Penn State - Stanford '25 Collegiate Duals thread
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Right about now, I gotta believe a lot of the college wrestling world’s gotta be like Cale naughton junior in talladega nights saying “frenchie can drive”.
They’ll rank Knox at 30 and move Blaze back to 11.
Of course it will be hard to score on him.
One must snap down and spin . I know easier said than done.
Long way to go, but looking forward to Blaze vs Davino. Should be a good one.
didnt they say he was a 2 or 3 time champ from colo?"when I was in the navy we were talking wrestling and this kid told us he was 2 time champ from colo at 150 I told him I was from Pa and no time champ but I would give him a go I was about 130 I eas]ily beat him by about 5 points he ]said I got lucky so I beat him again by about 8 points!he never spoke ] to me again!
LOL hangs on he was the agressor most of the match!
Great event, great venue. Met so many nice, friendly people.
The Barr parents, Blaze's aunt.
KD .... nice soft spoken and easy to talk to. I said to him after the match that PJ had a great night and his response was, "now it is time to widen the gap"
Country singer Warren Zeider was down with the team and wearing PSU Wrestling swag.
The Barr parents, Blaze's aunt.
KD .... nice soft spoken and easy to talk to. I said to him after the match that PJ had a great night and his response was, "now it is time to widen the gap"
Country singer Warren Zeider was down with the team and wearing PSU Wrestling swag.
There's gotta be an easier way to duck Desmond.
If you think Ryan is running Davino out there 3 weeks before seeding you are crazy
Not overally unusual for kids who are dominant early on there feet to add stronger mat skills as the get older and more experienced.
Or he has the ability, just never chose to use it.
Taking Cael's advice, strive to improve a little every day.
He pretty much perfected the TD and release, so mat wrestling is the next step.
don't know the guy with Cael, was hoping someone here might.
the ripped dude is Warren Zeiders
If I remember correctly, Dave Taylor did the same thing. He was a takedown artist his first two years and then became a pinner. It was like he avoided pins early on in order to work on his mat skills.
Interesting question!
Can't say I know more than you, but my gut said he always had it in him, and it's probably an easier shift for returning champs than for others.
Nearly all NCAA champs win on feet. Few also score from top in the semis or finals (beyond RT point or OT rideouts) -- Zain, Jason, Ruth, Spencer, Stieber, not many more.
If you're already the best on feet, then the biggest differentiator becomes scoring from top. (Obviously without sacrificing your advantage on feet.)
Offhand, RBY also became much more of a top scorer after his first title. So there is precedent.
I agree with your gut. Maybe not as important now with the 3 pt takedown, but a valuable tool to have in the box. Top wrestling/riding came in handy for Nolf when he wanted or needed it. The Michigan training-through match Nolf’s Soph or Jr year when Pantaleo took him down twice and had choice going into the 3rd down one and takes bottom. Nolf rides him out and wins by 2. Then when his knee was injured he techs Jordan in the NCAA semis. 16-0 with two 2 pt takedowns and the other 14 with turns
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GREAT post Johnstown! lol!
The Blaze v Knox match was crazy yesterday. Total domination over a very high level wrestler culminating in a fall. Knox couldn’t even ride him at all. Blaze is the best wrestler in the country at 133. This is why we make fun of the Flo rankings. Everyone already knew how good Blaze was, but they refuse to show it in the rankings.
Possibly even the best pure wrestler in the country, period. I don't think Cael was joking about Marcus being (aka motivated and will become) the greatest wrestler ever.
And yeah, I know it's still early. And, no, I don't believe in jinxes (and am willing to bet neither Marcus nor Cael do either).
They are slipping.
Last year the beat Binghamton and Little Rock 96-0 in their first two Collegiate Duals duals.
If Cael actually cared like the people on the forums he would schedule tougher teams before Xmas . But I think his plan works just fine 