Stumbled upon this this morning.
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Thanks for posting. Got disappointed when I heard Blabbernick's voice but pleasantly surprised to see the broadcast had all full matches not usual bastardized edits from this era. Hilarious that the lazy bum didn't even know how to pronounce Zadick's, Kolat's or Abe's names correctly though.
Thanks for posting!!
I forgot how close Joe Williams was to giving up the last second td.
I forgot how close Joe Williams was to giving up the last second td.
Thanks man, nice to see that team. I got back to Iowa in time to go to the '97 championship, another pretty good showing!
Great stuff, thanks for posting. These guys could still get the job done in today’s wrestling world. Enjoyable hearing the mat official’s commentary; demanding action from the wrestlers. Did a Gable wrestler ever take a step backward?
Great to see Chuck Yagla officiating several matches, always a favorite of mine. Thanks again for the posting!
Great to see Chuck Yagla officiating several matches, always a favorite of mine. Thanks again for the posting!
It is interesting to see how defense and counter wrestling has evolved since this era. You rarely see a match today without a full front split or some kind of scramble situation.
Regarding the officials commentary. I think it’s awesome but can you imagine having Angel with a mic? Dude already wants it to be all about him. Don’t give him anything more. Although maybe we could hear him say “how can I help this PSU wrestler or how can I hurt this Iowa wrestler?”
Thanks for posting as I enjoyed re-living this again. Funny story: I had traveled to Minneapolis from South Carolina to watch this tournament, but the closest hotel I could get was about 45 minutes away. Snow everywhere and cold as a witch's titty. Between sessions I really didn't want to leave the arena as I had no where to go.
After the end of either the first session or third session I was lingering and saw the Olympic hopefuls walk onto the arena floor to get a workout. Being a high school coach I actually enjoy watching practice more than competition, so I hung around to watch. When the arena staff would come by and tell me that I needed to exit the arena, I would move to an area where they were not. Eventually the arena was empty, and the staff started to converge on me.
I really wanted to watch the workout and avoid going outside. I knew that Alan Fried was on the ladder but injured, and I did not see him on the floor. I walked down the steps to the entrance of the floor and there was a security guard with a clipboard. I said to him, "My name's Alan Fried. I'm hurt, but I want to go in and watch." He looked at his clipboard, and apparently found Fried's name as he told me, "okay."
Terry Brands was working out with Steve Marianetti, and Tom was working out with Pat Santoro. Being a huge Iowa fan (have been since discovering college wrestling as an 8th grader and especially since my alma mater Clemson had dropped the sport the previous season) I wanted to watch the twins. I sat in one of the corner chairs nearest where they were.
Now obviously they were giving up quite a bit of weight to their partners and Marianetti and Santoro were getting the better of them. They weren't doing any par terre, just takedowns. When a score occurred, whichever twin had given up the takedown would get upset and say a few choice words as he walked off the mat before quickly returning and getting after it again.
This kept happening periodically for around 15 minutes when Santoro again took down Tom. As Tom got up and started walking off the mat he locked eyes with me and boy could I tell he was mad. There was a small plastic trash can between us. He kicked that can, it flew a foot past my head, and Tom continued to glower at me until he had walked by.
I got up from my chair and walked to the other end of the arena to watch Bruce Baumgartner.
Anyway, after watching the video you posted, this video appeared as one of my choices to watch next. Thoroughly enjoyed these matches.
After the end of either the first session or third session I was lingering and saw the Olympic hopefuls walk onto the arena floor to get a workout. Being a high school coach I actually enjoy watching practice more than competition, so I hung around to watch. When the arena staff would come by and tell me that I needed to exit the arena, I would move to an area where they were not. Eventually the arena was empty, and the staff started to converge on me.
I really wanted to watch the workout and avoid going outside. I knew that Alan Fried was on the ladder but injured, and I did not see him on the floor. I walked down the steps to the entrance of the floor and there was a security guard with a clipboard. I said to him, "My name's Alan Fried. I'm hurt, but I want to go in and watch." He looked at his clipboard, and apparently found Fried's name as he told me, "okay."
Terry Brands was working out with Steve Marianetti, and Tom was working out with Pat Santoro. Being a huge Iowa fan (have been since discovering college wrestling as an 8th grader and especially since my alma mater Clemson had dropped the sport the previous season) I wanted to watch the twins. I sat in one of the corner chairs nearest where they were.
Now obviously they were giving up quite a bit of weight to their partners and Marianetti and Santoro were getting the better of them. They weren't doing any par terre, just takedowns. When a score occurred, whichever twin had given up the takedown would get upset and say a few choice words as he walked off the mat before quickly returning and getting after it again.
This kept happening periodically for around 15 minutes when Santoro again took down Tom. As Tom got up and started walking off the mat he locked eyes with me and boy could I tell he was mad. There was a small plastic trash can between us. He kicked that can, it flew a foot past my head, and Tom continued to glower at me until he had walked by.
I got up from my chair and walked to the other end of the arena to watch Bruce Baumgartner.
Anyway, after watching the video you posted, this video appeared as one of my choices to watch next. Thoroughly enjoyed these matches.
Just wasted 1:57:31 of my day. Thank you, it was worth it.
Weber over #1 Mollica in the semis gets overlooked. Weber was lights out - beating Renner, Mollica & Branch was an awesome feat.
Amazing watching those matches how calm the coaches were. When did the shift happen when they decided they needed to start screaming at the other teams coaches and the refs, and running around and jumping everywhere? Otherwise known as “fighting for their guy”.
Our guys may talk smack in person but you don’t hear them running down other coaches (or their wrestlers) in the media.
He’s looking for a debate, so he can dig his heels in and be the stubborn ass he is.
It’s probably a deep sub-conscious yearning, he has yet to identify, for a box of oranges.
Since the original post, I have been watching a lot of classic IPTV matches and highlights compilations posted by Wrestling Archives on YouTube like the one I posted above - Memorable Matches Iowa vs Iowa State is fantastic btw - and the coaches don't strike me as being "calm," other than Harold Nichols...
Loved watching Pat Smith kick the floor when freshman Schwab beat National Champ Guerrero in the 1998 Iowa v OK St dual...
Do you think there is any difference between the coaches behavior back then, and the behavior today?
Not really. Coaches got fired up back then and get fired up today. Depends on the coach and situation.
Some argue, uh hum Christian Pyles you douche, that the wrestling is dramatically better today than say the 80's. While it has evolved, I've spent the week watching great 80's era scrambles and high level technique.
Wrestling is wrestling and coaching is coaching - it never really changes.
No. It's exactly the same. Here's the proof. Bobby Knight threw a chair, so did Cael Sanderson.
Now you can get onto your next perceived crisis.
Carl threw a chair? Well that’s different. He gets a pass for that lol
