Oklahoma State 24 Northern Iowa 9. Biggest surprise for me was Jacobe Smith beating Drew Foster 8-4. Kaid Brock lost to Josh Alber 4-3.
Ohio State 23 Illinois 14. Obviously, McKenna's replacement getting pinned had a big effect on the final result, as did Singletary not wrestling and "Pin Me" Rachal winning at 285.
NC State 23 Virginia 17. Even with a pin by Reenan at 184. I didn't expect it to be that close
VT 40 Finesilver Duke 3. All three Finesilvers that wrestled lost.
Iowa State 47 South Dakota State 0. Didn't expect that big a thumping. Dresser getting them on track in Ames.
Nebraska 31 Rutgers 9. I was at the RAC in December of the 2015-16 season when then-#4 Nebraska was tied by Rutgers (Rutgers won by criteria). I know the propaganda from the banks of the Raritan is that they are headed in the right direction, but facts suggest otherwise. 2015-16 was the high water mark for the Scarlet Knights and it's been downhill since. In 2015-16, Rutgers beat North Carolina, Northern Iowa, Oregon State, Utah Valley (31-9), Cornell, Nebraska and Lehigh. They finished 5th in the B1G before shitting MSG at nationals.
This season they have beaten Fresno State, a couple of D3 teams, Appalachian State, Hofstra, Rider, Wisconsin (still scratching my head over that one) and Michigan State (22-20). They have lost to Utah Valley, Minnesota, OK State, Iowa (by the largest margin of defeat in 5 meetings) and Nebraska - with Princeton tomorrow, Purdue away and Michigan still to come.
Please, Lord, never let PSU move in the right direction, if Rutgers is really moving in the right direction.
Ohio State 23 Illinois 14. Obviously, McKenna's replacement getting pinned had a big effect on the final result, as did Singletary not wrestling and "Pin Me" Rachal winning at 285.
NC State 23 Virginia 17. Even with a pin by Reenan at 184. I didn't expect it to be that close
VT 40 Finesilver Duke 3. All three Finesilvers that wrestled lost.
Iowa State 47 South Dakota State 0. Didn't expect that big a thumping. Dresser getting them on track in Ames.
Nebraska 31 Rutgers 9. I was at the RAC in December of the 2015-16 season when then-#4 Nebraska was tied by Rutgers (Rutgers won by criteria). I know the propaganda from the banks of the Raritan is that they are headed in the right direction, but facts suggest otherwise. 2015-16 was the high water mark for the Scarlet Knights and it's been downhill since. In 2015-16, Rutgers beat North Carolina, Northern Iowa, Oregon State, Utah Valley (31-9), Cornell, Nebraska and Lehigh. They finished 5th in the B1G before shitting MSG at nationals.
This season they have beaten Fresno State, a couple of D3 teams, Appalachian State, Hofstra, Rider, Wisconsin (still scratching my head over that one) and Michigan State (22-20). They have lost to Utah Valley, Minnesota, OK State, Iowa (by the largest margin of defeat in 5 meetings) and Nebraska - with Princeton tomorrow, Purdue away and Michigan still to come.
Please, Lord, never let PSU move in the right direction, if Rutgers is really moving in the right direction.
