Agreed, but i’d I’d love it if Iowa could send its B team and put four in the finals. The tournament as a whole is garbage, but some PSU freshmen notched wins over ranked opponents.
Yep didn’t take long for Soldier Salute to look down at Midlands and Scuffle. And SS is nothing to brag about.
It’s sad to see how watered down Midlands/Scuffle has become.. the prestige is gone it’s basically meaningless.. and every year it seems like everyone wants to wrestle less and basically just make it to nationals…
All blue chip recruits. None of their regular recruits won more than 1 match. I'm sure Ludington and DeLuca can place there next year, as well as Voinivich, Ferrari and Kale Peterson.
This is the bench . Including the blue chips.
Every wrestler won more than 1 match.
I retort. NCAA wrestling (re Scuffle/Midlands) is not 'sad'; it is not 'watered down'; the 'prestige is not gone"; and NCAA wrestling is not 'meaningless'. In fact wrestling continues to improve, and wrestlers continues to perform at exceedingly high levels.
Midlands attendance was all time bad this year.
Forget it, he's rolling.
Y r u twisting what I said bruh..
My point was the importance of recruiting and Cael's "ability" to develop talent. The blue chips can win these tournaments despite coaching.
On the backside, I meant the front side of the bracket. And Steen and McHenry were top tier recruits, arguably Pierce too.
Yeah, it was. I went for like 15 years in a row. I got the same seats every year. 5 rows up dead center. Perfect.
A bit overboard, just maybe(?). Dancing on the grave of an undead patient.
Same year Bill and Mike Zadick didn’t wrestle in the final and pretended to fight after the double FF…. Breakfast with the team and coaches(RIP Coach Duroe) at the hotel, catching a ride over on the team shuttle, sitting with Brands and Gable families during sessions, grabbing beers and lunch/dinner with staff and wrestlers families, security being so lax you could stand matside and watch Mocco and Perry’s debuts, etc, etc…. So many phenomenal memories. Midlands at Welsh Ryan was easily our favorite road trip from 98-2012.
It doesn't compete with March Madness for it's TV spot. Push it down 3 weeks and it is competing with the Masters for daytime TV. Push it down a couple weeks it is competing with baseball's opening weekend.
Nah. Wrestling is March Madness, showcasing every college’s toughest athletes. That round ball stuff pales in comparison.
Ok, I see what you mean. I think overall wrestlers are controlling their volume more and we aren't going to see as much interest in these tournaments for the top guys going forward. You're probably gonna see some quality backups enter these tournaments so they could have enough matches to qualify for the postseason but the main starters might stay away from some of these.
Do you think our B team ties Oklahoma for 2nd place and puts 4 in the finals? They didn’t even bring 10 wrestlers. I’m hoping Ferrari, DeLuca AND Peterson aren’t all B team guys for the Hawks next year.
Unfortunately, this was not PSU B team. Missing Nasdeo, Negao, Evans, Facundo, Sealy, Gibson and Cochran.
So true. I couldn't wait each year to go. Great food, too. We always went to this place called Dengeo's. Fantastic BBQ ribs, chicken, etc. I'd probably recognize you if I knew what you looked like. I began to notice there were regulars that went. Each year I kept saying, "There's that guy again. And that one. And he's here again, too." You probably heard me a time or too. I was, unfortunately, more obnoxious in my younger days. I think it was Teague Moore that took an epic lung timeout, and it got quiet. I yelled, "Change his diaper!"
Did you ever eat at “mustards last stand” right there outside the arena? Little hole in the wall place but was always busy.
Zadick vs Schwab happened at wrestle offs when Zalesky had them roll out the main mat at Carver in ‘99 or 2000. Was one of the best matches I’ve ever seen and there was def no love lost during it. Absolutely fierce battle that I believe Schwab won on a last second TD for a final of something like 8-6 or 9-7. May have even been OT.
