He was 272 last year at the first competition and ended the year about 252. I'm not sure what he weighed last night but it looked like 250
Other matches - 2026-2027
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With you on Nick Lee Appreciation!
My sloppy contribution was reference to Dan Gable, from back home in Iowa, ordering Brands to forfeit to Kerry McCoy in 97, defending it with something like: "Wes Hand hasn't earned the right to face a champion like McCoy", a masterful follow-up to a masterful troll job.
I'll pass on offering any fairness to that scrub lol.
Simpatico, trust me. I had to help prepare the poor coo who had to sit next to him in the congressional hearing and then had to answer the questions of the angry mob after he got dismissed for invoking the fifth.
Gable instructed head assistant coach Jim Zelesky to forfeit to McCoy.
Thx. I knew I was gonna eff some detail of that up...too many years since reading A Season on the Mat.
I was there. The crowd booed enthusiastically and Jimmy saluted the effort in his own special way.
My fault. Totally misread you, so I apologize for the blow up. I guess my love for Nick dulled my senses!
Haha, no sweat Your Highness lol. Spend enough time online, and the likelihood I'll jack something up approaches infinity. Like that; I'm certain I jacked up that phrase. "The limit does not exist?"
So, hey, while I've got you, two questions:
1. First, pertinent to this thread, have you seen any Other Matches by the Polish wrestler Baranowski? He's always been fun to cheer for remotely for me, b/c one of the Bloodround guys is Tommy Baranoski.
2. What's your personal history with Poland that brought you to choose this screenname? I've still got a hand-knit sweater I bought there in 1992 and a lovely memory of the tasty af 5th of wodka I purchased for like $1.29.
1. Have never seen Tommy Baranowski. It sounds like I’d like him if you do. Anybody that likes Nick Lee must have pretty great taste.
2. Zero genetic ties to Poland. Never been there either. Grew up with some folks of Polish descent and currently live in Buffalo (which whole-heartedly celebrates Polish culture and Dyngus Day), so I enjoy the food & culture. I also have a really limited Polish vocabulary.
My avatar is a Polak character from a Cleveland TV Show, “Big Chuck & Little John” - Stash Kowalski (played by “Big” Chuck Schodowski) that I liked when I was a kid. I have Western PA roots, but was born and raised in NEOH, so my handle is actually a reference to Poland, OH, from a board I used to frequent almost 30 years ago.
To everyone else on the board… sorry for the off-topic rambling. Now, back to Ono vs Blaze / 133 v 141…
OSU/Nebraska is now scheduled for ESPNU instead of ESPN+, so broadcast as opposed to streaming. Good thing for me, as I can dvr the match and watch it after I get home Friday after seeing Jim Messina.
I’d say chop wood, carry water but it seems you are carrying wood.
I’ll gladly accept that mischaracterization when it comes to Nick.I’d say chop wood, carry water but it seems you are carrying wood.
Tonight's probables.
ESPNU @ 8 pm eastern
ESPNU @ 8 pm eastern
Going to be a great dual. I’m most interested in 149 and heavyweight. Echemendia is tough and 149 seems like a good weight for him. First weekend Vega looked like his offense had really improved but last match it was back to a fairly close match. I know Ross is for real but I’m very high on Ziola. Should be fun all around
Very excited to watch tonight. Great time of the year that every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will have matches on.
We are 1 key injury away from Nationals being a real dog fight. Knock on wood. Tonight should be a great one. I am hoping for at least one surprise upset from the Huskers, but overall I doubt this will be as close as it looks on paper.
It's great having this big a match this early in the season for us fans.
Cael's plan definitely does not align to delivering anywhere near peak performance in early November, and I continue to see the wisdom. Refer to the first sentence of this post.
It's great having this big a match this early in the season for us fans.
Cael's plan definitely does not align to delivering anywhere near peak performance in early November, and I continue to see the wisdom. Refer to the first sentence of this post.
And it’s totally unfair that we’re the only team and fanbase who has to even consider the possibility of any injury. Now I wish we weren’t even wrestling until March.
Exactly. Lots of conflicting info out there about what it is - shoulder or knee - but he’s got a lot of tread wear on his tires.
No we're not.
We ran away with the title by 50 points -- more than 2 national champs better than OKST. Since then swapped a champ (Levi) for a 2x 3rd (Kasak) and swapped a DNP (Davis) for a world champ (Ono).
Plus Rope-a-dope and especially Merrill are not repeating their 2026 finishes.
Yeah, very skeptical about Merrill repeating his 2nd place finish. Any decline for him will counteract additional points from White if he lives up to his hype.
Norman getting buried by Larkin was a nice result. A low AA/rd of 12 at 174 for them would be considered a hole during this super team era. DT really needs significant points at both 174 and 184 to close the gap. The mistake people are making is thinking we are static, but we’ve got new guys in the mix too who can score solid points at NCAAs. Conner AAing - which I think he can do as he’s always been the more heralded brother - will determine if we stay the same team or one that will push the record toward 200
Agree with 149 and Hwt.174 is interesting Facundo won at NDI then Minto won the other meeting.
I don't see Minto losing to anyone but Mitchell at this point. He was game against Levi.
Agree and that's why I'm interested because last year Facundo beat him . This will give us a good idea if what we think is actually trending in that direction.
Is it just me or does it seem like Echemendia's first match was against Biff Walizer? He's good with 7 years, but it takes a legal fight to get Ono more than one.
Fondly recalls Echemendia and his college debut against the great Wade Schalles of Clarion 
How many empty seats at Carver tonight?
Of those that do show up, how many will be watching Ok St/Nebraska on their phones?
Of those that do show up, how many will be watching Ok St/Nebraska on their phones?
I'm just happy his grand kids will be able to be there tonight to cheer him on
Columbia is at Michigan on Big+. Mendoza is hammering Gursoy from Columbia, the kid who lost to Elijiah Cortez of Cornell on a last second take down. Mendoza finishes with the TF in front of 300 spectators.
The Amines/San Marino were an answer to some weird flag identification game they did after 133. I haven't heard them yelling yet though.
I have to say I’m always blown away by what a humorless bunch the okst group is
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If you guessed most of them being empty, you'd be the big winner. Definitely less that 50% capacity.
We may all complain about stalling and other issues in wrestling but nothing is worse than the final minutes of a basketball game with timeouts.
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