Great night! Keep the Brands forever.

[Bogiyev]

Its true. He was ranked higher and favored. Odds are it would end in decision either way. Pin was a fluke. Bet on next match its a close decision?

Looks like Block "showed up." Did what Hawks do. What fans want. Fluke?!?! ? What do you want, and what more do you need to tell us?

 

[BaccaFarmer]

Tonight showed why the Brands are still top 3 coaches.

Agree 100.00%. Everybody who is a PSU wrestling fan wants Iowa to keep TNT!!

 

[BaccaFarmer]

Last night begs the question: why couldn’t they have wrestled like this versus Penn State? I don’t mean winning 8/10 matches. I mean being aggressive and taking shots.

When you wrestle superior talent, being aggressive is rewarded less than 25% of the time. Even an occasional takedown is penalized by the superior pace and “devil may care aggression” of PSU elites. It’s better tactics to play solid “D” and hope for a 50-50 scramble in the 3rd or OT. Iowa is better than Nebby and aggressive shot taking was in order.

 

[GLC1969]

I am far from a PSU fan and not a Hawk Hater. My team will never be good again. I just want to see wrestling evolve. TNT had their time dont bring down a powerhouse because of your ego. Self evaluate and leave before you do become Minnesota or worse .

 

[Steevo36]

Aren't most pins "flukes"?

 

[Reiterate]

Agree 100.00%. Everybody who is a PSU wrestling fan wants Iowa to keep TNT!!

Wrong

 

[Libertylover]

Dude, few people changed their mind on the big picture just because of this win. But it's okay to be happy about a nice win and compliment wrestlers (even give coaches some credit) for showing more fight and some improvement last night. Even with Angel's effort to take it from us, and no Peterson, Ferrari, or Endene, it really was kind of an *** whoopin on their turf. Nebraska is the #6 team in the country, not #25 or UR. It's ok to be happy today and say something nice.

I honestly don’t ever remember this guy and a few other chronic complainers on here ever say a positive thing about Iowa, a team they claim to be a fan of. Hell I can’t stand PSU, but I’ve given them credit for things in the past.

 

[Libertylover]

people see what they want to see - am I happy we won, heck yes, we couldn't afford to lose last night, and yes it was good to see the boys rebound from the BTA they got from PSU, but it doesn't change my mind about the future of the program. the same issues I saw in how we've been wrestling for quite awhile, I saw last night - lack of setup of shots, no angles, everything was head on, even the shots that were successful, lack of attempts from certain wrestlers, no chain wrestling, no attempt at top wrestling. changes need to be made somewhere, this isn't a one match or one season issue. someone posted an article written by askren in 2014 about bringing in DT and the issues he highlighted with the style of wrestling then are still issues now - 12 years later - that's not saying bring in Askren or don't bring in Askren - its saying we ain't fixing things as a program, we keep hoping for a specific wrestler or two to fix things for us, that's stupid.

If you think we did NO chain wrestling, you were sleeping during Blocks match.

 

[Oldster]

If you don’t think Okie State has already passed us you’re dreaming. They have six freshmen in the top 10 and major recruits joining them next year. We’re already a mile behind. Good win but we can’t ignore the fact that we’ve been subpar and getting bitchslapped by PSU for the last three years.

If you don’t think Okie State has already passed us you’re dreaming. They have six freshmen in the top 10 and major recruits joining them next year. We’re already a mile behind. Good win but we can’t ignore the fact that we’ve been subpar and getting bitchslapped by PSU for the last three years.

Why not just buy the guys you want from OSU? That's worked well so far.

If you don’t think Okie State has already passed us you’re dreaming. They have six freshmen in the top 10 and major recruits joining them next year. We’re already a mile behind. Good win but we can’t ignore the fact that we’ve been subpar and getting bitchslapped by PSU for the last three years.