Yeah you could tell he lost his legs. If he can get in a little better wrestling shape, which he should, come March that match result should flip.
PSU - Iowa '26 Match Thread
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I suspect he blew a gasket with that ride in the second period.
I heard Brands use the press to convey to AF that if your style is on a knee you need to use it in some offensive way as opposed to waiting for a counter. Without AF, his line-up is really barren. Can't afford to alienate him.
Seemed weird to me that Ferrari ran out of gas in a match without much action.
Did he "Carver" himself?
Did he "Carver" himself?
No one wanted Lucas Cochran to replace Cole? I'm losing my memory.Nobody was on here calling for his replacement....MEAL replacement drinks and shakes maybe
Penn st brought 19 wrestlers on this 2 match road trip i wonder if we see some young bloods vs northwestern, Sealey, Henkle, and Cunningham and maybe Desmond if he eligible at 133.
I was impressed with Caliendo. At one point, after a great scramble where Mitch was in deep but Caliendo scramble out and almost (kinda almost for anyone but Mitch) got the takedown - Mitch stood up and it looked like he was smiling. He loves the scrap and good matches. Caliendo just was supremely frustrated at the end, it looked like Caliendo improved, but Mitch widened the gap even so - Mitch is now a dominant top wrestler as well. (Last year I didn't see him dominate top competition on top like he does this year.)
It's still going to be a blood bath.
Hoping Davis wrestles, Northwestern kid is at least ranked #32.
What do you think is wrong with Keuter? If I’m looking at it from Iowa’s perspective that is the most head scratching match to me. I don’t think he tried to score once aside from the obligatory flailing around the last 10-15 seconds of the match. It was like he didn’t try to or want to win. The guy is a very good athlete. He had a big length/reach advantage. It sounds like he has been really counter reliant for his offense this year but… I guess I just thought he would be better at this point.
Mesenbrink swells Hodge lead, Penn State widens gap over Iowa: Takeaways and full results from the Lions' 32-3 win
Penn State wrestling beat Iowa for the fifth time in as many meetings on Saturday night in Iowa City. Here are our takeaways.
No bueno. Ohio state will be a much tougher match for PSU than Iowa was.
Well, if he didn’t his dad would have got him with the cattle prod.
If that's the case, Brands is derelict in his duties as a coach. Address it in the room if you think a wrestler needs to make a change. That's what coaching is. If a wrestler feels alienated because a coach dares to coach him, then the wrestler is the problem. Brands isn't doing his job right if he is in fact using the press to send a message.
Also imagine Kueter trying to fill the B gap on a run play in B10 right now? I know wright training is different for football but I think he made a wise decision going wrestling full time
PJ is the type of guy that while staying within the rules of the sport makes even a seasoned opponent worry if they’ll leave the match healthy
I always wondered what a "packed Carver Hawkeye Arena" looked like.
Hawkeye Report has just revealed once again that Penn State takes steroids. Also PJ is a "dirty wrestler". I was actually shocked that they didn't drop the Sandusky card, but its been 15 years now and that card is pretty much faded to dust, kinda like their records, almost all of which are gone now
Most of us would like to see a stall called when a wrestler repeatedly goes to one knee ... myself included. It's ironic, though; Ferrari would likely become a better wrestler.
For the sake of wresting I'm still for the change. When Jim Gibbons openly criticizes a wrestler's style, you know it gets the attention of other coaches and officials.
I believe that this is a conversation that goes beyond this board.
For the sake of wresting I'm still for the change. When Jim Gibbons openly criticizes a wrestler's style, you know it gets the attention of other coaches and officials.
I believe that this is a conversation that goes beyond this board.
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Rocco has to be #1, not just in B10, but in NCAA rankings. He beat Ferrari who beat Sinclair who beat Mac. Seems simple to me...
Rocco deserves some credit for that, he was very physical and heavy on the the head.
I didn't see it. I saw a few people suggesting that Lucas get a match or two, which he will. I don't quite understand why some of us want to start fights all the time over our wrestlers: 99 percent of our fans root equally for all of our wrestlers. Cole is improving now weekly and that's normal for a Cael coached wrestler. He's going to get better and better and he looked damn good against Kueter. Personally I think all of the "what's wrong with Kueter" thoughts are more disrespectful than the Lucas suggestions....That match had nothing to do with what is wrong with Kueter. Nothing is wrong with Kueter: He got beat by a better wrestler.
The problem is he wasn’t really trying to score, he was trying to draw the final stalling call that he needed. He got one as Nasir was backing away, but when Nasir stopped backing up and stayed in the center of the mat, he wasn’t going to get the second call even if Nasir wasn’t really doing anything, which was the right call. He needed to do more than just look aggressive at the end, he needed to actually take dedicated shots.
I think that also earns him the nickname BJ Ferrari. Now we got AJ & BJ, the dynamic duo.
That's absolutely how it should be but also absolutely how it won't be. They'll move Sinclair to the 1, Mac to the 2 and Rocco to the 3. Wrestlestat, however, will drop Rocco down to 12th
Watching Iowa over the years it seems more and more like they hand fight for the sake of hand fighting rather than working for an angle or as a set-up for a leg attack. I loved watching AB and CStar accepting a collar tie and then yanking the Iowa opponents head down toward the mat as they attacked the legs or finished a go behind. Tying up for the sake of tying up is not a winning offensive strategy.
The match with Bailey last year was also probably in his head. Sometimes you beat a guy one way and then wind up trying to beat him the exact same way the next time. Davis can absolutely beat just about anybody outside of obviously The top 3 guys at the weight. This was his 2nd dual meet match of the year and it came at Carver against a kid who only lost to the top 3 himself and he basically beat him if he doesn't get caught in the 1st period in a cradle. Take the actual cradle out of the match and just give up the takedown and you have a 3-3 overtime match and Davis is winning that. Next time leave no doubt, take his *** down in the first or second period and grind him into the mat.
You think Brands hasn't been addressing it in the room repeatedly? And maybe Ferrari does it in practice but not against real opponents. Or maybe some skulls are too thick to jackhammer thru.
You make a great point. No conditioning or offense. Very odd.
Didn‘t he have hip surgery in the off-season? Maybe he doesn’t have confidence in his movement?
I have no idea what happens in the Iowa wrestling room. I believe at the presser Brands was saying what was on his mind - nothing wrong with that. But if he was using the presser to send a message to one of his guys, that's a cop out.
I really wish Max Rohskopf didn't have that MMA flap that caused him to delete all of his social media.
Because he was a starter on the NC State team that won the Orange Bowl at CHA, and afterward tweeted something like (paraphrasing to the best of my memory):
"Don't wrestle -- HAND FIGHT!"
- Iowa fans
That was about 10 years ago, can't say anything has changed.
I checked out HR this morning for the first time in months. The majority seem to feel it's time for Brands to go. However, there are a couple hardcore guys who are whistling past the graveyard. One wrote Iowa is falling behind because of ethics - of course implying ethical Iowa is falling victim to the unethical interlopers. TomBots I guess. But maybe TnT will stay and turn things around.
Michael wrestling Dake everyday has taking his wrestling ability to another level. Having Kyle Dake in our NLWC is Absolutely Huge for 157 and up to 197. He needs more credit along with Gilman and RBY wrestling the light weights. When you see them give them a Thank You….
Cole just needs to keep gaining good weight. Love to see him around 240 for the NCAA tournament. Put him on the Anthony C Diet and weight lifting program. Tons of Cal taken in Daily. Hey it worked wonders for Anthony C. Will see
Yeah, I’m not disappointed in Davis (disappointed a little that he lost, of course, but not disappointed in the match he wrestled). The fact that a guy who is a tenacious team player willing to go at any weight needed who has the ability to end up on the podium is the “weak spot” in our lineup and only loss in the whole dual against Iowa speaks volumes about how good it is here now. He is the Conaway or Matt Brown of this team. Those guys used to contribute key points in the drive for the national title. Now, Davis is the weak link in a whole lineup full of Taylors and Nolfs. I have nothing but respect for the job Davis is doing.
I didn't know that. Does create another mess with figuring out the clock details in these situations.