Hall's finals opponent was also a #1 overall recruit, 4 years earlier.
PSU Wrestling: When David just had to slay Goliath at Nationals
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Two time National Champ IMAR who had only lost one match in his life... and hadn't been tested in another match other than last years final and he wasn't wrestling Jason Nolf again... but another Penn State RS freshman taught IMAR you're never out of it... when IMAR has to count lights one second at a time and didn't get to one thousand and two. Even as the Face of NCAA wrestling. Maybe the face of sheer disbelief... but not the Face of NCAA wrestling.
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You asked for it... you got it. Great moment as Cael lifted "David"... I mean James English and he felt what it was like to be carried out as a victorious warrior.
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A moment that brought tears to the eyes: A great great warrior, lifted off the mat in victory by the great great coach. A true Penn State man, Mr James English.
And that was no tomato can he beat, that was 4th seeded Kendrick Maple. What a moment.
I'm still trying to find that all star team that James made in high school, can someone help me out on that?
WAS NOT A STARTER UNTIL TWO FREAKING WEEKS BEFORE THE SEASON ENDED.
Maple was a returning national champion, as well. But I'm sure English didn't develop at all in the wrestling room.
McCoughnaghy drives Lincolns.As we know, Mathew McCoughnaghy and Tiger Woods drive Buicks
What's even "more fun" is that we can even play the underdog card again next year, as many of the Hawk fans on this thread already think our guys aren't as good as the guys they just defeated.
Imagine coming over here and saying we can't have it both ways..... appears like some of them want it both ways.
It's really a compliment, only PSU underdogs are favorites to win!
Imagine coming over here and saying we can't have it both ways..... appears like some of them want it both ways.
It's really a compliment, only PSU underdogs are favorites to win!
Whatever helps you sleep. How much money would have put in Hall beating Zahid- Cenzo beating Imar-or Bo beating Dean. If you were honest with yourself these were all long shots.
P.S. Hall over BoJo was not a long shot. Hall had his measure and was never in doubt about the eventual outcome. I've watched countless Hall matches that was just another day at the office.
Exciting Match amalone ...
Seemed like I could even hear
the fast ticking of my heart.
the fast ticking of my heart.
I prefer the Pied Piper of Trolls. If you can be the Pied Piper of rats... can't you be the pied piper of trolls or Hawks. It's all the same... isn't it? Rats, trolls or Hawks?
The only guy I feared in the bracket was Zahid. Not that Mark was a long shot against Zahid, but he was the underdog in my eyes. I considered the BoJo match a tossup.
Hall is Kryptonite for Californians. He has knocked off IMar and Zahid and Anthony. Has he ever wrestled Pico?
Eeesh I'm a diehard Hall fan but Hall v Pico sounds rough. And the rabbit Hall pulled out of his hat to win this match would be worth the stress.
@Ihawkd9times, Christioan Pyles was/is a HUGE Iowa fan. Check out what he had to say about the "#1 ranked recruits narrative."
Yes, you need talent to win. But Cael has proven he can develop the talent too. In other words, he is not a "one trick poney." (More like a Man o'War
without the one loss)http://www.flowrestling.org/article...flip-the-psu-hate-and-ncaa-recap#.WNqmKfkrLIU
Does this make me smart?
Sat. afternoon I told the guys I was with that Penn State could run the table from 149-184 and they all told me I was crazy..Really I did say then well only one that might lose will be Joesph. Job well done and congrats and hopefully next year some other dude can win one.
Sat. afternoon I told the guys I was with that Penn State could run the table from 149-184 and they all told me I was crazy..Really I did say then well only one that might lose will be Joesph. Job well done and congrats and hopefully next year some other dude can win one.
Minnhawkeye, you're a goddamned genius!Does this make me smart?
Sat. afternoon I told the guys I was with that Penn State could run the table from 149-184 and they all told me I was crazy..Really I did say then well only one that might lose will be Joesph. Job well done and congrats and hopefully next year some other dude can win one.
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It's never too late to be assimilated.Does this make me smart?
Sat. afternoon I told the guys I was with that Penn State could run the table from 149-184 and they all told me I was crazy..Really I did say then well only one that might lose will be Joesph. Job well done and congrats and hopefully next year some other dude can win one.
I'm with you on the bolded, underlined text. "Some other dude" as in Nick Suriano!! My hope is the other guys equal their performanceDoes this make me smart?
Sat. afternoon I told the guys I was with that Penn State could run the table from 149-184 and they all told me I was crazy..Really I did say then well only one that might lose will be Joesph. Job well done and congrats and hopefully next year some other dude can win one.
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Pico is used on "TheMat" as a tool for the Haters: Every time anyone, LITERALLY anyone wins a National Championship, one of the haters runs their little asses on to the message board to say "so and so" vs Pico, and all the haters jump in to say how Pico beats WHOEVER they insert from PSU.
Of course, the fact that Pico is literally done with wrestling and is now an MMA fighter, isn't stopping them. The desperation of the haters on themat, is second to none.
The fact that Frank beat Pico still baffles those people
Really wish Vollrath would of gotten a chance that year as well. Think he would of pulled off something similar at nationals.
That sounds hilarious to me. We should be careful, it might make us LMAO our asses off !
My niece is roommates with James English's sister. When I found out I was so pumped and told her that her brother was a Penn State hero and legend. Such heart
Resistance is futile.It's never too late to be assimilated.
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