ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted Monday at 11:09 AM Posted Monday at 11:09 AM WHO: ILLINI v. Missouri Dual WHAT: Home Opener and a Big Party! WHEN: Thursday, November 21 @ 7 pm (Central) WHERE: Lot 31, Stadium Club (near Memorial Stadium) TV/STREAMING: BTN+ (subscription service; $12.99/month) LIVE STATS: Link to Stats (Free; Trackwrestling) TICKETS: Link to Tickets A DAY IN HISTORY It was just an awful day. February 10, 2000, a Thursday. We had all come to grips with the fact that the entire world could be shut down because of one coding error. Sure, Y2K didn't happen, but it left us emotionally scarred and wary. Even worse, Jim Varney the gifted thespian known for such movies as Ernest Goes to Jail, Ernest Saves Christmas and Ernest Goes to Camp died on this day at the age of 50. Still worse, the number one Billboard hit in America was I knew I Loved You by Savage Garden. On top of that four-course dinner of awfulness, the top grossing film at the Box Office was the awful Scream 3. But the day was salvaged, somehow, in of all places, Edwardsville, ILLINOIS. In that town with a year-2000 population of 21,787 near the border with Missouri, the ILLINI destroyed a Missouri Tiger wrestling team by the score of 33-6. The Orange & Blue had a roster chock full of seven ranked wrestlers, including #1 Adam Tirapelle and #1 Dr. John Lockhart. Scoreboard: No. 5 Illinois 33, vs. Missouri 6 February 10, 2000 Edwardsville, Illinois 125 No. 6 Ryan Escobar (ILL) pinned Justin Spates (UM), 3:52 133 Jesse West (UM) defeated Kelly Madden (ILL), 9-5 141 Mike Castillo (ILL) defeated J.P. Reese (UM), 11-10 149 No. 1 Adam Tirapelle (ILL) defeated Jesse Jordan (UM), 7-2 157 Ryan Berger (ILL) versus David Neff (UM), 17-4 165 No. 12 Matt Lackey (ILL) tech fall Clint Freeman (UM), 6:23 174 No. 10 John Kopinsky defeated No. 18 Ben King (ILL), 6-2 184 No. 9 Nate Patrick (ILL) pinned Ry Stone (UM), 5:48 197 No. 7 Pat Quirk (ILL) defeated Dante Stone (UM), 11-5 Hwt No. 1 John Lockhart (ILL) defeated Chad Hertzog (UM), 12-5 PRE-DUAL ENTERTAINMENT We saw a comment on social media which indicated that the pre-dual entertainment will include a buffet, a stand-up comedian and something else. What that something else is, we cannot recall. It wasn't a cock fight or a strip show. We would've remembered that. That time Ben Askren ruined our family camping trip. TEAM MATCHUP According to Wrestlestat.com, the ILLINI are the #9-ranked team in the country when it comes to duals. Missouri is at #11, so this should be a real ugly fracas. As usual, much will depend on who is able to wrestle for both teams. Noah Surtin and Rocky Elam missed the Tigers' first two duals. Ramazan Attasauov missed the ILLINI's last. Despite the lower dual ranking, the missing wrestlers from their duals, and it being a home meet for the good guys, Wrestlestat.com is giving the 19-13 edge to Missouri. As we like to say, They'll have to prove that on the mat. INDIVIDUAL MATCHUPS 125. #27 RAMAZAN ATTASAUOV v. #13 NOAH SURTIN. Neither of these wrestlers participated in their team's last dual. Who shows up is anybody's guess. Missouri fans are high on Surtin. He's a 4x National Qualifier with a R12 to his name. He's got a nasty head pinch to look out for. The Tiger is tall for the weight and has more muscle for that length than you'd expect. Could be he's been out of the lineup to give him time to acclimate to 125. That's been Ramazan's issue as well. (We think). Wrestlestat.com is calling for an 8-6 win for Surtin. However, we may see #131 Caelan Riley for the ILLINI and #112 Gage Walker for Mizzou. With no additional information on who will wrestle, we'll go with the 8-6 Tiger win as predicted by Wrestlestat.com. 133. #5 LUCAS BYRD v. #32 KADE MOORE. The question here is whether Lucas will be ready to wrestle again after a November 16 All Star match in Pennsylvania. He looked great in that match, becoming that rare thing: A two-time NWCA All-Star Classic winner! We think he probably wrestles, but if not, the ILLINI will send out #109 Kole Brower or #120 Brian Beers. The other question is whether Kade Moore will be available for this match. He forfeited his last match at the Tiger Style Invite to teammate #77 Jake Crapps. Wrestlestat.com calls for 9-3 win for Byrd over Kade Moore. We think a less-than-100% Moore or a Jake Crapps equals bonus points for the ILLINI, and we think that Byrd can name the amount of bonus points he wants. As the cool kids say, "Byrd is the Wyrd." Remainder of the Preview at this link.
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted Monday at 11:11 AM Author Posted Monday at 11:11 AM Jeez. That last bit posted like a long Poem. I hope it's more interesting than that. Sorry! Cheers! 1
ILLINIWrestlingBlog Posted Wednesday at 11:56 AM Author Posted Wednesday at 11:56 AM Video predictions alongside "The Voice of the ILLINI" Brian Swaw. The dual is tomorrow, and it will be an extravaganza. Brian will be on the call for BTN+. If you can't make it in person, watch on that network.
ionel Posted Wednesday at 05:23 PM Posted Wednesday at 05:23 PM On 11/18/2024 at 4:09 AM, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said: WHO: ILLINI v. Missouri Dual But the day was salvaged, somehow, in of all places, Edwardsville, ILLINOIS. In that town with a year-2000 population of 21,787 near the border with Missouri, the ILLINI destroyed a Missouri Tiger wrestling team by the score of 33-6. The Orange & Blue had a roster chock full of seven ranked wrestlers, including #1 Adam Tirapelle and #1 Dr. John Lockhart. Scoreboard: No. 5 Illinois 33, vs. Missouri 6 February 10, 2000 Edwardsville, Illinois 125 No. 6 Ryan Escobar (ILL) pinned Justin Spates (UM), 3:52 133 Jesse West (UM) defeated Kelly Madden (ILL), 9-5 141 Mike Castillo (ILL) defeated J.P. Reese (UM), 11-10 149 No. 1 Adam Tirapelle (ILL) defeated Jesse Jordan (UM), 7-2 157 Ryan Berger (ILL) versus David Neff (UM), 17-4 165 No. 12 Matt Lackey (ILL) tech fall Clint Freeman (UM), 6:23 174 No. 10 John Kopinsky defeated No. 18 Ben King (ILL), 6-2 184 No. 9 Nate Patrick (ILL) pinned Ry Stone (UM), 5:48 197 No. 7 Pat Quirk (ILL) defeated Dante Stone (UM), 11-5 Hwt No. 1 John Lockhart (ILL) defeated Chad Hertzog (UM), 12-5 The bus stopped at the new Edwardsville high school (reminded me of Beckman Inst) for a team workout prior to the dual. For my good internet buddy MP - I was on it! Twas a good dual - good ole days. 2 2BPE 11/17/24 SMC
killdozer Posted Thursday at 02:55 PM Posted Thursday at 02:55 PM Rumor is Hawks maybe out with the funk... So Tommy Hagan. So Ruth wins now. They have one common opponent this year in Deron Pulliam of SIUE. Ruth won in OT and Hagan won 6-5. So Mizzou's lineup will be 125- Walker 133- Moore 141- Edmond 149- Gioffre 157- Conway 165- Steed 174- O'Toole 184- Hagan 197- Sinclair/Cassett (if the dual is completely out of reach. I can see Cassett going to save a date for Sinclair) 285- Nitzel 1
ionel Posted Thursday at 11:36 PM Posted Thursday at 11:36 PM Are weigh-ins before or after dinner? CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The No. 12 Illinois wrestling team is set for its home-opening dual against No. 6 Missouri on Thursday (Nov. 21) in the Lot 31 Stadium Club Tent, with doors opening at 5 p.m., dinner/entertainment beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the dual starting at 7 p.m. CT. Fans can purchase tickets to the dinner theater experience here. The Orange and Blue grapplers are coming off two dominant dual wins against Binghamton (30-10) and No. 21 Arizona State (37-6) at WrangleMania on Nov. 9. They followed that up a day later (Nov. 10) by wrestling in the Journeymen Collegiate Classic tournament, in which No. 2 at 133 pounds Lucas Byrd and No. 10 at 149 pounds Kannon Webster took home Hammer Awards for winning the top brackets in their weight classes. For his dominant 5-0 weekend slate, Webster was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Nov. 14, becoming the first Illinois wrestler to earn the honor in program history. The Illini's 3-0 dual start marks their best start to a season since 2020-21, when they started 4-0. Four starters retain unblemished 6-0 records through the early slate of the season, including No. 15 at 141 pounds Danny Pucino, No. 24 at 165 pounds Braeden Scoles and the aforementioned Byrd and Webster. 1 1 2BPE 11/17/24 SMC
MPhillips Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago On 11/20/2024 at 12:23 PM, ionel said: I was on it! The bus came by and I got on That's where it all began... 2
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