Wrestling TRI-MEET (Minny, Purdue, Rutgers) MATCH THREAD

[Lex Knapp]

MVB not awarded an escape, as he gets to his feet in a body lock position with Blockhus as time expires. What do these guys have against Van Brill?

 

[MS-RU]

How the **** was that not an escape?? Holy crap these refs are absolute dog sh*t

 

[SCNJ]

Im still incredibly pissed the refs stole the match from MVB against Parriott. That was horrendous officiating and he has been wrestling so well. Feel terrible for him.

Not so fast my man. They might steal another one

 

[Lex Knapp]

Third period starting neutral, with Van Brill leading 5-3

 

[Lex Knapp]

Blockhus ties it up with a takedown. 1:13 left in the match. Blockhus cuts Van Brill to make it 6-5

 

[MS-RU]

Huge win from MVB! Great wrestling at the end.

 

[Clearscreen5]

MVB!! Nice win there!!

 

[Lex Knapp]

Van Brill gets a takedown and a two-point near fall for his first win of the season! Great 10-5 win for Van Brill.

That makes it 10 - 6 Rutgers.

Rob Kanniard now wrestling Brayton Lee at 157-lbs

 

[Lex Knapp]

Kanniard strikes first with a takedown. Lee escapes to make it 2-1

 

[koleszar]

How the hell is that not two. He grabbed both ankles. This is fvcking ridiculous at this point.

 

[bigmatt718]

I love watching our young wrestlers.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Lee gets a takedown of his own, taking the lead, 3-2

 

[MS-RU]

Need an escape here before the end of the period

 

[ouchmyknee]

Was just talking to someone from out of state who knows wrestling about this match. Here’s what he said. “RU won’t want to hear this or believe this, but if they ever want to be a consistently elite program, they need to make a change at the top. Goody is a good guy but he isn’t a good coach. He lucked out by bringing in some outstanding kids who were already outstanding or got better training outside of the program. This is the B1G, you need a B1G coach, not a high school coach.”

Sounded a little harsh, but I dont know much about wrestling. does this guy have a point or is he just a hater?

 

[Lex Knapp]

Period finishes 3-2, with Lee out in front.

Kanniard starts the second period on top, where Lee escapes to make it 4-2.

 

[Lex Knapp]

A takedown for Lee makes it 6-2, but he chooses to cut Kanniard, making it 6-3

 

[Lex Knapp]

Lee getting to another takedown, making the score 8-3. Kanniard wrestling hard, just running into an older and better wrestler.

 

[koleszar]

Come on with that stall, guys haven't been taking shots all period all day long and no stall on them, Kannaird doesn't shoot for 30 secs and gets a stall.

 

[Bobbynieds]

Was just talking to someone from out of state who knows wrestling about this match. Here’s what he said. “RU won’t want to hear this or believe this, but if they ever want to be a consistently elite program, they need to make a change at the top. Goody is a good guy but he isn’t a good coach. He lucked out by bringing in some outstanding kids who were already outstanding or got better training outside of the program. This is the B1G, you need a B1G coach, not a high school coach.”

Sounded a little harsh, but I dont know much about wrestling. does this guy have a point or is he just a hater?

Is Donnie P not a BIG Coach?
Did they not have 2 NCAA Champions in 2018.

I think Goodale has proven that he is a B10 coach....
NO he is not Cael but who is?

 

[Lex Knapp]

Lee cuts Kanniard, then takes him down again. He keeps Kanniard down to finish the second period. Lee leads 10-4 going into the third.

Kanniard starts the third on bottom

 

[njsportsphan]

Wonder if Suriano coming back potentially has Aguilar in a mental block.

Not a chance. He's been hanging out with Glasgow too much

 

[bigmatt718]

Is Donnie P not a BIG Coach?
Did they not have 2 NCAA Champions in 2018.

I think Goodale has proven that he is a B10 coach....
NO he is not Cael but who is?

I'd be on board with trying to upgrade Leonardis for the upperweights. Don't have to necessarily fire him, but maybe nudge him towards a HC job in D3 or low level D1.

 

[Lex Knapp]

A Kanniard escape makes it 10-5. Later in the period he manages to hit an arm drag to take Lee down. Kanniard down 10-7 with 23 seconds remaining

 

[tfio]

Kanniard gunna be a good one

 

[Lex Knapp]

Kanniard keeps Lee down, fighting off the major decision attempt from Lee. Lee wins 10-7.

Team score is now 10-9, Rutgers

 

[koleszar]

Sounded a little harsh, but I dont know much about wrestling. does this guy have a point or is he just a hater?

He's a retard.

 

[Bobbynieds]

So who gets sacrificed against Stevensen?
I say throw Esposito in there!!!

 

[njsportsphan]

Wonder if Suriano coming back potentially has Aguilar in a mental block.

I think that's fair. Especially with Jojo coming back. Sammy certainly has the frame. Another season training with Seabass and Ashnault would do him good.

 

[SCNJ]

So who gets sacrificed against Stevensen?
I say throw Esposito in there!!!

Probably collucci

 

[Lex Knapp]

Brett Donner now wrestling at 165-lbs to take on Andrew Sparks

 

[nikoru09]

so whats the mans name steveson, or stevenson?

 

[ScottRU93]

Kanniard gunna be a good one

Love how Kanniard wrestles. He has the formula to be very good. Constant aggression and never gives up.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Sparks scores a takedown late in the first, and finishes the period on top of Donner.

Donner trails 2-0, taking defense to start the second period

 

[Bobbynieds]

so whats the mans name steveson, or stevenson?

Please do not use my spelling as a correct example.

 

[tfio]

Getting taken down with 10 seconds left on basically just a spear double just can not happen

 

[Lex Knapp]

Donner escapes to make it 2-1. Sparks quickly follows up with a single leg to get the takedown. 4-1, Sparks

 

[MS-RU]

I can't wait for the day that 125 and 165 aren't simply throwing away points in every damn match.

 

[RC1978]

Is Donnie P not a BIG Coach?
Did they not have 2 NCAA Champions in 2018.

I think Goodale has proven that he is a B10 coach....
NO he is not Cael but who is?

IMO it is all about who you recruit. We have missed out on some real hammers and they are kicking butt at other schools. We have also brought in one or two "hammers" that have not lived up to their rankings. Not sure is that because of coaching but I doubt it. One thing that is obvious, RU has missed big time on having 2 NC'c and one of the best home atmospheres in the country and building on that. We saw last year less attendance and I hate to admit it , if we keep losing dual meets to to the lower end B1G schools we will see less and less crowds out at our matches.
Princeton has passed us during this time also. I hate say it but if Princeton now offers a kid a place to wrestle for them and to get a PU degree after wrestling , who cares about crowd size.

We heard the excuses last year but it is getting a little louder.

 

[Lex Knapp]

Minnesota is definitely a bit more active than Purdue, but I feel Rutgers pushed the pace in a lot of these matches today. Yet, some how, I have seen more stall calls against Rutgers

 

[koleszar]

1st stall warning on Donner, they could have hit him with 3 already.