Nobody is going to horse him around. He's one of the strongest 141 guys in the nation. Will he beat everyone? No. Mendez is far too slick and Hardy too experienced. But he can damn well beat anyone outside of the top 3. If he loses it will certainly not be because he was horsed around or big brotheed. That's not happening.
PSU - Northwestern '26 Match Thread
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He was certainly very engaged with coaches before the meet and after his match. You could sense he felt good by the look on his face when he was taking the coaching afterward.
I get a velociraptor vibe with Marcus. Bent ultra-low to the ground, stalking, arms close, ever poised to defend or strike, the latter with lightning speed and violence.
That 84-6 mark includes 2 losses by Nasdeo + Connor losing to #5 Novak.
The starters have 3 losses all year in duals.
What are the chances PSU puts eight in the finals?
Also, from what I can find, Oklahoma State holds the record for most dual meet shutouts in a season with
27-9 over Nebraska
34-6 over Cal Poly
30-8 over Cal State Bakersfield
32-6 over Arizona State
22-14 over Oklahoma
27-23 over Iowa
44-0 over Illinois
46-0 over Northern Illinois
51-0 over Drake
41-0 over Kentucky
46-0 over New Mexico
38-4 over Michigan State
48-0 over BYU
46 to -1 over Indiana state
34-9 over BYU
38-0 over Utah State
43-3 over Wisconsin
23-14 over Iowa State
18-14 over LSU
47-0 over Missouri
21-17 over Oklahoma
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I know this, when he puts that crab ride on Brock Hardy, I'm not watching.
49-1 in the last 5 matches, with a good chance to be 79-1 after the next three. If they shut out the rest of the B1G schedule except Mendez and Hardy, how much ribbing is Scooter going to get in the room? LOL.
I posted this on another thread on this forum:
Does anyone know what technique nuance Ben is talking about here? I watched every Penn State single leg TD from the Iowa match to see if I could see anything. I did notice how Penn State wrestlers are not only shelving the leg, but also pinching the leg between their chest and thigh, thus freeing up their one hand to attack the opponent's near arm so they can't defend their leg with that hand. While controlling the hand, the Penn State wrestlers, especially Marcus, will rotate backward while their other hand is around their opponent's waist. This causes their opponent to lose their base and have to put their hand down on the mat, thus ensuring the TD. Maybe Ben was referring to other Penn State matches and not those specifically against Iowa? Are there any great technicians out there who have a thought on Ben's comments? TIA!
P.S., A good example of not utilizing the above technique and not getting the TD was when PJ was in on a single against Williams w/under 30 seconds to go in the 2nd period. Instead of methodically staying low and working on shelving and extending the leg, PJ raised up w/the leg only partially shelved, thus allowing Williams to dive through PJ's legs and fight through the subsequent scramble to avoid the TD.
Not sure if this is rhetorical or not but he wrestled in NJ and placed high his senior year. Not bad remember watching him some but interesting back story that him and his brother wrestled for Bergen Catholic and senior year transferred to the local public school and the Bergen Catholic head coach retired who was pretty well known and respected. I guess the family didn’t like the way wrestle offs were run to determine starters and raised a ruckus .
I've done tge same and still not sure what Ben sees but he sure sees something and I've noticed this year kids are having a harder time getting into a scramble with us. Ben said it was genius whatever it is and said that's the best way.....avoid putting yourself in a scramble. It's something with hand position. I think it's so subtle it's not that noticeable. I thought maybe the free hand goes down to waist into the thigh and prying on it so the opposing wrestler can't dive for the leg and into a scramble.
Way to go guys, the 3 inch binder is down to 2 inches.
It looked for a second like Shayne literally killed him on that first bow and arrow. Hibler’s face was white, eyes closed, mouth open. Shayne trying to beat him in the head with Hibler’s own foot. Brutal.
So I guess the ultimate bottom line from today’s match is Iowa got off easy?
I saw Davis at the banquet, after his Freshman 125 campaign, I was shocked at how big he looked. Did not look like a 25 pounder, I’d love to know what his walking around weight is.
I posted before but I still think the hand across to the other thigh and how they're using it to mess with their opponents hips has been way more common than I've noticed before
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Yes...kinda what I was trying to say but you illustrated it much better.
I would think it's been thrown in the trash by now but we are talking about Brands...
Cold man. That is really cold.You should have included Iowa as 4 matches in a row against fallen programs.
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I feel like I noticed it some last year but this year it feels like nearly every single leg is finished in a similar fashion and they just take the hips away from their opponents.
It’s gonna get crowded up there!
Maybe upsize to a Last Supper
I noticed that his freshman year. It’s his go to move and it almost always works. Plant the hamstrings on the mat, keep elbows in, get hand control and rotate up an out.
College wrestling was better back then when there was parity.
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The Brands got the 3” binder but couldn’t understand what they were looking at so they reverted back to the Gable binder from 1975. They need to hire a couple former PSU wrestlers as assistants so they can explain modern wrestling theory to them.
DT in the Judas Iscariot position?
Has there been an NCAA team, in any sport or any year, that has been more dominant? The only team I can think can come close is the 72-73 UCLA basketball team which went 30-0.
I believe the most points scored in a D1 dual is the 55 we scored last season against MSU, got to wonder if this team could possibly surpass that number. Unbelievable......
Noooooooooooooooooooo! Keep it as it is.
Penn state volleyball had a championship season where they didn't loose a single set during the regular season.
Closest thing I can think of.
2008. Only lost 2 sets all year — those being the first 2 sets in the final match and then they pulled a reverse sweep to win the title. Russ Rose never called a single time out during the regular season that year.