Rutgers begins Big Ten Conference action this weekend with back-to-back road matches at No. 24 Indiana in Bloomington and No 4 Ohio State in Columbus

[KidDagger]

133 Shawver survives 6-5

Hopefully a good wake up call…

 

[Leonard23]

Upset alert Maryland vs Michigan... MD up 15-10 after 8 bouts

That's wild considering MD lost to Columbia 18-19, as Columbia lost to Michigan 9-28, Indiana 21-23, Lock Haven 15-25 and Binghamton 16-25.

 

[wngarbarini]

Olivieri match?

 

[Leonard23]

Indiana should be close and we'll be lucky to win a match or two against OSU.

 

[njsportsphan]

Great performance by the squad.

 

[wngarbarini]

141 match Hermes or Olivieri? Score?

 

[JudgeSmails56]

Good win. Let’s see how Sunday goes.

 

[brentx35]

141 match Hermes or Olivieri? Score?

Porter beat Hermes 11-4

 

[ScarletGrapfan]

141 match Hermes or Olivieri? Score?

Hermes lost 11-4

 

[RUCrackers]

Shawver could be in some mid season funk.He will be fine.He always turns it on when it counts

 

[wngarbarini]

Well Judge was that close?

 

[biochemist01]

This woulda been a really good year to schedule Michigan

Well, that's up to the B1G.

 

[biochemist01]

Bullock is a stalling dog.Glad Yara got the revenge and the win. Nice job by Poz.He looks so small at this weight.

This is exactly what happened at Midlands. Bullock stalled the entire time, did not get hit for stalling even once, and Yara got caught trying to be aggressive and win the match at the end. Same effing thing here.

 

[SirScarlet]

This is exactly what happened at Midlands. Bullock stalled the entire time, did not get hit for stalling even once, and Yara got caught trying to be aggressive and win the match at the end. Same effing thing here.

Exactly this

 

[biochemist01]

Shawver could be in some mid season funk.He will be fine.He always turns it on when it counts

I've been wondering if Shawver is nursing something ever since they held him out of the Princeton dual.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

Nice to see RU win so many close matches on the road.

I think RU wins three matches on Sunday. Hopefully more, of course.

 

[biochemist01]

WrestleStat | Dual Compare Rutgers vs Indiana

www.wrestlestat.com

 

[biochemist01]

WrestleStat | Dual Compare Rutgers vs Ohio State

www.wrestlestat.com

 

[KidDagger]

Nice to see RU win so many close matches on the road.

I think RU wins three matches on Sunday. Hopefully more, of course.

If I’m being unbiased I think we are only going to win 2 matches on Sunday, hopefully more… w a chance of being shutout…

 

[JudgeSmails56]

Well Judge was that close?

Nope but Indiana is pretty bad.

 

[ScottRU93]

Shawver could be in some mid season funk.He will be fine.He always turns it on when it counts

Something is going on with him. No idea what it is but he is not the same wrestler. He was always super aggressive and he is very passive now to way he used to wrestle. He would ride a lot harder. Something is wrong. No idea if mental or physical but this has been all season long.

 

[wngarbarini]

Judge
They were # 24 in the country

 

[biochemist01]

Nope but Indiana is pretty bad.

They're ranked #24. Are they pretty bad or was it going to be close?

 

[jerzey devil]

Good win. Let’s see how Sunday goes.

I do agree Sunday will be much, much tougher... Very best case is 5 wins... But could legit get shut out if we don't wrestle well...

 

[LETSGORU91]

Bullock is a stalling dog.Glad Yara got the revenge and the win. Nice job by Poz.He looks so small at this weight.

So you want to criticize me, yet you come up with this prophetic gem that's been discussed for several years. You are approaching Einstein level (not!) here. Brilliant observation..you almost got a like.

 

[JudgeSmails56]

They're ranked #24. Are they pretty bad or was it going to be close?

I thought it would be closer because I don’t think we’re very good this year. I think Indiana is bad as well.

 

[RUCrackers]

Something is going on with him. No idea what it is but he is not the same wrestler. He was always super aggressive and he is very passive now to way he used to wrestle. He would ride a lot harder. Something is wrong. No idea if mental or physical but this has been all season long.

I agree. It could be a couple of things. Sometimes when wrestlers exceed their expectations and win titles like big 10 champion and NCAA, All American they don't get really motivated anymore. Ha! Believe me I know this all too well. Or he could very well be hurt and i s being a warrior and grinding it out for the team. If that's the case, I would rather see him sit. I remember a guy named mark reiland from iowa. A couple years.
younger than me ( maybe 4, 5 or 6, don't know) Guy came out
and pounded everybody and even pinning Kevin Randleman. The following year he looked lethargic uninterested and it showed come Big 10s. He actually didn't even qualify for nationals. You have to be a very special certain type to live and breathe the sport. There are very few Jack Cuvo, Lincoln MclRavy, Steiner and Brands brothers types.

 

[RUTrack94]

Looks like a solid performance … good luck on Sunday!

 

[KidDagger]

Something is going on with him. No idea what it is but he is not the same wrestler. He was always super aggressive and he is very passive now to way he used to wrestle. He would ride a lot harder. Something is wrong. No idea if mental or physical but this has been all season long.

This. When I pointed this out earlier in the year ppl got mad n kept coming up w excuses.. well maybe he was under extra pressure.. maybe if he had won extra flurry.. maybe this n that.. that’s not the point.. he’s not wrestling w the same hunger in his belly from last season..

 

[PessimisticallyHopefulPragmatist]

This. When I pointed this out earlier in the year ppl got mad n kept coming up w excuses.. well maybe he was under extra pressure.. maybe if he had won extra flurry.. maybe this n that.. that’s not the point.. he’s not wrestling w the same hunger in his belly from last season..

Damned shame. He was one guy I saw year-over-year improvement until...