Shawver is improved. Poz is improved. 3 other starters are transfers.
March is all about matchups. With bad draws we can get 0. With good draws we can get 2, 3, 4, maybe even 5 though that’s highly unlikely.
Hey..you stole my words! But yes.
Thanks Negative Nancy. Feel free to stuff a foot up your tuckus after two awesome wins in the lighter weights.
Actually, it's delusional.
Game threads are a great time to figure out who to add to your ignore list!
While I agree, but unless some of these guys suddenly flip a switch and over perform at the B1G tournament, what kind of draws do you think they are going to receive? Its not like they have been losing to top 5 or 10 wrestlers, so they will get lower seeds which isn't great and leads to tougher match ups early on unfortunately. They will more than likely have to wrestle their way through the backside of the bracket which isn't easy or an ideal way to get on the podium.
Last year, if I remember correctly, we had a few guys in a brutal 16-17 seed matchup where the winner earns the right to get waxed by the top seed. Those that were fortunate enough to avoid that situation got matched up with other big 10 opponents, some of which they had lost to head to head.
Reminds me of the child who puts his fingers in his ears and shouts LALALALALALALALA so he doesn't have to hear something he doesn't like.
Kodiak said "what did he say?", cause you are on his ignore list.
Good report.
What’s his status looking like against Penn state?? Good chance for him to move up in ranking/seed but maybe not a good idea if his attack is hampered… actually this is kinda good/bad hearing he wasn’t 100%.. good in that once he is he will be even better.. bad in that hope he heals fast.
everyone has issues Bill... Didn't hamper him against McKee... (maybe its a Rutgers thing with him cuz Shawver has owned him in the past also) Peterson all but had the TD and didn't FINISH... McCrone did... He got the win yesterday... They will meet again whether in B1G or NCAA.... I'm not worried...
So why not give him a break now? I get wanting him in against Minnesota and Ohio St as the math had those matches as winnable but we’re not beating Penn State so give him some time to get healthier.
If Peterson is healthy enough we def want him to go… it’s a free-roll to improve seed/ranking.
No way to win this dual so yeah only send out healthy guys.. agreed, should sit poz this one.. Brooks always ends up shaking his confidence up.
Yara has aspirations to winning a national title and heavyweight is somewhat open without Gable. Kerk is the best on paper but even a loss gives Yara valuable information to be used in March
Kerk is on another tier this year.. he looked amazing at the all star match.. and just crushed Feldman.. agreed though if Yara is healthy he should go.. just don’t think he or anyone stands much chance against Kerk this year.
Very defeatist attitude. This is an individual sport. You don’t think guys want to test themselves against the best in the country? You don’t sit duals especially if you have 10 opportunities to knock off higher ranked wrestlers
Not at all..No need to risk injury if ur not 100% healthy.. don’t think u read the previous post.. I said if Peterson is healthy enough he should go… if ur healthy u should always go.. if not prolly best not to risk it.
Of course if someone is injured they shouldn’t wrestle. I watched last match and the only guy that looked hurt to me was Butler. If you’re not gonna wrestle the rest of the lineup to try to pull some upsets, I’m not sure what the hell is the point? Isn’t competition what you want if you’re a lower ranked guy? Go take someone out! Rogatske from tOSU caught a 3x AA and packed him after being down 9-2. This is what it’s all about.
No one is 100% healthy at this point in the season. My point is, each individual wrestler has an opportunity to not only make a name for themselves but also rank up.
I agree with your point but Carter Starocci has wrestled 8 matches this year. Penn St isn’t exactly the poster child for high volume
Penn State also doesn’t sit out matches when they have opportunities to wrestle a higher ranked guy. I can’t think of one example of that happening. The way you move up in rankings is beating guys ahead of you not sitting out. Penn State has 5 guys ranked 1. How do you think they got there?
I’m not doubting the talent or ranking of the Penn State guys. They don’t duck anybody, but they also don’t wrestle the volume that some other teams do. It’s not an “issue” exclusive to this year either.
And then Soldano pinned Rogatske; just thought I'd mention that. While these words are used interchangeably, I think there is a difference between hurt and injured. An injured wrestler should recover before competing again; a hurt wrestler might be able to suck it up and still compete. It becomes a judgment.
Agreed, would be a huge win if we got one or two wins..
Penn State gone away from the multiple matches tournaments and events. Penn State runs their program a little bit different from most schools. For example the don’t drill or have organized practices. They really just do situational wrestling and guys choose what they want to work on that day. They don’t prepare for duals and just kind of use them as supplemental training. The focus is all on March. That why if a kid sick or injured they will quickly pull him from duals. Honestly if it wasn’t for seeding they probably wouldn’t wrestle most duels.
That’s fine, then the team nor their fans should get pissed when other teams pull their starters. Seems to me, psu fans are saying it’s OK when they do it but others shouldn’t.
I’m saying, if RU wrestlers want a chance to move up ranking and improve seeding they should want to be out there. If the individuals are happy being ranked 10th and higher..then by all me all means….sit out.
If RU wanna move up in rankings and be out there we should schedule more of the mid-upper tier teams like we did vtech/minn/ohio st.. those were exciting matchups..
