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2-2 for Mastro in the tournament.....good learning experience for the young man. Open up the competition at 125 and let the chips fall where they may.
Sheets wih a takedown with 40 seconds left gives him the DUB! 6-4 Winner!
Man what a great day for a tough Cowboy! Wyatt has a space ship on his knee and had to have someone get sick to even get the wrestle this weekend. Good work!!!
Any info on Berge. I know he defaulted but is he for sure out? If he is Sheets is an AA right?
Damn good session. Need the afternoon guys to match it. Yesterday the upper weights is where we lost some momentum.
Damn good session. Need the afternoon guys to match it. Yesterday the upper weights is where we lost some momentum.
Berge couldn’t take more than two steps, had to be practically carried off
So Sheets is an All-American since Berge will not wrestle in the blood round. I need to eat the words of a previous post that badly injured wrestlers should not compete, but get well. Congratulations Wyatt Sheets! Whitlake could get the same deal with Lewis not wrestling if he wins the next two matches.
It does seem to me that OSU's style has not evolved past what made it so dominant in the 90s and 2000s. We're still finding success, but what's separating many top wrestlers (not just PSU) these days is that they've figured out a new way to be dominant. Rapid fire, free-flowing chain wrestling has been setting a new bar of dominance. It's simply not enough anymore to have a solid shot, solid tie, and a solid sprawl - now it's about "how can you be creative with those techniques and chain them together to throw off your opponent". Daton seems to be evolving towards that point which is encouraging, and Boo a little bit too. I hope our coaches can evolve towards this as well and not get stuck in teaching the methods that helped them win championships 8/15/30 years ago (Perry/Espo/Smith).
Perfect examples from this tournament - absolutely no one at the D1 level should be pinned with a snake, but both Daton and Boo have gotten pins in this tournament because they flowed into the snake from a unconventional setup (Daton from his opponent's whizzer, Boo from his opponent's misbalance when trying to push himself back in bounds). This stuff is gold these days and we should be taking advantage of the wealth of match film out there to mine more of it!
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Yes, was supposed to have surgery and then found out he was in.
Damn, tough MF right there.
Nervous about DeSanto/Fix. Fix has been on fire but not hitting a true, elite level guy this season scares me. DeSanto didn't wrestle a ton of matches but he did at least get to match up against RBY.
I guess the flip side is DeSanto is going to come straight at Fix which I think plays into Fix's style.
I guess the flip side is DeSanto is going to come straight at Fix which I think plays into Fix's style.
Desantos is the one who should be nervous. He’s gonna get lit up.
I'm calling that DeSanto is gonna get his *** pinned by Fix. Fix is gonna be pissed about DeSanto's antics in GIA the last time they met.
Definitely something up with Wittlake. He continues to not be able to finish takedowns he got with ease earlier in the year.
