Iowa

[topc22blue]

Dean looked gassed at the end. He wrestled well though. Brands is hard to take down

B/c he “wrestles” going backwards.

 

[Marshal Jim Duncan]

Very painful night and this is common being a Cowboy fan. In general the 2nd half of the season we have not improved a bit and have likely got worse. This development that I have been looking for has not occurred. Plott gets beat by a true freshman and those that say he is better than last year, I would disagree strongly. Plott had the big advantage on the mat but in overtime he keeps pushing forward when he has no offense and surprise, he gives up his leg again. He should have been careful and get to the ride out. Surber got beat bad and Merrill is better but he is redshirting. Hendrickson was the star again. Hendrickson is the star of the team. By the way Ferrari is not a punk and he earned the win. Did our coaches not prepare Plott for Ferrari getting down on a knee because he appeared clueless. Hamiti stayed in a tie up with Brands for minutes doing nothing was he not prepared. This was a painful night at Iowa City. Nobody here should talk about how the Brands can't coach because they have beaten us 5 straight times and 6 will come next year. If our Coaches don't improve even with our great recruiting, we will keep losing against the best teams.

I agree with your points about lack of improvement over the last half of the season. And I agree Plott was disappointing. But, let’s get real about Iowa being a much better team than us. Look, they won the match, fair enough, but a sudden death loss was the difference. If Plott wins, and he easily could have , oSu wins the match 19-18.

It didn’t go that way and yes its painfully disappointing, but it also wasn’t a beat down so we should not act like it was.

 

[bwel9339]

I actually picked Surber to upset. Pretty disappointing all the way around but was surprised Luke got dominated like that. I know Buchanan is having a great year but it looks like Luke has stopped pursuing offense and is just trying to counter attack for points. He couldn’t do that tonight and couldn’t ride Buchanan. Buchanan’s offense overwhelmed him. I hope Luke can AA but he’s going to have to score more.

 

[Okie_Pat]

I would say Spratley, Jamison, Hamiti and Wyatt have all continued to improve. Hard to be critical on those guys with solid wins at Hawkeye. Fish isn't very good and neither is Young. I bet this loss stung a little for DT and he does what's needed to rebuild next year.

 

[SlickWillie2018]

I would say Spratley, Jamison, Hamiti and Wyatt have all continued to improve. Hard to be critical on those guys with solid wins at Hawkeye. Fish isn't very good and neither is Young. I bet this loss stung a little for DT and he does what's needed to rebuild next year.

I think there’s a nonzero chance that last year’s Jamison either ekes out a decision or even loses with the way he ended last year. Last year’s Spratley probably doesn’t get the MD. Let down by some of the results, but I think this roster with last year’s staff (or some version of it) takes a worse loss with a worse showing. I think you’re right on the money that nobody is more pissed about the result than DT and the staff and wrestlers,

 

[bwel9339]

125: I was impressed with Spratley but he needed to get that TF.

133: Would there have been any difference with Hughes or Reece. I don’t think so. I’m afraid Reece might have gotten pinned.

141: We got the bonus here but Tagan needs to be more aggressive here early. If he does that, he probably could have gotten the TF.

149: I didn’t expect to give up bonus here which is positive but Parco rarely gets bonus points. Carter couldn’t get out from under Parco tonight. We’ve seen this before and it doesn’t bode well for Nationals.

157: Fish is kinda like Reece in he can be feast or famine. I do think he ended the match well and had Teemer on the ropes but he didn’t see those blast double legs coming. Teemer is a score and ride it out guy. Scoring first and being more offensive probably wins Fish that match.

165: Hope Cam isn’t hurt bad. Him getting dinged up early probably cost us the major but he had no offense. Caliendo is tough and I didn’t expect to win this one but losing by Major was when the cracks started.

174: I’m not sure why DT wanted Dean to continue riding Brands after he got to 1.5 minutes. It looked like Dean was ready to cut him but looked over and was told to ride longer. If Dean goes optional start we probably win by Major at 174.

184: Clearly Ferrari’s stance and style messed with Plott. I was surprised he gave up those singles so easy. Tough ending in SV, I thought we got robbed.

197: Really disappointed and thought Luke would perform better.

285: Really wish we had 3 more years of Wyatt…. I hope he can beat Kerk and make the finals.

 

[GableBeer]

Last year’s Spratley probably doesn’t get the MD.

Spratley teched Cruz last year 19-2. He was one takedown away from another tech, the results are pretty much the same.

 

[okokzach]

184: Clearly Ferrari’s stance and style messed with Plott. I was surprised he gave up those singles so easy. Tough ending in SV, I thought we got robbed.

On the podcast this week, Fix mentioned how Plott gives up his legs some and insinuated that could be a problem in this one. And I agree, the reset in SV was crap, but tbh Plott should've already finished the takedown before then

 

[chasepollard]

We actually beat them 64-61…