This is weird is it not? He pins Larson in the intra-squad and doesn't even wrestle..?
Double dual vs. Drexel & Grand View
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This is weird is it not? He pins Larson in the intra-squad and doesn't even wrestle..?
Question from a stupid wrestling observer...should conditioning be a big concern at this point in the year? Especially for what I hope would be a better tournament team than duel team?
Not to nit pick (okay, I am going to), but it is Grand View, not Grandview. Sorry, a huge Iowa State fan, but a professor at Grand View.
I was thinking the same...Let's just give ourselves the benefit of the doubt by saying it was Smith's first meet and Perna wrestled a defending national champ that at one time wrestled DI...
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It was a lackluster showing by the team for sure. But as long as we're closer to form against Midland and WVU next week it it doesn't concern me (other than heavyweight). Goettl getting caught made the score closer than it should have been, A lot of guys made weight today for the first time since March and we also had a bunch of guys wrestling varsity for the first time.
Yeah I suppose you're right. Add to that we wrestled minus Hall and Beard. Not sure I agreed with the pin on Goettl, but what can you do? What happened to Cole Shafer? I was trying to come up with options at heavyweight and noticed he's not on the roster this year..He wrestled HW against Oklahoma last year i think.
Eh, the line-up seemed to be like the B squad for that dual.
Also, it's a helluva lot better than the start we had last year.
A few observations/opinions
i wouldn't look too closely into the final scores. Two tough opponents and it's only November.
Larson is still very raw at 125. But I see a ton of potential there. Hopefully hall will be ready to go soon.
Tanner has an explosive shot, that scramble was crazy, he will come out on top next time. He is still learning.
Mike and kyven performed to expectations. They know how to manage the match.
We need to find someone who doesn't give up bonus points at heavyweight.
i wouldn't look too closely into the final scores. Two tough opponents and it's only November.
Larson is still very raw at 125. But I see a ton of potential there. Hopefully hall will be ready to go soon.
Tanner has an explosive shot, that scramble was crazy, he will come out on top next time. He is still learning.
Mike and kyven performed to expectations. They know how to manage the match.
We need to find someone who doesn't give up bonus points at heavyweight.
Based on what I saw tonight I think that a dual lineup of
184: Weatherspoon
197: Beard
HWT: Gadson
might be something we see a few times this season.
Random thoughts: The problem I have with the "it's early in the season" argument for anything is that it applies to both teams. I'm excited to see Hall. Nicholson and Weatherspoon were fun to watch. Another few matches and Kroeschell and Gibbons were going to start some sort of a Step Brothers type brawl.
If we come out and have another lackluster performance next Friday I'll totally agree with you on that. We certainly didn't wrestle like a top ten team tonight. But one night doesn't make a season and I'm confident we'll look a lot better next week.
