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tarcone
01-06-2012, 11:06 PM
Iowa beat Indiana tonight, 26-12 to extend their unbeaten streak to 84. This ties the record held by Oklahoma State, who set it from 1959-1966.
Ironically, Iowa wrestles Oklahoma State Saturday (1-7) night in Iowa City. A win breaks the record.

Go Hawks!
EagleFan
01-06-2012, 11:54 PM
Who is Mark and why couldn't they beat him?
britrock88
01-07-2012, 10:25 AM
Who is Mark and why couldn't they beat him?

+1
digamma
01-07-2012, 04:27 PM
I wonder why people don't raise hell about the NCAA wrestling post season like they do with college football (spare me the obvious no one cares response). You wrestle dual meets all season long, and then the NCAA tournament is a tournament by weight class with individual scoring. So, if you have a couple of outstanding wrestlers, you can place very high at the NCAA tournament even if you never won a dual meet all season.
Matthean
01-07-2012, 04:31 PM
I wonder why people don't raise hell about the NCAA wrestling post season like they do with college football (spare me the obvious no one cares response). You wrestle dual meets all season long, and then the NCAA tournament is a tournament by weight class with individual scoring. So, if you have a couple of outstanding wrestlers, you can place very high at the NCAA tournament even if you never won a dual meet all season.

Same thing goes for high school track. One year a school won it with four people.
sovereignstar v2
01-07-2012, 05:34 PM
I wonder why people don't raise hell about the NCAA wrestling post season like they do with college football (spare me the obvious no one cares response). You wrestle dual meets all season long, and then the NCAA tournament is a tournament by weight class with individual scoring. So, if you have a couple of outstanding wrestlers, you can place very high at the NCAA tournament even if you never won a dual meet all season.

Just a guess, but maybe because no one cares about wrastling.
EagleFan
01-07-2012, 08:13 PM
Just a guess, but maybe because no one cares about wrastling.

+99999999999999999
EagleFan
01-07-2012, 08:19 PM
dola: Plus, wrestling is an individual sport anyway. There are no teams in the real sense of a team, just collections of individuals.
tarcone
01-07-2012, 10:47 PM
Iowa lost 17-16.
It was 16-16 after the matches. The way they break ties is by points scored by the wrestlers. OSU outscored us 54-49.
digamma
01-07-2012, 11:06 PM
Just a guess, but maybe because no one cares about wrastling.

That's a good one.
Young Drachma
01-07-2012, 11:08 PM
Iowa lost 17-16.
It was 16-16 after the matches. The way they break ties is by points scored by the wrestlers. OSU outscored us 54-49.

I think this thread jinxed it.
sterlingice
01-07-2012, 11:16 PM
Mark was just too good for them

SI
JPhillips
03-24-2013, 02:20 PM
A kid from my brother's hometown just won his fourth straight NCAA title.

Amazingly, each year was a different weight class.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9090523/cornell-big-red-kyle-dake-first-ncaa-wrestler-win-national-titles-four-weights
hoopsguy
03-24-2013, 02:33 PM
Even more cool that he went up a weight to challenge the guy who was "Most Outstanding Wrestler" from the previous season.
molson
03-24-2013, 02:39 PM
A kid from my brother's hometown just won his fourth straight NCAA title.

Amazingly, each year was a different weight class.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9090523/cornell-big-red-kyle-dake-first-ncaa-wrestler-win-national-titles-four-weights

The WWE sent a scout to watch him and apparently will make him an offer, so he must have some charisma in addition to the athleticism. I know a lot of star amateur wrestlers go on to pro wrestling but I don't recall actual in-person scouting like this. The demise of Olympic wrestling will probably push some of these guys more quickly into pro wrestling and MMA.
tarcone
03-24-2013, 04:07 PM
Thats awesome. Great career. Very impressive. He has a college coaching career ahead of him if he doesnt go WWE.

I was listening to a MMA radio show they have on our local ESPN affiliate. They were saying losing wrestling in the Olympics would hurt MMA. Many kids might lose the desire to participate because of the lack of a world championship . They were saying it would help in the short term, but not the long term.
digamma
03-25-2013, 10:52 AM
The WWE sent a scout to watch him and apparently will make him an offer, so he must have some charisma in addition to the athleticism. I know a lot of star amateur wrestlers go on to pro wrestling but I don't recall actual in-person scouting like this. The demise of Olympic wrestling will probably push some of these guys more quickly into pro wrestling and MMA.


Well, the Olympics are still in play for 2016, and Dake specifically moved up to 165 this year on advice from the national team program.

Pretty amazing feat for him. His match was the best of the night.
RedKingGold
03-25-2013, 12:58 PM
The burning question still remains: Will Mark be set free from captivity?
Kodos
03-25-2013, 01:22 PM
How about PSU's third consecutive national championship? Pretty impressive.
tarcone
01-30-2015, 11:08 PM
How about PSU's third consecutive national championship? Pretty impressive.

Long time bump.
3 in a row is impressive. Not quite as impressive as 9 in a row, but still impressive.

#1 Iowa beat #2 Minnesota tonight 23-12.

Who needs football? Iowa is #1 in wrestling again.
digamma
03-21-2015, 05:16 AM
Looks like we will have a new team national champion this year. Ohio State has a big lead heading into the last day of the tournament. Missouri was actually ranked number one coming into the tournament but fell way back including two losses by top seeded wrestlers to OSU wrestlers in the semifinals. I think Iowa and Cornell have a very slim shot to catch OSU. Finals on ESPN tonight.
tarcone
03-21-2015, 09:46 AM
Yeah. I think Ohio St. is going to win it. Iowa needs a miracle.

I should wander down there to watch it.
Galaril
03-21-2015, 10:14 AM
Thats awesome. Great career. Very impressive. He has a college coaching career ahead of him if he doesnt go WWE.

I was listening to a MMA radio show they have on our local ESPN affiliate. They were saying losing wrestling in the Olympics would hurt MMA. Many kids might lose the desire to participate because of the lack of a world championship . They were saying it would help in the short term, but not the long term.

I don 't think it will matter. MMA is a lot more driven by the Judo, BJJ and MUay Thai disciplines. Sure being a former wrestler isn't a bad thing but anyone disciplined in two the year would wipe the Octagon with most wrestlers.