Are you living in a time warp? Spencer is there he went on the podium.
Spencer Lee will medically forfeit from the wrestle back round
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Good thing he’s showed an enormous amount of character the last 6yrs with all the adversity he’s faced. Holy shit. Is there a wrestler that’s faced as much adversity as him and accomplished even half of what he has?
Once Spencer got off the podium he walked up to Glory, extended his hand and gave him a bro hug. Did the same thing to Ramos. Just an fyi for some of those people wondering about Spencer
Worst I have felt for an individual was last night. The worst I have felt after a sporting event - I am a diehard Viking fan the 98 championship game almost killed me.
Agree on the the rest, but especially the Petty reference. I had the good fortune to see him live in Des Moines just a few months before he passed. Amazing show. That line from American Girl gets me every time.
Can you link your response in this thread in which you apologize for calling someone "stupid" when in fact it was you who was wrong? I must have missed it. Thanks.
Iowa beat Cornell by six points. Cardenas took 8th place for 1 point; had he gone on a tear he could have taken fourth and pushed Iowa to third place.
I didn't see the part where Spencer made any excuses. He withdrew from the tournament for medical reasons. That isn't an excuse for anything, it is an explanation. An excuse would have been him claiming he would have won his 4th if he wasn't injured. He didn't say that at all.
Weird thing though.....everyone knows he would have won his 4th if he wasn't injured.
Weird thing though.....everyone knows he would have won his 4th if he wasn't injured.
The point was understood, it’s just easier to deal with incels like yourself by keeping it short and sweet.
If he took 8th, that means he lost after the blood round Friday night. The best he could have got was 7th at that point. He couldn’t have gone on a tear Saturday morning.
You are correct. I'm sure that Spencer and the coaches ran all the math scenarios to know that Iowa could not be caught.
Are you saying you don’t think the coaches would know that information? I could go to Penn State’s wrestling club site and find the same information in 2 seconds. I guarantee the Iowa coaches would have known the same.
Cornell wrestled five matches on Saturday. What's the max bonus they could have had? Unlikely, but still possible. To say they had second "safely" is a bit of a stretch (but maybe not as much of a stretch as getting so much bonus from Cornell).
This. I think it’s also clear now he should have waited until January to wrestle, and should have wrestled just enough to be eligible for NCAAs and shake the cobwebs off.
This is just so sad.
Hindsight is always 20/20. Yes but I agree after not going at the Trials he should’ve just had the surgery. Who knows what happened this year, his left leg seems to be the issue as it was when he wasn’t able to train.
Victim of circumstance, life is just unfair sometimes. Absolutely crushed for him, anything short of winning a gold won’t change that. Been watching wrestling for 30 plus years and he’s the best I’ve seen.
This is what a losing argument looks like. I respect the fight but I’d throw in the white towel on this one bud.
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Denny Green was hard headed. I will never forget him leaving a defensive back on the field with a hammy hopping around on one leg trying to defend Falcon receivers. He could have put a 310# lineman in to replace and would have done better. Handed that game to the dirty birds on a platter. But yeah, Spencer losing there was worse for me.
Come on down to the land of the free Gobblin.
Weather has been beautiful except for the last few days. Little chilly, but we will be back to 80 by Wednesday. 😀
Maybe you should go back to the football and basketball forums🖕
The name of your book must be Stupid Things People Say.
Yeah, that’s some grade A BS right there. If Spencer is a quitter in that dude’s book, his book must be filled with gibberish. Yikes — just when you think football and basketball fans couldn’t get any dumber, they raise the bar even more.🤦🏻♂️
My only issue with this is that if Spencer is hurt and plans to wrestle internationally why on earth would he risk further injury to wrestle on the backside for 3rd in order to show he is a team leader. That’s just silly.
Sonnen has always been a blowhard. I didn't listen to the video but assume it's filled with diarrhea of the mouth. It also puts a little perspective on optional starts angle towards the HWC. Spencer lost so it was time for him to focus on the next best thing. That happens to be a World title. He risked a lot every time he wrestled because that's the type of person he is. He doesn't owe the outside haters or the histrionics on here anything.
I’m not sure we will see him wrestle again. He couldn’t plant his feet, couldn’t put forward pressure on. Looked like his finals match against Virginia, forget his name. Either way, Spencer is a damn stud and he’s been an amazing wrestler for the program.
But you do gotta show up. Not wrestling day 3 after losing isn’t right (unless there was a new medical issue that occurred during the semifinal match or overnight between day 2 and day 3). Otherwise, he was healthy enough to wrestle Day 2, so why not Day 3? If the only thing that changed is that he was now in the consis, then he should have been out there Day 3. Plain and simple. To say otherwise is just blowing smoke and excuse-making.
I’m honestly surprised people think otherwise. Like why? You know it’s wrong to forfeit out unless you physically can’t wrestle. Everyone knows that. Sure, it’s nothing new and people do it, but that doesn’t make it right. Quit trying to polish a turd.
If there was a new medical issue that prevented him wrestling day 3, that’s different.
