Some comments on the Sammys:
If Brooks can wrestle every match at NCAAs like the Taylor match, he'll be wrestling Saturday night. That may have been the best match he's wrestled this year. Incredible intensity by Brooks for the entire match. He hooked up with Taylor right off the whistle and his physical style definitely made Taylor uncomfortable. Taylor won the scrambles with his length and superior scrambling abilities, but Brooks gave him everything he had and surprised me how well he wrestled when Taylor was on top - Taylor is a beast on top. A 7-2 loss to Taylor is very respectable. After that great match against Taylor, Sammy came out a bit flat his next couple matches which is not surprising. It didn't help that he had a rematch for 3/4 with Zilmer. Seems like rematches in a tourney can go the other way quite often. Sammy will be fine as long as he stays healthy and wrestles with high intensity.
Stoll is doing great for a redshirt freshman at 285. He's improved tons since last season. However, he really needs to improve his mat wrestling or he won't be AA this year. The Maryland wrestler should have beaten Sammy. Sammy got ridden for about 2 1/2 minutes in the first period. He couldn't get out of the leg ride from the 6'8" Maryland hwt, Then, either Sammy or the coaches made a stupid decision and chose down for second period, and Sammy got ridden for another two minutes. 4 1/2 minutes riding time, so you would assume the Maryland hwt would take TOP, but the Maryland coaches returned the favor with another stupid decision - the Maryland wrestler chose DOWN for 3rd period! Sammy took advantage of the opportunity and ended up winning the match in the end. He was lucky to win this match. The Maryland hwy is tough on top since he's so long, but Sammy needs to be much stronger on the bottom and be able to get to his feet or he could lose to a lot of the borderline AA heavies.
If Brooks can wrestle every match at NCAAs like the Taylor match, he'll be wrestling Saturday night. That may have been the best match he's wrestled this year. Incredible intensity by Brooks for the entire match. He hooked up with Taylor right off the whistle and his physical style definitely made Taylor uncomfortable. Taylor won the scrambles with his length and superior scrambling abilities, but Brooks gave him everything he had and surprised me how well he wrestled when Taylor was on top - Taylor is a beast on top. A 7-2 loss to Taylor is very respectable. After that great match against Taylor, Sammy came out a bit flat his next couple matches which is not surprising. It didn't help that he had a rematch for 3/4 with Zilmer. Seems like rematches in a tourney can go the other way quite often. Sammy will be fine as long as he stays healthy and wrestles with high intensity.
Stoll is doing great for a redshirt freshman at 285. He's improved tons since last season. However, he really needs to improve his mat wrestling or he won't be AA this year. The Maryland wrestler should have beaten Sammy. Sammy got ridden for about 2 1/2 minutes in the first period. He couldn't get out of the leg ride from the 6'8" Maryland hwt, Then, either Sammy or the coaches made a stupid decision and chose down for second period, and Sammy got ridden for another two minutes. 4 1/2 minutes riding time, so you would assume the Maryland hwt would take TOP, but the Maryland coaches returned the favor with another stupid decision - the Maryland wrestler chose DOWN for 3rd period! Sammy took advantage of the opportunity and ended up winning the match in the end. He was lucky to win this match. The Maryland hwy is tough on top since he's so long, but Sammy needs to be much stronger on the bottom and be able to get to his feet or he could lose to a lot of the borderline AA heavies.
