Swalla was thirst string... Cozart was second string but got pulled for being a head case and only came back in the lineup after Swalla tore his pec.
What were the circumstances that caused Bono to leave? Or did he just get out of the program before it took a dump?? We need to get Yero outta there..I would call either Gallick back to work with the lighter weights..
If Spangler is done I don't know that Moreno would beat out Molina at 165.
The reason that I received, through personal friends, was he wanted to give the Olympics another shot. That is why he wrestled in the midlands. Remember, he actually wrestled a an isu wrestler who he was coaching there instead of stepping down for team points in the match.
Bono wrestled at 2008 Midlands while coaching at Chattanooga.
He beat Cyler, 4-2 TB, in the finals (worth 4 team points).
ISU lost to Iowa by 3 team points.
Of course, ISU had 4 other finalists lose that night, too, each by 1 point:
125 - Tyler Clark lost to Brandon Precin (NW), 3-2
133 - Nick Fanthorpe lost to Dan Dennis (IA), 4-3
165 - Jon Reader lost to Ryan Morningstar (IA), 5-4 TB
197 - Jake Varner lost to Dallas Herbst (WI), 2-1
Crap, I am for sure getting senile. I was thinking he was at ISU, but I know cyler left with Cael so either that's it or it happened another time, but I'll take your word because I'm too lazy to look it up now.
I do think we need a sc coach and a guy to beat on the lightweights on the mat. The practice partners just aren't there yet.
Uh...no. I did not "list a couple undergraduate heavyweights that have been ranked ahead of Gibson all year." I listed next years returning ALL-AMERICAN heavyweights. You know, actual results from the NCAAs.
There are no less than 8 returning all-Americans at HWT next year. The guy that pounded Gibson on the back side and knocked him out finished a whopping 7th. Gibson didn't even make the the round of 12. Yet you said you expect him to finish top 6. Unbridled optimism at it's finest, Judoka.
In the round of 16, which is where Gibson got knocked out, there were 8 seniors and 8 underclassmen. Therefore, Gibson was one of the top 8 non-seniors at heavyweight at nationals this year. Extrapolating from that information that he will likely start the season next year in the top 8 and a likely AA is not a leap of faith by any stretch of the imagination.
So did we meet our expectations for the year considering all the problems such as injuries and whatever?
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