Final X - State College - Live Thread

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Event Overview

https://www.flowrestling.org/events/6092711-2018-final-x-state-college

 

Schedule

Saturday, June 16, 2018

All times in Eastern

 

3:30 pm-4:00 pm: Medical Check & “Face-Off” Weigh-In @ Media Room/Weigh-In Room 

6:00 pm: Best 2 out of 3 Championship – Round 1 - Rec Hall

7:15 pm: Best 2 out of 3 Championship – Round 2 - Rec Hall

8:30 pm: Best 2 out of 3 Championship – Round 3 if necessary - Rec Hall

Match-ups

Men's Freestyle

65kg: Joey McKenna vs. Logan Stieber

79kg: Kyle Dake vs. Zahid Valencia

86kg: David Taylor vs. Nick Reenan

 

Women's Freestyle

62kg: Kayla Miracle vs. Mallory Velte

72kg: Erin Clodgo vs. Rachel Watters

76kg: Adeline Gray vs. Korinahe Bullock

 

[Witherman 384]

I know there’s a prediction thread but I figured we’d consolidate here. Here’s how I see it:

 

Stiebler in two (I think logie comes in sharp and ready)

Dake in three (zahid too good to not get one but the vet prevails)

Taylor in two (love reenan but total mismatch)

 

Still a little green on women’s wrestling, I need to do better about paying more attention but anyways:

 

Miracle

Watters

Gray

[wrestlingnerd 3,011]

Logie Bear 2-0

Dake 2-0

DT tech twice in a row

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I’m going

Stieber in 3 (changed my pick. Stieber I think is too offensive for joey to handle)

Dake 2-0 (I picked Zahid>ringer but it’s dake this time)

Taylor 2-0 (2 10-0 techs. I’m an nc state fan but it is Taylor for sure)

 

Miracle

Waters

Grey

 

All 2-0

[Housebuye 2,449]

Zahid looked a bit nervous at weigh ins. He does tend to rise to the occasion though.

 

I think he might shoot off the whistle or make some mistake like that due to nerves (kind of like Snyder vs Sadulaev). Unless Dake gets exhausted Zahid won’t be able to come back from that deficit. Huge Zahid fan but I really want to see Dake st worlds. I know Zahid will make a team at some point soon. If Dake loses he almost certainly will never make a team.

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Starting in 78 minutes. I’m in my friend’s pool trying to waste time before it starts.

[Perry 1,429]

I'm sorry but these matches are pretty weak for what has been billed as a big event. 6 match ups and only one is remotely interesting to me. Thanks in advance to whoever posts match updates, that's the only way I will be keeping up with this one at all.

[2td3nf 588]

Looking forward to this. Rec Hall has a seating capacity over 6000 for wrestling? Should be interesting to see the attendance. 

Edited June 16, 2018 by 2td3nf

[Cradle1 271]

Does anybody know the exact order of matches?

[pawrestler 178]

Does anybody know the exact order of matches?

it looks like for men flo is indicating 79 -> 65 -> 86 but not sure

 

https://twitter.com/FloWrestling/status/1008027653050380288

 

EDIT wait here it is : 

 

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6212383-final-x-state-college-match-order-released

Edited June 16, 2018 by pawrestler

[GockeS 549]

if you dont like the matchups

DONT WATCH

im hoping it works in my favor. the fewer people logged in will help with the flo cast not bogging down?

[MadMardigain 1,636]

Watching on Roku and keep getting a constant slow refresh of the feed with only a few seconds of graphics before it refreshes again. Usually when I start a stream early it just keeps cycling through the opening graphics with no issue. Anyone else experiencing this? Hoping it gets fixed prior the the event starting.

Edited June 16, 2018 by MadMardigain

[GockeS 549]

i can hear them talking now.

[spladle 179]

Ok found it

Edited June 16, 2018 by spladle

[MadMardigain 1,636]

Watching on Roku and keep getting a constant slow refresh of the feed with only a few seconds of graphics before it refreshes again. Usually when I start a stream early it just keeps cycling through the opening graphics with no issue. Anyone else experiencing this? Hoping it gets fixed prior the the event starting.

Well basically missed all of match 1 with Roku only showing the start graphics then resetting. Guess I’ll have to watch on my phone instead.

[spladle 179]

First match to McKenna by criteria. Another reason to have OT.

[Billyhoyle 2,500]

First match to McKenna by criteria. Another reason to have OT.

Logan won

[bigmik 218]

Zahid looked a bit nervous at weigh ins. He does tend to rise to the occasion though.

 

I think he might shoot off the whistle or make some mistake like that due to nerves (kind of like Snyder vs Sadulaev). Unless Dake gets exhausted Zahid won’t be able to come back from that deficit. Huge Zahid fan but I really want to see Dake st worlds. I know Zahid will make a team at some point soon. If Dake loses he almost certainly will never make a team.

 

I don't you will be disappointed with the result if you're rooting for Dake. Zahid has passed most every test the past year with flying colors, but I think this one will be different. Zahid hasn't faced anyone as explosive as Dake. The other top talents he has beaten haven been explosive at all. See Dieringer and Hall. If Dake doesn't get lackadaisical, he should be able to pick his spots and blow through Zahid's defense. I think young Zahid will have to go back to the drawing board after this series. This should be 2-0. That said, If Zahid manages to beat Dake, I would have to tip my hat to the kid. He would have to find a way to use his leverage advantage if he wants to win. Also, he would have to have to "trim the fat" on his neutral wrestling. At times he gets a little sloppy, but I think that is because he's so much better than the average kid (even the AA's) that he faces in college that he sometimes lets his technique slip due to boredom. He's very good, already better than Pendleton. Technically speaking, at his best, there's not many(if any) who have been as good as he is as a sophomore in college. You'd be hard pressed to name a guy clearly ahead of him at the same stage.

[spladle 179]

Ok so they marked it wrong on FloArena. They had McKenna underlined. I thought that meant he had criteria.

[GockeS 549]

first match to stieber, they had the criteria wrong. it wasn't just flo. they were talking about it and the ref stopped the match to make sure everyone knew logan had a 4 pointer.

 

scoring question: when logan did his cartwheel on the edge for 2 exposure, the ref was pointing to a step out...i think?

I believe he was waiting for logan to give him a chance to convert the two. He didn't but got the exposure. 

whats the thinking behind not still giving the one?

Edited June 16, 2018 by GockeS

[NJDan 1,113]

Great video by Flo. Looks practically like real TV.

[Show_Me 341]

I thought McKenna won also. With only 6 total matches you would think FLO ARENA could show the correct score.

[wrestlingnerd 3,011]

Flo just froze on me. Am I the only one?

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Working for me

 

Miracle looking good so far

 

Can’t wait for McKenna - Stieber part 2. Great match.

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7 college titles in this mstch