Penn State-Indiana match thread

[GregPickel]

184: Brooks vs. Washington

First period:
Washington gets the first takedown and is up 2-0. Brooks out to 2-1. Then drops down on a leg and scores for 3-2 lead.

Second period
Brooks down to start second. Quickly escapes then gets a takedown. It's 6-2. Washington escape. Brooks snaps and goes and its another takedown. 8-3 now. Stall warning on Washington, who looks totally gassed. Period ends there.

Third period
Washington down to start third. He's out. Brooks gets a takedown and tried to lock up a cradle but couldn't. Brooks wins, 13-4 major.

Penn State 20, Indiana 11

 

[LookSharp]

Aaron Brooks beast mode against a ranked wrestler.

 

[SurgeOne]

Looks like Edsell is not wanting to give up his spot at 165. Great match!

Watching Aaron Brooks wrestle is a beautiful, magical thing. He makes everything look so easy. I thought he was snap Washington’s spine at one pt.

 

[Tryingtodoitright]

Brooks whispered to Washington, 'don't ever take me down again'...

 

[manatree]

Looks like Edsell is not wanting to give up his spot at 165. Great match!

True, and I'm sure that Berge did not expect anyone to just give a spot to him. Berge wanted a second chance, and he will get a second chance.

 

[Georgialion]

Watching Aaron Brooks wrestle is a beautiful, magical thing. He makes everything look so easy. I thought he was snap Washington’s spine at one pt.

Love the Brooks family

 

[SonnyAbeFan]

Brooks whispered to Washington, 'don't ever take me down again'...

And…”this is for Carter last year.”

 

[GregPickel]

197: Dean vs. Nick Willham

First period
No early action. Dean gets the first takedown, it's 2-0, and starts working for a bow and arrow with about a minute left. That's how the period ends/

Second period
Dean escapes, and nothing else of note. 3-0 Dean.

Third period
Dean up 6-0. Willham escapes to 6-1. Then gets a takedown to 8-1. Rides out and with riding time its an 8-1 major.

Penn State 24, Indiana 11

Dual is salted away.

 

[SonnyAbeFan]

First time this year that Max looks human and not like a machine.

One thing that worries me about Max is that he doesn’t always finish shots cleanly. Against top competition, he’s gonna need that one (maybe two) takedowns. AJ will be tough as hell to take down.

 

[SurgeOne]

First time this year that Max looks human and not like a machine.

One thing that worries me about Max is that he doesn’t always finish shots cleanly. Against top competition, he’s gonna need that one (maybe two) takedowns. AJ will be tough as hell to take down.

Kervliet looking sharp. Fast for a big dude.

 

[GregPickel]

285: Greg Kerkvliet vs. Jacob Bullock

First period
Quick takedown for Kerkvliet and a 2-0 lead. Escape, then another takedown. 237.6 is Kerkvliet weight per Byers. He leads 4-1 and then tilts for four. It's 8-1. Takedown and escapes makes its 10-2.

Second period
Kerkvliet hits a double and gets a stall point to 13-2, then an escape, to 13-3. Kerkvliet nails a double, 15-3. Tilts and that's it. Kerkvliet wins 20-3 in 4:59.

Final score: Penn State 29, Indiana 11

 

[ptomaselli]

Jeezus, how flat do his shoulders have to be?

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

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[Alphalion75]

Thanks for all the video posts. Great to watch the guys in action.

 

[Tgar]

Yeah, awesome coverage. For those that have an Instagram account, Penn State Wrestling and NLWC posts a bunch of these and other highlights as well.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[crockster]

Not Negrón’s best performance. Oh well.

After his solid MD match , I was hoping he's show more progress today. It was disappointing. Let's see how next week goes.

 

[crockster]

Washington is gassed.

After that TD by Washington, Brooks totally dominated him. Wore Washington out by the 2nd period. Love Brooks pace these last couple of matches.

 

[crockster]

125: Hildbrandt vs. Jacob Moran

First period
Hildebrandt scores the initial takedown for a 2-0 lead late in the first period.

Second period
Moran gets a quick reversal out of the gate. It's 2-2, but Hildebrandt escapes to 3-2. That's the score at the end of the third.

Third period
Hildebrandt reverses for a 5-2 lead off the jump. Stalling point makes it 6-2. Hildebrandt rides out. He wins, 6-2.

Penn State 3, Indiana 0

Boy, its nice to have an AA caliber guy wrestling 125 again!! Nice weekend Drew!!

 

[Ernie Ladd]

Boy, its nice to have an AA caliber guy wrestling 125 again!! Nice weekend Drew!!

Given that he hasn’t competed in a while, I was curious to see how he would be once he got to the third period after Friday’s 1st period fall. His conditioning seems great.

 

[truth-and-reason]

Observation about Beau and his style (coming from a previous official).
Against Iowa and possibly Michigan, every match is going to be critical. 49 is going to be a swing bout.
In Carver, they are going to be screaming for stalling. Beau is going to have to open it up and take more shots. If he doesn't, I would estimate 80% probability that he is hit for stalling 2x during bout giving Murin a point. 60% probability that he is hit 3x and gives up 2 points.
He generally does a good job of standing his ground and not retreating, but we all know how Iowa often pushes guys around making it look like they are the aggressor thus drawing stall calls.

 

[WV lion]

First time this year that Max looks human and not like a machine.

One thing that worries me about Max is that he doesn’t always finish shots cleanly. Against top competition, he’s gonna need that one (maybe two) takedowns. AJ will be tough as hell to take down.

The way to slow dean down is do absolutely nothing for 7 minutes