2025 NCAAs -- Day 1 Thread

[D3 for LU]

Well... I'm up past my bedtime and I gotta go to work tomorrow.

Nighty-nights, gents.

D3

[Boring]

4 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:

Kerk makes Tony Nelson look like a savant on top

Actually Tony Nelson WAS a savant on top. He had 'em all buffaloed with that ridiculous spiral ride. 

[headshuck]

[Spladle88]

31 minutes ago, Coastal said:

The insanity that Slav was stalled out yet Hoffman spent over 5 minutes with his forehead on the mat and gives up 0 stall points.

Come on, seriously Slava could have been hit two other times he wasn’t….. he literally jumped out of bounds a couple times and ran out a couple others…… he wasn’t even engaged with Stevenson a couple times just backed out as Stevenson advanced ……

i literally have never seen a match that embarrassing, I mean yeah Gable is an absolute monster but to just concede and runaway like that….. crazy….. now that was Rutgers “Boom” wrestling for you lol

[chriskbrown50]

18 minutes ago, Spladle88 said:

Come on, seriously Slava could have been hit two other times he wasn’t….. he literally jumped out of bounds a couple times and ran out a couple others…… he wasn’t even engaged with Stevenson a couple times just backed out as Stevenson advanced ……

i literally have never seen a match that embarrassing, I mean yeah Gable is an absolute monster but to just concede and runaway like that….. crazy….. now that was Rutgers “Boom” wrestling for you lol

I watched the match closely and was completely befuddled. Stevenson was getting frustrated at Slava - I wondered if Slava is nursing an injury and just took the loss.  Never seen anything like that at this level. Stevenson one time jumped out of the circle to force the ref. 

[bnwtwg]

Oy vey my approach to this Bourbon County stout is more aggressive than Slava and it's been over an hour

Edited March 21, 2025 by bnwtwg
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[BAC]

48 minutes ago, Spladle88 said:

Come on, seriously Slava could have been hit two other times he wasn’t….. he literally jumped out of bounds a couple times and ran out a couple others…… he wasn’t even engaged with Stevenson a couple times just backed out as Stevenson advanced ……

i literally have never seen a match that embarrassing, I mean yeah Gable is an absolute monster but to just concede and runaway like that….. crazy….. now that was Rutgers “Boom” wrestling for you lol

I'm all for calling stalling, but that was overkill.  By a lot.  

Yes, he was backing up, but it was pretty mild. He also got shoved out of bounds some of the times he was called for backing out.  Truth is, most refs would've only called him once during this whole sequence, which honestly wasn't that unusual for a heavyweight match where one guy is more powerful than the other.  A good ref would've dinged him at twice, *maybe* a third time.  But this guy? He dinged him 3 times in the first 40 seconds, and then twice more over the next 1:30. 

There's a reason the crowd was booing.  It felt like the ref took the match away from us.  

[Spladle88]

You’re deluding yourself….. Slava could have been stalled out earlier, the ref was being kind……

[lisa morales]

Bartlett looks like Ferrari's little brother.  

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

Did things get contentious after the match with Shapiro vs CMU?  If so, what happened?  I was watching another mat and CMU looked a bit perturbed.

[Spladle88]

56 minutes ago, Coastal said:

My comment wasn't defending Slava but the randomness that stalling is called.   I forget what match it was but one wrestler had like 5-6 shots to none, backs other wrestler to the edge, other wrestler circles back in so wrestler's back is on the line, wrestler takes one step back and is hit.    

Hoffman's head was on the mat for 5 minutes.  Either he needed hit or Kerk did.   Refs are only calling stalling on the edge and personally I think it's kind of gutless.

Sure, stall calling can be frustratingly random but the optics of a guy flat out running right to the edge and beyond without having any contact with the opposing wrestler is terrible.........it WILL get called every time, I've never seen anything like it.........he literally speed walked backwards to the edge and as soon Gable made any move towards engaging he backed out of the circle and a few times waaaaay out of the circle......the time Gable jumped backwards on the edge so Slava couldnt back pedal anymore and force Slava to wrestle was something I hope to never see again in a NCAA match......terrible optics for the sport at it's biggest tournament.....Slava basically forced the ref to stall him out.......if there was a turnbuckle Slava may have started eating it.........

All this said I am not a Stevenson fan by any means, but that match was a travesty........were all the Rutgers coaches yelling "Boom" after the match?

Edited March 21, 2025 by Spladle88

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

8 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Stout v Stout. So wrong. This should be a final

It'll be my final tomorrow as I'm wrapping up the St. Patrick's Week festivities.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

8 hours ago, Gus said:

Kueter has improved a ton this year. I hope he sticks with wrestling full Tim. He could be special. 

It is crazy.  People were very high on Feldman coming into the year.   It seems like Feldman may never be able to beat Kueter (of course he can, but its a bad trend currently), but Feldman has shown the ability to keep it at least a little respectable with the Big 3.  Kueter gets absolutely ragdolled by those  guys.

Matchups, and in this case, horsepower.

Edited March 21, 2025 by Interviewed_at_Weehawken

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

8 hours ago, pawrestler said:

PSU going 20-0 on Day 1 is filthy

I expect more of this type of stuff over the next few years.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

8 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

I'm not saying this as an Illini fan [i am partially] but as a heavyweight who is pounding the sand saying a 285 cultural change has happened. Cohlton Schultz is literally everything I hate about stereotype heavyweight wrestling. He needs to clean up his diet and act like he gives two hoots about being a successful senior athlete. I hope Gable doesn't get caught under his titties and takes him to the woodshed.

Gable is a supreme athlete and gets after it when he wants.  His belly has not gotten smaller since the Olympics. When Daniel Cormier (of all people) says he'd like Gable to lose 30+ lbs if he gets into MMA, it might be time for Lean Cuisine and a peloton.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

8 hours ago, D3 for LU said:

AND Owen Trephan wins 8-3 over Maryland's Seth Nevills and joins Sheldon and Michael in the QF.

Along with Malyke and Logan in the consis... LEHIGH doing Okay (thankyewverymuchguys!)

D3

I'm happy for Trepham.  He was very popular with his teammates at NC State.

[enterdisplayname]

12 hours ago, NormMacDonald said:

Tom wasted a brick just to yell at the refs for something that happened 10 minutes before

the irony is toms challenge earlier in the match cost cannon that match. 

[enterdisplayname]

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Edited March 21, 2025 by enterdisplayname

[Konquest]

2 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Gable is a supreme athlete and gets after it when he wants.  His belly has not gotten smaller since the Olympics. When Daniel Cormier (of all people) says he'd like Gable to lose 30+ lbs if he gets into MMA, it might be time for Lean Cuisine and a peloton.

Go to his instagram and you'll see he (Steveson) has slimmed down quite a bit 

[Xmas32]

3 hours ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said:

Did things get contentious after the match with Shapiro vs CMU?  If so, what happened?  I was watching another mat and CMU looked a bit perturbed.

A little bit. Lovett and Shapiro were pretty physical with each other during the match and I think Lovett popped Shapiro in the chops a couple times (Shapiro was bleeding from his mouth at the end). It looks like the two exchanged a couple of words and things were a bit chippy but I didn't see anything egregious by either guy. Just a really physical match.

Edited March 21, 2025 by Xmas32

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

2 hours ago, Coastal said:

It was bad but hell the man announcing for matcast once spent over 5 minutes of a match with a foot out of bounds in the finals.

Stevenson turned it into a sumo match.   He wasn't trying to score but bullied Slav with vastly superior strength.

I remember that match! I also remember the gentleman who won a bronze in Paris diving for the gym floor when he was dead to rights on a takedown.

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

5 minutes ago, Konquest said:

Go to his instagram and you'll see he (Steveson) has slimmed down quite a bit 

Since the Big 10 final two weeks back? Because there was quite a noticeable spare tire visible during his dismantling of kerk.

[ChickenWing]

4 hours ago, lisa morales said:

Bartlett looks like Ferrari's little brother.  

Bartlett could be related to Freddie Mercury.

[Gene Mills Fan]

30 minutes ago, ChickenWing said:

Bartlett could be related to Freddie Mercury.

Barlett must play golf, he try's to win by scoring the leastest!

Edited March 21, 2025 by Gene Mills Fan

[headshuck]

Since the Big 10 final two weeks back? Because there was quite a noticeable spare tire visible during his dismantling of kerk.

He had to bulk up for his NFL tryouts.