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KSU 18 OU 13
We win the grudge match in Athens. The only down side is I didn’t get home until the 184 match and watched 3 consecutive losses...

Wins: 125, 141, 149, 157, 165, 174

Tutolo was majored by Kelly which is NOT a good sign. McCracken lost a close one with a questionable escape point awarded to OU wrestler with no time on the clock. Coach Hill was perplexed, as was I. Guess who hired the referee. Conel loses another close one. Although he didn’t gas, he didn’t exactly push the pace. Suglio loses at 285 by one point.

Coach Joel Greenlee is still in the top 10 for “largest” coach in collegiate wrestling.

(01-19-2018 08:57 PM)Lambert58 Wrote:  

(01-19-2018 08:37 AM)dannyb73 Wrote:  

(01-17-2018 02:09 PM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  Is Bardezbain injured? Seems silly to burn Ferri's redshirt year for the 2nd half of the year.

Looks like Tutolo is starting to hit his stride. Nye was hitting his stride until this past weekend's 4 matches. Wondering if Conel will be healthy and in top shape headed into the end of MAC season, MAC Tournament, & NCAA Tournament?

Big weekend ahead @ Ohio U on Friday night and then in Stillwater OK taking on Oklahoma State. Then a 2 week break until they take on EMU @ EMU.

We wrestle Oklahoma St? Are they going to bagel us?

Although they are more than capable of doing so, Coach Smith is a gentleman so he will wrestle a couple of back-ups to give us an opportunity to avoid it. Of course, it could still happen...

Okie State rankings:

8
3
4
14 - kid's first name is Boo so we have a chance...
30 - Sparkman could win this even if it's their starter
9
13
24
INJURED - WIN so long as Conel doesn't pass out
10

Ha. Good comment on Conel. I think that almost happened in the match against Buffalo. I mumbled he was out of shape and three gymnasts who were sitting nearby (one was probably his girlfriend) jumped on me. The young ladies couldn’t tell the difference between muscles and being able to breathe.

We were pounded, 41-3, by Okie State. Bast prevents the donut.

(01-19-2018 10:10 PM)burden Wrote:  Ha. Good comment on Conel. I think that almost happened in the match against Buffalo. I mumbled he was out of shape and three gymnasts who were sitting nearby (one was probably his girlfriend) jumped on me. The young ladies couldn’t tell the difference between muscles and being able to breathe.

Hahaha. Conel was completely gassed against UB. He looked a little better from a conditioning perspective against OU but he wasn’t very active. You have to be careful with the gymnasts as they’re buddies with the wrestlers.

(01-19-2018 09:16 PM)Lambert58 Wrote:  

(01-19-2018 08:57 PM)Lambert58 Wrote:  

(01-19-2018 08:37 AM)dannyb73 Wrote:  

(01-17-2018 02:09 PM)GoFlashes7 Wrote:  Is Bardezbain injured? Seems silly to burn Ferri's redshirt year for the 2nd half of the year.

Looks like Tutolo is starting to hit his stride. Nye was hitting his stride until this past weekend's 4 matches. Wondering if Conel will be healthy and in top shape headed into the end of MAC season, MAC Tournament, & NCAA Tournament?

Big weekend ahead @ Ohio U on Friday night and then in Stillwater OK taking on Oklahoma State. Then a 2 week break until they take on EMU @ EMU.

We wrestle Oklahoma St? Are they going to bagel us?

Although they are more than capable of doing so, Coach Smith is a gentleman so he will wrestle a couple of back-ups to give us an opportunity to avoid it. Of course, it could still happen...

Okie State rankings:

8
3
4
14 - kid's first name is Boo so we have a chance...
30 - Sparkman could win this even if it's their starter
9
13
24
INJURED - WIN so long as Conel doesn't pass out
10

#3 ranked returns to the lineup for OSU and beats Conel by tech fall.

Only one win and one non-major loss. There’s a long way between a not so good team and one of the best teams. I think two of the technical falls happened before the first period was over. I hope no one was hurt. On to EMU.

(01-21-2018 06:50 PM)burden Wrote:  Only one win and one non-major loss. There’s a long way between a not so good team and one of the best teams. I think two of the technical falls happened before the first period was over. I hope no one was hurt. On to EMU.

We are back to where the program was when we wrestled Oklahoma State in Cleveland as a participant in the original format for the national duals back in 2004 or 2005. They killed us with only 1 or 2 matches going our way. It was, however, the beginning of a turning point for the program. During the 2006/2007 season, we beat OSU at home.

http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/646/...Ohio-State

(01-24-2018 08:00 AM)Lambert58 Wrote:  

(01-21-2018 06:50 PM)burden Wrote:  Only one win and one non-major loss. There’s a long way between a not so good team and one of the best teams. I think two of the technical falls happened before the first period was over. I hope no one was hurt. On to EMU.

We are back to where the program was when we wrestled Oklahoma State in Cleveland as a participant in the original format for the national duals back in 2004 or 2005. They killed us with only 1 or 2 matches going our way. It was, however, the beginning of a turning point for the program. During the 2006/2007 season, we beat OSU at home.

http://intermatwrestle.com/articles/646/...Ohio-State

I remember that Ohio St meet. Great win. Took a photo of the scoreboard and sent it an OHio St alum who I worked with at GE in South Carolina. I had to rub it in just a little. The only thing better was when ESPN said Kent had the best DI baseball program in Ohio. I got him there too.

We have a great wrestling tradition. Too bad it has sunk to these depths.

(01-24-2018 09:35 PM)GFlash68 Wrote:  We have a great wrestling tradition. Too bad it has sunk to these depths.

I think we hit bottom last year and are on our way up again. We have a young team with none of our better wrestlers being seniors. We aren’t remotely competitive with the likes of Missouri (just beat Oklahoma State), but we are doing better against our peers in the MAC. It’s unfortunate that we lost to Buffalo because I think we are the better team (Hofstra, who we beat, just beat the Bulls). We need to finish strong and set ourselves up for a showdown with the Chips. No matter what, we aren’t as bad now as we were under Romano near the end of his career.

I agree. They do look better. Tutolo is beginning to worry me though. Conel might be a sleeping giant this year if he can wrestle his way back into shape. I did buy tickets for the first session of the NCAAs this year so I hope to see one or two Kent wrestlers.

(01-28-2018 05:09 PM)burden Wrote:  I agree. They do look better. Tutolo is beginning to worry me though. Conel might be a sleeping giant this year if he can wrestle his way back into shape. I did buy tickets for the first session of the NCAAs this year so I hope to see one or two Kent wrestlers.

I’ll be there as well. Can’t wait!

Lost to EMU 32-9 today. Only positive was that are three best wrestlers Tutolo, Sparkman and Conel won. The other seven matches were pretty bad.

(02-04-2018 02:01 PM)burden Wrote:  Lost to EMU 32-9 today. Only positive was that are three best wrestlers Tutolo, Sparkman and Conel won. The other seven matches were pretty bad.

Blech!

http://www.emueagles.com/news/2018/2/4/w...r-day.aspx

(02-04-2018 02:58 PM)Lambert58 Wrote:  

(02-04-2018 02:01 PM)burden Wrote:  Lost to EMU 32-9 today. Only positive was that are three best wrestlers Tutolo, Sparkman and Conel won. The other seven matches were pretty bad.

Blech!

http://www.emueagles.com/news/2018/2/4/w...r-day.aspx

I see the D3 wrestling championships are in Cleveland also. Think they would be worth it. Their the week before the D1’s.

(02-04-2018 07:14 PM)burden Wrote:  

(02-04-2018 02:58 PM)Lambert58 Wrote:  

(02-04-2018 02:01 PM)burden Wrote:  Lost to EMU 32-9 today. Only positive was that are three best wrestlers Tutolo, Sparkman and Conel won. The other seven matches were pretty bad.

Blech!

http://www.emueagles.com/news/2018/2/4/w...r-day.aspx

I see the D3 wrestling championships are in Cleveland also. Think they would be worth it. Their the week before the D1’s.

Absolutely. The competition will be just as fierce.

http://www.d3wrestle.com/?p=12404

Baldwin Wallace is having a great year.

First MAC wrestler rankings were released. Kent has only 5 of 10 wrestlers ranked in the top 4 and all 5 are ranked fourth. With only 8 teams in the league that’s a bit depressing.

Although we lost to Old Dominion last night, we wrestled hard in all of the matches. Suglio had a gutsy win at heavyweight, against a much larger opponent. CMU is going to be a tougher opponent so I expect another loss. At least we should beat Northern Illinois at season’s end.

Nice to see Conel wrestle well. I hope to see him at the NCAAs in Cleveland.