Don’t overreact. The other contenders haven’t wrestled that well either.
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True...not sure what I was thinking. It just wasn't as dominant as we have been accustomed to.
It’s been super competitive. Lots of upsets/closer matches than expected. One of the better first rounds in a while.
Yes, that should have been an early stoppage. And he barely got the major. It was not a typical Caliendo performance.
I was doing math in my head trying to figure out where I missed a loss.
I guess that there's just too many of us that have watched Iowa wrestling for >20-25 years with higher expectations.
But given the fact that there hasn't been any new blood in the room for coaches in a long time, things can get stale.
Now if both Kennedy and Arnold win tonite, I'll change my opinion.
Neither did much this afternoon to think both win.
Seems to me he sometimes wears himself out when he has to chase bonus. I think he is much better at it when it comes organically just wrestling his match…
tough day for 15 seeds, not much of an upset though I suppose. I think 4 10 seeds lost though?
In the Allred match, Hidlay said the entire scoreboard went out on Mat 7. The long review was to get the score correct and the time.
Also, Buchanan got an easier path to the semis. Get by Novak, and he gets the winner of 23 Shumate and 26 Zurawski.
The scoreboard and clock issues made it hard to watch and keep track of everything. Need to do better.
Also, Buchanan got an easier path to the semis. Get by Novak, and he gets the winner of 23 Shumate and 26 Zurawski.
The scoreboard and clock issues made it hard to watch and keep track of everything. Need to do better.
Tonight's match ups if I am not mistaken:
Cruz vs. McCrone (Ohio St)
Ayala vs. Farber (UNI)
Parco vs. Stiles (Oregon St)
Teemer vs. Castillo (Chattanooga)
Caliendo vs. Thomsen (UNI)
Kennedy vs. Cassella (Bing.)
Arnold vs. Foca (Cornell)
Buchanan vs. Novak (Wyoming)
Kueter vs. Feldman (Ohio St.)
Two UNI match ups (Wish we would see them in regular season)
Cruz vs. McCrone (Ohio St)
Ayala vs. Farber (UNI)
Parco vs. Stiles (Oregon St)
Teemer vs. Castillo (Chattanooga)
Caliendo vs. Thomsen (UNI)
Kennedy vs. Cassella (Bing.)
Arnold vs. Foca (Cornell)
Buchanan vs. Novak (Wyoming)
Kueter vs. Feldman (Ohio St.)
Two UNI match ups (Wish we would see them in regular season)
But they can show competitive pie throwing on the Ocho with no problems
Kennedy actually is sitting in a pretty good spot. I don’t mind his path on the backside if he wins or loses next match. If he loses Braunagel would likely R16, but that is winnable. If he wins but loses in the quarters I really like his quadrant for R12.
I am knocking on wood, but it looks like the draw monster finally had enough bearing on him the last two years…
Round 1 more or less as expected for Hawks.
I was not at all buying into those floating the idea that Teemer would somehow pull magic out of nowhere. Injuries and (possibly) personal/family issues derailed his season. Hard to see him wrestling anymore this tourney.
It will take upsets and bonus points for them to crack top 3 as a team. 4th or 5th seems more likely.
Still hoping that Ayala comes through and they get a champ.
I was not at all buying into those floating the idea that Teemer would somehow pull magic out of nowhere. Injuries and (possibly) personal/family issues derailed his season. Hard to see him wrestling anymore this tourney.
It will take upsets and bonus points for them to crack top 3 as a team. 4th or 5th seems more likely.
Still hoping that Ayala comes through and they get a champ.
Karchla and Pinto are on the top side of the 174 consis. PK won't see either before medal rounds assuming they all make it there. The Karchla result shocked me honestly. You don't want to meet him in the consis imo.
2 weeks ago they’d be favored in 8/9 of these. Good opportunity to have a big round.
Highest-seeded losses in R1:
#4 Johnson (ISU) @ 149
#7 Voelker (UNI) @ 197
#8 Pinto (Neb) @ 174
#8 Surber (Ok St) @ 197
#9 Kharchala (Ohio St) @ 174
#10 Shawver (Rut) @ 133
#10 Miller (MD) @ 157
#10 Cramer (CMU) @ 174
#10 Salazar (Neb) @ 197
Nebraska was the only team with losses by 2 top-10 seeds.
#4 Johnson (ISU) @ 149
#7 Voelker (UNI) @ 197
#8 Pinto (Neb) @ 174
#8 Surber (Ok St) @ 197
#9 Kharchala (Ohio St) @ 174
#10 Shawver (Rut) @ 133
#10 Miller (MD) @ 157
#10 Cramer (CMU) @ 174
#10 Salazar (Neb) @ 197
Nebraska was the only team with losses by 2 top-10 seeds.
8 out of 9 is a realistic expectation I think. 7 out of 9 I'm hoping is worst case scenario. Iowa puts 7 in the quarters and I'm very happy with day 1.
PK broke the trend at 174. 8, 9, and 10 seeds all lost.
Tidbits of interest:
@125, only 2 bonus-point wins.
@ 133, #1, #3, & #6 won 1-pt matches. #5 won 8-6. Ayala, Bouzakis & Davis were the only guys with bonus-point wins.
@ 142, #2 Barlett (PSU) won 4-2. #4 Navy won in SV.
@149, #2 Lovett (Neb) won 10-8.
@ 165, 9 bonus-point wins, the most of any weight class.
@ 197, the top 6 advanced, but #7, #8, #9, #10 & #14 all lost.
Penn St scored bonus points in 9 of 10 matches, going 10-0.
Iowa scored bonus points in 3 of 9 matches, going 7-2.
@125, only 2 bonus-point wins.
@ 133, #1, #3, & #6 won 1-pt matches. #5 won 8-6. Ayala, Bouzakis & Davis were the only guys with bonus-point wins.
@ 142, #2 Barlett (PSU) won 4-2. #4 Navy won in SV.
@149, #2 Lovett (Neb) won 10-8.
@ 165, 9 bonus-point wins, the most of any weight class.
@ 197, the top 6 advanced, but #7, #8, #9, #10 & #14 all lost.
Penn St scored bonus points in 9 of 10 matches, going 10-0.
Iowa scored bonus points in 3 of 9 matches, going 7-2.
Yes, we should probably just resign ourselves to being a 2-5 level program then... Soon to be 3-5 after DT steamrolls by us.
Stop having unrealistic expectations for our guys...
We're clearly not there yet, but hopefully we'll keep making strides. Going to be a long offseason if we don't get at least one on top.
We will see how the DT experiment rolls on. Lots of assumptions are being made that he will be an automatic success. There is just as much chance he determines the grind of coaching isn't for him.
Zero reason to believe this.
About a million reasons to not believe it.
Very important round for Parco. If he gets by Stiles he should make the semis
And his recruiting looks top notch thus far.
The grind of being a world class athlete for 25 years is a pretty big grind. This is probably a nothing burger compared to that.
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