The recruiting commercial will be the NCAA finals. Lots of blue and white tonight.
2024 NCAA's - Day 2 - Match/discussion thread
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Didn’t really want another reason for Iowa to WANT a Ferrari. Found myself rooting for Glazier.
If I am counting correctly, Cael has been at the PSU helm for 14 nattys. That means an average of 4 semi's wins and 1/2 losses per season. Astounding.
I only heard him say that Bartlett was coming back. I thought he said that Beau has made it clear that he will be back next year. I didn't hear him say anything about Kerk coming back.
Beau didn’t participate in senior day festivities
Worth noting - Kasak as a recruit was ranked 10 by Flo; Patrick Kennedy 8. See how easy it is to win with top 10 recruits? You just throw them out there 🙄
Crazy how many options Cael has. Iron shapes iron doesn't do this room justice, LOL.
Article about Penn State clinching the NCAA Title
triblive.com
Penn State sends 6 to finals, clinches 11th NCAA wrestling title in 13 years
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Carter Starocci and Aaron Brooks will have a chance to make some wrestling history for Penn State. The two Nittany Lions passed their semifinal tests at the NCAA championships on Friday night, giving them a chance to join an exclusive club of four-time winners on Saturday
triblive.com
Doing god's work this weekend Pete. Thank you.
1/2 point advancement on backside to determine 3rd vs 5th match. No more advancement points afterwards. Final matches are placement points + bonus - penalty only.
FIFY
It was always down to Aaron and Carter, until Carter had to forfeit at B10s.
4x champs don't grow on trees. A 4x champ who is undefeated that year is winning the Hodge. No need to over-think this.
so what's his point Star didn't complain winning with a broken hand!
well if Beau doesn't come back if he can still make 141 he will be a monster!
The way stalling has been called in this tournament demands to be addressed in next year's rule changes. At the very least, the rules either need to be followed consistently by the officials or need to be clarified/changed. Getting sick of seeing guys doing the work but getting dinged.
I miscounted before, and so did Basch. Have now done it in Excel so I can't miscount. The actual record is 54-9 = 85.7%. (EDIT: correction at the bottom.)
The data:
2010 = 1-1: W = Vallimont; L = Molinaro
2011 = 3-1: W = Molinaro, Taylor, Wright; L = Long
2012 = 5-0: W = Nico, Molinaro, Taylor, Ruth, Wright
2013 = 5-0: W = Nico, Taylor, Brown, Ruth, Wright
2014 = 2-2: W = Taylor, Ruth; L = Nico, Zain
2015 = 1-1: W = Brown; L = Gulibon
2016 = 5-0: W = Nico, Zain, Nolf, Nickal, McIntosh
2017 = 5-0: W = Zain, Nolf, Cenzo, Hall, Nickal
2018 = 5-0: same 5 guys as 2017
2019 = 5-1: W = Nolf, Cenzo, Hall, Nickal, Cassar; L = Lee
2020 = no tourney
2021 = 4-0: W = RBY, Lee, Starocci, Brooks
2022 = 5-1: W = RBY, Lee, Starocci, Brooks, Dean; L = Kerk
2023 = 2-2: W = RBY, Levi; L = Bartlett, Van Ness
2024 = 6-0: Bartlett, Haines, Psycho, Starocci, Brooks, Kerk
EDIT: And I screwed up again. Read the brackets and somehow missed Carter and Aaron and Kerk in 2023.
Corrected:
2023 = 5-2: W = RBY, Levi, Starocci, Brooks, Kerk; L = Bartlett, Van Ness
Overall thru 2024 = 57-9 = 86.4%.
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Rules are changed every 2 years, so there won't be rule changes this offseason.
There will be points of emphasis for next year, as there are every year. Hopefully this leads to more consistency. But it won't be rule changes.
Same for someone else's earlier thoughts of next year going to R3. There won't be any scoring changes next year for the same reason.
Dammit, sometimes I need an editor. Will update. Thanks for the catch.
Byers hinted at a redshirt for Davis next year saying he's unsure 125 is in the cards again (said it was tough this year but the kid was very disciplined)
I think he has become a lot more offensive this year than in the past.
I think a large part of that is being up at 149. Can he make 141 still? Maybe! I don’t think he’ll be as effective down there
Levi's winning sequence is exactly why you train all 3 styles.
To stand out of that sprawl and immediately take a Greco upper-body go-behind, then without blinking drop to a leg -- that's the kind of thing you don't do by training exclusively folk, and certainly not as fluidly as Levi did it.
And then kicking the back of Andonian's knee and going right to the half -- that has Jason Nolf written all over it.
Plus Levi might be the best I've ever seen at hooking the bottom leg while finishing a takedown. Did it again to finish the pin.
I was combing through this data myself last night. Insane success rate. Also from 2023, Kerk DEC Hendrickson 4-2 in the semis before falling to Parris to make it 57-9 (86.4%), which I believe was the original number you quoted earlier in this thread.
Did I say I needed an editor? Make that several.
Some consolation that I was right in the first place ...
Will update the original.
true... I think trying to get out of a hold, like when being pulled onto the mat via an ankle, that the motion of crawling ob to get out of that hold is the same as backing out... no? Never see it called... or seldomly
It is rarely called, but specifically listed in the rule book, "Stalling by kicking out of bounds".
I'm not sure what the interpretation of the rule is, but it is pretty clear to me.
"A wrestler kicks out of a lower leg
hold and this kick out requires the referee to make an out-of-bounds call."
Lilledahl is coming in & he's an offensive juggernaut. He looks ready to go. Davis can bulk up & challenge for 133 or redshirt.
125 last, so all of the Iowa fanbase has to watch the whole ESPN PSU infomercial.
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