What a shitty way for it to end. Martin takes a right hook to the temple about 15 seconds in and he collapses in a heap to the mat. At least he lasted two seconds longer than Jose Aldo.
The three backups were replacing the three "worst" starters, but yeah, PSU is so far ahead of the pack right now, I don't see anyone catching them. Especially with Kaid Brock being out for the year. OKST was probably their biggest threat especially with JoJo getting his RS pulled. Now it's probably OSU, but there's so much that has to go right for OSU to beat PSU come March--Hunter has to be healthy, Snyder has to acclimate to wrestling the big guys, Myles Martin has to wrestle deep into the tourney, Courts and JDJ need to wake up and score points, Micah has to make a deep run....Just too many ifs there. Title is Sanderson's this year. OSU-Mich dual is tonight, I expect a really close match, but I give the edge to Michigan. Michigan has a pretty good squad considering they have three really good guys redshirting in Micic, Massa, and Assad.
I'm really excited for the PSU OSU dual in February. Should be a really good litmus test for where both teams are. Tomasello v Mega Dijulius v Conaway Ryan v Nolf Jordan v Sheed(?) Martin v Nickal Courts v Cutch All of those matches should provide high entertainment value. Are any of the OSU posters going/
I watched Minnesota v Maryland this morning. I couldn't believe how underwhelming Minnesota line up seems this year. They won but none of their kids seem Minnesota level. Pffar is ranked 4 th though. My only time seeing them so my take could be bad.
Courts vs Cutch is the big one. If Courts wins that match and the others hold serve, OSU wins that dual . I don't see JDJ, Ryan, or Martin winning their their matches, but a MM win over Nickal would be game changing. Kroells at HWT, Tommy Thorn at 141, and Jake Short at 149 I believe are also good, but yeah, Minnesota sucks. They are redshirting a bunch of guys that would otherwise be starting for them, so they should be better next year. Everyone else is coming back. 125: Lizak 133: Brancale 141: Thorn 149: Short/Stroker 157: Early 165: ? Krone? 174: ? Wanzek? 184: Stevenson 197: Pfarr 285: Kroells They will have ranked wrestlers at 7+ weight classes. Lizak, Stroker, Early, Stevenson are all RSing right now.
125 OSU 3 133 OSU 6-0 141 OSU 9-0 149 OSU 9-4 157 OSU 9-8 165 OSU 12-8 174 12-12 184 PSU 15-12 197 PSU 19-12 HWT -6 Final PSU 19-18
125: NaTo vs Megaludis: OSU 3 PSU 0 133: JDJ vs Conaway: OSU 3 PSU 3 141: Micah vs Gulibon/Kaid Moss: OSU 6 PSU 3 149: Stieber vs Retherford: OSU 6 PSU 6 157: Ryan vs Nolf: OSU 6 PSU 10 165: Bo Jordan vs Morelli/Rasheed: OSU 10 PSU 10 174: MyMar vs Nickal: OSU 10 PSU 13 184: Courts vs McCutcheon: OSU 13 PSU 13 197: Mark Martin vs McIntosh: OSU 13 PSU 18 285: Snyder vs ?: OSU 18 PSU 18 18-18
125: OSU 3 PSU 0 133: OSU 3 PSU 3 141: OSU 6 PSU 3 149: OSU 6 PSU 6 157: OSU 6 PSU 10 165: OSU 10 PSU 10 174: OSU 10 PSU 13 184: OSU 10 PSU 16 197: OSU 10 PSU 21 HWT: OSU 16 PSU 21 So if Courts wins I would swing it to OSU 19-18 Edit: probably more than 4 points for PSU at 97.
I got 125 - 3-0 OSU 33 - 3-3 41 - 6-3 OSU 49 - 6-6 57 - 9 - 6 lions 65 - 10-9 OSU 74 - 12-10 lions 84 - 13 - 12 bucks 97 - 18 - 13 lions Hwt - 19- 18 bucks. 84 decides it
125 should be awesome, Meg is starting to find his old self. 133 just can't see Conaway beating JDJ - he wrestled in my conference in PA 141 Hopefully Jimmy doesn't play dead here or we could give up more 149 If it's hunter I think we could get 4 here, Sanderson will definitely push for it. If it's not it will be a white wash. 157 The match I'm looking most forward to - I think Nolf crushes Ryan's kid but it's still a very interesting match up. 165 I'd go Morelli here and give 3, but then again my names not Cael Sanderson. 174 - All Nickal, All day!!! 184 - how many times have they wrestled and what's the history? 197 - Should be bonus 285 - Nobody here to answer here, depends on what the score is and who or if we send somebody
Hunter is back! Huge match here against Pantaleo. Early takedown Pantaleo quick escape 2-1 Hunter quick escape to start the 2nd, 2-2 Pantaleo 4-2 Pantaleo 4-3 to end the 2nd Pantaleo chooses down immediate escape 5-3 Match ends there, 5-3 Pantaleo Hunter never really threatened him. Match tied 6-6, does not bode well for OSU
Kresevic wrestles with Ryan out. Match is 3-2 Murphy but Murphy gets a very last second takedown to win 5-2. Still great effort from Kresevic and solid damage control at 157. 9-6 Michigan, OSU needs an upset or two falls.
Most OSU fans would not have Logan and would have a 2nd football player or coach and maybe even a 3rd without Owens or Lucas. For me, Owens is a no brainer and has to be there. People here know how big it is to be 4x NC and he led OSU to first team title Lucas led OSU to the only hoops title and 3 title game appearances (OSU has 5 total) and his rebounding records here will never be broken Everyone loves Big Kat but he isn't at that level. Had to be Woody/Tress/Urban or Archie.
He was on those loaded CD teams, Pepplemans etc. We were double A in high school and we would dispose of those schools. In the late 90's we stopped wrestling them- I know why now
I don't know why I'm still watching. No shot Martin pulls the upset and we won't be able to win at that point
I can't wait to see Snyder in this spot instead of Tavanello Think I will buy tickets to the Wisconson duel Who wants to join me?
Sadly none of the OSU fans on TMB who care about wrestling live in town Stevis is more likely to join me than any of the OSU fans who live in Columbus
You guys need to embrace this team more than you do. I'm scared to death because you guys match up so well against us.
I think for most the OSU fans if they haven't cared about wrestling to this point they aren't likely to change that. Not sure what ticket prices are (guessing $10) but my ticket rep with OSU said it was cheaper to buy their group rate of 10 tickets for $45 than for a group of 5 to buy individual tickets
Oh I just meant OSU tickets in general. I worry about you guys and wouldn't want to drive all the way to State College. Especially on a Friday, after being out of work all that time recently I can't really be taking off on a Friday