NCAA Champ under Cael and Cody! What could have been?????
Nope, I can personally attest that what @hlstone is referring to is not related to you…
It’s probably from all of the PEDs we are on.
Spencer's match that year was the last one, there weren't any other guys wrestling in the finals, for any team
First or last wouldn’t matter as Cael doesn’t tell his wrestlers what to say.
That's fair, just a far cry from "Cael wouldn't have time to say anything because he would instead be preparing for some imaginary matches later in the night"
The whole thing is imaginary. You notice guys saying if he came to PSU? That’s a far cry from what really happened. Point was Cael having 2,3,4,5 champs a year and when TnT have one it’s a thing where interviews and coaches being thrown are important. It was pretend, like the hawk 2020 title.
Well, now you have your answer. 🤔
I've read a bunch about the Owings-Gable match. Owing was nuts! Didn't he drop like THREE weight classes just to try and beat Gable?
Ever see the movie Vision Quest? It was Owings feat in 1970 that inspired the story line.
He did. The video of the match without commentary shows some different angles. Saw that video posted somewhere. Twitter I think. I think it’s the individual mat feed from ESPN+. Similar to the one on YouTube of RBY-DeSanto semi last year. Just the match. No commentary.
If true that mathematically clinches it for us. By my math Iowa would lose 9 points off their max potential and they could do no better than tie us.
He had about 25 seconds to compose himself when he was counting the lights.
People here have a weird infatuation with the hand shake.
Seeing how the Iowa GOAT proclaimed excuses are for wusses that does then seem appropriate.
So asking a question is a weird infatuation ? ESPN didn't show anything. Spencer's last high school match he sat on his ass at the end of the match.. The crowd got loud. All I was doing was seeking clarification of how it ended. Don't try and put me down for asking a question. Gee wrestlers normally shake hands. Thanks I never knew that.
