No attendence would not go up in the years it is at Hilton because we would leave up the curtain just to **** off the Suckeye fans.:biglaugh:
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Except that the RT Jake had in reg was more than the RT Pucillo had in OT.
EDIT: I never said I knew Jake was more tired, just that he wrestled/looked like he was more tired.
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It will look great next to our Big 12 North Football Co-Champions Trophy.
But, seriously, it's not like finishing in the top 5 nationally is the end of the world or anything...
Again, both wrestlers did the same exact thing. One won because he could sit on his opponent longer, not score more points. Saying Varner lost it because of his offense is absurd because he could have just as easily won it because of his ability to shut off Pucillo's offense.Again - literally a non-point. Give it up.
As I review the results for today it seems to me that the only wrestler that did not underachieve was Gallick. If the other 6 wrestlers wrestled up to their capabilities the team could have finished as high as 2nd - what a disappointing day.
When was the last time we had 7 AA's? How many of them are returning next year?
Six return - but the more important question is how many return from the 4 teams that finished higher? I know Iowa only loses two or three wrestlers - how about Nebraska, Ohio State, and Penn State?
Is ISU wrestling for AA's, or for a national championship?
GlenEllynClone's point is valid. ISU needs to get better at taking care of business. I would contend that ISU lost the championship last year because of the same issue - guys not wrestling up to their seed.
It doesn't help much to defeat a higher seeded opponent , only to give it back by losing to a lower seeded wrestler.
I don't know that Jake can play any more defense - it is pretty much all he does. We will have to agree to disagree.
If you look at the final team standings - Iowa State tied with Iowa for the most All Americans (7). The problem is we had 3 sevenths, 1 eighth, a fifth, a sixth, and a second. The teams that finshed ahead of us had 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4h place finishers - that is where you get the most points.
And I would contend that we got second last year because we did wrestle above our seeds. We finished where we were expected both years. Last year, I think we even finished higher than we were expected to.
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Of course. But to overtake anyone, we had to win our one first/second place match. We didn't , so we fell. He could have won, and I think he was the better wrestler over all, but I also hadn't seen Pucillo before tonight. In order to win it all, we need to have more than a couple wrestlers in the semis. We need to go deeper, and we've improved since last year. We just need to keep moving forward.
Yes, this topic has been ongoing since the ISU-Minnesota dual where there were not many takedowns by either team. And it carried on through the first four weights against Iowa in Ames.
ISU needs to get on the horse a bit more. Next year, they will have most of the team having been accustomed to the weights they were at this year. That can have an impact on you.
I am not so sure about that. I would contend that the reason the we got second last year is because of guys placing higher or at their seeds. Three finalist Paulson wrestling to his seed (obviously can not wrestle above your seed when you are number 1) and Varner and especailly Backes. Who thought Backes would make the finals.
Glass half empty or glass half full.
He is crazy intense. To me, Cael is intense, just in a controlled way. I love interviewing both of those guys more than anyone else I have ever interviewed...that includes Bobby Knight, Tom Izzo, Bill Self and a ton of others.
They are intense, and they are among the all time best ever at what they do.
Some wrestlers attack and are psychos. They might lean more towards Brands. Some wrestlers think more and out technique you. They might lean more to Cael. That is a generalization that does not always equate that way, just an example.
Metcalf is a walking, and talking clone of Brands. It's pretty freaky actually, right down to the third person references.
