***Iowa Dual @ Hilton on Sunday, Feb 18th***

[Judoka]

The last meet of the regular season is coming up on Sunday as the Hawkeyes come to town and with them the usual pressing question of "WHAT IS HE DOING REF?!?!?!" and if you check around Hilton you'll find that there are already a few fans in the parking lots chanting "STALLING"

If confronted, just smile and say "He's backing up!" or "His head is on the mat!" and that should pacify all but the most confused tavern hawk.



Here's the ISU release for the dual (.pdf)
Here's the Iowa release for the dual (.pdf)

 

[CyTwins]

Hoping to get 6

 

[ST8TAILG8R]

Thank the good Lord that the idiot PDIII is not going to make this more of a circus than this already is.

 

[BryceC]

Whatever happened with Downey? I'm tempted to go sadly to watch Spencer Lee. The kid is the real deal.

 

[Judoka]

Hoping to get 6

We'll be favored at 133 and 141 as long as Parker is healthy so that's totally doable. It's just that where Iowa is favored they are really, really, really favored. There are 2, maybe 3 other matches where we have a realistic shot short of a freak pin.

 

[buf87]

Downey got his degree at Iowa State and got accepted into Iowa grad school. Then it gets fuzzy as to why he got denied eligibilty.

 

[stuclone]

I'm hoping Simmons, Parker, and Colbray all win. As for the others, hoping they keep it close and fight for 7 minutes.

 

[Andegre]

I'm hoping Simmons, Parker, and Colbray all win. As for the others, hoping they keep it close and fight for 7 minutes.

I'd wager that Colbray WILL win...don't have much confidence in Wilcke right now, and Colbray has started to turn it on...

 

[buf87]

Not sure how many wins we will get, but I hope we are competitive at a lot of the weights.

 

[Judoka]

I'd wager that Colbray WILL win...don't have much confidence in Wilcke right now, and Colbray has started to turn it on...

I don't know if I'm quite that confident but I think that Pestano and Colbray both have legitimate chances at upsets.

 

[Penguin]

Oh good... Cyclones.TV

 

[CyTwins]

This may be a dumb question but any way they would bump Lee up to 33?

 

[djhart69]

This may be a dumb question but any way they would bump Lee up to 33?

If they thought the dual would be close at all it would be a good move. But it won't be close so there's no need.

 

[CyTwins]

If they thought the dual would be close at all it would be a good move. But it won't be close so there's no need.

That's what I was thinking but I just didn't know if Brands would go for the throat or not

 

[djhart69]

Here's our path to pulling the Upset Of The Century: Briggs gets teched instead of pinned; Simmons and Parker both win with one of them getting a major, we're up 7-5. 149 and 157 we don't give up bonus and 165 we only give up a major; Now we're down 15-7 and Bush gets a funky pin (remember West Virginia?). Dane pulls out a close one (very possible). Now we're up 16-15. Colbray wins and Harrington loses by decision. ISU 19, Iowa 18.

 

[Redman97]

Here's our path to pulling the Upset Of The Century: Briggs gets teched instead of pinned; Simmons and Parker both win with one of them getting a major, we're up 7-5. 149 and 157 we don't give up bonus and 165 we only give up a major; Now we're down 15-7 and Bush gets a funky pin (remember West Virginia?). Dane pulls out a close one (very possible). Now we're up 16-15. Colbray wins and Harrington loses by decision. ISU 19, Iowa 18.

I’ll be shocked if Briggs isn’t pinned.

 

[CyTwins]

I’ll be shocked if Briggs isn’t pinned.

He's going to get pinned in the first period for sure

 

[Judoka]

This may be a dumb question but any way they would bump Lee up to 33?

If Parker is still out I guess they could do that if they wanted to blank us. But we could respond in kind by forfeiting 133 and bumping Simmons up (He wouldn't be a sure win at 141 but he'd have a hell of a lot better shot there than he would against Lee).

 

[djhart69]

I’ll be shocked if Briggs isn’t pinned.

Well yeah, everybody would be. I'm talking about a dream scenario there not a realistic expectation.

 

[Redman97]

Well yeah, everybody would be. I'm talking about a dream scenario there not a realistic expectation.

And I’m a certified dream inspector, so please don’t question my work.