lu_alum 920 Report post Posted January 15, 2018 Kurt Mchenry Just converted to mormonism.I’ve been friends w his mother from when she was a Frosh in HS. Don’t think she’d be happy w that comment. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hammerlockthree 2,635 Report post Posted January 15, 2018 so...you are saying she has no sense of humor? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 2,069 Report post Posted January 21, 2018 When will we see Carson Kuhn debut for PSU? I just now see that he's listed as eligible in the OPC. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted January 21, 2018 Where has he been training since Boise State dropped it's program? Also anyone know what injuries he's been battling for the past few years? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Idaho 1,344 Report post Posted January 21, 2018 One of them has been a knee injury - but two years ago he was all sorts of beat up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Show_Me 340 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 This just continues the trend for "Trophy Contending Teams". Fill "weak" spots in your lineup with transfers from weaker, non-Trophy contending Programs to increase NCAA scoring. In all likelihood, the 2018 "Trophy Teams" will come from the following Teams. Most of whom will benefit from these types of additions. Penn St. : Kuhn (Boise St,) & Keener (from CMU) Ohio St. : McKenna (Stanford) & Campbell (Pitt) Iowa : None (now that the Downey situation appears to have finally played out) Michigan: Micic (Northwestern) & Beazley (Old Dominion) N.C. St. : None Missouri : Leeth (Duke) & Flynn (West Virginia) Oklahoma St.: Martinez (Boise St.) & White (Nebraska) I understand that all of these situations are different and somewhat unique. Just wondering if this is a positive trend for the landscape of D1 Wrestling ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LemonPie 1,368 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Can you really count Kuhn? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestlingnerd 3,003 Report post Posted February 3, 2018 Can you really count Kuhn? Agree. Totally different situation when your program gets cut. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Get his conditioning up And he will make some noise at B1G's and NCAAs!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Idaho 1,344 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 For all those who didn't know who he was....counted him out...dismissed him...he factored heavily in the PSU win today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LemonPie 1,368 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 He had an epic collapse against Tyler Cox 10 years ago. The conditioning is definitely a concern. But really no expectations so it's all good. Great job tonight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TobusRex 2,108 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 This just continues the trend for "Trophy Contending Teams". Fill "weak" spots in your lineup with transfers from weaker, non-Trophy contending Programs to increase NCAA scoring. In all likelihood, the 2018 "Trophy Teams" will come from the following Teams. Most of whom will benefit from these types of additions. Penn St. : Kuhn (Boise St,) & Keener (from CMU) Ohio St. : McKenna (Stanford) & Campbell (Pitt) Iowa : None (now that the Downey situation appears to have finally played out) Michigan: Micic (Northwestern) & Beazley (Old Dominion) N.C. St. : None Missouri : Leeth (Duke) & Flynn (West Virginia) Oklahoma St.: Martinez (Boise St.) & White (Nebraska) I understand that all of these situations are different and somewhat unique. Just wondering if this is a positive trend for the landscape of D1 Wrestling ? To be completely fair to OSU: White is a much, much better fit at OSU than he was a NU. I have no idea why he didn't go to OSU anyway, maybe OSU didn't offer at the time. Plus Geo has never impressed me, I don't think he'll AA or even R12, despite making AA a couple years ago. Out of all the transfers the best, by a country mile, was Derek White to OSU. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TobusRex 2,108 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) For all those who didn't know who he was....counted him out...dismissed him...he factored heavily in the PSU win today. He still got majored. Edited February 4, 2018 by TobusRex Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 He still got majored. Instead of getting teched/pinned He also scored 3 legit takedowns when he was supposed to score zero. 1 Cletus_Tucker reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Housebuye 2,437 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Instead of getting teched/pinned He also scored 3 legit takedowns when he was supposed to score zero. I wrote him off. Impressive performance. Can’t tell if he is really that good, if NATO underestimated him, if the environment made the difference or some combination of those. We will find out soon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pamela 1,334 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Get his conditioning up And he will make some noise at B1G's and NCAAs!!!! You can't really improve much on gas tank at this point in the season. It is what it is. With Kuhn, it might be the cutting though. I think guys like NaTo and Lizak have struggled at times during the dual season because of the cut but think it will be a much different story come tournament time when their seedlings will allow a little time to rehydrate and eat before going out against tough competition. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Idaho 1,344 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 Instead of getting teched/pinned He also scored 3 legit takedowns when he was supposed to score zero. Yep, he saved 2 team points IMO. Came out firing. Good way to start a big dual at home - created some energy that would not have been there. He can improve his gas tank at this point in the season. He has a month until B1G - that's plenty of time to work on some things - get his cardio up - maybe qualify for the NCAA and score a point or two - which could be a huge factor. Kuhn was a Jr. National Champ if I remember correctly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cletus_Tucker 890 Report post Posted February 4, 2018 A very big unexpected positive from the 125 pound weight class. I'm pretty excited about Kuhn's likely improvement between now and the tournament (conditioning mostly but also his timing and mat feel). He looked great last night in a bout the team was likely to surrender 6 points were it not for his performance. With Cassart at 197 and Lee at 141 both having been wrestling well and trending up, I still view Penn State as the favorite, and that's despite the injury to Nolf. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigTenFanboy 1,790 Report post Posted February 5, 2018 Anyone else notice Kuhn was wearing an old school style Halo headgear? I haven't seen one of those in like 10 years! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart1 2 Report post Posted February 5, 2018 Kuhn will have the buffalo 125 for the last dual of the PSU season, think he is ranked like l30s in the coaches rankings and won a few matches at ncaa last year, so that will show if he is ncaa qualifier level. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillieBoy 713 Report post Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) It's time to end "Mormon redshirts". Big unfair advantage. Can you show us just where it is an advantage? Am open to this but I don't think you can do it. Edited February 5, 2018 by WillieBoy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1032004 1,454 Report post Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) You can't really improve much on gas tank at this point in the season. It is what it is. With Kuhn, it might be the cutting though. It was his first match in 2 years, of course he can improve his conditioning in 4 weeks. Especially considering the fact that he's married with a kid and likely was not training that intensely, I bet he can improve his gas tank pretty quickly. Now, will he do much at NCAA's if he even makes it, who knows. Edited February 5, 2018 by 1032004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pamela 1,334 Report post Posted February 5, 2018 It was his first match in 2 years, of course he can improve his conditioning in 4 weeks. Especially considering the fact that he's married with a kid and likely was not training that intensely, I bet he can improve his gas tank pretty quickly. Now, will he do much at NCAA's if he even makes it, who knows. Kuhn had been training since last summer when Cael contacted him and set the transfer in motion. I know that's not the same as being in the PSU wrestling room, but he wasn't exactly starting from zero either. His conditioning may improve over the next 25 days or so but that's not much time and I think the gains will probably be marginal relative to where he needs to be. This is all based on what we saw of his gas tank in just one match though, so grain of salt and all that. I mostly think Kuhn will be a fine contributor if he can stay injury-free and manage his weight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTG119 820 Report post Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) Kuhn's performance in this dual was impressive, and ultimately huge in the team win. That said, I'm not reading too much into it as far as predicting that he'll be a factor at B1G or qualify for NCAAs. Need more data. Edited February 5, 2018 by KTG119 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeanGuy 147 Report post Posted February 5, 2018 Seems like there are times when the gas tank goes empty due to the largeness of an event. First match with the place on fire and maybe just to hyped. Of course his next match is in the Jordan Center with lights and smoke etc against Spencer Lee of Iowa. He might not be able to keep his adrenaline under control for that one either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
