Reliable source on the other board...Truax with a serious knee injury.
2024 NCAA's - Day 2 - Match/discussion thread
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Imagine being Mark Grey and that is who you picked to be your wife.
Besides, those kids are smart enough to get into Cornell, they already know.
So what are people thinking about Kasak vs Arrington? I’m sure many of you are familiar with Arrington so how does Kasak match up?
I really feel pretty good about all 6 in the semis. I think all 6 win. I’m not near as confident in our blood round guys. I think Davis beats Volk but that’s a tough match. Orine is favored over Nagao but Aaron has looked really good in his last few matches. He can definitely win but it’s another super tough match. Pretty much exact same thing Kasak. Arrington has to be the favorite but Kasak is wrestling really great right now and I can see him winning to become an AA. Truax worries me because of his injury. Fishback has had a good season but I would expect Bernie to beat him under normal circumstances. That being said, I just don’t know how hurt he is. Hopefully he’s ok and can gut out a win to become a 4 time AA
I feel for Caliendo. He just had maybe the biggest win of his career to make the semis at the national tournament and his reward is Mesenbrink who just gave him what I would think is his worst beating ever. I don’t expect another tech but MM is just a bad stylistic matchup for Caliendo. One more win for both MM and O’Toole and we will finally get the match that everyone wants to see. Can’t wait!
My big upset pick is Echemendia beating Mendez. Echemendia can match his physicality and is incredible from neutral. Mendez needs to put a ride on him but Echemendia has gotten much much better from the bottom position
Just over an hour until the beginning of the best night in all of sports. There is nothing like the semis and the blood round
I really feel pretty good about all 6 in the semis. I think all 6 win. I’m not near as confident in our blood round guys. I think Davis beats Volk but that’s a tough match. Orine is favored over Nagao but Aaron has looked really good in his last few matches. He can definitely win but it’s another super tough match. Pretty much exact same thing Kasak. Arrington has to be the favorite but Kasak is wrestling really great right now and I can see him winning to become an AA. Truax worries me because of his injury. Fishback has had a good season but I would expect Bernie to beat him under normal circumstances. That being said, I just don’t know how hurt he is. Hopefully he’s ok and can gut out a win to become a 4 time AA
I feel for Caliendo. He just had maybe the biggest win of his career to make the semis at the national tournament and his reward is Mesenbrink who just gave him what I would think is his worst beating ever. I don’t expect another tech but MM is just a bad stylistic matchup for Caliendo. One more win for both MM and O’Toole and we will finally get the match that everyone wants to see. Can’t wait!
My big upset pick is Echemendia beating Mendez. Echemendia can match his physicality and is incredible from neutral. Mendez needs to put a ride on him but Echemendia has gotten much much better from the bottom position
Just over an hour until the beginning of the best night in all of sports. There is nothing like the semis and the blood round
I'm pretty sure we were the only team with 10 left after yesterday's second session.
FYI - I’m not trying to start a GOAT argument here because I know everyone loves Byers a lot. But the guy who was always on top of it all was Ed Aliverti who I knew personally. He was always the head announcer at the NCAA tournament along with every big wrestling event including the Olympics. But he also was there for local HS events in WA where he lived. He was an amazing guy who unfortunately left us a little too soon because of cancer. Anyone who was at the NCAA tournaments prior to around 2000 will remember him.
I remember going to eat between sessions in 2011 (in Philly) thinking that Cornell had it won... Then Friday night happened. Cornell hasn't quite been the same since.
Thanks NittanyLion84. Any chance you have the Kasak pin? I missed it while watching a PSU and 2 Iowa matches. So did Byers
Hopeful for Davis.
Not very confident with Nagao, but we’ll see. Glad he rebounded from the R1 loss to win three.
Tough match for Kasak but note that Abas is still wrestling too. I’m hopeful. Also, NC State isn’t matching their impressive records and seeds; their conference isn’t the Big Ten.
Read above that Truax’s knee isn’t good.
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Does anyone give Sloan a chance against Hidlay? Sloan is wrestling really well right now. I think Hidlay is too powerful and good on his feet but Sloan is great on top if he gets the chance. I only give Sloan about a 10-15% chance but does anyone think he can pull it off?
The ref in truax match did not protect him it was an obvious dangerous situation but that’s life. I recognized it before it happened can’t imagine missing it
I have seen the last two matches Sloan wrestle and he was tough. I am going with a toss up here .
Oh yeah - I remember thinking the same. Also, I know for a fact that the Cornell program has had it in for Penn State ever since that happened. It’s also a good indicator that the Penn State program is running a straight show in spite of the accusations by vodka and his buddies. If the Cornell guys got even a hint of any improprieties by PSU, they would be on the phone with the compliance committee in a second.
Biggest winners in QF - Penn State 6-2; Arizona St. 4-0; Michigan 4-1
Biggest losers in QF - Nebraska 1-6; NC State 1-4
Biggest losers in QF - Nebraska 1-6; NC State 1-4
Not to mention a battery of lawyers.
There were a few Cornellians on themat.com that whined like crazy because Cael added Andrew Long after his troubles @ ISU and Long ended up pinning Grey @ NCAAs that year.
I'll confess...I don't visit that cesspool often. However I annually check in there on Friday night of NCAA's. Simply for entertainment.
Beau Bartlett vs Vance VomBaur(Minnesota) - NCAA 141 LBS Quarterfinals, Full Match
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There is no reliable source about something that happened less than 4 hours ago.
PSU Wrestling is locked down tighter than if the NSA were inside Ft Knox, inside Leavenworth.
Mitchell Mesenbrink vs Cameron Amine(Michigan) - NCAA 165 LBS Quarterfinals, Full Match
Wonder if the Hawkeyes money men feel they got a return on their investment with Woods.
They are calling him "Back" Woods now.
Of that particular moment and nothing else.
And that's a pretty big if.
Totally disagree. Kirk rides almost anyone including Feldman in the recent past. Kirk not shooting in the first two periods almost resulted is his only shot being in his own foot. Feldman almost got the late TD, and would have looked like a genus picking Neutral if he had. Why let an inferior opponent stay in the match where the last 30 seconds dictates the winner? Beau, Kirk, even Davis to some extent. PSU as a collective absolutely converts on over 50% of our deep shots. Every guy on the squad needs 2 committed shots in the first period.
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And if we said that Howard and Van Ness would be out for the year back in November. Wow!
https://images.app.goo.gl/YjaZvSavYrnbagBR7Mesenbrink has a couple moments each match where he’s wrestling after the whistle, talking to the coaches, talking to the ref. It reminds me of the pro wrestler Kamala when I was a kid who’s schtick was that he was from Africa and didn’t understand what was going on so his handler was always jumping in.
Goggles is right. Feldman has never escaped from underneath Kerk. No reason to think he would've today.
Also Feldman took neutral at B10s. So if course he would at nationals.
I was at the KC hospital and hour ago and Truax was on crutches after surgery. Davis was having a hook sown onto his left arm stub. Kerk was getting a hamstring implant. McIntosh was seeing a shrink for his homesickness. And Carl was getting hair follicle transplants.
GREAT shot by @tikk10 and co-written yourself and JtotheMFp!My recap of the session, including some of @tikk10 ‘s amazing photos:
2024 Wrestling Nationals: Session III Recap, Session IV Preview
Penn State goes 10-2 on "Moving Day," separating from the field, as hope for 10 All Americans remains alive.www.blackshoediaries.com
This is the second time in an hour that I have thought, “good only 30 minutes to wait!” Lousy 8:00 start.
Good stuff. Anyone else ever been at emergency room during a big wrestling tournament? Busy place full of beat up wreslers.
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