Wrestling and college wrestling thread

Great Mark Hall interview by Kyle Bauer. Hard not to like him.

https://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/21-questions-with-ncaa-champ-mark-hall

Ranking the highlights:


6. He does not like Austin DeSanto, Jason Tsirtsis, or Tom Ryan. He hates watching Dean Heil wrestle. He hates wrestling Zain Retherford at practice and everyone else does too because he's always 100%.

5. When he wrestled in 7th grade fans in the stands would talk shit about how he was actually 15-16 years old. His mom would identify herself and tell them he's 13. They didn't believe she was his mother because she's white. She carried around his birth certificate in her purse, showed them, and made them move out of her section of the bleachers.

4. When he was in 5th or 6th grade he got pinned by an extremely short kid at a wrestling camp. When he got home, his Dad put pictures of midgets all over the walls.

3. What question should KB ask Spencer Lee if he interviews him? "Ask him if he would rather have Pokémon be real-life or end world hunger."

2. Hall cuts the most weight on the team. Before 2017 Junior Nationals (almost 2 years ago) he had to cut from 184 pounds to make 163. (ed note: I've said for a while this is Hall's last season at 174. It would not surprise me at all if he took an Olympic redshirt next year.)

1. When Nolf wins any game at home, he neatly places a spare pair of ankle bands (that he keeps with him at all times) on the ground, taps them, and raises his hand in victory like he does after his matches.

 

PSU guys who are very confident Zain is Team USA's best option at 65kg next year--your opinions will soon be put to the test.

Sounds like Zain gets Naashin Kuular of Russia in the opening round tonight, then akhmed chakaev (also of Russia) in the 2nd round.

If he wins that, he will be in the finals, and stake his claim as not only a contender for the world team spot, but for a world medal.

65kg is going to be an insane competition this year....

1. Jordan Oliver
2. Zain
3. Yianni D
4. Stieber
5. Frank Molinaro
6. Joey McKenna
7. Jaydin Eierman

I don't think anyone would be shocked to see any one of those guys in the finals (although Eierman may be a long shot).

 

Molinaro is focused right now, he left his coaching spot at VT to train. I had missed that news and didn’t realize till he wasn’t at our first home dual.

 

None of us are very confident in Zain yet.

 

#13 Pitt @ #12 VT tonight. Sounds like it should be a real good dual. Looking forward to seeing some action in person, been a month and a half since the last home dual.

 

well that's not gonna end well for him

 

Zain ended up facing Rashidov (61kg world silver past two years, yarguin champ last year) and lost on a TD with :06 to go. Was leading the whole way, tough loss. Chakaev took out Rashidov 3-2 in semis so Zain is out, tough tournament.

 

Going to blow this up and make it into a sign for Pittsburgh NCAAs

 

I have to ask. What based on their match last week gives you the idea that Berger can defeat Nolf?

 

Not a thing, but I gotta support my guy. Nolf will probably get a major now that Berger tweeted that.

 

Berger can always try and injure Nolf again.

 

I think we can safely say that Stevan Micic is good at wrestling

 

this is a brutal display

 

Micic is really, really good. He's actually a medal contender at 57kg for Serbia.

 

Very clear favorite has emerged at 33

 

No doubt, still going to be an amazing weight at the tournament

 

McKenna-Yianni is gonna be amazing

 

Joey McKenna--also good at wrestling.

 

Was counting on 4 here, 5 will make up for the Pletcher result.

 

Storr seems to be a tad over rated

 

grats fellow eyes of bucks

 

OSU needs this one if they want the dual, or they'll have to bonus elsewhere.

Think we'll need falls at 84 and 97.

 

Seen less than that called hands to the face

 

pathetic

 

#14 Korbin Myers dec #2 Micky Phillippi (Pitt)

Ugly Match with a review in each period. Korbin got a reversal late in the 3rd for the upset.

 

What on Earth is going on with this weight class.

 

only amazing things

 

Prediction: I take Daton Fix in my fantasy draft this year.
Another prediction: I win again.

 

Micic...holy shit.

 

McKenna was equally impressive.

Why does Romero seem hesitant to take shots?

 

calling that hands to the face after Pantaleo is fucking bullshit, Pantaleo was significantly more blatant

 

Pantaleo is fucking jacked. Looks much bigger than 157.

 

Hesitation caught Romero again and Massa got the takedown.

 

Feel free to bash me. I am still learning the sport.

 

Happy with that Romero performance, need to keep 74 to 3 as well and may have a chance without a Singletary win

 

Romero has really struggled this year, that was one of his better performances.

 

He was a highly ranked recruit, right? 7-5 is not a good record.

 

Fuck. Amine with two big holds on Smith's shots.

 

He's actually small for the weight. He's gone back and forth between 149 and 157 this year. I don't think he cuts much at all to make 57. He's short.

 

I also find humor in someone like myself- having never wrestled, drinking whiskey, and looking at my gut- critiquing these elite athletes.

Good stuff.

 

Think he was in the 20s, they can go either way. He's had injuries which kill you in wrestling, that performance was encouraging as is this by Smith

 

He looked a lot bigger than Keshawn.

 

Yeah. Smith has controlled this match thru two.

 

If this is a decision OSU will win the dual imo.

 

Have to be encouraged by that performance from Ethan Smith if you're an OSU fan.

 

Great showing by Ethan Smith. Think he actually out-wrestled Amine.

 

KeShawn was planning on wrestling 149 this year.

He also isn't cutting much weight if any.