No. 12 Rutgers Wrestling Heads to Weekend Quad at Davidson

[koleszar]

I want my $5.95 back, I’d rather unsee this.

 

[MS-RU]

Poz wins but didn’t look very good either.

Not sure what happened with some of these guys. They look sluggish and not very sharp. Not sure if they thought they could sleep walk through this but they are certainly not looking the part of a top team right now.

 

[Clearscreen25]

Poz score was 6-3. Now 18-10 RU

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

Did the team come to wrestle? WTH is going on?

This does happen every year, you know.

 

[Clearscreen25]

Bulsak up 2-0 after 1. Down to start 2

 

[MS-RU]

Bulsak breaks the streak of mediocrity and gets the fall!

 

[Bobbynieds]

Bulsak with the pin

 

[koleszar]

At least Bulsak came to wrestle

 

[Clearscreen25]

Reversal and gets the pin!! Man is he a beast on top

 

[bigmatt718]

Bulsak breaks the streak of mediocrity and gets the fall!

You knew he would show out vs his old team. Way to lock up the team W, Greg!!

 

[bigmatt718]

At least Bulsak came to wrestle

If he didn't come to wrestle vs his old team, I wouldve been extremely concerned.

 

[koleszar]

Big match for Boone here if I’m correct. Puts him right into the conversation for NCAA qualifier

 

[Leonard23]

Goodale really, really screwed up by not getting SOMEONE in the portal for 165. He knew this weight was a weakness well before the season started.

I'm not sure why people keep preaching this. No one screwed up. There wasn't anyone in the portal we could get and we've had some bad luck and misses in recruiting. Glasgow was a risk just like JoJo (different weights but similar risks, just look at what top schools pushed for either to commit or offered real $ and that should tell you something.) Unfortunately, recruiting hasn't gotten any easier, despite having 2 recent national champs, multiple AAs each year, 1 of the best practice facilities, and 1 of the best home arenas and match environments with top 5 attendance. Go talk to parents at some of the top clubs in NJ, like Buxton, Apex or Edge, and see where the coaches and then the parents are steering kids, even parents that are Rutgers alums.

Not to derail this thread, but who was the 165 in the portal that we had a chance at?

I posted this in August...
165 was the worst weight in the transfer Portal. Think there were about 9 165lbs in the portal(4 from Campbell..lol). I would say none were an upgrade or at best a slight upgrade than what we have. And we were not going to offer any of them $$$ to come. Of course I am not counting Evan Wick who was Penn State or Cal Poly, no one else had a chance with him.

This. Wick and Griffith weren't coming and there wasn't anyone else.

I don’t know who could have been realistic but Campbell University had 3 transfers out at 165 including the kid that just beat Clark. We got put behind the 8-ball with Glasgow flopping, Stanford keeping Griffith, and O’Neil getting a little too big. You also have to remember a couple years ago MVB was 157 and Kannaird was flirting with being a 165. I don’t think Goodale has ignored the weight class, I just think a large number of 165 projected starters ended up elsewhere

This too

 

[ScottRU93]

Who did Poz wrestle?

 

[Clearscreen25]

Boone leads I think 6-0 after 1, takedown and tilt.

 

[MS-RU]

Who did Poz wrestle?

some kid with a 2-6 lifetime record against D1 opponents who is probably near the bottom of any rankings for the weight.

it was a very uninspiring performance to say the least to win 6-3.

 

[bigmatt718]

Boone leads I think 6-0 after 1, takedown and tilt.

Boone is a stud. Gonna be an instant fan favorite.

 

[Clearscreen25]

Boone with a reversal and I think it is 8-0 end of 2

 

[Clearscreen25]

Boone wins 8-0 I believe. clarion wrestler did not take a shot once lol.

RU wins the dual.

looks like some bonus matches as well

 

[bigmatt718]

Do we wrestle Chattanooga or Davidson next?

 

[MS-RU]

Who is wrestling now in this extra? Can’t really tell.

 

[Harleyr1]

Kids going to now stall to the win. Kannaird needs to get his head out of his ass with being upper body thrown. 3 fvcking matches for him now.

 

[Clearscreen25]

Who is wrestling now in this extra? Can’t really tell.

I think messina but I wish they’d have a graphic or something

 

[Harleyr1]

Maybe put the bottle down for awhile ....

 

[Bobbynieds]

RU Twitter is slow as well

 

[MS-RU]

I think messina but I wish they’d have a graphic or something

That doesn’t look like Messina. The wrestler has blonde hair. I’m guessing Britton.

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

Go talk to parents at some of the top clubs in NJ, like Buxton, Apex or Edge, and see where the coaches and then the parents are steering kids, even parents that are Rutgers alums.

What do the parents say is their reasoning?

 

[MS-RU]

Do we wrestle Chattanooga or Davidson next?

Davidson as per the schedule

 

[Clearscreen25]

That doesn’t look like Messina. The wrestler has blonde hair. I’m guessing Britton.

Lol that’s true

 

[Bobbynieds]

another extra match

 

[Clearscreen25]

Ru wrestler (Britton?) wins first bonus match by decision. No idea of score.

 

[ScottRU93]

Troubling losses by Turley and Kanniard. 165 is what it is. Maybe Angelo can bump up and win the spot. He wrestles more like a 165 anyway. Turley has to be hurt. Low conditioning and Losing 12-6 to a nobody. Something is up there.

 

[Bobbynieds]

Assuming this is Cetta wrestling now..he is down 2 takedowns

 

[MS-RU]

Im guessing this is DeSantis in this bonus match now

 

[MS-RU]

Assuming this is Cetta wrestling now..he is down 2 takedowns

Cetta has darker hair for sure

 

[CollegeFBfan]

What do the parents say is their reasoning?

I hear Knox and McGowan already thinking UPenn. McGowan because of Ivy and Burroughs I’ve heard. A Perentin looking Princeton. The Ivys say they’re academic first but it’s BS. They find loopholes to break their own rules lower standards significantly for athletes and use Ivy label as recruiting tool. Now NIL going to swing it even further in their favor.

In NJ, most elite kids on path the Delbarton/Blair looking to cash wrestling in on Ivy education they would have no shot at otherwise. That’s why I’ve felt for while we need to build stronger pipeline into PA. The profile of kids there is more blue collar and hence more favorable to state university.

 

[MS-RU]

They still haven’t even tweeted the score of the Boone match and we are almost done with 2 matches after that. The whole program is off today.

 

[Bobbynieds]

And to top it off, Matt Millen is calling the football game

 

[Clearscreen25]

RU loses that bonus match and the Clation meet is done.
RU won the meet but still not sure of final score. I think it was 28-10 assuming Boone got the MD.

 

[Bobbynieds]

Boone looked dominant....very good sign against a former NCAA Qualifier