Oklahoma State v. Drexel Sunday

[oberebo]

We might send new blood out on the mat on Sunday. Drexel has some good wrestlers paricularly at 174 with Mike O"Malley who was 2nd at the U23 trials this year and is 5-0 this year and ranked around #12. Nichter at 149 and Bryan McLaughlin at 184 but not as strong in their other weights from what I can see. In any event here are my predictions:
125 Mastro v. Mininno MD for Mastro and 5-0 team score. Fix will score six against whoever they put out and it might be by forfeit. 141 Hone or Young vs. Tyler Williams orDonahue with either Cowboy a MD winner, 149 Gfeller vs. Nichter and I predict Kaden in a close match, 157 Sheets vs. Parker Kropman, a toss up match but I predict Sheets will win. 165 Witlake over Evan Barczak at 165 with just under a major, 174 Possibly best match of the night in battle of two ranked wrestlers with Plott #20 taking on #12 Mickey O'Malley and if Plott wants to move up he needs victory here and my prediction is Plott in a decision. 184 Geer vs. Bryan McLaughlin and could be a major decision. Ferrari vs. Sean O'Malley with Major win for AJ. Surber back on the winning track with a tech fall at 285 over Liam Dietrich. I will predict a shutout for the cowboys.

 

[ionel]

We might send new blood out on the mat on Sunday.

So who is the new blood? There's no reason to put Hone back in over Young until Young actually gets some matches.

 

[oberebo]

So who is the new blood? There's no reason to put Hone back in over Young until Young actually gets some matches.

 

[oberebo]

Except that for the 3 or 4 weights I mentioned Drexel does not appear to be competitive. At 133 for instance there is no real reason to wrestle Fix. They have no one who is competitive with any 133 pounder with have on the team and the same would apply at 5 or 6 at other weights. They might be forced to forfeit 133 as their roster would indicate they would be pulling their entrant from 125. Their heavy weight is 0-5 for the season against less than significant competition and I believe any one of our three heavies could win handily. I was merely suggesting that John might weigh in more than one wrestler at some weights and allow some starters a chance to eat their share of Turkey and Dumplings. I am quite happy with Carter Young as our starter and do not mean to imply that he should be replaced. One match does not a season make.
Drexel in their only dual won 4 matches against Purdue and Kroppman at 157 and O'Malley at 174 both upset higher ranked wrestlers but when I posted initially I looked at how they scored in the Keystone Classic last weekend and they tied for 4th. At 125 they did not place and the two finalists were ranked honorable mention but not in the top 25 in the Flo rankings. At 133 Jaxon Maroney of Drexel placed 6th with a 3-3 record. The two finalists were ranked #9 and #22. At 141
Tyler Williams did not place and had a 1-2 record. Ferrante of Penn who was ranked HM not in the top 25 won the weight. At 157 Parker Kroppman of Drexel was 3rd with a 5-1 record and he moved to #20 at this weight. Sheets is ranked #15. At 165 Evan Barczak was 4th 3-2 record and no one at that weight was in the top 25. At 174 Michael O'Malley was 1st and he pinned all three opponents in including Incontrera who is now ranked Honorable mention. O'Malley ranked 12th and Plott ranked #20. At 184 Bryan McLaughlin was 6th with a 2-3 record and George Walton of Rider won the tournament and Walton is honorable mention at that weight. At 285 Liam Dietrich was 7th with a 1-2 record. The two highest ranked wrestlers in that tournament were both ranked #9, no one else in the top 10. However Sheets and Plott both appear to have their hands full at the dual.

 

[Harleycowboy]

Except that for the 3 or 4 weights I mentioned Drexel does not appear to be competitive. At 133 for instance there is no real reason to wrestle Fix. They have no one who is competitive with any 133 pounder with have on the team and the same would apply at 5 or 6 at other weights. They might be forced to forfeit 133 as their roster would indicate they would be pulling their entrant from 125. Their heavy weight is 0-5 for the season against less than significant competition and I believe any one of our three heavies could win handily. I was merely suggesting that John might weigh in more than one wrestler at some weights and allow some starters a chance to eat their share of Turkey and Dumplings. I am quite happy with Carter Young as our starter and do not mean to imply that he should be replaced. One match does not a season make.
Drexel in their only dual won 4 matches against Purdue and Kroppman at 157 and O'Malley at 174 both upset higher ranked wrestlers but when I posted initially I looked at how they scored in the Keystone Classic last weekend and they tied for 4th. At 125 they did not place and the two finalists were ranked honorable mention but not in the top 25 in the Flo rankings. At 133 Jaxon Maroney of Drexel placed 6th with a 3-3 record. The two finalists were ranked #9 and #22. At 141
Tyler Williams did not place and had a 1-2 record. Ferrante of Penn who was ranked HM not in the top 25 won the weight. At 157 Parker Kroppman of Drexel was 3rd with a 5-1 record and he moved to #20 at this weight. Sheets is ranked #15. At 165 Evan Barczak was 4th 3-2 record and no one at that weight was in the top 25. At 174 Michael O'Malley was 1st and he pinned all three opponents in including Incontrera who is now ranked Honorable mention. O'Malley ranked 12th and Plott ranked #20. At 184 Bryan McLaughlin was 6th with a 2-3 record and George Walton of Rider won the tournament and Walton is honorable mention at that weight. At 285 Liam Dietrich was 7th with a 1-2 record. The two highest ranked wrestlers in that tournament were both ranked #9, no one else in the top 10. However Sheets and Plott both appear to have their hands full at the dual.

Yes Oberebo that Plott versus O'Malley match is the one I am really looking forward to. I believe in the last year and a half O'Malley met Wittlake in a freestyle tournament and O'Malley nosed him out. I can't quite remember but I believe it was not this summer but the summer before. I would really like to see Dustin win this match. Since we have pulled Young out of redshirt he needs to wrestle. I think Coach Smith has told Hone that Carter is the 41 but Hone can go up and challenge for 49.

 

[Wrassler17]

Yes Oberebo that Plott versus O'Malley match is the one I am really looking forward to. I believe in the last year and a half O'Malley met Wittlake in a freestyle tournament and O'Malley nosed him out. I can't quite remember but I believe it was not this summer but the summer before. I would really like to see Dustin win this match. Since we have pulled Young out of redshirt he needs to wrestle. I think Coach Smith has told Hone that Carter is the 41 but Hone can go up and challenge for 49.

Plott faced O'Malley a couple of years ago at the Junior WTT. Was a pretty good match.

 

[Harleycowboy]

Plott faced O'Malley a couple of years ago at the Junior WTT. Was a pretty good match.

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I just watched the dual which was very impressive but not the greatest competition. Mastro won a decision but he wasn't impressive but was solid. Daton pinned before he got the tech, the kid he wrestled battled but Daton just kept scoring. Carter Young won by a major, very impressive but the competition was questionable. G won by pin with a reversal to his opponents back and then the pin. Wyatt got better and better as the match went on and he won by major. Wittlake wrestled good and won by major. Dustin wrestled higher ranked O'Malley and had a solid win. Geer opponent must have celebrated too much over the Holidays and Geer tech falled a very tired opponent. AJ won by tech also ( dominant). Surber very quick, aggressive and won by tech. Obviously we were not tested but dominated. Dustin Plott had the best win.

 

[BackHomePoke]

I know a lot has to do with the level of competition but I thought we wrestled the most aggressive than I’ve seen in years top to bottom. We were looking to score when some times it’s just a lot of pushing and waiting to counter.

 

[turfpoke]

I missed the Mastrogiovanni match. Carter got rolling and hopefully that first match was just nerves. If I recall correctly Mark Hall lost his first match. Nice pin by Gfeller, We’ll see how some of this stuff he is doing works against quality opponents. Hopefully he’s finding that fire and getting some confidence. Great to see Wyatt without the knee brace. I got interrupted during Wittlake’s match, but Travis really needs a go to top move against guys that he should be able to turn. He’ll find it. On his feet he is NC caliber. Plott looked good. Geer is fun to watch, knows what he wants to do and does it. AJ went out and dominated without any sideshow, he is just a beast. I’m excited to see how Surber progresses.

 

[oberebo]

I missed the Mastrogiovanni match. Carter got rolling and hopefully that first match was just nerves. If I recall correctly Mark Hall lost his first match. Nice pin by Gfeller, We’ll see how some of this stuff he is doing works against quality opponents. Hopefully he’s finding that fire and getting some confidence. Great to see Wyatt without the knee brace. I got interrupted during Wittlake’s match, but Travis really needs a go to top move against guys that he should be able to turn. He’ll find it. On his feet he is NC caliber. Plott looked good. Geer is fun to watch, knows what he wants to do and does it. AJ went out and dominated without any sideshow, he is just a beast. I’m excited to see how Surber progresses.

We wrestled the way we should against a team that was not top competition. If you do not like stats, you can quit reading this post now. Less than top competition should not get takedowns on us and they did not. The takedown count was OK State-45, Drexel-0. Young, Geer and Surber led the way with Geer amassing 10 takedowns himself and Young had 8 and Surber 7. AJ had five as did Witlake. We had bonus points in eight of the 10 matches, Plott had a decision as did Mastro but Plott dominated the #12 wrestler and Mastro who seems to wrestle to the level of his competition was never in trouble and had 2 takedowns. Kroppman went up from149 to wrestle Sheets and Wyatt got a major. I had predicted a shutout and that Daton would get 6 team points either with a fall or forfeit. I was surprised when they put out a wrestler at this weight but kudos to their coaches for doing so. He looked to be a small 125 pounder but he took one for his team. Drexel had one reverse for their only 2 point move but got pinned in the match by G. Drexel had 31 escapes but most of those points scored when we chose to let them. Drexel had 33 points in the match, we had 133 if you just count the points before the two falls. To sum up, we totally dominated a less than competitive team but one who did defeat Ak/Little Rock the day before.

 

[alex1fly]

You like to see that fire though, definitely, against any level of opponent. 125 - 149 was impressive and explosive. Carter really had his chain wrestling going which is what I see a lot top guys doing anymore. 157-174 was solid if dull, 184 and 197 were huge mismatches but kudos to Dakota and AJ for hustling (and LOL at AJ for getting the tech fall in the last second of the period with a flashy takedown... anyone remember Goldberg?), and I sure do like seeing our freshman heavyweight out there getting turks and takedowns like he's still a middleweight.

 

[Old Number Nine]

Great win. It was great to get mostly bonus point wins and the shutout. 45 to 0 has got to be toward the top of or best margins of victory. I do remember a score from '80 or '81 that was something like 51 to -1.