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    Pinto

    At last night’s match, L. Pinto put himself on his back in the 1st period, and was never able to recover. Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor - ok, concede the takedown, get your escape, and there is still plenty of bout left. He decided to “funk” and gave up 4 points. Against...
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    Pinto

    Shoulder injuries have severely inhibited or even ended wrestling careers (especially labrum tears). Just off the top of my head: both Alton brothers, Cassar, Robbie Howard, and now Nagao is missing a 2nd season due to shoulder surgery. Very difficult injury for even AA level wrestlers. This...
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    Wrestling No. 17 Wrestling Hosts Weekend Matches with No. 13 Michigan, Purdue

    Not a good look, gentlemen: 3 miraculous recoveries, and one timely end of a suspension for the dual meet immediately following the Penn State dual? Sorry, but this looks like RU deliberately tanked that dual. RU is a Big Ten wrestling program, and needs to act like it. at least the 1st...
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    Wrestling No. 16 Wrestling Opens Big Ten Slate Saturday at No. 1 Penn State

    Not an option; I’d like to see RU have the 2nd best program in the country! Also an RU football season tix holder since 2014 - as long as it isn’t against PSU, I want to see Rutgers WIN - Jersey guy, born and raised!
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    Wrestling No. 16 Wrestling Opens Big Ten Slate Saturday at No. 1 Penn State

    “Try to score”? Who did that? Certainly not at 125, 133, 141 got one takedown, 149 took advantage of an SVN mistake and got 1 reversal, 157 got bulldozed, 165 scored 1 takedown, etc. There was lots of edge wrestling, stall warnings, and almost no shooting. I’m not talking about results here...
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    Wrestling No. 16 Wrestling Opens Big Ten Slate Saturday at No. 1 Penn State

    I understand the motivation to put the freshman in the lineup, I guess - but were they the better wrestlers? I have my doubts - especially at Clarke’s weight. Fans want to see the best for each school - don’t think that was Coach Goodale’s mindset. The conference has a dual championship -...
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    Wrestling No. 16 Wrestling Opens Big Ten Slate Saturday at No. 1 Penn State

    I’m quite disappointed in RU wrestling right now. Yes, as a PSU alumnus, I was fine with the result, but I thought Rutgers would at least put their best on the mat and compete. So as an RU wrestling season ticket holder, still can’t wrap my head around what - 4 2nd stringers being sent out...
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    Future best-seller…

    Yes - this is what I’m trying to figure out - why did the Franklin situation vs Kraft turn the team into such incompetence?
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    Future best-seller…

    Ok, but if that was so - did that mean that Franklin then, out of spite, quit on the team? I’m not doubting that the Kraft vs. Franklin issue occurred, but how did that spill over into the s-show we’ve seen since the Oregon loss?
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    Future best-seller…

    A book, from an insider, as to how a final four football program completely imploded in 2 weeks to become not just an also-ran, but a complete disaster. NO ONE saw this coming - how did it go so wrong, so quickly? I’ve been watching college football habitually since the mid 1970s, and can’t...
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    Strength and conditioning

    Agree with your L. Pinto assessment: he looked awesome in period 1, and gradually less so over the course of the bout. But, on 1 Nov, I wouldn’t be too concerned - his conditioning should improve. As for D. Shawver, that bout was a very tough ask right out of the starting gate - L. Byrd would...
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    NWCA ALL-STAR CLASSIC

    I attended the event, and agree it appeared to be a conditioning issue with L. Pinto - but on Nov 1st, that shouldn’t alarm RU fans - it’s early, he’ll be in better condition relatively soon, and win quite a bit. As for Shawver, kudos to him for taking that bout vs the defending NC - that shows...
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    Shayne Van Ness

    All good questions; as for Connor M., he’s in a tough spot - his brother is the next 285 starter for PSU - Kerkvliet is out of eligibility after this season (as is Starocci at 184, and Bartlett at 141). So, what does Connor decide - compete for 197, drop down to 184 and compete with Ryder...
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    Recruiting

    Personally, the PSU wrestling program success is enjoyable, but I find myself thinking about why we can’t be this successful in other sports - like basketball. So it does lead to some peripheral frustration! I’d like PSU to be that dominant in all sports, obviously. Oh well, such is life
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    Shayne Van Ness

    There are a few PSU wrestlers that are very accomplished that are not in the usual starting lineup or are redshirting: 3 most notable are Alex Facundo, Aaron Nagao, and Joe Sealy. They may or may not make the lineup next season, but could be transfer candidates for RU, I suppose. We’ll all...
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