Virginia Tech Dual on Saturday

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Pestano down 0-2 after the first. Zavatsky has RT for now. Pestano picks down to start the 2nd.
 

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Not a good day today. 184 was the only weight where I saw big concerns long term, everything else is fixable. But the team did not come ready to wrestle today.
 

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Time for Jackson to go...incredible how much expectations have dropped for our wrestling program.
 

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Time for Jackson to go...incredible how much expectations have dropped for our wrestling program.

Instead, we extended him. And a lot of people were ok with it.

We'll be better than this going forward. Not sure everyone understands we were without two key starters. And VT is tough.
 

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For an avid wrestling fan and season ticket holder, this does not leave a good taste in my mouth. I realize it's early yet but we shouldn't be dominated this badly if we are a legit #12 team. Very disappointed right now
 

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Quick thoughts

125: Too early to tell with Boston. He fought tough against an elite guy but Larson did that too last year. Gotta see if he can get wins over the mid ranked guys.

133: Sluggish start for Earl but he got the TD when it counted

141: Would have liked to see the win out of Meeks but he looked okay. I think he gets to keep the spot for now and see what happens at the Cyclone Open.

149: Need Moreno back but Briceno at least looks like he can keep it respectable in the meantime

157: Too early to tell with Breitenbach. Brascetta is a beast.

165: What the hell, Weatherman? That was a terrible loss

174: Weatherspoon looked decent against Epperly and I think he'll do fine this year

184: We need Downey bad

197: No idea why we forfeited. Maye Egli got hurt during warmups?

HWT: Nothing wrong with losing to Walz but Smith didn't even try to sprawl throughout the match and broke in the third period.

Overall a bad performance. The team will need to get it together over the next month before Vegas. And if we wrestle like that against Iowa it'll be ugly.
 

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I am excited to see Boston progress over the season. Very disappointing start even with some starters out. I didn't expect us to win this one but I didn't see a major blowout coming.