THee ILLest grades by the REAL BirdMan

IRON HAWK

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125 PETERSON TUFF hand fighting and good action both guys and some GREAT D by IOWA no score end 1 PETERSON down out quick. Got to his O with nice set up to DUCK! ILL down out after some riding. Deep shot again by ILL but again GREAT D. More hand fighting to get W. would like to see him open up more 80

133 AYALA He is wrestling that BIRD guy ??? Showed some good D off ILL first shot a lot of hand fighting no score end 1. ILL down short ride attempt ILL out. FLY BY gets countered and taking down. Out pretty quick but needs to find some O. Goes down start 3 good bottom work and out. Finally gets a great shot off and should have finished but no! Highest grade I can give for a loss I guess???

141 BAILEY Good aggressive wrestling leads to stall call and then to 1st TD. Cuts kid another TD. Goes to work on top gets another stall call before a great tilt 11-1 after one!!! Start N 2nd gets right back to work couple more TDs for TECH 100

149 KAEL VOINOVICH, Nothing against kid but would have like to see BLOCK go again but I guess TnT have a plan!!! KV pushing kid all around mat and finally gets stall call. NO score end 1 IOWA down out quickly and then finally a nice High C but no finish!!! Still chase kid and gets another stall call for a point. ILL goes down start 3 KV rides some, kid out hand fight and D for the WIN smart wrestling but would like to see more O 75

157 WILLIAMS Got in DEEP but got countered and gives up the 3. Hit for a stall crawling out?? Restart out quickly. ILL kid was getting in TWOOO easy and although WILLIAMS D is good, just getting in bad spots. Also when he was in deep not able to finish and GAS did not look great! 65

165 CALIENDO Started with his slide type single for a nice first TD. He tried to catch him but ran outa mat. Felt we were off to races but something was a bit OFF??? Letting kid get in deep and had to use D and some great scrambles to avoid Take downs??? ILL down 2nd and gets reversal, IOWA out and no more scoring. IOWA down out fast and really had to GUT it out!!! He gets a HUGE TD with about 45 left to give himself some breathing room. You know you will always get EVERYTHING this kid has EVERY match!!! G for GUTS!!!

174 KENNEDY MR> TRACTOR 4x4 in forward GRANNY LOW!!! ILL in deep TUFF D challenge, NO TD. IOWA keeps forward pressure ON!!! gets TD worked some on top, but finally cut him. No more scoring IOWA down and out quick. Working hard but nothing more. ILL down KENNEDY working for RT ILL gets escape short time NOT pretty but another kid you will get an ALL OUT effort from give him the EIGHT3

184 FERRARI - ILL with quick shot BUT.......NO!!! Then IOWA in deep and ILL doing his impersonation of FERRARI !?!?!? challenge IOWA no td. zeros end 1 ILL takes down and has funny set up. I was taught to kneel right on guys leg when they do that, not sure about rules now days??? Anyway it works for kid as he is out quick FERRARI gets back to NICE single and gets TD ILL out quick again. no more scoring and IOWA down start 3. works up and out gets back to his O for TD. Need to see him open up more or at least I would like to see it!!! 90

197 ENDENE Good solid work getting first TD. He was taking some fake shots that looked a little arkward and opened him up to counters/reshots. need to clean that up! ILL down start 2 IOWA working hard on top, gives up escape ENDENE back to his nice shot, would like to see him getting TWOOOO it more!!! IOWA down start3 OUT fast and a BLAST!!! hit aanother nice whip over which lead to ashot and TD looking GOOD!!! gets MAJOR 95

Heavy MARTY??? Giving it his best, just is not there yet! NG
 
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IRON HAWK

Senior
Nov 6, 2025
383
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93
Solid win for the hawks tonight. Looked a little sleepy at times but I still think we beat Okie St tomorrow (especially if Keuter goes).
YES, not sure why we looked the way we did in some matches. Thinking it could possibly be an early season weight thing??? Some guys may be pulling pretty hard and had to keep weight down for tomorrows weigh in is what I am thinking, but clearly do not know!?!?!?

Would make sense to make this a single weigh in event since it is so early in my opinion!

AND YES we need BEN!!!
 
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el dub

All-Conference
Nov 2, 2005
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125 PETERSON TUFF hand fighting and good action both guys and some GREAT D by IOWA no score end 1 PETERSON down out quick. Got to his O with nice set up to DUCK! ILL down out after some riding. Deep shot again by ILL but again GREAT D. More hand fighting to get W. would like to see him open up more 80

133 AYALA He is wrestling that BIRD guy ??? Showed some good D off ILL first shot a lot of hand fighting no score end 1. ILL down short ride attempt ILL out. FLY BY gets countered and taking down. Out pretty quick but needs to find some O. Goes down start 3 good bottom work and out. Finally gets a great shot off and should have finished but no! Highest grade I can give for a loss I guess???

141 BAILEY Good aggressive wrestling leads to stall call and then to 1st TD. Cuts kid another TD. Goes to work on top gets another stall call before a great tilt 11-1 after one!!! Start N 2nd gets right back to work couple more TDs for TECH 100

149 KAEL VOINOVICH, Nothing against kid but would have like to see BLOCK go again but I guess TnT have a plan!!! KV pushing kid all around mat and finally gets stall call. NO score end 1 IOWA down out quickly and then finally a nice High C but no finish!!! Still chase kid and gets another stall call for a point. ILL goes down start 3 KV rides some, kid out hand fight and D for the WIN smart wrestling but would like to see more O 75

157 WILLIAMS Got in DEEP but got countered and gives up the 3. Hit for a stall crawling out?? Restart out quickly. ILL kid was getting in TWOOO easy and although WILLIAMS D is good, just getting in bad spots. Also when he was in deep not able to finish and GAS did not look great! 65

165 CALIENDO Started with his slide type single for a nice first TD. He tried to catch him but ran outa mat. Felt we were off to races but something was a bit OFF??? Letting kid get in deep and had to use D and some great scrambles to avoid Take downs??? ILL down 2nd and gets reversal, IOWA out and no more scoring. IOWA down out fast and really had to GUT it out!!! He gets a HUGE TD with about 45 left to give himself some breathing room. You know you will always get EVERYTHING this kid has EVERY match!!! G for GUTS!!!

174 KENNEDY MR> TRACTOR 4x4 in forward GRANNY LOW!!! ILL in deep TUFF D challenge, NO TD. IOWA keeps forward pressure ON!!! gets TD worked some on top, but finally cut him. No more scoring IOWA down and out quick. Working hard but nothing more. ILL down KENNEDY working for RT ILL gets escape short time NOT pretty but another kid you will get an ALL OUT effort from give him the EIGHT3

184 FERRARI - ILL with quick shot BUT.......NO!!! Then IOWA in deep and ILL doing his impersonation of FERRARI !?!?!? challenge IOWA no td. zeros end 1 ILL takes down and has funny set up. I was taught to kneel right on guys leg when they do that, not sure about rules now days??? Anyway it works for kid as he is out quick FERRARI gets back to NICE single and gets TD ILL out quick again. no more scoring and IOWA down start 3. works up and out gets back to his O for TD. Need to see him open up more or at least I would like to see it!!! 90

197 ENDENE Good solid work getting first TD. He was taking some fake shots that looked a little arkward and opened him up to counters/reshots. need to clean that up! ILL down start 2 IOWA working hard on top, gives up escape ENDENE back to his nice shot, would like to see him getting TWOOOO it more!!! IOWA down start3 OUT fast and a BLAST!!! hit aanother nice whip over which lead to ashot and TD looking GOOD!!! gets MAJOR 95

Heavy MARTY??? Giving it his best, just is not there yet! NG
Seriously? So, who wrote the other grades thread with same name?
 
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IRON HAWK

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Seriously? So, who wrote the other grades thread with same name?
Not sure, we better look into this and get to the bottom of it quickly. My guess is the great Kralure and his wanna bees bandwagon slackies are trying to infiltrate me TWOOO gain my superior knowledge!!! NO worries, I am ALWAYS a step ahead!!!!
 

el dub

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Not sure, we better look into this and get to the bottom of it quickly. My guess is the great Kralure and his wanna bees bandwagon slackies are trying to infiltrate me TWOOO gain my superior knowledge!!! NO worries, I am ALWAYS a step ahead!!!!
Say what?
 
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MSU158

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One more thing to further distance this guy from the original…IronBird would have absolutely posted something political or at least political adjacent by now. No, way in hell he would have gone this many posts without going there at some, if not many, level(s).
 
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IRON HAWK

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Williams getting a 65 for getting majored is wild. Should be 40 max

This^ Webster looked really good and dominated that match.
He had better be ready for the match with Okie state because I think Robideau is better then Webster
LOOK, you could give the kid a ZERO, but I like to give something for the effort at least. He did a few things well and would like to think he can build off of it. I think getting TECHed brings you under passing and pinned gets you down lower in most cases!!!

My TWOOO biggest issues were GAS tank and NOT finishing!!! Both can be addressed but we need to get better!!!
 

el dub

All-Conference
Nov 2, 2005
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One more thing to further distance this guy from the original…IronBird would have absolutely posted something political or at least political adjacent by now. No, way in hell he would have gone this many posts without going there at some, if not many, level(s).
He did. Early on.
 

TherealGrip220

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LOOK, you could give the kid a ZERO, but I like to give something for the effort at least. He did a few things well and would like to think he can build off of it. I think getting TECHed brings you under passing and pinned gets you down lower in most cases!!!

My TWOOO biggest issues were GAS tank and NOT finishing!!! Both can be addressed but we need to get better!!!
I feel like that was the litmus test and he did not do well. Williams has potential, but im gonna be hard on him because he is a 5th year guy. Hopefully this was the beating he needed to shock the system.
 

IRON HAWK

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Nov 6, 2025
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I feel like that was the litmus test and he did not do well. Williams has potential, but im gonna be hard on him because he is a 5th year guy. Hopefully this was the beating he needed to shock the system.
Basically the whole team was flat!!! he was not the only guy. Was most obvious at the middle weights for some reason with 65 and 74 puling out wins because they were just TWOOO much better!!!

Seems IOWA has this issue more then they should for whatever reason??? I am hoping it was a weight thing? Did they have the option to weigh out last night maybe? Not sure they do this in college but that would explain it!!!
 

TherealGrip220

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Basically the whole team was flat!!! he was not the only guy. Was most obvious at the middle weights for some reason with 65 and 74 puling out wins because they were just TWOOO much better!!!

Seems IOWA has this issue more then they should for whatever reason??? I am hoping it was a weight thing? Did they have the option to weigh out last night maybe? Not sure they do this in college but that would explain it!!!
there is a difference between being flat and getting majored by a guy ranked lower