The heated word exchange between Brands and Cael was incredible. I've never seen Cael so upset, although I'm not sure what about since it was the Iowa wrestler who received the late hit after the whistle. I thought the coaches were going to scrap right there on the mat. They were forehead to forehead. Brands was right to be upset as Erekson got hit around the knees and went down with a pained look on his face.
I was surprised by how much junk the officials let go both on and off the mat. I haven't seen any video, but Sponseller's win over M* is a case in point. Sponseller leaned into M* and screamed in his face after the win. Very poor sportsmanship. Their fans are just as bad, yelling profanities throughout the matches. I knew tOSU hated Iowa from what I read on the blogs, but I didn't realize how bad it was until I saw it in person. My daughter had the misfortune of standing behind the tOSU section during the 165 match and she now has a healthy dislike for all things tOSU.
The most incredible match was Dennis'. We were all standing, jumping, screaming at the end. I thought Dennis got the reversal to win 6-4, but apparently that happened after the clock ran out. I didn't know how he won (locked hands) until I got home and looked up the score. We screamed so loud our throats hurt. My daughter told me, "Dad, now I know why you like wrestling."
Can't wait for some great matches today (McD - Escobedo, Dennis - Ness, Keddy - Dergo, Erekson - Everhart)! OBTW, Graff had Ness beat. It was 2-2 in the 3rd and Graff had RT. Graff chose both up and gave up a 5 point move to lose the match
