IL v NC

[ionel]

here we go

[ionel]

125 Riley v Moore

eo1 Moore 6-2

eo2 Moore 10-2

final tf 20-5

Team 0-5

Edited 16 hours ago by ionel

[ionel]

133 Byrd2 v Oakley15

eo1 0-0 ... btw NC with pretty cool two piece 

eo2 Byrd 1-0 ... Byrd 7pt throw

Final 9-19

Team 4-5

Edited 15 hours ago by ionel

[ionel]

141 Pucino15 v Scott

eo1 0-0

eo2 Scott 1-0

eo3 1-1

final Pucino 4-1

Team 7-5

Edited 15 hours ago by ionel

[ionel]

149 Webster10 v McNeil6 

eo1 0-0

eo2 Webster 1-0 ... lots of good action hand fighting for a 2 escape match

eo3 1-1

final McNeil 8-1 but review Webster looked like td then McN reversed to his back

Confirmed

Team 7-8

 

Edited 15 hours ago by ionel

[ionel]

157 Kraisser20 v Santiago27 

eo1 Santiago 6-1

eo2 6-2 with rt

final 10-3

Team 7-11

 

Edited 15 hours ago by ionel

[ionel]

165 Scoles24 v Fea

eo1 Scoles 4-3

eo2 Scoles 11-5 ... 1pt penalty hard crossface? blood time ... be nice Scoles!

final tf 24-8

Team 12-11

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by ionel

[ionel]

174 Braunagel16 v O'Boyle 

B1 6-1 first min

eo1 B1 9-2 with rt

eo2 16-3 

final tf 20-3

Team 17-11

Edited 14 hours ago by ionel

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

10 minutes ago, ionel said:

165 Scoles24 v Fea

eo1 Scoles 4-3

eo2 Scoles 11-5 ... 1pt penalty hard crossface? blood time ... be nice Scoles!

final tf 24-8

Team 12-11

 

 

Needed that. For some reason Wrestlestat.com had Fea winning. Our Preview had Scoles going away. 

Thanks for the play-by-play. I'm pissed at ESPN and whatever ACCNX is. GO ILLINI!!!

[ionel]

174 Ruth9 v Kane22

eo1 Ruth 3-0 ... brick challenge escape last ~5 sec ... I say wasted brick, some coaches just like to throw em ... nope locked hands

3-1

eo2 Ruth 5-4 gave up td late got escape ... now 5-5 neutral ... Kane td

final Kane 9-5

Team 17-14

if you wondered why Mike is getting grey hair pretty sure its E Ruth

Edited 14 hours ago by ionel

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

On the subject of Wrestlestat.com's occasional "grade inflation," I think it's due to lower-ranked wrestlers who are able to keep it close to higher-ranked wrestlers. That's what I think happened with the algorithm's prediction for Scoles versus Fea. 

I love the Wrestlestat.com service and use it all the time. This is from our preview of the Scoles/Fea match:

We're gonna guess that the Wrestlestat.com-predicted 9-7 win by #55 Nick Fea over #14 BRAEDEN SCOLES is a ghost in the machine. Or, a bug. Maybe an algorithm hiccup.  

The Tar Heel is 4-4 on the year, and his last match was a 3-9 loss to Nebraska's Bubba Wilson. For his career, he's 7-8. Again, it seems that Wrestlestat.com will give you lots of credit if you keep it close to highly-ranked opponents. 

Fea lost by seven to #5 Peyton Hall, and two seasons ago, by four to #7 Julian Ramirez and #10 Carson Kharchla.

[ionel]

197 Braunagel10 v Lautt

eo1 B2 5-0  B2 body lock goes to his back danger of pin but rolls thru to pick up 2bp 

eo2 8-2 with rt ... official review look at possible td Lautt ... nope

final md 13-3

Team 21-14

 

Edited 14 hours ago by ionel

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

Second semester the ILLINI have an Indian wrestler coming in to man the 125 spot: Desi Jelgado. 

[ionel]

285 Luffman10 v Guttridge 

eo1 0-0

eo2 Luffman 1-0

final Luffman  2-1

Team 24-14

 

 

 

Edited 14 hours ago by ionel

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

What other good heavyweights besides Aydin Guttridge and Cohlton Schultz have to cut weight? 

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

I come from a simpler time, a time when you warmed up for a match by lying flat on your back on a narrow bench with a towel over your face until they called your name, then you got up touched your toes once and tore off your warmups. 

UNC had a match before their dual with the ILLINI against Greensboro College. It probably was a bunch of pins and tech falls, but I would generally consider that advantage ILLINI. 

The old me would think that. 

But after seeing Austin O'Connor warm up the ILLINI lightweights before their matches, with all of the energy expended, which may equal a full period of actual wrestling, I think they're doing warmups differently nowadays. 

Anyway, thanks for stopping by Hillshire Farms and talking to me. Good day to you. 

[ionel]

11 minutes ago, ionel said:

285 Luffman10 v Guttridge 

eo1 0-0

eo2 Luffman 1-0

final Luffman  2-1

Team 24-14

 

 

 

2 escapes 1-1 at hwt but somehow Luffman picked up a penalty point in the 3rd prob stalling ... where's Jombo? 

[bnwtwg]

3 hours ago, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said:

But after seeing Austin O'Connor warm up the ILLINI lightweights before their matches, with all of the energy expended, which may equal a full period of actual wrestling, I think they're doing warmups differently nowadays. 

Yeah, it's called expectations. I am here for it, Mark Johnson would approve. We aren't here for KFC bottomless buffet coaches and lazy myehhhs anymore.

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

Some ILLINI highlights from the dual accompanied by the absolute legends HEART:

 

 

If you put the video at .25 speed, you can catch that nasty little trip that Lucas Byrd used to FINISH HIM! And finally, a question: At what point in that pinning combination do you think Braeden Scoles determined that the ref was never gonna call the pinfall, may as well get the tech?

[ILLINIWrestlingBlog]

12 hours ago, ionel said:

btw NC with pretty cool two piece 

 

There's a split of authority on that question. You think they're "pretty cool" while Jackie Brower thinks they're trash. I think they're both. First of all, they aren't baggy like the sleepover pajama party outfits the Maryland Terps wore a couple of years ago. So, they've got that going for them, but that's a low bar. 

They actually look like credible wrestling outfits. They've got that going for them as well.

But that giant Tar Heel thing on the back looks too '70s California groovy. That ruined it for me. Why would you have a giant hang ten barefoot on your back with actual tar on the heel? The barefoot look reminded me of Lil Abner, and that's not an impression that North Carolina should want to make. 

On to the next issue: Was that a Webster takedown? If the rule states that it's not, then the rule should be changed. 

Finally, JOMBO™ almost fell out of his chair when the ref called Danny Pucino for stalling. That's like calling George Washington a liar. 

[MPhillips]

19 minutes ago, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said:

looks too '70s California groovy.

That's not even a thing...

[ionel]

1 hour ago, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said:

 And finally, a question: At what point in that pinning combination do you think Braeden Scoles determined that the ref was never gonna call the pinfall, may as well get the tech?

The tarheel on back of the two piece is so the ref knows when to call the pin, when the tarheel is flat/you can no longer see it then its a pin.  He was pinned!  Now regarding the "pinfall" there's no such thing.  Check with The Webster - you are going all Wkn on us here.  

[TexRef]

1 hour ago, ILLINIWrestlingBlog said:

 

There's a split of authority on that question. You think they're "pretty cool" while Jackie Brower thinks they're trash. I think they're both. First of all, they aren't baggy like the sleepover pajama party outfits the Maryland Terps wore a couple of years ago. So, they've got that going for them, but that's a low bar. 

They actually look like credible wrestling outfits. They've got that going for them as well.

But that giant Tar Heel thing on the back looks too '70s California groovy. That ruined it for me. Why would you have a giant hang ten barefoot on your back with actual tar on the heel? The barefoot look reminded me of Lil Abner, and that's not an impression that North Carolina should want to make. 

On to the next issue: Was that a Webster takedown? If the rule states that it's not, then the rule should be changed. 

Finally, JOMBO™ almost fell out of his chair when the ref called Danny Pucino for stalling. That's like calling George Washington a liar. 

It has nothing to do with Cali groovy, it is a history thing with the state of North Carolina. 

The "experts" told us the 2 piece uniform would propel our sport into the mainstream. I am waiting....

When the Harvey Twisters get a 2 piece, I will get on board with it as a whole.