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Re: The largest indoor crowd to ever watch a college Dual was in 2013 when 15,996 attended!
No record crowd......
No record crowd......
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GulfCoastOSU
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Normally I'd say a lot of people stayed home for the NFL games, but do people still watch that league?No record crowd......
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WRESTLING: MIDDLEWEIGHTS HAVE PLENTY OF WORK YET TO DO AS OHIO STATE MARCHES TOWARD POSTSEASON
In 52 days, the top wrestlers in the country will kick off the NCAA tournament at The Q in Cleveland. Ohio State has plans to field 10 competitors, with a goal of finishing a record-tying 10 All Americans en route to the program's second national title.
To get there, the team has plenty of work to do, as a fully-weaponized Buckeye lineup showed would-be opponents - namely, defending champion Penn State - the vulnerabilities in its star-studded armor. Over the team's last three Big Ten victories, at No. 17 Rutgers and home versus No. 14 Minnesota and No. 4 Iowa, Ohio State's ranked wrestlers dropped nine of 30 matches, including four true upsets and six from its middleweights.
Sunday versus Iowa, the night started with a stunning upset of No. 1 Nathan Tomasello by the Hawkeyes' talented true freshman, No. 6 Spencer Lee. Lee won after a dominant second period on top that gave him an effective 2-0 lead heading into the final frame. A single escape in the third sealed the 3-2 decision.
"There's always a chance to improve," Coach Ryan said after the match, referring to the four matches his team dropped to his alma mater. Ke-Shawn Hayes (149), Micah Jordan (157) and Te'Shan Campbell (165) each fell to higher-ranked foes in the dual; for Campbell, it was his third loss in as many outings.
Looking ahead, it's hard to imagine Tomasello dropping that match a second or third time, presuming the two combatants face off again at the Big Ten and/or NCAA tournament. Rutgers' own talented lighweight, No. 2 Nick Suriano, was likely licking his chops watching his would-be nemesis falter in this third match of the season.
Tomasello hasn't dropped more than one match a season since his freshman year, the year when he also won the NCAA title at 125. In each of the past two years, his loss was also to a Hawkeye, and each time in the NCAA semifinals en route to a third-place finish at 133.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...to-do-as-ohio-state-marches-toward-postseason
In 52 days, the top wrestlers in the country will kick off the NCAA tournament at The Q in Cleveland. Ohio State has plans to field 10 competitors, with a goal of finishing a record-tying 10 All Americans en route to the program's second national title.
To get there, the team has plenty of work to do, as a fully-weaponized Buckeye lineup showed would-be opponents - namely, defending champion Penn State - the vulnerabilities in its star-studded armor. Over the team's last three Big Ten victories, at No. 17 Rutgers and home versus No. 14 Minnesota and No. 4 Iowa, Ohio State's ranked wrestlers dropped nine of 30 matches, including four true upsets and six from its middleweights.
Sunday versus Iowa, the night started with a stunning upset of No. 1 Nathan Tomasello by the Hawkeyes' talented true freshman, No. 6 Spencer Lee. Lee won after a dominant second period on top that gave him an effective 2-0 lead heading into the final frame. A single escape in the third sealed the 3-2 decision.
"There's always a chance to improve," Coach Ryan said after the match, referring to the four matches his team dropped to his alma mater. Ke-Shawn Hayes (149), Micah Jordan (157) and Te'Shan Campbell (165) each fell to higher-ranked foes in the dual; for Campbell, it was his third loss in as many outings.
Looking ahead, it's hard to imagine Tomasello dropping that match a second or third time, presuming the two combatants face off again at the Big Ten and/or NCAA tournament. Rutgers' own talented lighweight, No. 2 Nick Suriano, was likely licking his chops watching his would-be nemesis falter in this third match of the season.
Tomasello hasn't dropped more than one match a season since his freshman year, the year when he also won the NCAA title at 125. In each of the past two years, his loss was also to a Hawkeye, and each time in the NCAA semifinals en route to a third-place finish at 133.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...to-do-as-ohio-state-marches-toward-postseason
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We definitely did. Iowa is always really, really tough to be in duals regardless of how much you are favored by. NaTo losing to Lee is obviously disappointing, but I am not as surprised as everyone else...Lee is one of the best HS wrestlers to ever come out and I expect he will win a couple titles. That being said, I see this like Logan Stieber losing to Retherford as a freshman...had not wrestled him before and he will be able to make adjustments to beat him when it matters. Not too concerned, although I wish he could have won his last home match. Pletcher was good but wish he attacked more on weaker opponents. McKenna rebounded nicely with a good win. Hayes actually wrestled pretty well I though, Sorensen is really tough to beat and Hayes looks like he might be able to beat him down the road. Same goes for Micah, I think he can beat Kemmerer if he stays closer heading into the 3rd. Campbell is just not wrestling the same lately...Marinelli is likely an AA this year imo and the score was close on paper, but Marinelli controlled the match. BoJo started off strong and then faded...I am starting to get concerned here...I don't see him beating either of Hall or Valencia wrestling like this, and potentially falling to some of the other top 10 guys ranked behind him. Martin looked outstanding yet again, he is so improved. Kollin looked great out there, dominated a very good wrestler. Then Snyder was just Snyder, wish he would have got Stoll though...everyone is ducking him in the regular season.
I think we learned that this team is still really good but has areas of improvement that need addressed if we are going to knock off PSU. I don't see us beating them in the dual right now...away match and the guys who need to get us bonus points mostly are not getting those points. Would love to be wrong though.
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Delaware Buck
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I'm looking ahead to that PSU match. So many story lines and potential turning points in that match. PSU being at home is a big advantage because they usually get one or two inspired performances from underdogs. Right now those might be 141 and 197. Shakur has been wrestling well as has Lee. In fact Lee is ranked above McKenna in the latest polls. Both matches are must win for OSU to have a shot a winning the dual. The other factor is how many point will PSU score 149-165. If Hayes can stay off his back he may be able to keep it to a major. Same for M. Jordan. Campbell has not given up bonus points yet but this is a tough match up for him if he's less than 100%. If we keep the sum of the damage to less than 12 points, it's a huge win.
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The No. 2 Ohio State University wrestling team puts its unblemished season mark of 10-0, 5-0 on the line twice this weekend. First, heading to East Lansing for a clash with the Spartans of Michigan State Friday (Jan. 26) at 7 p.m ET before a 1 p.m. Sunday showdown against No. 24 Purdue hosted at Graham High School in St. Paris, Ohio.
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I am not sure why they had him wrestle tougher opponents if he is injured. He does have that big leg wrap. Now he needs to beat the guys in the next two matches to protect seeding. Had they held him out he could have potentially healed and then wrestled these upcoming opponents and protected his seeding too. Not sure I understand what is happening here.[/
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Delaware Buck
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It's tough to say. He has no defense against a single leg attack right now. And as mentioned before his gas tank is in question.
Update: Campbell just got DQ'd for stalling. One of the worst performances of the year. No effort and was out of gas after the 1st period. Bucks are up 22-3 at intermission over MSU
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WRESTLING: NO. 2 OHIO STATE MANHANDLES MICHIGAN STATE, 35-12
Fans of Ohio State's coveted Pin Chain had plenty to smile about Friday night, as the Buckeyes recorded three falls and a tech in the first four matches of the night in East Lansing. After a rough pair of matches at 165 and 174, the back end of the roster got things back on track and cruised to a decisive win over an outmanned Michigan State squad.
Michigan State is not a great wrestling team. In the past two years, they've recorded just two wins over conference opponents, and gave up more than 40 points each in losses to Iowa and Penn State earlier this season.
Even with Bo Jordan and Kyle Snyder out of the lineup - the former taking the night off ahead of Sunday's match versus Purdue and the latter wrestling at the Yarygin Memorial in Russia - Ohio State was expected to win running away. Things didn't quite turn out that way, as Tom Ryan's squad dropped three matches, including one that was... interesting, to say the least.
First, the good news: Ohio State's title contenders did what they were supposed to do. The night started with a bang, as Luke Pletcher - not known as a bonus point machine by any stretch - picked up his second pin of the season, putting Nathan Ellis on his back midway through the second period.
Joey McKenna decided he'd go one better, pinning Kole Krauss just 97 seconds into the match. A tech fall from Ke-Shawn Hayes, his seventh of the year, and a pin from Micah Jordan, and the rout was on.
Hayes, along with teammate Myles Martin, are among the Top 10 in the nation in tech falls this season.
Then things got... funky.
At 165, Te'Shan Campbell came into the match on a three-match losing streak, and one might have assumed that this was the perfect match for him to reassert himself as a likely All American. It didn't happen that way.
Trailing 3-2 heading into the final period, Campbell found himself on the wrong side of several stalling warnings and penalties, some of which were... questionable. At any rate, the situation is symptomatic of Campbell's issues of late in scoring points, and as the period drew to a close, Campbell drew a final stalling penalty and a disqualification.
By that point, Tom Ryan had had enough, and wanted to challenge the final stalling call, which turned a decision worth three team points to a disqualification worth six. His pleas not only fell on deaf ears, but they earned sufficient ire from the official that the Buckeyes were docked a point for failing to "control the mat area," reminding everyone that NCAA wrestling is perhaps the only sport in existence that docks points for action that happens outside of the field of play.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-2-ohio-state-manhandles-michigan-state-35-12
Fans of Ohio State's coveted Pin Chain had plenty to smile about Friday night, as the Buckeyes recorded three falls and a tech in the first four matches of the night in East Lansing. After a rough pair of matches at 165 and 174, the back end of the roster got things back on track and cruised to a decisive win over an outmanned Michigan State squad.
Michigan State is not a great wrestling team. In the past two years, they've recorded just two wins over conference opponents, and gave up more than 40 points each in losses to Iowa and Penn State earlier this season.
Even with Bo Jordan and Kyle Snyder out of the lineup - the former taking the night off ahead of Sunday's match versus Purdue and the latter wrestling at the Yarygin Memorial in Russia - Ohio State was expected to win running away. Things didn't quite turn out that way, as Tom Ryan's squad dropped three matches, including one that was... interesting, to say the least.
First, the good news: Ohio State's title contenders did what they were supposed to do. The night started with a bang, as Luke Pletcher - not known as a bonus point machine by any stretch - picked up his second pin of the season, putting Nathan Ellis on his back midway through the second period.
Joey McKenna decided he'd go one better, pinning Kole Krauss just 97 seconds into the match. A tech fall from Ke-Shawn Hayes, his seventh of the year, and a pin from Micah Jordan, and the rout was on.
Hayes, along with teammate Myles Martin, are among the Top 10 in the nation in tech falls this season.
Then things got... funky.
At 165, Te'Shan Campbell came into the match on a three-match losing streak, and one might have assumed that this was the perfect match for him to reassert himself as a likely All American. It didn't happen that way.
Trailing 3-2 heading into the final period, Campbell found himself on the wrong side of several stalling warnings and penalties, some of which were... questionable. At any rate, the situation is symptomatic of Campbell's issues of late in scoring points, and as the period drew to a close, Campbell drew a final stalling penalty and a disqualification.
By that point, Tom Ryan had had enough, and wanted to challenge the final stalling call, which turned a decision worth three team points to a disqualification worth six. His pleas not only fell on deaf ears, but they earned sufficient ire from the official that the Buckeyes were docked a point for failing to "control the mat area," reminding everyone that NCAA wrestling is perhaps the only sport in existence that docks points for action that happens outside of the field of play.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...-2-ohio-state-manhandles-michigan-state-35-12
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Well, the article above sums it up pretty well. Really worried on Campbell though. As @OSU_D/ said, no idea why they were letting Campbell wrestle if he was injured, especially last night. We have Burcher backing him up, who is a good wrestler to be sure, and it seems pretty clear something is off with Campbell. Everyone else handled their business though, didn't expect either of Shierl or Kevin Snyder to win, but they made it close.
Moving on to Purdue, I am very excited to watch this dual. So cool they are doing it at St. Paris Graham...not just because it's my old high school, but it is really good for recruiting and Champaign County will likely pack the gym, it is a wrestling hotbed. Plus both the Jordans get to wrestle back home, that will definitely be fun to watch. Purdue has some pretty good wrestlers and should be much more entertaining that the MSU match. There are quite a few guys for Purdue that are just inside the top 20 or on the cusp. Below are the anticipated matchups and my guess on how it shakes out:
125: No. 4 Nate Tomasello vs. No. 13 Luke Welch - Tomasello by major decision (4-0 OSU)
133: No. 2 Luke Pletcher vs. Ben Thornton - Pletcher by decision (7-0 OSU)
141: No. 11 McKenna vs. Nate Limmex - McKenna by decision (10-0 OSU...Limmex is wrestling well right now)
149: No. 7 Hayes vs. Austin Nash - Hayes by technical fall (15-0 OSU)
157: No. 5 M. Jordan vs. Cole Wysocki - M. Jordan by fall (21-0 OSU)
165: No. 13 Campbell/Cody Burcher vs. Jacob Morrisey - Morrisey by decision (21-3 OSU...I hope they sit Campbell and try to let him get healthy, but Morrisey is a good wrestler, much better than the MSU guy Campbell just lost to)
174: No. 3 B. Jordan vs. No. 12 Dylan Lydy - Jordan by major decision (25-3 OSU...he will want to put on a show for his hometown, so I give him the MD)
184: No. 2 M. Martin vs. Max Lyon - Martin by technical fall (30-3 OSU)
197: No. 2 Kollin Moore vs. Christian Brunner - Moore by major decision (34-3 OSU)
Hwt: Kevin Snyder vs. No. 15 Shawn Streck - Streck by fall (34-9 OSU...I don't think Kyle is going to be back from Russia for this meet)
- I know I am saying Purdue is much better than MSU and predicting a bigger blowout, but this is assuming a full lineup minus Snyder...we were missing both Bo Jordan and Kyle Snyder against MSU. Headline matches should be at 125, 141 and 174.
Moving on to Purdue, I am very excited to watch this dual. So cool they are doing it at St. Paris Graham...not just because it's my old high school, but it is really good for recruiting and Champaign County will likely pack the gym, it is a wrestling hotbed. Plus both the Jordans get to wrestle back home, that will definitely be fun to watch. Purdue has some pretty good wrestlers and should be much more entertaining that the MSU match. There are quite a few guys for Purdue that are just inside the top 20 or on the cusp. Below are the anticipated matchups and my guess on how it shakes out:
125: No. 4 Nate Tomasello vs. No. 13 Luke Welch - Tomasello by major decision (4-0 OSU)
133: No. 2 Luke Pletcher vs. Ben Thornton - Pletcher by decision (7-0 OSU)
141: No. 11 McKenna vs. Nate Limmex - McKenna by decision (10-0 OSU...Limmex is wrestling well right now)
149: No. 7 Hayes vs. Austin Nash - Hayes by technical fall (15-0 OSU)
157: No. 5 M. Jordan vs. Cole Wysocki - M. Jordan by fall (21-0 OSU)
165: No. 13 Campbell/Cody Burcher vs. Jacob Morrisey - Morrisey by decision (21-3 OSU...I hope they sit Campbell and try to let him get healthy, but Morrisey is a good wrestler, much better than the MSU guy Campbell just lost to)
174: No. 3 B. Jordan vs. No. 12 Dylan Lydy - Jordan by major decision (25-3 OSU...he will want to put on a show for his hometown, so I give him the MD)
184: No. 2 M. Martin vs. Max Lyon - Martin by technical fall (30-3 OSU)
197: No. 2 Kollin Moore vs. Christian Brunner - Moore by major decision (34-3 OSU)
Hwt: Kevin Snyder vs. No. 15 Shawn Streck - Streck by fall (34-9 OSU...I don't think Kyle is going to be back from Russia for this meet)
- I know I am saying Purdue is much better than MSU and predicting a bigger blowout, but this is assuming a full lineup minus Snyder...we were missing both Bo Jordan and Kyle Snyder against MSU. Headline matches should be at 125, 141 and 174.
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Well, I was pretty close on the score, OSU wins 35-7. My dad was there and said the atmosphere at Graham was incredible, wish I could have been there. NaTo won by major, Pletcher didn't wrestle and Mead got majored, McKenna won 6-0, Hayes won by tech fall, Mic Jordan won by major decision, Burcher (wrestling in place of Campbell) won by pin!, Bo Jordan beat the No. 12 guy 9-5, Martin won by tech fall, Moore won by tech fall, and Kevin Snyder lost 5-2. All in all, not a bad showing at all with Pletcher and Snyder out.
As to Snyder, he won the Yarygin title, his second in a row. He is the only wrestler in US history to do that, truly incredible. Beat his Russian opponent 4-1 in the finals. David Taylor also won a Yarygin title for the US, great accomplishment for him.
As to Snyder, he won the Yarygin title, his second in a row. He is the only wrestler in US history to do that, truly incredible. Beat his Russian opponent 4-1 in the finals. David Taylor also won a Yarygin title for the US, great accomplishment for him.
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Nolf had something happen to his knee versus Rutgers today. From the little I read, from a health perspective and having all competitors at full strength this year having a dislocated knee is the best potential thing that could have happened. But some people are speculating it could also have damaged/torn a ligament which would likely end his season.
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