World Team Trials

[D3 for LU]

Thomas' offense in neutral.

BUT he gets on board w/ a TD

D3

[D3 for LU]

Hilger tacks on 2 more, 8-2

D3

[nhs67]

2 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

But it wasn't feet to back. It was a crackdown position?

No, Barr came off his knees (to his feet), I thought?  It was all very quick, and as you and @okokzach have said - all the more reason to call a challenge.

Edited 8 hours ago by nhs67

[D3 for LU]

NOW 10-2...

D3

[D3 for LU]

2 TD for Thomas... but it's Hilger going to Final X w a 10-4 score.

D3

[D3 for LU]

It's OVAH!

D3

[BruceyB]

4 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

No, Barr came off his knees (to his feet), I thought?  It was all very quick, and as you and @okokzach have said - all the more reason to call a challenge.

I just went back and rewatched, you are right. Barr got off his butt and to his feet in a low squat when he pulled Sinclair through. It was a correctly called very close four. I didn't see it in real time, but maybe the tiger style corner did.

Edited 8 hours ago by BruceyB

[happyvalet]

5 minutes ago, MJD said:

Physical prime is around 26 - 27.

Edit: that's when it ends...downhill after that

read what I said. Carter is not in his freestyle prime. He's been focused on freestyle for 8 weeks. 

[nhs67]

1 minute ago, BruceyB said:

I just went back and rewatched, you are right. Barr got off his but and two his feet in a low squat when you through Sinclair through. It was a correctly called very close four. I didn't see it in real time, but maybe the tiger style corner did.

Put your cape on, bud.  Just saved me having to go back, Hero.

[MNRodent]

Gopher Wrestling Club...Best Hwt room in the country.  And the big guy didn't even wrestle.

[okokzach]

2 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

I just went back and rewatched, you are right. Barr got off his butt and to his feet in a low squat when he pulled Sinclair through. It was a correctly called very close four. I didn't see it in real time, but maybe the tiger style corner did.

Thanks for doing that!

[okokzach]

Just now, MNRodent said:

Gopher Wrestling Club...Best Hwt room in the country.  And the big guy didn't even wrestle.

Hillger can give Wyatt a run for his money. He's crafty 

[nhs67]

1 minute ago, okokzach said:

Thanks for doing that!

@BruceyB

Yeah I think what reinforces the 4 is that Barr was never on his butt.  He was on his feet defending that takedown the entire time.

[nhs67]

1 minute ago, okokzach said:

Hillger can give Wyatt a run for his money. He's crafty 

He can match tthe athleticism, for sure.

I am far more interested in this match rather than Big Meech.  Just not a good matchup for him.

[MJD]

6 minutes ago, happyvalet said:

read what I said. Carter is not in his freestyle prime. He's been focused on freestyle for 8 weeks. 

I hear you, but you said he hits freestyle prime in a few years...and by that time physical prime is over.

[MNRodent]

[cowcards]

1 hour ago, BruceyB said:

I'm not as familiar with how that position is called in FS. Do they typically call it the same as folk?

If you have a chest lock it isn't a TD. I thought they called the match pretty spot on. Dake ran a lot at the end and got the caution for it. The TD was close, but not quite there. 

[Caveira]

1 hour ago, happyvalet said:

Carter is not in his freestyle prime yet. Give him a couple years and watch

Snyder won his first world title at 19.   

Cejudo at 21

terry and tom brands 24 

John smith was 22 

big Bruce baumgartner was 22

Snyder was 20

steveson was 21 

Kolat was 24   

Aaron brooks was 24 
 

Carter starocci is 24.    How are you seriously playing the he isn’t on his prime nonsense   Psu fans wanted him on the Mount Rushmore of best ever.

 

 

[Caveira]

1 hour ago, happyvalet said:

He just took one of the goats to the brink and was a second away from winning. If he stays focused on freestyle through 2028, he's going to be a monster

Kyle dake is a goat yes.  But he’s 34 years old too.   

[BruceyB]

20 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Snyder won his first world title at 19.   

Cejudo at 21

terry and tom brands 24 

John smith was 22 

big Bruce baumgartner was 22

Snyder was 20

steveson was 21 

Kolat was 24   

Aaron brooks was 24 
 

Carter starocci is 24.    How are you seriously playing the he isn’t on his prime nonsense   Psu fans wanted him on the Mount Rushmore of best ever.

 

 

David Taylor was 27 when he got on his first team and won his first title. Kyle Dake was 27 when he made his first team and won his first world title. Who you have to beat to get on the team matters. Now you can argue that Dake and Taylor couldn't beat a prime Burroughs at his ideal weight class while Starocci failed to beat a 34 year old Dake who is wrestling up 24 pound from where he competed last year.

[boconnell]

39 minutes ago, cowcards said:

If you have a chest lock it isn't a TD. I thought they called the match pretty spot on. Dake ran a lot at the end and got the caution for it. The TD was close, but not quite there. 

Locking your hands around the chest doesn't automatically stop a TD. 

[happyvalet]

1 hour ago, Caveira said:

Snyder won his first world title at 19.   

Cejudo at 21

Aaron brooks was 24 
 

Carter starocci is 24.    How are you seriously playing the he isn’t on his prime nonsense   Psu fans wanted him on the Mount Rushmore of best ever.

 

 

AB hasn't won a world title yet and he also hasn't hit his freestyle peak. Guys peak at different times.

[Caveira]

10 minutes ago, happyvalet said:

AB hasn't won a world title yet and he also hasn't hit his freestyle peak. Guys peak at different times.

He made a world / oly team. Compare that to the cstar. 

[MJD]

10 minutes ago, happyvalet said:

AB hasn't won a world title yet and he also hasn't hit his freestyle peak. Guys peak at different times.

Sure but not many are winning gold after 25. Who was the oldest in USA in modern times? Maybe GOAT Bruce Baumgartner who won his second gold at, what 31 in 1992?

[Coastal]

Final X is going to be great to be a HWC fan.  They only have to watch one weight and can go on about the rest of their day.   Poor Ok State and NLWC fans are going to pay attention to a bunch of weights and spend hours watching.

 

Final X wrestlers with college eligibility  Jax Forrest  4 years Oklahoma State, Lillidahl 3 years, Duke 4 years, Mess 2 years, Haines 1 year, Barr 3 years Penn State.