PSU - Ohio State '26 Match thread

rigi19040

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I'm sure they didn't and neither am I. However, did the sport grow or shrink during Iowa's period of dominance?

Depends on the exact year. Before iowa, okstate dominated. I think the sport grew while they dominated but then shrunk when title IX passed.

There are other sports dying and I dont think it has anything to do with one team dominating.

Football does great with or without parody.

At the end of the day football is king. Basketball is second. They both make a lot of money.

Every other sport is way behind and probably losing money.
 

PAgeologist

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Hell ya cole. He is getting better and better. He is heavily draw dependant in such weird ways. I'd rather he wrestle Feldman than Nathan Taylor or luffman. He's improving very fast though.
The huge guys like Taylor will still be a problem for Cole. But he has gained huge strides against guys with similar size as he is.

That win is a huge confidence boost for Cole. I look for it to pay off in the next few weeks. I think an AA finish is in the future for Cole.
 
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I sense confidence building with Cole. He can hang with just about any of these guys


And as I type that... Cole with the win!!!!!!!

141 and HW are the only two weights where we might not AA. Let's put it this way, I like Cole's chances at Nationals (and B1Gs) a whole lot better than BD.

Cole has looked solid against everyone. BD has looked like Tarzan against lesser competition, but his Neutral Defense has been exposed by the highly ranked opponents he's faced.
 

mydome88

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Tan Tom's spin is they just need to get healthy and have those missing starters pin Van Ness, Duke and Levi and they pull it off by 1.
 
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mcpat

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Two months ago, on December 15th, Flo’s rankings were:

1. Ohio State
2. Iowa
3. Penn State

Some of us that questioned these rankings were lectured on how rankings worked.

Penn State then beat Iowa 32-3 and Ohio State 36-5.

Maybe the problem wasn’t with those of us that questioned Flo’s rankings.
 

Efejle

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You know who predicted every match correct tonight? Askren.

He actually missed Mitchell because who the hell could have predicted that Mitch would just ride him for 17 minutes instead of teching him in 4 minutes. That was straight up a Hodge thing. It will sort itself out when Mitchell outscores Mendez at Nationals and of course they give Mendez the Hodge because of course the Haters.
 

PAgeologist

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141 and HW are the only two weights where we might not AA. Let's put it this way, I like Cole's chances at Nationals (and B1Gs) a whole lot better than BD.

Cole has looked solid against everyone. BD has looked like Tarzan against lesser competition, but his Neutral Defense has been exposed by the highly ranked opponents he's faced.
Davis certainly has some real head scratchers. But he put it together last year and made a run. Hopefully he can do it again.