If I were to say that a top seeded wrestler, who has beaten everyone in his weight class lost by injury default but before that, he was losing by more than six points, who would you say is this wrestler?
If you answered, Cam Simaz, than you're wrong but he did lose. If you answered Kyle Dake, than you're wrong again and he won and will be going to the finals. If you answered Ed Ruth, than you're right. Ed Ruth lost to Stanford's Nick Amuchestegui in the quarter-finals. Not to take anything away from Nick because he did what he had to do to win and is now in the finals defeating Mack Lewnes of Cornell, but Ed Ruth did not wrestle near his ability. However, that is the nature of the beast that is the grind and huge spectacle of the NCAA Wrestling Championships where there are approximately 20, 000+ fans. For some, it a stage where they shine - Quentin Wright who is in the finals and for some it is not, case in point, Ed Ruth. He is only a freshman and will have three more attempts for that coveted NCAA Championship that every wrestler strives to achieve.
Thoughts on the second day......
-Anthony Robles is in the finals @125 and wrestled his match in the semi's over a strong wrestler from Utah State. He will meet McDonough from Iowa and hopefully Robles will come out the victor.
-@141 A fellow Cal Poly Mustang, Boris Novachkov defeated a strong willed Mike Thorn from Minnesota in the semi's 9-3 and will be in the finals over Kellen Moore from Michigan. Being an alum at Cal Poly, I am rooting for Boris to defeat the undefeated wrestler in Moore.
-@157 David Taylor = Amazing. He will wrestle Bubba Jenkins from Arizona State and former Nittany Lion, in which I believe will be an extra ordinary bout with Taylor winning.
-@165 Jordan Borroughs = A man amongst boys. His power doubles are exactly what he does. He powers right through you for double the amount of points given on an escape. Jordan defeating Tyler Caldwell from Oklahoma, who won in triple OT over returning Andre Howe from Wisconsin.
-@184 Quentin Wright is peaking at THEE right time. He pinned his opponent in the semi's and has been wrestling 'out of his mind'. Wright over Hamlin.
-@197 Kilgore defeated the #1 seed that was Cam Simaz and as a result, I have him beating the Oklahoma State wrestler.
-@Heavyweight Ryan Flores looks smaller than his opponents but also looks superior than his opponents and I believe that he will overcome the hurdle that is Rey from Lehigh in the finals.
As for the team race, I still believe that Penn State will get their 1st team title since the days of bread and water, especially after the Quentin Wright pin in the semi's.
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