Yeah, like Boone, reminds me a bit of a smaller State College, PA.
Are you in NC or over toward VA and TN?
2024 NCAA's - Day 1 - Match/discussion thread
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Are you in NC or over toward VA and TN?
IMO, these have to be the first full-gas live goes for Carter since the injury. He undoubtedly pushes it and tests his knee strength in practice and training, but that can't duplicate the intensity of an actual match where the guy he's wrestling wants to tear his leg off and earn his street creds by beating a legend.
I expect him to do just enough to win throughout the tourney, whatever that looks like against each opponent.
Agree. I don't mean to be a smart a$$ with my statement. PSU always had a strong wrestling history. Imo could have been better that's all. You mentioned the Fitz situation. Was one of the incidents having to do with wrestlers riding the luggage conveyers at an airport?lol. I assume Fritz's situation was more than that. WE ARE!!!
I have a feeling and he's that good I think we all spend a lot of time talking about carr and Keegan but hamiti is terribly long and dangerous
From 1990-99, PSU placed 6, 3, 3, 2, 3, 5, 4, 10, 4 and 4 at NCAAs. Not exactly mediocrity. My recollection was that Fritz was looking at hip surgery and didn't feel he would be able to coach any longer. So he was planning to resign. We had this discussion with him at Lehigh his last season. If that was just the "official" line, idk.
I have a HS friend who is a professor in the finance department at Penn State. He’s also a big wrestling fan. He told me a long time ago that Fritz made the mistake of being too chummy with the wrestlers. Having a close relationship with the guys is important, but at times, the head coach has to be the head coach. That includes setting boundaries for everyone and not encouraging behavior that can lead to discipline problems.
Everyone says that Fritz was a great coach and really well liked. He just made the mistake of forgetting that he was no longer a college student athlete.
Considering that he is wrestling at 50, 60, 70, 80 or 90 percent based on message board observers, a change in brace could ge thim to wrestle at 55, 65, 75, 85 or even 95 percent. But anything greater than a 72% Carter has a 96% chance to be a 110% Lewis as long as he weighs in at the 99th percentile. Of course all said in jest to point out the silliness of the observer evaluating athletic performance percentage.
That was the same poster who said Carter should've wrestled at B10s to boost his conditioning.
We sent practically my whole wrestling team to Fitz's camp in the early 80's. My kids loved him, and he loved the kids.
Prior to Cael's coming, a lot of people felt PSU was never as strong as it should have been. We knew PA was the center of wrestling in the USA. Tracking AA's, just like this year and starting in the 80's, PA had the most AA's of any state, usually by a lot. And yet, at Nationals, PSU was never quite there. I was among those who believed that if PSU could convince PA wrestlers to stay home, they'd become a reliable national power. Then Cael came and PSU became the ONLY national power. I'll admit, that wasn't on my radar.
re: wrestling from knees
I won two of my biggest bouts in college when my opponents went to their knees from neutral. When they did that I hit them with a front-on rush, bowling them over backwards for 2. I felt they didn't have a strong enough base when they went to their knees. And I confirmed that by a frontal attack. One disclaimer: in both instances, the other kid's knees went into my stomach as he went back, and I was gasping for breath for about an hour after my bouts. You take the bitter with the batter.
Prior to Cael's coming, a lot of people felt PSU was never as strong as it should have been. We knew PA was the center of wrestling in the USA. Tracking AA's, just like this year and starting in the 80's, PA had the most AA's of any state, usually by a lot. And yet, at Nationals, PSU was never quite there. I was among those who believed that if PSU could convince PA wrestlers to stay home, they'd become a reliable national power. Then Cael came and PSU became the ONLY national power. I'll admit, that wasn't on my radar.
re: wrestling from knees
I won two of my biggest bouts in college when my opponents went to their knees from neutral. When they did that I hit them with a front-on rush, bowling them over backwards for 2. I felt they didn't have a strong enough base when they went to their knees. And I confirmed that by a frontal attack. One disclaimer: in both instances, the other kid's knees went into my stomach as he went back, and I was gasping for breath for about an hour after my bouts. You take the bitter with the batter.
I'm sure. My response was just to point out the sillyness of judging Carter's percentage when in fact it is something that can never be determined.
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Braeden Davis vs Brett Ungar(Cornell) - 125 LBS NCAA Championships Second Round Full Match, with the Jeff Byers Call
Absolutely agree. My experience is that when a wrestler drops down to one or two knees, there is a split second opportunity where they are not completely stabilized. If you can catch them at that point with a hard backwards push, they'll go over.
Unger never tried anything offensive. If the officials let this be the standard of wrestling then Lewan will be crowned King.
So PSU has gone 8-2, 10-0, and 10-2 in the first three sessions! Tonight and tomorrow is when they typically accelerate. Team race is over with PSU at 86.5 pts. Not sure anybody else will exceed 60 pts!
You should just stop following. And posting.
Aaaannndddd you should stop obsessively scouring my posts in desperation 😂
There should be another option besides ignore. I'm thinking something like "nuke from orbit" (metaphorically of course).
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That option isn't available so ignore me. I'm putting your sorry A$$ on ignore so personally I love it.
Don't disagree - the Ref can tell him such (i.e., you're inactive.... last warning, next time it's stalling...).
Exactly. Carter wanted to wrestle at B1Gs, and apparently his private physician was telling him he was good to go...., but you have know-it-alls on here telling everyone they know exactly the condition of his knee when they are talking completely out of their lame asses.
Tell me you don't understand the intent of my post without telling me you don't understand the intent of my post.
I'm at the tournament, not trying to figure out how to avoid the $13 fee for ESPN+. So, my forum time has been minimal, definitely not scouring for your posts.
Yeah you are scouring. And I'm at the tournament too a$$hole.
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