joey blaze

[GimJustafan]

 

[wrestlingfan22]

NCAA Finalist at 165 this year

[BloodRound]

Not gonna lie, seeing that match over Kasak alone made the quarterfinal rounds well worth attending.

[Truzzcat]

I think he will be even better at 165 he looked awesome at trials, and he is still so young that he should continue developing. My only concern would be his quality of training partners at Purdue.

[TNwrestling]

26 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

I think he will be even better at 165 he looked awesome at trials, and he is still so young that he should continue developing. My only concern would be his quality of training partners at Purdue.

his quality of training partners helped take him from a 17-12 record and 0-2 at the ncaa tourney his freshman year to 24-6 record and ncaa runner up finish his soph year.  

[wrestlingfan22]

1 hour ago, TNwrestling said:

his quality of training partners helped take him from a 17-12 record and 0-2 at the ncaa tourney his freshman year to 24-6 record and ncaa runner up finish his soph year.  

And followed that up by placing 3rd at WTT up at 74kg. Beating Quincy Monday and outplacing NCAA Finalist Caliendo and AA's Hall, Barraclough and Scott. And probably more I am forgetting

[Hammerlock3]

Is flo so stupid that they are calling a kid overrated who was in the ncaa finals....

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

1 minute ago, Hammerlock3 said:

Is flo so stupid that they are calling a kid overrated who was in the ncaa finals....

underrated?

[JimmyCinnabon]

2 minutes ago, Hammerlock3 said:

Is flo so stupid that they are calling a kid overrated who was in the ncaa finals....

I think you zigged when you should have zagged.

[Hammerlock3]

Just now, JimmyCinnabon said:

I think you zigged when you should have zagged.

i didn't think much before posting so I'm sure you're correct but still don't catch your meaning.

[JimmyCinnabon]

9 minutes ago, Hammerlock3 said:

i didn't think much before posting so I'm sure you're correct but still don't catch your meaning.

I think you confused overrated with underrated. The caption on the video says, "most underrated college wrestler."

[Hammerlock3]

12 minutes ago, JimmyCinnabon said:

I think you confused overrated with underrated. The caption on the video says, "most underrated college wrestler."

thanks! yeah that was just a typo

 

Edited May 28 by Hammerlock3

[Hammerlock3]

[BruceyB]

1 hour ago, Hammerlock3 said:

Is flo so stupid that they are calling a kid underrated who was in the ncaa finals....

Before his performance at trials, I definitely underrated him. I figured he was likely a 5th-7th type guy next year and thought his finals appearance was due to an upset that was extremely unlikely to replicate itself, and the quadrant of the bracket below him falling perfectly to pave a path for Blaze to the finals.

The Cannon failed challenge debacle happens and the 5 seed goes down in OT to #12 Fish.

#20 Chumbley is able to knock off #4 Hipolito in double OT. And then he beats Fish to make the semis.

So Joey Blaze beat #25 Santiago in round one 7-0, #9 Askey in tiebreakers 2-2, upsets #1 Kasak, and beats #20 Chumbley 4-2 to make the finals. 

His performance at trials, albeit in freestyle, showed that maybe his run wasn't so much a fluke, and he might have just been improving.

[Dark Energy]

2 hours ago, Hammerlock3 said:

Is flo so stupid that they are calling a kid overrated who was in the ncaa finals....

This is the greatest foot in mouth post I’ve seen in a long time.  Thank you.  

[Hammerlock3]

6 minutes ago, Dark Energy said:

This is the greatest foot in mouth post I’ve seen in a long time.  Thank you.  

i live to give

[Hammerlock3]

10 minutes ago, BruceyB said:

Before his performance at trials, I definitely underrated him. I figured he was likely a 5th-7th type guy next year and thought his finals appearance was due to an upset that was extremely unlikely to replicate itself, and the quadrant of the bracket below him falling perfectly to pave a path for Blaze to the finals.

The Cannon failed challenge debacle happens and the 5 seed goes down in OT to #12 Fish.

#20 Chumbley is able to knock off #4 Hipolito in double OT. And then he beats Fish to make the semis.

So Joey Blaze beat #25 Santiago in round one 7-0, #9 Askey in tiebreakers 2-2, upsets #1 Kasak, and beats #20 Chumbley 4-2 to make the finals. 

His performance at trials, albeit in freestyle, showed that maybe his run wasn't so much a fluke, and he might have just been improving.

I underrated him too for sure, just got triggered by our thought leaders watching a kid make the NCAA finals and then cosplaying like it was mid february. 

[BruceyB]

5 minutes ago, Hammerlock3 said:

I underrated him too for sure, just got triggered by our thought leaders watching a kid make the NCAA finals and then cosplaying like it was mid february. 

I didn't get that from the conversation at all. I took it as "We've been sleeping on how good Joey Blaze actually is."

[Hammerlock3]

Just now, BruceyB said:

I didn't get that from the conversation at all. I took it as "We've been sleeping on how good Joey Blaze actually is."

We'd need a whole other, completely useless, topic to hash out how much Pyles and CO are insinuating their expertise. 

[HokieDave87]

7 hours ago, TNwrestling said:

his quality of training partners helped take him from a 17-12 record and 0-2 at the ncaa tourney his freshman year to 24-6 record and ncaa runner up finish his soph year.  

Lack of training partners has become a very common excuse for guys who aren't intrinsically motivated enough to reach their goals. Joey Blaze doesn't seem to have that problem

[pokemonster]

Same age as high school junior phenoms Jax Forrest and Bo Bassett! 

[BruceyB]

21 minutes ago, pokemonster said:

Same age as high school junior phenoms Jax Forrest and Bo Bassett! 

Wait.. Jax and Bo are old for their grade? Is this new? 

[Cowboy08]

23 hours ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

NCAA Finalist at 165 this year

Ladarion Lockett has entered the conversation

[JimmyCinnabon]

18 hours ago, Hammerlock3 said:

i live to give

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

15 hours ago, pokemonster said:

Same age as high school junior phenoms Jax Forrest and Bo Bassett! 

Two years younger than "freshman phenom" Josh Barr!!  

Freshman Barr is actually older than his junior teammate Levi Haines.

Barr certainly earned his last name because he is old enough to legally enter a bar as a freshman.  He is a very religious young man, so doubtful he partakes in the same libations as fellow Michagander Braeden Davis.