I guess he knew what he was doing. I will say that Zerban and Watters have felt a little over-ranked this year. I think 157 will come down to Duke, Robideau, and Larkin. Lots of other proven talent but if I was a betting man, I'd bet on the pups.
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Carter Young got another ranked win. This time 11-6 over #17 Joe Zargo of Wisconsin. Zargo beat Ryder Block two days prior and his only other loss on the year is to David Evans.
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What is even more amazing to me is that he is 25 and still has another year of eligibility left. Or does he have 2 more years? With all that schooling' you woulda thunk he'd be smarter.
Predicting he would do something stupid doesn’t qualify you as the next Nostradamus.
Read that but didn’t post it because I have a hard time believing it’s true. They are ******** but I can’t imagine they could be that bad.
I don't take any online rumor about Iowa seriously. People make a hobby out of speculating about Iowa.
Lots of speculating crap comes from Iowa…
Yeah that’s pretty much what I thought too. If you made the villain of a movie do this people would say it’s too cartoonish.
Far be it from me to defense Iowa or the Brands bros, but I think it’s important to remember Endene did something similar last year with Wisconsin. Shows up on campus to wrestle and then *poof* gone just like that.
My gosh Penn State is dominant. Thought Iowa was actually competing fairly well in a lot of matches and it is 29-3 going to heavy. Also the Ferrari‘s have the most boring matches. They are too good to just sit on one knee the entire time.
Let’s just enjoy the moment
Iowa has a tough decision on their hands. They need to move on from TnT if they want to compete for national championships in the future.
PSU won every big matchup and were dominant in a few others. The difference between the two teams was stark and has to be alarming to Iowa fans.
Provo upset V. Robinson last night in the Stanford v. NCST dual.
PSU won every big matchup and were dominant in a few others. The difference between the two teams was stark and has to be alarming to Iowa fans.
Provo upset V. Robinson last night in the Stanford v. NCST dual.
While largely true I think we’re forgetting just how dang good PSU is.
No question but if you are Iowa, you are asking what has happened to Ayala? Why hasn’t Kueter developed and what are we getting with the money invested in the portal this offseason?
If I were an Iowa fan the thing that would concern me is not just how passively they wrestled, but how passively they were coached. Brands said not sending out Kennedy was the best for him and the team. But that kind of passive approach was echoed by too many on the team.
I’m telling yall, we don’t need to bang on this too much. TnT needs to stay right where they are!
It was a beat down but if we wrestled Penn St. in a dual this year, we would get pounded into the mat also. Based on rankings we would be the favorite in 1 weight class and that would be at 141. We are a lot younger than Iowa and so our potential is much higher especially with our 26 recruiting class. I would not think of trading our program for theirs, but they have beaten us a bunch of times in a row including this year. Every match i was pulling for Iowa because Penn. St. is our real enemy. Also Jax means we might win another match but Blaze against Jax is very close. I still think we should have Jax wrestle 5 and redshirt. We will be much better next year then this year. Next year we should beat Iowa like drum.
I actually thought Iowa Wrestled them pretty tough outside of a few let downs.
PSU is an absolute juggernaut right now. If we were to Wrestle them in a dual, it would be a similar result. That said, I think we’d make it seem closer. We could steal bouts at 25, 33,41, 57 and HW….actually the only two guys that look unbeatable in a dual are MM and Bar.
Id still expect a 20-30 to 3-12 with much more entertainment than knee sliding around the mat in neutral.
I think we match up much better against Penn State than Iowa does. I could see us winning 4 of 10 weights.
Slumlord Bob has publicly stated he’s done when the Brands are done.
It sure could happen but based on rankings that would not happen. I made that opinion based on flow rankings and yes Jax is at least as good as Blaze but they are very close. We would have a chance at 125 and 157 but last summer I saw Duke beat Landon twice at 20 and unders and most people would pick Lilledahl over Spratley. We can and should beat Iowa in the next dual with them coming up next year. My point was putting down Iowa in my thinking makes no sense until we beat them. I think we will beat them in February with our current lineup.
Make no mistake it is Bob running the show there. TnT do whatever he tells them to do.
I don’t get it. Big time donors aren’t that rare esp for a blue blood program. New coach, new donors. Happens all the time.
Jax just started wrestling so is not ranked appropriately yet - in my opinion he's #1 at his weight so technically we would have 3 higher ranked wrestlers. Regardless, this is my opinion of an OSU vs PSU dual:
OSU would be a clear favorite at 133 - Jax and 141 - Vega
The following would have a solid chance of winning:
125 - Sprately
157 - Robideau
Hwt - Doucet
It wouldn't really surprise me to pull off another upset somewhere like 184 or 149.
Iowa wrestled way too defensively against PSU - that is something we would not do.
Interesting that Jamison is wrestling unattached. Doesn’t seem like it’s on TV anywhere so that sucks.
PSU has Blaze at 133, I wouldn't say Jax is a clear favorite, otherwise I agree with your other predictions.