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Allright, lets do it. Hopefully others will chime in too. Bear with me... just got home from Carver. Very hoarse and still bummed out big time.
125 - McD is starting to roll. Looking dominant and looking fired up. This is the way he gets this time of year and I think he's pretty much unbeatable at this point. Let's hope so. The one thing he needs to start doing is getting pins. But he dominated a pretty decent wrestler.
133 - What can you say? Ramos has a huge heart. He dominated the match. Took more shots, was the aggressor, never backed down. Oliver is seriously dominant and Ramos took it to him. Oliver just looked stunned running off. If the whole team would wrestle like TR we'd never have any losses.
141 - Up and down by Montell. Kindig is a good wrestler and strong but Marion is head and shoulders better than him. Really should have majored him but did what he needed to do late. When he generated scrambles and moved he was far superior. A good come back after a bad Midlands final.
149 - Really disappointed here. After laying an egg last night Kelly just looked overwhelmed. Parks is not that good. He's a great 1st period wrestler and then he gets gassed and coasts and that's what happened here too. I'm not disappointed that Kelly lost, but am disappointed in his lack of aggression and taking no shots. We just can't have people wrestling like this. We are giving up a ton at this weight.
157 - Much like the Kelly match, very disappointed. Nick Moore should win this match going away and DSJ gets a major here. But Moore, unlike Kelly at least was aggressive. His problem was he couldn't finish shots. He was in good and deep on about 4-5 but couldn't finish and his defense needs to improve. He also continues to put himself in dangerous positions in regards to back points/throws. We needed this one and didn't get it.
165 - Evans was a hammer. The most dominating 5-1 match you'll see. Bailey isn't great but he's still a long time starter and a senior. Evans needs to work on majoring and bonus points but he looked excellent.
174 - It could be argued there was a defensive pin here. Regardless, Lofthouse really wrestled the superior match. He took more shots, was in better position and really looked excellent. He just couldn't hold on for 3 or 4 more seconds to eliminate riding time or he wins. I have no problems with Lofthouse here. Perry is a legitimate a$$ though. He was completely classless at the end of the match, continuing well beyond the whistle... then shoving Ethen... then pointing at him and saying "let's go." Should have been a team point deduction and it's not even a question.
184 - Vinnie Wagner won a boring match. But he did what he needed to do against a wrestler who looked uninterested. Vinnie looked intense the whole match and worked his tail off. I think he lucked out as I think his guy was out at the end and many refs would have given the reversal as well but congrats to Vinnie... huge heart.
197 - Gambrall looked just like the OkSt 184 pounder... uninterested. Took no shots, looked timid and looked intimidated. Rosholt is a beast but Gambrall is a 3rd place AA. He needs to go back to 184 where he's a stud. The experiment isn't working and it's making us weak at two weights rather than one. Expected more here.
HWT - Telfords match reminded me exactly of Gambralls. We began and ended the meet the same way. Taking no shots, not being aggressive and looking intimidated. It's too bad because Telford is going to be really good. Was really disappointed here. Gelogaev is really good and an absolute physical specimen but i've also watched him half-a$$ it through the years... he's not as good as advertised.
Overall, it seemed like a match with two-sides, if you will. On one side was an Iowa team that was aggressive, knew what it needed to do and hammered OkSt. On the other side was an Iowa team that looked lost in the headlights, wasn't aggressive at all, and wouldn't take shots until 20 seconds to go when it's way too late. What's most disappointing about this is that it wasn't just one takedown that was needed in many of these matches. Many of these guys needed a couple of TDs and despite that... just didn't look interested in trying to get to the legs. Kelly, Moore, Gambrall and Telford have to do more. I know they can... just gotta get them going.
I thought Iowa would come out a bit lethargic due to the crappy schedule with us in Bloomington last night but I still expected more from them. Despite all of this - if DSJ isn't injured, we win the meet.
Like Ironside said, there is a lot to be positive about. We have a long ways to go and I think we're a stronger tourney team than OkSt, but I wish we could have gotten the record. Hate losing at Carver.
Thanks to the fans. Incredible crowd tonight and deafening. That Ramos match was an instant classic and you couldn't hear yourself speak after he won.
GO HAWKS
125 - McD is starting to roll. Looking dominant and looking fired up. This is the way he gets this time of year and I think he's pretty much unbeatable at this point. Let's hope so. The one thing he needs to start doing is getting pins. But he dominated a pretty decent wrestler.
133 - What can you say? Ramos has a huge heart. He dominated the match. Took more shots, was the aggressor, never backed down. Oliver is seriously dominant and Ramos took it to him. Oliver just looked stunned running off. If the whole team would wrestle like TR we'd never have any losses.
141 - Up and down by Montell. Kindig is a good wrestler and strong but Marion is head and shoulders better than him. Really should have majored him but did what he needed to do late. When he generated scrambles and moved he was far superior. A good come back after a bad Midlands final.
149 - Really disappointed here. After laying an egg last night Kelly just looked overwhelmed. Parks is not that good. He's a great 1st period wrestler and then he gets gassed and coasts and that's what happened here too. I'm not disappointed that Kelly lost, but am disappointed in his lack of aggression and taking no shots. We just can't have people wrestling like this. We are giving up a ton at this weight.
157 - Much like the Kelly match, very disappointed. Nick Moore should win this match going away and DSJ gets a major here. But Moore, unlike Kelly at least was aggressive. His problem was he couldn't finish shots. He was in good and deep on about 4-5 but couldn't finish and his defense needs to improve. He also continues to put himself in dangerous positions in regards to back points/throws. We needed this one and didn't get it.
165 - Evans was a hammer. The most dominating 5-1 match you'll see. Bailey isn't great but he's still a long time starter and a senior. Evans needs to work on majoring and bonus points but he looked excellent.
174 - It could be argued there was a defensive pin here. Regardless, Lofthouse really wrestled the superior match. He took more shots, was in better position and really looked excellent. He just couldn't hold on for 3 or 4 more seconds to eliminate riding time or he wins. I have no problems with Lofthouse here. Perry is a legitimate a$$ though. He was completely classless at the end of the match, continuing well beyond the whistle... then shoving Ethen... then pointing at him and saying "let's go." Should have been a team point deduction and it's not even a question.
184 - Vinnie Wagner won a boring match. But he did what he needed to do against a wrestler who looked uninterested. Vinnie looked intense the whole match and worked his tail off. I think he lucked out as I think his guy was out at the end and many refs would have given the reversal as well but congrats to Vinnie... huge heart.
197 - Gambrall looked just like the OkSt 184 pounder... uninterested. Took no shots, looked timid and looked intimidated. Rosholt is a beast but Gambrall is a 3rd place AA. He needs to go back to 184 where he's a stud. The experiment isn't working and it's making us weak at two weights rather than one. Expected more here.
HWT - Telfords match reminded me exactly of Gambralls. We began and ended the meet the same way. Taking no shots, not being aggressive and looking intimidated. It's too bad because Telford is going to be really good. Was really disappointed here. Gelogaev is really good and an absolute physical specimen but i've also watched him half-a$$ it through the years... he's not as good as advertised.
Overall, it seemed like a match with two-sides, if you will. On one side was an Iowa team that was aggressive, knew what it needed to do and hammered OkSt. On the other side was an Iowa team that looked lost in the headlights, wasn't aggressive at all, and wouldn't take shots until 20 seconds to go when it's way too late. What's most disappointing about this is that it wasn't just one takedown that was needed in many of these matches. Many of these guys needed a couple of TDs and despite that... just didn't look interested in trying to get to the legs. Kelly, Moore, Gambrall and Telford have to do more. I know they can... just gotta get them going.
I thought Iowa would come out a bit lethargic due to the crappy schedule with us in Bloomington last night but I still expected more from them. Despite all of this - if DSJ isn't injured, we win the meet.
Like Ironside said, there is a lot to be positive about. We have a long ways to go and I think we're a stronger tourney team than OkSt, but I wish we could have gotten the record. Hate losing at Carver.
Thanks to the fans. Incredible crowd tonight and deafening. That Ramos match was an instant classic and you couldn't hear yourself speak after he won.
GO HAWKS
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