Seems like the coaches have a connection to that school. We weren't wrestling that team, so who cares?
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Opening Dual vs Wartburg Thread
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Seems like the coaches have a connection to that school. We weren't wrestling that team, so who cares?
I was most impressed with Battani. He completely manhandled a solid opponent. I was pretty disappointed when Shapiro got beat, but it looks like Battani has improved a ton and is going to be tough.
I’ll be there next Sunday. I’ll shoot spit wads at him if he’s there again. We can’t have that bullsh*t.
Good is a relative term. Bastida will get there at some point. More of a where you are vs your ceiling thing.
Please tell me you aren't serious.....cuz it's so normal for someone w/ your hated rival's gear to be sporting it in your huddle, sideline, bench, etc...
Ok, I don't know a lot about wrestling, other than ISU is, or used to be a "blue blood" type program. Question - How does wrestling compare to basketball or football when it comes to the difference in talent between division 3 and division 1?
Big thing to understand is that colleges get 9.9 scholarships to divide amongst the whole team. So you can’t even have the 10 starters on full (very close but not quite) rides.
You said that the "kid was hanging around the ISU bench". Seems like our coaches are privy to that area. I agree it isn't a "good look", but it seems like the coaches would handle that issue instead of an "ISU official". Not trying to be an ***, I wasn't there so don't know anymore than what you reported (like the age of the "kid"). Guess I don't think you can control what people wear to sporting events.
Side note: Head official's son was wearing the stocking cap.
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My guess is that Wartburg would have trouble getting duals against other D1 schools because they would beat a nice little chunk of them or at least give them more than what they wanted to handle.
Wartburg gets several D1 wrestlers who drop down. They also get guys who don’t have the grades to make D1. Lower level champs used to get invited to the D1 championship so there was a road to it at a lower level. There is some good talent there, just spotty.
You said that the "kid was hanging around the ISU bench". Seems like our coaches are privy to that area. I agree it isn't a "good look", but it seems like the coaches would handle that issue instead of an "ISU official". Not trying to be an ***, I wasn't there so don't know anymore than what you reported (like the age of the "kid"). Guess I don't think you can control what people wear to sporting events.
Side note: Head official's son was wearing the stocking cap.
Who were the officials for the meet?
Maybe it was a recruit. Some of those Hawkeye recruits are not bright. Remember Woodbury wearing a Hawkeye T-shirt to his Iowa state visit with hoiberg?
Not many times you will run into a rider of that caliber in the mid to upper weights. Hard to imitate that in practice and I'm sure was a bit overwhelming to finally feel him on top. Looked like he was sucking some wind towards the end as well. Learn and improve. He will be fine, still high hopes for him.
I remember going to school and there was always a few kids that would wear Iowa gear on campus. You know they were doing it because they thought they were being so clever. No different than any other fan base. But maybe that would explain why the ref (iowa fan??) wasn't too quick to call stalling
If what the poster said was true, it seems off. I doubt refs get to bring a posse into meets with the Covid situation. I also doubt they get to have them hang out right behind the home bench like it was mentioned, also hard to believe a ref would let his kid west any team stuff inside to avoid any wild accusations that he may show bias. All seems a little off. Also weird that nobody else has mentioned this. The one who mentioned it needs to present a photo because if he was that worked up about it then I’m sure he took a photo.I remember going to school and there was always a few kids that would wear Iowa gear on campus. You know they were doing it because they thought they were being so clever. No different than any other fan base. But maybe that would explain why the ref (iowa fan??) wasn't too quick to call stalling
