Great picture. Raw emotions
Cunningham's: intensity
Sanderson's: confidence
Gabe's : love
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Wrestling Wrestling Session 6 - 2022 NCAA Championships Results and Discussion thread
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Cunningham's: intensity
Sanderson's: confidence
Gabe's : love
I'm not sure if this is posted elsewhere on the board, but here's a link to Mark Selders' photo gallery from the finals.
Gabe’s interview was phenomenal. Well, they all were, but his comments about coming to PSU being the right choice even if he never started, and tearing up when they mention Gabe- tissues were out!
That photo will end up framed and hanging in a couple of the Dean's households. What an awesome picture!
If there is only one good thing to come out of COVID and it’s impact on college wrestling, for me it is the great interviews that came out of this tournament. Just so much more raw emotions than most other years from the athletes. Hayden Hidlays after his 3rd place match was a favorite of mine.
At the end, in their closing they never mentioned the five wins. Even with the graphic of the five winners on the entire screen, and the director in their ear telling them it graphic is up....they never mentioned the success. It seemed purposeful.
Hey i dont see the initiate contact clowns yet,guess they got to drunk probably woke up this morning thinking iowa won!!
I hope so. That way when they find out the Hawks actually lost they can feel the pain all over again….
Chill guys. I’m kidding.
Well, mostly….
Anyone else notice Lewis’s Dad class act of embracing Carter after his win?
Mike Couzens opened the closing by saying that Penn State won their 10th championship and went 5 for 5 in the finals. I know I would have loved Gibbons and DC to continue the Penn State talk but that would not have been good for overall wrestling promotion.
Despite multitude of injuries, Iowa wrestling manages third-place finish at NCAA Wrestling
Iowa wrestling took third at the NCAA Championships, but many seniors who contributed so much to the program finished their stellar careers, too.
www.hawkcentral.com
I thought excuses were for wusses? And in the fall from classless Iowa fans booing injured PSU players that "injuries are part of the game"??? Hhhhmmmm....., why do Iowa fans strike me as classless, whiny, insecure, hypocritical douchebags.
Back around 2014 or 15 I was always pimpin the idea over on HR that Cael was in the middle of making State College area the absolute center of wrestling in the United States. Me and other fans were laughed off their boards when we laid out Caels exact plan for how he was going to achieve that. We said first, he was gonna build the premier college program in the country. Second, he was going to build the absolute best RTC and club. And third, his athletes would then spread across the country getting into coaching and building their clubs.Despite multitude of injuries, Iowa wrestling manages third-place finish at NCAA Wrestling
Iowa wrestling took third at the NCAA Championships, but many seniors who contributed so much to the program finished their stellar careers, too.www.hawkcentral.com
I thought excuses were for wusses? And in the fall from classless Iowa fans booing injured PSU players that "injuries are part of the game"??? Hhhhmmmm....., why do Iowa fans strike me as classless, whiny, insecure, hypocritical douchebags.
This is exactly what’s happened and they absolutely can’t stand it.
State College is the Mecca of Wrestling in the USA!
How can you not love wrestling
Maybe the biggest reason is the Coaching staff has a type of guy they are looking for. Some of these top guys may not fit the mindset, style and character traits they are seeking out to be a part of the program. The results on and off the mat speak volumes.
Especially the folks who merge videos with Byers calls ... trying to remember exactly who that was -- @Annieat285 maybe?
I find the criticism on Max Dean, Werner took 3 steps forward the entire match.
1 from a half shot, one by mistake, and one from a poor shot.
1 from a half shot, one by mistake, and one from a poor shot.
Some recruits think our practices are too much fun, not tough enough.
They do well with the hand they're dealt.
Also personality away from the room. Our guys seem to be going to bible studies, where guys from the midwest might find themselves wanting to go to the redneck yacht club
Well Cael left his alma mater, ISU, because he knew that Pennsylvania produces the most premier wrestlers by a country mile and if he could get only a fraction of them to stay in-state and go to PSU, he'd be able to accomplish the things you listed. Cael stated this exact thing as to why he took the PSU job to leave his Alma Mater (i.e., there were things that he would never be able to accomplish at ISU that he could accomplish at PSU due to it's location) at his initial Press Conference introducing him as PSU's new Head Coach in the Spring 2009. Iowa idiot's ridiculed his statements (especially that Pennsylvania was the epicenter of US Wrestling Greatness) - looks like their laughter has turned to tears. LMAO
^^this^^
There is a type of kid and characteristics that Cael is looking for. If you look at our guys, there’s a lot of different personality types but they all are respectful, gracious, all the good stuff.
The other great thing -- though it doesn't appear in the photo:
How quickly Carter got up on the stage to celebrate with Max. He was right there patting Max on the back and head while Max was hugging Casey, before Max got to Cael.
I FREAKING LOVE YOU CAEL SANDERSON!!!!!!!
sorry, In all my excitement I forgot this one last night.
Carry on….
sorry, In all my excitement I forgot this one last night.
Carry on….
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Some guys from Baltimore might head straight from practice to Cafe 210, and maybe two or three other spots before getting home.
Or maybe they might just (cough cough) blaze a trail to their apartments.
If I lose my recording like I do every single time I’m gonna be pissed. It’s these little things I miss the first time and why I keep the recording in my dvr as long as possible. Throughout the year watching it over and over again you always spot something new. It’s a great tool to help get you to the next season.
Sure did and it was great.
You forgot Turk, in all your excitement I'd guess.
Thank God! I don't think I could handle more of his and Quint's 80s Long Island Wrestling stories! Although he was apparently good friends with PSU great Greg Elinsky. Baldwin must be dying! That NCAA was his only paid gig for the year!
Some folks will point out that Penn State only had two PA guys in its starting lineup this year (although I still claim 3 - the Lee’s moved to State College a year before Nick enrolled
).Such pontification ignores the importance of a strong wrestling room of committed and skilled wrestling partners helping the starter become a national champion.
Penn State’s practice room is an abundance of PA state placers (who would been state champs in other states) and a few from our strong wrestling neighboring states of NY and (especially) NJ. The importance of a strong practice room cannot be overstated.
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Great picture. Really happy for Dean and the whole family. Crazy how PSU crushed their one son’s dream one year and gave another one his dream.
I think Starocci would beat him…in OT…lol
How many PA wrestlers did Cael have in his 1st National Championship Team??? Cael has now produced 32 Individual National Champions at PSU - care to tell me how many hailed from PA?
Yes that was amazing and it shows how close of a community it is for the wrestlers and their families.
