High praise.
But, did anyone bother to tell Goodale that Yianni wasn’t trying ? 😉
But, did anyone bother to tell Goodale that Yianni wasn’t trying ? 😉
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I was also pleased to see that Goodale still thinks pedal-to-the-metal is the best way to peak at Nationals.
Is that the lyrics in one of the songs from Fine Young Cannibals?
Nolf's three favorite NCAA championship memories, none involving himself.
I fell for the Echemendia trap, I admit it--I thought he was going to be a force, even if his mat wrestling was Abe-esque. But this result is surprising. Decatur must feel better at 141....
Wow! That is a crazy result to me. I too bought into the Echemendia hype. I thought just on his neutral offense alone he was going to be a force. What’s interesting is that this is just the preliminary match at 141. The winner (Decatur) now faces D’Emilio for the spot. I think Decatur will definitely be better at 141 but he still can’t get off bottom and has one of the worst gas tanks I’ve ever seen. Maybe going at 141 and not cutting weight will help that problem. I still think D’Emilio wins that match pitting Echemendia 3rd string.
It seemed pretty clear (or at least widely suspected) that Decatur was having trouble with the cut. Coincident with Decatur’s move up in weight, I think Echemendia is rumored to be targeting 133. Perhaps he was underweight for this match and/or already struggling with a descent.
But, then again, it is super early, and there has been a pattern of tOSU wrestlers being a hot mess during the first half. This could just be another example of it.
Echemendia isn't a "mess" - he's just not that good. Especially at folk. If he's not far and away the better athlete on the mat, he's not winning the match. He can't handfight, and yeah, he's really bad on bottom. He literally went to the worst place to get better at folkstyle wrestling in the top 20.
I thought he may have picked the time he and Bo got their picture with yours truly, but that must have slipped his mind.
Ech at 133? Wow that guy is one solid muscle, how the hell can he cut 8 pounds??
Beats me, and yeah, it triggered an eyebrow raise when I read it. But here was one post that took a stab at explaining it.
Hard to picture it still, but Dar isn’t one to push falsehoods. Question 1 is, can he even make it. Question 2 is can he then make 7 minutes in a foreign style.
I call B's on that one. Pics or it didn't happen.
One of these days when i finally figure out how to post pics.
The new board lets you do it right from the forum (for smaller in mb photos, anyway).
Lewis has the “talk trash never have the dates match up” part of the fight game down really well. Fortunately in wrestling your calendar is made for you.
I'd pay a few dollars to see Bo destroy Richie Lewis. It won't happen because Bo gains nothing by punching down, given the weight disparity, but it'd be fun to watch.
I’d love to see that father-son matchup. Of course it’s more likely I’ll pin Sadulaev at the next olympics than we see the PD3/PDNJ showdown.
Also won't happen because PD3 Jr, like PD3, only appears on Twitter.
ICYMI, Joe Kania started tweeting some screenshots of his texts w/ Pyles today, then removed them, but the internet remembers:
Not trying to stir up a cesspool, but I can say that I'm glad there are other companies out there starting to erode at the flo monopoly. Competition is what will make our favored sport blossom further, clearly.
Not trying to stir up a cesspool, but I can say that I'm glad there are other companies out there starting to erode at the flo monopoly. Competition is what will make our favored sport blossom further, clearly.
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Part of me knows that if the particulars of any negotiation are laid out on table, no one comes away looking good. But it's still striking to see Pyles cite the rationale for not including a wrestler on their card is "because of how they've treated us," and then segue to paranoia about anti-Flo cabals. Also noteworthy that even in what he thought was a private message, Pyles can't help but blame someone else for the decision. Salata is right.
I thought for sure whoever caught that ball was gonna blast somebody with it, I know I would have.
So we have established that our wrestlers are more mature than Stand….
I probably would have too….
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