Yes. He’s also young for his age, and short for his height. 😉
Wisconsin Match Thread
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Brooks gave up on his pinning combination with plenty of time left. He needed to walk his arm forward and rotate to double grapes or the other way to the head and switch to head and arm. When he repositioned, Wisconsin was able to belly out.
That being said, he is so damn good.
He also chose them because Kerkvliet exists at PSU but that’s a story for another thread.
Dayton is gonna be a stud but don’t think he’s ready for any of DGK, Parris or Cass quite yet. Let’s circle back in a year.
All the studs looked good tonight. Surprised Van Ness couldn’t get any offense going against Gomez and he got stuck on bottom. Things to work on. Would have liked to see Facundo/Hamiti.
Really surprised Steen is as outmatched as his is. 2 yrs in the room working with RBY, Gilman, Conway. Didn’t think he’d be a world beater but didn’t expect him to get dominated as he’s been so far. I’m sure he’s working hard. Hope he can turn it around
Really surprised Steen is as outmatched as his is. 2 yrs in the room working with RBY, Gilman, Conway. Didn’t think he’d be a world beater but didn’t expect him to get dominated as he’s been so far. I’m sure he’s working hard. Hope he can turn it around
Thing is, Levi has wanted to be starting.
Levi beat him like elite PSU wrestlers typically beat 2nd round competition
Pretty sure Dean made Amos’s heal touch the back of his head. Warner tapped out well before that
Van Ness needs to translate his pressure and hand fighting into more leg attacks. Hopefully that comes with time. But he got in super deep on the double and finishes that on a ton of opponents. If he does, the complex of the match changes a bit.
Was on delay and just caught up. Levi’s TD for the major while dog tired was the most impressive thing I saw in a meet filled with points and impressive moments. He could have easily cashed in his 6 point win, but willed himself to another. Looked McDonough like pulling in that leg.
true. He did finish, finally, just off the mat! He's there. Jump on for the SVN ride!
Agree. He is always moving forward. I love his aggression. He just cannot seem to get those angled leg attacks that seasoned college wrestlers get. I do think, however, that by March, he will be with the best.
When ranked 197 lb Division 1 wrestlers express pain that I can hear thru the broadcast…. I’m glad I never found myself in a bow and arrow.
Please note the winking emoji at the end of the post. That is a symbol for sarcasm. 😉😉
Usually with freshman the thing you have to teach if the hand fighting. Probably a pretty good sign that Van Ness has that down already.
He also didn’t really get much of a redshirt year compared previous studs. Nolf and Nickal got like 20 matches IIRC. So he’s really still just getting his feet wet at this level.
UPDATE: Nickal and Nolf each wrestled 17 matches in their redshirt season. As of tonight, Van Ness has 13 college matches. It’ll come.
It felt like a closer match than the score ended up. A stall call at the end of the second and SVN finishing on the edge of the mat and it’s a toss up in the 3rd. He had Gomez exhausted but SVN was tired as well and couldn’t fire off any clean shots in the last minute. I come away thinking that VanNess is right there with the top guys and by the post season he’s going to be a threat to everyone besides probably Yianni
I think he’s likely a level below Yianni and well tapered Gomez. But other than that I think he can go with anyone.
Should have 8 finalists.
If you're going to mock us, do it right.
8 Champs. Van Ness lost to Gomez by 4, Yianni by 6. Van Ness can beat him as a result.
Apparently there is some hope for your objective analysis.
You shouldn't be surprised by Steen, particularly when pitted against someone as seasoned and as good as Barnett. Steen wasn't an elite recruit out of high school and still is just a RS freshman. He also needs to get stronger. Expect he'll need at least another year to stay on the mat against guys the caliber of Barnett.
Robert Howard is the guy we want to see at 125, but who knows if that will ever happen, given his unfortunate injury history.
What’s it like to read page after page of the sky is falling on HR when Iowa guys lose close matches and then come over here and read optimism when PSU guys lose matches that weren’t near as close?
That’s gotta feel like a third raccoon for your average Iowa fan
Cannot wait for Iowa to finally come to Penn State for their beatdown on 1/27. Happy you all could beat #28 Illinois in the final match of the night so maybe you’ll be undefeated before your thrashing in Happy Valley.
This just in… our young guys like the super young ones not the ones who won NCAAs already… are going to be really good. Gomez is one of the best kids in the country and has capabilities to beat Yianni. SVN had 2 shots that got 99% of the way there. Levi looks like he’s ready to rag doll 23 year old seniors already. Facundo looks legit. Ahhh we’ve got another round of greatness coming.
I just watched the match. Had it taped. The guy who impressed the hell out of me was Bartlett. Wow did he look quick and aggressive. He never looked like that at 149. He looks like a guy who has everything firing right now.
Probably thinking there will be an injury and our backup is just a low AAWho else besides Steen isn't making the finals?
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