Super gritty, super fun to watch! What a great dual. UNI really needed Downey to pull out that win. I think if he wins that match with all the momentum they had going they would have found a way to win that dual.
Well I don't know if these celebrations are good or not but they are definitely fun to watch. I hope some starts a thread where we get to see all the good celebrations.
You are correct, I shouldn't have phrased my point like that. Caleb smith is good but Lilledahl hasn't beating any of the top guys to make me think he can win a championship yet.
I'm not saying smith is not good just that he's overrated. I also suspect Ramos might have had something going on last year. How often does a wrestler go from runner up to dnp without being injured?
I think caliendo has an outside shot of beating messenbrink. He had multiple takedowns against him last year, he just melted under messenbrink's crazy pace. I think caliendo will be better prepared this year.
125 is not as wide open as people tend to think. Ramos hasn't given up a takedown and was leading NCAAs in tech falls going into this weekend. Not sure if he still is. I'm not sold on Lilledahl yet. He hasn't beaten anyone good. Caleb smith is overrated.
If crookham is out for the year, 133 is wide open.
I don't understand why people are complaining about Iowa and Ohio State coaching. Those are the only two teams to win a title outside of Penn State in over a decade. They consistently put out competitive teams every year. We should be complaining about Michigan State and Wisconsin coaching. These are big ten schools with big ten budgets and they can't seem to coach a single competitive wrestler.
That would be starting at 118 I believe. Very salty indeed though. They combined for 5 NCAA titles. I think Davino, Bouzakis Mendez could match or even top that. Davino would probably have to find a way to make 125 for it to be possible.
There were signs that Spencer was vulnerable. As much as I would like to see Hendricksons blitzkrieg work on Gable I just don't see any vulnerability from Gable.
Maybe Andrew Howe, didn't he win a title for Wisconsin? I believe he is currently an assistant with northwestern so he has some experience.
Tyler graff could also be an option.
Ben Askren is the obvious choice and Wisconsin needs to find a way to make that happen.
Bouzakis is a contender. Will be interesting to see what weights Davino, Bouzakis and Mendez are at next year. If one of Davino or bouzakis could go 125 that might end up being the best 1,2,3 punch of all time
It is a concerning issue, billions of dollars are being spent on all the big data centers to store our data. They already use our data to influence elections, who knows what else they are using our data for. I got a feeling everyone is gonna be pissed about all the data collection in the future.