Wrestej

Redshirts are no longer a thing in college sports.

I’m always excited for a new season. Top 10 would be great. Seems like health the last few years has played a huge role. Interested in Rath and what weight he goes. Who comes out on top between Bambinelli, Heiser, and Westphal. Does Simpson take 285 from Stoner. Lots of youth

I’m done with the UFC. The promotion literally made the USA look like the movie Idiocracy to the rest of the world. And just like the movie apparently most of are citizens are too stupid to realize.

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I understand. This is why I said the higher the level the more stalling. I didn’t say push out is the answer but it will reward the wrestler who gets singles up in the air or aggressor pushing forward. Generally the wrestler going forward is the offensive person at that point. Hard fix to be certain.

Stalling is a huge problem in wrestling, even more so the higher the level. I get it, the goal is to win the match so you aren’t going to put yourself in a dangerous spot. Until there is a way to be rewarded more for being offensive it is not going to change. Maybe a push out would help? Anyway I think stalling is prevalent across the board with the exception of a few a each weight.

I agree. Think maybe Endene’s height on his stat sheet might be a little off.

Rocky is 6’3”, 6’4”ish

Seeing how he is a Missouri kid, and having been very good throughout his high school career, I would think Mizzou had been in his ear for a substantial amount of time. If they this is not the case then Mizzou needs to rethink their recruiting priorities. Just my opinion.

Would he want another year? Think he is one concussion away from retirement. How long does he want to gamble with his long term health?

Sure would like to see Mr. Fuggitt come back home to Missouri.

Ya I see Stillwell at heavy. Other than him possibly Westpfahl if he can fit in somewhere

If I had to place a $5 bet on every weight and could not pick the front runner and come out with the most money. Using only mentioned wrestlers above. 125- Spratley 133- Seidel 141- Stanich 149- Gaj 157- Shapiro 165- Ruiz 174- Ruiz 184- Sinclair 197- Elam 285- Ghadiali

I don’t know for sure but I think Seidel would beat Bo for the 141 spot.

Yes it is my opinion that Travis is the better wrestler. My feeling is Conway more than likely would go 1-2 or 2 and done at ncaa. Travis 2-2. I would have also liked to see Mendoza get the call but that didn’t happen so I might as well get over it. I don’t think it will hurt Mendoza’s career and if anything help make him better. Even guys like Ben Askren and Cale Sanderson redshirted and they had pretty good careers. I think Mendoza has a ton of talent and will also have much success. I think he is the last guy to defeat Vega and when I watched that match Mendoza controlled everything that happened. I’m definitely looking forward to watching him next year.

Teague Travis is and was definitely the better option than Conway for Mizzou. You don’t have to look to hard to find on these forums that majority of Mizzou fans thought there be other moves made to the line-up as well.

I agree time for new blood at the top. I think most misunderstand my post, probably because I don’t do a good job of conveying my thoughts. Do I want to see the best guy wrestle, of course, but for many years I let decisions or outcomes that I have no control over effect me waayyyy to much. Like ruin my day or week. So I try and see things a little different than normal. Do I think Mendoza should have started the year, yes. Unfortunately, grew and the trigger to go up was not pulled fast enough. I think Seth is vastly superior to Edmond. I also think he could have AAed this year. I think it would have been unfair to Mendoza to just throw him in at the end of the year. Meaning I don’t think he would have maximized his potential because of decisions made from Smith thru the year. Since none of us can change those I try and think next year he will be even more of a hammer. Does all of this suck, yep, but I’m trying not to let it feel like I’m eating a big sh!t sandwich.

I’m as frustrated by Edmond as every other Mizzou fan but not as if we were pushing for a team trophy. Mendoza will be better served by starting next year.

Ok. Big 12 put the Merrill vs Elam match on YouTube so I just watched. I didn’t really think either guy was ever trying to stall but I can see where both guys could have been dinged. As far as Elam hand on Merrill’s throat he should have moved it but there was no choking whatsoever, it’s pretty easy to tell when a guy is getting choked and he was not. Elam did take all of the shots in the match except one counter shot from the state line. Of course, almost 2 periods were spent on the ground. Speaking of on the ground I was surprised at Merrill’s ability to keep him down but at the same time he never broke Elam down to his belly or really tried too by what I saw. Elam did break Merrill down a couple of times but not until he had erased the riding time. Two guys battling. Merrill better come up with a way to attack Elam or next match might not be as close. For a freshman impressive. Just an outsiders opinion.

Yes I know Askren can be biased with matches but normally he will say it before he even talks about them. But when breaking matches down he is pretty good and normally doesn’t pull punches. That probably a bad analogy, especially his his punch throwing abilities are limited at best. Anyway like I said he usually is pretty straight with what he sees. This is why it was so comical to me because when I got home I start looking to see how the dual went and the matches and the opinions for Ben and the on here were polar opposite. Crazy. I’m sure Flo or Big12 will post some matches and I’ll be able to watch myself. Just goes to show your trusted sources aren’t always going to jive.

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I told you I would let you know if Ben responded. Well he did and I let you know.

I haven’t seen it so I don’t really have an opinion. I just thought it funny how differently the match was taken from different sets of eyes. No dog in the fight here, just amused.

Who is us. I’m not messing with anyone. I am just saying that people have differing opinions. I hope all of us here are human with human tendencies. You apparently fell in to one of those tendencies when you just assume he saw something differently because he must be biased. I don’t think it correct to state the reason an individual responds or analyzes events a certain way because they are impartial unless you have proof. Otherwise that is called speculation. If you have your own opinion, great. You should not invalidate somebody else’s opinion because of speculation. Basically what I am saying is he is just as much allowed to his opinion as you are yours. Although I do find it comical on how different these opinions happen to be. Which is the only reason I said anything at all. They were completely opposite.