Is it too early to suggest we make folk style freestyle?
*******NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS*******
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How long does it take for neutral danger to get the 3 point takedown? Sure seemed like Byrd was in neutral danger for 2-3 seconds when he got stacked up.
Push out? Drake would have gotten teched on pushouts alone!
Why do you hate sumo wrestling? That’s what I came to see!!!!
Guys, he got marched around the mat, sat on the edge, took 0 shots, and almost got taken down like 3 times and was saved by the edge. That’s stalling.
Drake wasn't backing up, he did just as much counter wrestling as a guy like star.
The difference is Byrd (like star) kept the center of the mat and then pushed drake out. Wasn't even trying for td half the time.
The difference is Byrd (like star) kept the center of the mat and then pushed drake out. Wasn't even trying for td half the time.
Refs gave several breaks tobDA. In earlier rounds those back ups would of been stalls. Dont bitch about refs!
Worst announcers ever. Don’t worry they’ll be back again next year 🤦♂️
Yeah, looked it was probably about a four count. Could they not challenge that? That was the time to throw the brick.
Should have been 2 nf , he was actually pinned.
The stall call was BS, but you can't leave it in the hands of the ref and then complain if it doesn't go your way.
Wasn’t enough time. 2 more seconds and I think he gets it.
Byrd was very active but you shouldn’t decide a match on a stall call in rideouts.
The warning was 100% the correct call.
He has to be smarter than that.
He has to be smarter than that.
Byrd for the most part after the first stall call was only trying to get the push out but when they called it just coming out of an escape is absolutely bs. Drake needed to do more but should not have been decided on that.
Actually Byrd just proved you wrong. We've seen so much real stalling in this tournament and they decide the championship on action on the edge right after Drake escaped. To me that's the key. He had just put forth obvious effort to escape and was fighting off a td attempt on the edge when they both went ob. What's Drake supposed to do there?
Time after time an Iowa wrestler loses in the biggest moment. It’s tiresome
Byrd didn't do anymore than Ayala! And they awarded the escape too quickly which resulted in the winning stalling call
No it’s not. The first warning should have been on byrd pushing out. The 2nd was atrocious. I would have warned him one of the times in the earlier flurries.
He was pinned if the stupid ref could have got down there to see it.
I did not enjoy that.
The last one? No way. If they'd hit him two OOBs ago I would've agreed.
The last one? No way. If they'd hit him two OOBs ago I would've agreed.
He attempted about 6 slide bys and got to byrds legs at least once. Byrd threw in unders and pushed him around the mat. That last stall call was shit. First one was fine. Drake threw in a whizzer fought to his legs and Byrd thew in an under. Drakes hips were parallel to the mat when the second stall was called. He was circling back in.
I like you as a poster. You’re generally knowledgeable, but you’re off on this one man.
Snooze fest so far. Packed arena and it's silent. Need some rule changes or something to get the offense going in wrestling. Trying to get new people interested just isn't happening.
Drake wasted the entire first period, actually he wasted damn near 6 minutes of that match without doing anything. Also, don't leave it up to the ref.
Lastly he continues the trend of refusing to ride, at all.
I love Drake, but you get what you earn and earned another runner-up.
Lastly he continues the trend of refusing to ride, at all.
I love Drake, but you get what you earn and earned another runner-up.
Terrible to call it on that sequence…he gets the escape near the edge and gets the bum rush out while still trying to circle.
Why? Byrd was the better wrestler. The better wrestler usually deserves to win, no?
I love Drake. I was in a stance for the whole match. I’m gutted for him. But Byrd outwrestled him by every measure and if that was our guy, we would have been apoplectic if the official let his opponent get away with what Drake was doing.
You guys know more about wrestling than I do but seems like the ref gave Byrd the title
No, that’s not how it works, there were a few thousand people that had a chance to win for and I don’t know if any other than Brooks 13. Everyone knows Dan Gable only had a chance to win three that falls a sport, everyone also knows that until Carter had that fifth year due to Covid that four times was the standard. It’s not like we have 64 time. Champs, we have seven and 1 five time champ.
Actually he was pinned if the ref made an effort to get there.
We literally watch, year after year, refs swallow their whistles on Saturday night and not call shit. But let it be Iowa…..
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