His comparison of Angelo to Cael was hilarious. Angelo could go 100-0 but he’d have no Hodges and about a 20% bonus rate. Just stop!
All moot now
PSU - Iowa '26 Match Thread
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Which one is jd the dufus with the hat?
Angelo is a bleach blonde who drops to his knees in the presence of alpha males.
You know, I'm typically not the guy to beat up on Iowa too much. I neither like or truly hate Tom Brands, but you really do have to wonder if his job will be in some jeopardy now. My suspicion is that he was already on thin ice with the administration, then you have some really nasty rumors about the Endene situation (that may or may not be true) and now this. I wonder if all PSU fans shouldn't be writing letters to the AD at Iowa asking that she NOT fire Tom Brands because he's great for the university (of course we'd have to get some Iowa alumni stationary and envelopes and distribute them I guess).
I know a guy who knows a guy in Johnstown Pennsylvania who has closets full of Iowa Stationary
After Penn State worked over Iowa at the BJC last year an elite HS wrestler did just that. Of course you make sure the scale weighing the bag of money is certified.
Long term, Angelo will be compared to … that guy who used to stall a lot and wrestle 2-1 matches … I forget his name.
The punch line was forgetting the name, not actually naming someone.
So you were thinking Lewan instead?
Van Ness. Tho he has a medical RS to use. This would be my guess.
I loved the match myself. Rocco squashed Jello’s lame intimidation tactics
OK people, you see, now this is how you do comedy. Many would have thought the bit had ended. But '98 accepted the proposition, and went with it, finding that one last thing that could surprise.
In all fairness it could have been Jason Tsirtsizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I tried this stare down with my wife when she asked what we should have for dinner...
Will not be doing that again... I suggest you all try it though...
Note to self; so there Is more to telling a joke than timing…
nope, just laugh at your own jokes like I do..Note to self; so there Is more to telling a joke than timing…
Im pretty good a starting rumors and we all know Mitchell is pretty darn intelligent.
What Cael left out was this match wouldn't have happened without Mitchell. The word on the street and tarmac is that when the plane had a hydraulic leak, the team went back to Rec, Except for Mitchell. He ran through step by step instructions to the plane mechanic on the fix and got it done in under 7 minutes.
Hodge
What Cael left out was this match wouldn't have happened without Mitchell. The word on the street and tarmac is that when the plane had a hydraulic leak, the team went back to Rec, Except for Mitchell. He ran through step by step instructions to the plane mechanic on the fix and got it done in under 7 minutes.
Hodge
Same here. I really enjoyed Rocco attempting to dribble Angelos head every time he dropped to his knee. It was funny seeing Casey signal to Rocco at the end of the 1st telling him to keep pulling Angelos head down. All part of the plan.
LOL Cael scored more points in one match than one knee will score in 4 yrs!
This episode of BaschAMania is mainly focused on this past weekend's PSU - Iowa dual. As such, I'm putting this in here, as opposed to the Social Media thread.
0:00 - Intro & Start of Show
07:45 - Penn State Dominates Iowa
11:15 - Lilledahl Gets Revenge on Peterson
13:08 - Penn State Gets Another Milestone
16:45 - Blaze over Ayala
27:30 - Ryder Block Looked Great
35:50 - Gabe Arnold goes for PK Against Levi
39:50 - Rocco Welsh Beats Angelo Ferrari
44:00 - Iowa’s Upcoming Duals
57:54 - Mirasola beating Kueter
01:02:00 - Iowa’s NCAA Finalist Streak Continues
01:07:55 - Jax Forrest Wrestling Wins Cyclone Open
01:11:00 - Captain’s Corner with Beshada
01:21:00 - Weekend Rundown
01:29:00 - Sneak Peek: Crystal Ball at 133
01:34:01 - Continuing The Weekend Rundown & Some One-Offs
0:00 - Intro & Start of Show
07:45 - Penn State Dominates Iowa
11:15 - Lilledahl Gets Revenge on Peterson
13:08 - Penn State Gets Another Milestone
16:45 - Blaze over Ayala
27:30 - Ryder Block Looked Great
35:50 - Gabe Arnold goes for PK Against Levi
39:50 - Rocco Welsh Beats Angelo Ferrari
44:00 - Iowa’s Upcoming Duals
57:54 - Mirasola beating Kueter
01:02:00 - Iowa’s NCAA Finalist Streak Continues
01:07:55 - Jax Forrest Wrestling Wins Cyclone Open
01:11:00 - Captain’s Corner with Beshada
01:21:00 - Weekend Rundown
01:29:00 - Sneak Peek: Crystal Ball at 133
01:34:01 - Continuing The Weekend Rundown & Some One-Offs
From a post on the Intermat forum I couldn't get to paste here.
"In the last 4 duals against each other, Penn State has won the takedown game against Iowa,67-11."
Edit: Never trust unverified information! I went through gopsusports.com and determined the TD beatdown against Iowa is even worse. In the last four duals Penn State won the TD battle against Iowa 76-17!
2025-2026 season: 15-2
2024-2025 season: 24-8
2023-2024 season: 21-5
2022-2023 season: 16-2
76-17 total
"In the last 4 duals against each other, Penn State has won the takedown game against Iowa,
Edit: Never trust unverified information! I went through gopsusports.com and determined the TD beatdown against Iowa is even worse. In the last four duals Penn State won the TD battle against Iowa 76-17!
2025-2026 season: 15-2
2024-2025 season: 24-8
2023-2024 season: 21-5
2022-2023 season: 16-2
76-17 total
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You’re right, we don’t know what instructions Brands gave to Arnold. It might be that he had seen Levi beat Kennedy pretty badly twice and just felt that Arnold had a better chance in that particular matchup. He made it clear that Kennedy is the guy going forward.
Or he might have felt that he owed one to Arnold after sitting him in last year’s dual.
Or, given that Kennedy is 9-1 overall and still undefeated in b1g, Brands may be just trying to protect Kennedy's seed in the b1g tourney.
Which would mean the whole "it was best for him, best for the team" bs was Brands being a drama queen.
Imagine that, who would have thought 17 years ago this April that Penn State hiring Cael Sanderson would eventually pressurize Brands into a babbling, drama queen.
That would be dumb because Kennedy is close to locked into the 2 or 3 seed at B10s, i.e. opposite side away from Levi. Which is the only seeding aspect that matters. (He'll be favored to win out with Minto, Kharchla, and Mantanona left, and has already beaten Kharchla once this year.)
Let's say Kennedy lost to Levi in the dual. Only 2 ways they're on the same side at B10s: (1) Minto gets the 1 by beating both of them; (2) Kennedy loses 2 more time in conference and slips to the 4.
If Kennedy beat Levi in the dual (play along here!), he's the 1 seed unless the same 2 scenarios above play out.
So what seed would Brands be protecting?