Rivalry Week: Iowa/ISU Wrestling Open Thread
by Patrick Vint on Dec 9, 2007 12:24 PM CST
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Dan Gable's balls are too big for his pants
We haven't covered wrestling much here (which is the UI equivalent of a Duke blog ignoring basketball). To be fair, Iowa has faced Findlay, Iowa Central, Old Dominion, and NC State this season (all 4 were comfortable wins). All that changes today, as Iowa travels to Hilton to take on the #1 Iowa State Cyclones.
Last season, Iowa trounced ISU 24-6, winning its second straight dual in the series. The big story out of that contest was the fight between the coaching staffs. After Iowa's Mark Perry beat ISU's Travis Pauslen in the most highly-anticipated match of the night, things got a little crazy. As usual, Iowa State started bitching about nothing in particular. Dan Gable didn't like that very much. Words were shouted. Fingers were given. Tom Brands drank Paulsen's blood from the skull of Cael Sanderson.*
Today, Perry (an all-American, #2 in the country at 165 lbs., and Iowa's consensus best wrestler) is suspended. That hurts a little. ISU is coming off an 18-13 win over previous #1 Minnesota. The consensus (from people far more knowledgeable on wrestling than me) seems to be that 133, 141, 157 (which should be the best match of the day), and 197 are the tossups today.
In any case, Iowa/ISU will be pissing intensity in front of 9000 fans in Hilton in what is probably the most enjoyable, and certainly the most nationally significant, of the rivalry games. 2:00, IPTV.
* - That may have been the acid talking.
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IPTV Pledges
If you call in and pledge $20 to IPTV, you can get a college wrestling fleece shirt. In classic Iowa fashion, the smallest size available is a large.
Even IPTV is Ripping Pollard
Apparently, ISU has decreased the capacity of Hilton for wrestling from 14,000 to 9000 to drive up ticket prices. With the season ticket requirement for football and the ticket hikes for wrestling, isn't it a matter of time before the poor, unemployed graduates of Iowa State University rises up against the AD?
Technical Difficulties
They can't get the live feed from Ames (apparently, the hamster fell off the wheel at the power plant). We're on temporary hiatus.
And We Are Back
133, Slaton v. Fanthorpe. One of the big ones. Apparently Iowa won the first match 8-4.
This is why I don't understand this sport
Slaton chooses down to start the second period, and the crowd goes "oooh!" In any case, it's tied 3-3 late in the second.
Halfway through the second
Nothing has happened, though LeClere (Iowa) has been more active. I hate to say pillow fight, but...actually, I don't. This is a pillow fight.
Metcalf up 2-0 after 1
All these guys came with Brands from Virginia Tech, and they all know how big this could be.
Metcalf is a stud
ISU has been sitting on their asses (which is apparently what they did against Minnesota, too), and Iowa is making them pay for it.
14-4 Metcalf. 13-0 Iowa after 4 matches.
157
Morningstar vs. Sanderson. Yeah, one of those Sandersons. This is another big match. Win here, and Iowa's going to try hard to lose today.
Sanderson is wearing a Michael Myers mask
Which I thought was illegal.
In any case, he obviously can't see his ankles through the holes in the mask, because Morningstar keeps taking him down. 4-2 after 1 period.
Mike Myers won't die
Sanderson nearly pins Morningstar, but Ryno holds out. Nevertheless, ISU gets on the board.
10-5 Sanderson. 13-3 Iowa at halftime.
165
Kerr vs. Reader. We're big underdogs here (this is where Perry would wrestle), so I'm going to watch the Vikings game for a couple of minutes.
Borchel extends the lead
10-3 plus riding time at the end of 2. Major win here would pretty much end this thing, as ISU would have to get 14 points in 3 matches.
184
Varner from ISU is #1 in the country. Nice knowing ya, Keddy. Nevertheless, hold them to a 3-point win and put it on Fields at heavyweight to hold down the fort.
197
Beatty, who is wrestling two weight classes higher than usual, against Bertolino. Bertolino nearly pinned Beatty off the bat. This one doesn't look pretty.
Excruciating
This is more painful than UFC. Beatty just had his foot touching the back of his head.
4-0 Bertolino after 1.
Beatty is one tough motherfucker...
...but not a great wrestler. 9-1 after 2, with riding time in the bag. There's a possibility of a technical fall here, which would drop Iowa's lead to 3 with one match to go.
Heavyweight
Fields vs. Zabriskie. Toss up (#7 vs. #4), but I can't see a major out of a heavyweight fight.
Late takedown by Fields cements it
6-3 win for Fields.
20-13 Iowa. We should be #1 in the country tomorrow.
YEAH MOTHAFUCKAS!
Off to the Vikings game. Peace out.
Awesome
Beating #1 ISU without our best wrestler? Fuck yes. I love Tom Brands.
Iowa wrestling is back!
by Adam @ Black Heart Gold Pants on Dec 9, 2007 4:08 PM CST reply actions
You two are onto something
AWESOME
Thanks for the recap and at least the Hawks did not get swept in the only contests that matter against Iowa State. Hawkeye wrestling is going to be number one? F YEAH! I am glad it is not as dark in Iowa City for sports as I thought.
by MacG on Dec 9, 2007 10:11 PM CST reply actions
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