Remember the PSU era?

[headshuck 2,197]

The era when they wrestled during the holiday break while supporting a premier event?

[MadMardigain 1,273]

Trust in the Carl.  He knows the way.

[Perry 1,190]

It seems like everyone on the psu roster who has the talent has competed in a more difficult tournament than anything offered collegiately. Midlands and scuffle are shells of what they used to be and some weights are downright awful. I would say penn state is out competing other teams atm

[headshuck 2,197]

Oh I didn't say they weren't doing what's best for them.

[TBar1977 3,828]

I recall when Minnesota would attend the Scuffle, of course PSU beat them pretty soundly every time but I lost track of how many times before they and Cornell quit showing up. 

[WF89 109]

24 minutes ago, headshuck said:

The era when they wrestled during the holiday break while supporting a premier event?

Did you have to hurt Tbars’s feelings again?

[Mphillips 749]

25 minutes ago, headshuck said:

The era when they wrestled during the holiday break while supporting a premier event?

Don't you just love it when they answer....

[TBar1977 3,828]

1 minute ago, WF89 said:

Did you have to hurt Tbars’s feelings again?

Do I look hurt to you? I gave it back, as it was only fair to do so. 

[stp 544]

Holiday tournaments are not fun.

[headshuck 2,197]

Cael is probably looking into ways to bypass the Big Ten tournament next.

[WF89 109]

10 minutes ago, TBar1977 said:

I recall when Minnesota would attend the Scuffle, of course PSU beat them pretty soundly every time but I lost track of how many times before they and Cornell quit showing up. 

Koll, B Smith and JRob decided to take their teams to a holiday dual tournament when Carl killed national duals.

[TBar1977 3,828]

1 minute ago, WF89 said:

Koll, B Smith and JRob decided to take their teams to a holiday dual tournament when Carl killed national duals.

I guess better than getting pounded by Penn State year in and year out. That had to be hard to take for those guys. 

[headshuck 2,197]

It used to be easy to link to the NWCA National Duals results.  Cael must have had those removed from the Internets.

 

[russelscout 1,573]

I seem to remember Iowa getting flack when Iowa skipped midlands in 2012. Now PSU gets a pass. Sounds about right.

[Lurker 1,397]

10 hours ago, russelscout said:

Now PSU gets a pass. Sounds about right.

You wrote this in a thread started for the sole purpose of PSU not getting a pass....

[russelscout 1,573]

34 minutes ago, Lurker said:

You wrote this in a thread started for the sole purpose of PSU not getting a pass....

Ok, by many then. 

Edited December 31, 2019 by russelscout

[Lurker 1,397]

1 minute ago, russelscout said:

Ok, by many then. 

PSU fans pretty much. 

Although I do have to agree with the poster above that their guys are still probably seeing better competition that they would have under a "normal" schedule.  For just one example, who was Nick Lee going to see at the Scuffle, or anywhere else up to this point in the season, that is better competition than what he saw last week.

[TBar1977 3,828]

Aaron Brooks wrestled two former NCAA finalists and Sammy Brooks at the OT qualifier.

Cassar and Nick Lee wrestled as noted above. PSU wrestling does not need to apologize for anything. 

[MadMardigain 1,273]

11 hours ago, headshuck said:

Cael is probably looking into ways to bypass the Big Ten tournament next.

According to some people it’s as simple as stepping on the mat that first round and then FF your way out to a solid NCAA seed.   

Edited December 31, 2019 by MadMardigain

[headshuck 2,197]

Aaron Brooks wrestled two former NCAA finalists and Sammy Brooks at the OT qualifier.
Cassar and Nick Lee wrestled as noted above. PSU wrestling does not need to apologize for anything. 

Good point. Cael is probably ALSO working on revisions to the seeding mechanisms to take those freestyle results into account.

[Lurker 1,397]

5 minutes ago, headshuck said:

Good point. 

 

'Nuff said.

[Mokoma 272]

3 hours ago, headshuck said:

 

Good point. Cael is probably ALSO working on revisions to the seeding mechanisms to take those freestyle results into account.

 

I don't think he is too worried about the seeds of Cassar, Lee or Brooks.

[TBar1977 3,828]

2 minutes ago, Mokoma said:

I don't think he is too worried about the seeds of Cassar, Lee or Brooks.

I will tell you what is funny, though. Brooks beats Weiler to break into the rankings at Flo at the lowly #25 spot, 19 places lower than Nelson Brands. Then his reward for beating Max Dean and some other guys at Oly Trials Qualifier is Flo kicks him out of their rankings entirely. Too funny. 

[Mokoma 272]

1 minute ago, TBar1977 said:

I will tell you what is funny, though. Brooks beats Weiler to break into the rankings at Flo at the lowly #25 spot, 19 places lower than Nelson Brands. Then his reward for beating Max Dean and some other guys at Oly Trials Qualifier is Flo kicks him out of their rankings entirely. Too funny. 

Sammy Brooks.  Those are 2 pretty big wins, even in another style.  I'm not too worried about it, Brooks will take care of himself in conference and nationals.

[russelscout 1,573]

5 minutes ago, TBar1977 said:

I will tell you what is funny, though. Brooks beats Weiler to break into the rankings at Flo at the lowly #25 spot, 19 places lower than Nelson Brands. Then his reward for beating Max Dean and some other guys at Oly Trials Qualifier is Flo kicks him out of their rankings entirely. Too funny. 

Common sense should be a criteria for rankings. Its a joke to only go by results and not look at the bigger picture.