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Thats a good point there T, I don't see Logan performing very well at 149 though if he were to bump up there due to not having the size like most of the other 49's other than Grajales. I'm sure Logan will figure it out too like you said. Its turning out to be a very interesting year with some of the matches that have already taken place.

Who won the team race? I know Jefferson City and Woodford were tied at the end and it came down to criteria.

A little late comment here but check out the dual that OSU had with Kent State after the PSU dual and once again Stieber was ridden a whole period. I would say it is the weight cutting and I remember seeing someone mentioning that on another board. The dual with Kent State can be found on Flo, as well as an interview with stieber in which they talk about him being ridden 2 matches in a row by Retherford and the Kent State wrestler.

Quick question and this may be posted somewhere else, anyways is Woodford going to have a live feed of the tournament this year? If so, what is the link for it?

I just read an article on another site about that, this is the most disheartening thing to hear about with the sport. Think about all of the guys that are training or wanted to train to make the olympics and now they have no where to go after 2016's games, other than the world cup. Looks like MMA will become more prominent in recieving a lot of college wrestlers after they graduate.

I can't wait to see those two go at, at the B1G Ten's and also to see 174 at B1G Ten's and especially at NCAA's.

Fahy is redshirting I believe this year and is wrestling 149 at Illinois

Very nice to see him back and getting a pin over Thomas. Ramos and Him are way above everybody at 133 this year.

I've always hated that saying, yes the cream will rise to the top but if you think about it. Seeding is very important because it can come down to the match ups that you want or do not want until later on in a tournament because sometimes higher seeded teams or individuals can get upset. Seeding is crucial when it comes down to having the best chance to place at state or at state duals, which is why I'm a big fan of seeding the state tournament. GOO to battle the longetivity of doing all of the seeding for the state tournament, you can have a two week window like what they do for Division 1 between the region tournament and the state tournament. That way it gives kids a chance to rest, heal a little bit, and prepare for the state tournament.

Wish I had BTN and could watch the matches. This dual happened a few nights though. I'm guessing Logan Stieber's injury is more significant than most thought. Hope he makes it a soon recovery and can't wait to see him at Nationals.

Great win for Ervin! Congrats on that and definitely a big confidence booster!!

Haha, I can definitely understand your view point on the matter of instant replay Otto. I remember seeing or hearing multiple times at the NCAA's, where matches would have protests filed for them right after the match for a call or other things of that matter to be reviewed.

Wish I could have driven out to Illinois to go watch these duals but it looks like Campbellsville and Lindsey Wilson both performed really way this past weekend finishing in 4th and 6th in the nation. Each team came away with some tough wins and losses as shown on the brackets and in the results. for more info you can go to here: http://tw01.trackwrestling.com/tw/teamtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?sport=wrestling&TIM=1358196868802&pageName=&ie=true&frameSize=500

I think there is a need for replay in wrestling at the collegiate level due to the fact that some things can happen so fast and they might need to be reviewed in order to have the correct scoring. For example, if the ref doesn't know that time is out in a period and calls an escape or takedown 5 seconds after time not realizing that the period is ended. I know I didn't give the greatest example but there are other situations such as the Dake and Taylor match where the ref made a good call on the reversal in which replay could/should be used. Hell even in high school at times, replay could be very handed; I know I could of used it for a match that I loss when the scoring table was confused because of so many points being thrown up quickly by the ref.

I never personally threw legs in high school but when I wrestled in college, I started to try using legs in order to ride and gain riding time like JPizar also mentioned about himself. High school, I would go spiral ride to break them down and then inside wrist because of the various moves that are possible and how effective it was. I would recommend inside wrist to most high school kids unless they are better or just as good at leg riding.

Dake's style isn't to look for the out of bounds line the whole time. If you haven't noticed, he is a very methodical and controlling wrestler. He lives for low scoring matches and it works out for him every time because he is in control a lot of the time. Dake wasn't necessarily wrestling defensive but he was wrestling to control and neutralize Taylor on their feet; if you go open tie with Taylor or not constantly in his face then you're going to to get blown out of the water by Taylor because that is his style, hence why Dake kept the russian tie the whole match. Also, Taylor didn't shoot except for a couple fakes the entire match and some ankle slaps, which is why the russian tie worked out for Dake. The only real shot that I saw was Dake's shot for which he almost converted on. I'll go on record and say that Dake wins his fourth title by beating Taylor 4-2 at NCAA's. Honestly though I think the match at NCAA's will be insane to watch because of how much the two have to show.

Does anyone know if the semi's and finals will be broadcasted online?

As said by Buckeye, Missouri's team is in the MAC and that is one of the teams that didn't move to the SEC due to the fact that there 0 wrestling teams still in the SEC except for some club teams (LSU and Auburn). Interesting note though UK did have a wrestling team back in the 70's and did fairly well at the NCAA's a few times. The head coach at UK was Fletcher Carr (Joe Carr Sr.'s older brother).

I just wanted to post this for anybody that may be interested. A shirt signed by Dan Gable, Terry Brands, Cael Sanderson, Bubba Jenkins, Jordan Burroughs, Frank Molinaro, Zack Esposito, Damion Hahn, Andy Hrovat, Kyle Dake, and Jordan Oliver from The Grapple at The Garden wrestling event held at Madison Square Garden this past weekend is for sale on ebay, the proceeds will go to help out the family of Jack Pinto. Jack Pinto was a 6 year old who was killed last friday in the school shooting in Connecticuit and was also a fellow young wrestler. http://www.ebay.com/itm/wrestling-signed-shirt-ncaa-champions-/221167819634?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D13835%26meid%3D4268240471106578587%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1085%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D221167819634%26

I just wanted to post this for anybody that was maybe interested. A shirt signed by Dan Gable, Terry Brands, Cael Sanderson, Bubba Jenkins, Jordan Burroughs, Frank Molinaro, Zack Esposito, Damion Hahn, Andy Hrovat, Kyle Dake, and Jordan Oliver from The Grapple at The Garden wrestling event held at Madison Square Garden this past weekend is for sale on ebay, the proceeds will go to help out the family of Jack Pinto. Jack Pinto was a 6 year old who was killed last friday in the school shooting in Connecticuit and was also a fellow young wrestler. http://www.ebay.com/itm/wrestling-signed-shirt-ncaa-champions-/221167819634?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D13835%26meid%3D4268240471106578587%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1085%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D221167819634%26

I thought it was something like that and I have to agree with you J.w. that they could pay for the first 3 years but I remember the University of Oregon and how it could of been saved with how much the owner of Nike donated to that school but yet they never put any of toward the wrestling team and only toward football or some of the other sports.

We can all hope right? It honestly looks like the NAIA is becoming the future of this sport with all of the teams that have been created over the past few years.

I definitely agree with you on the money part, JW. If you look at it though, UofL has more sport's teams available for girls as compared to boys but as far as I understand it with Title IX, there has to be an equal amount of female and male participants. Football takes up a lot of spots when it comes down to the boy's side of this discussion and reduces the amount of teams that they can have because of there not being a huge women's team sport that could create a lot of available spots. Honestly though I think if UofL or Bellarmine did start wrestling teams then they should create a girl's team.

It's always hard to add a new program because of Title IX and thats something that always has to be considered if Louisville should try to add a wrestling team because the school would also have to add a girl's sports team of some sort. Its hard to find a statement on the amount of money that it takes to start a wrestling program; although there is some information that states that it took $8 million for the ASU program to be re-instated after it was cut and I know the Save Oregon Wrestling foundation has a $6 million dollar goal to have the University of Oregon wrestling team re-instated. I know it's just goals but most schools do not have wrestling teams because it's not very profitable for the school like football is and I think it would be hard to have a wrestling program started at Louisville, although it would be nice to see it happen to have more kids involved with wrestling from Kentucky.

So far, Caleb Ervin is 1-0 on the day beat Bintliff of Princenton 6-4. For more results go to: http://www.tournaflex.com/splat.asp