Coby Merrill

[lurker]

Kid is so dominant.

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Great point.

[okokzach]

big and mean. Fun to watch

[stuclone]

He's going to look great after training with Yonger and Herrera during his redshirt year.

[Truzzcat]

really excited to see him against Mocco and if he wins that round 3 with Dreshaun. At the moment that series is 2-0 Dreshaun but Coby looked awesome against Bechtold.

[okokzach]

42 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

really excited to see him against Mocco and if he wins that round 3 with Dreshaun. At the moment that series is 2-0 Dreshaun but Coby looked awesome against Bechtold.

Dreshaun has lost a few pounds since last time (perhaps for football), which will help Coby if they both make the finals 

[Hilton Head Joe]

For a #2 vs #4 he really dominated. We really are going to get to see who the best Heavyweight in the country is today! The top 4 kids 1. Dreshaun. 2. Merrill 3. Mocco 4. Bechtold all here! The entire quarters bracket at heavy are all future NCAA champs or AA. The guy Dreshaun is wrestling (Hach) is not ranked? He looked invincible so far. Man I am looking forward to the quarters at this weight. Also Mocco vs Levy! 

[Hilton Head Joe]

I just walked past Merrill. He looks 25 years old. And is a man amongst boys! He is jacked man! 

Edited Wednesday at 02:48 PM by Hilton Head Joe

[Gus]

18 minutes ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

For a #2 vs #4 he really dominated. We really are going to get to see who the best Heavyweight in the country is today! The top 4 kids 1. Dreshaun. 2. Merrill 3. Mocco 4. Bechtold all here! The entire quarters bracket at heavy are all future NCAA champs or AA. The guy Dreshaun is wrestling (Hach) is not ranked? He looked invincible so far. Man I am looking forward to the quarters at this weight. Also Mocco vs Levy! 

I know that Hach has been ranked in the top 15 within the last year, not sure why he is not ranked now. Hach is a very big and athletic kid (did a full front splits after winning a state title last year lol). Excited to see him progress at SDSU.

[okokzach]

Coby outlasts Mocco to win 9-4! Mocco was impressive getting to Coby's legs and scoring (one TD and two stepouts), but his energy was completely gone with a minute left. I root for Coby but was kind of hoping to see Mocco vs Dreshaun. Oh well. Coby vs Dreshaun round 3 in the finals!

[Mr. PeanutButter]

20 minutes ago, okokzach said:

Coby outlasts Mocco to win 9-4! Mocco was impressive getting to Coby's legs and scoring (one TD and two stepouts), but his energy was completely gone with a minute left. I root for Coby but was kind of hoping to see Mocco vs Dreshaun. Oh well. Coby vs Dreshaun round 3 in the finals!

This is like the 4th time I've seen Mocco physically melt in the 2nd period in big matches. Future is still bright though

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

This is like the 4th time I've seen Mocco physically melt in the 2nd period in big matches. Future is still bright though

But does he have a foot sweep? 

[okokzach]

24 minutes ago, Mr. PeanutButter said:

This is like the 4th time I've seen Mocco physically melt in the 2nd period in big matches. Future is still bright though

Yeah same thing happened to him against Mirasola. The talent is there so Hawkeye fans should still be excited 

[Hilton Head Joe]

Mocco is the most talented by far. But he is the smallest size wise. Weight? 230? 225? He is so much better than Coby and maybe Dreshaun. He is smallish and that is the only reason he is not the Fargo champ or super 32 champ either. Coby is a specimen man. Just squeezed a gassed out Mocco on that last sequence and it looked like Mocco's eyes were about to pop out  But my gosh did Mocco make adjustments from their last match. Steve Mocco is brilliant. Iowa needs to hold on to this one. And I think Mocco is better at folkstyle!

[Hilton Head Joe]

2 hours ago, okokzach said:

Yeah same thing happened to him against Mirasola. The talent is there so Hawkeye fans should still be excited 

Folkstyle match Mocco would have majored him. Mocco is doing better on the pushouts though. Sucks being a small heavyweight especially in freestyle.

[boconnell]

8 minutes ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

Mocco is the most talented by far. But he is the smallest size wise. Weight? 230? 225? He is so much better than Coby and maybe Dreshaun. He is smallish and that is the only reason he is not the Fargo champ or super 32 champ either. Coby is a specimen man. Just squeezed a gassed out Mocco on that last sequence and it looked like Mocco's eyes were about to pop out  But my gosh did Mocco make adjustments from their last match. Steve Mocco is brilliant. Iowa needs to hold on to this one. And I think Mocco is better at folkstyle!

This is quite a story you wrote here.

[Hilton Head Joe]

22 minutes ago, boconnell said:

This is quite a story you wrote here.

Haha was my favorite match at Fargo. Was excited writing that cause this kid is gonna save Iowa! Don't think he will jump ship!

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

Don't think he will jump ship!

Like father like son.  

[MNRodent]

1 hour ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

Mocco is the most talented by far. But he is the smallest size wise. Weight? 230? 225? He is so much better than Coby and maybe Dreshaun. He is smallish and that is the only reason he is not the Fargo champ or super 32 champ either. Coby is a specimen man. Just squeezed a gassed out Mocco on that last sequence and it looked like Mocco's eyes were about to pop out  But my gosh did Mocco make adjustments from their last match. Steve Mocco is brilliant. Iowa needs to hold on to this one. And I think Mocco is better at folkstyle!

Mocco weighs more than Ross. 234 vs. 225 this weekend.

[Hilton Head Joe]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Like father like son.  

Truth. That is a fact. I hear it is the only place he wants to go though. 

Edited Thursday at 12:13 AM by Hilton Head Joe

[Hilton Head Joe]

41 minutes ago, MNRodent said:

Mocco weighs more than Ross. 234 vs. 225 this weekend.

No way. Dang how is Ross doing it!! 

[Hilton Head Joe]

42 minutes ago, MNRodent said:

Mocco weighs more than Ross. 234 vs. 225 this weekend.

I wish we could have seen that match. Have they wrestled?

[ionel]

12 minutes ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

Truth. That is a fact. I hear it is the only place he wants to go though. 

And that's the way his dad was till he wasn't correct? 

[Hilton Head Joe]

30 minutes ago, ionel said:

And that's the way his dad was till he wasn't correct? 

Yes stop. If Mocco were to flip that would hurt more than Bo. Alot more.

[wrestlingfan22]

14 hours ago, Hilton Head Joe said:

Folkstyle match Mocco would have majored him. Mocco is doing better on the pushouts though. Sucks being a small heavyweight especially in freestyle.

I don't know about that, Mocco is better at Free in my opinion. He is 5-0 against Bechtold in Free but 0-1 against him in Folk (got dominated on top/bottom in S32 Finals). We would have to see Mocco get out from Merrill to say that he wins it in Folk