Want the brackets? Easy. Here are the brackets for the 2009 NCAA DIV I Wrestling Championships. Have fun. If you want to save it to your computer, right click on the link and select Save Link As. Done and did.
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Should Brent Metcalf Have to Apologize For His Last Second Push?
OK for any of those who STILL haven’t seen it, here are the videos of the match.
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I love watching Metcalf wrestle just becuase he is always fighting back, as if he were always on his back, even if he is ahead by 8 points. He’s just that sort of animal. Personally I would hate to go up against him even in the practice room. He’d tare me apart and then eat me for breakfast.
So in the final seconds of the match, Caldwell knows he’s won the match and just stops. He actually takes up and starts running, putting his hands up in the air, celebrating already. He runs away from Metcalf and half a second after the ref blows the whistle, he does a back flip. Well tries to anyways. What he doesn’t see is Metcalf chasing after him, trying to finish the match. Right when Caldwell is in the air, Metcalf pushes him and Caldwell lands on his back.
Before we get into the different angles of the push, here’s what I had to say earlier this week about it in a comment I left on a blog:
If I was in his situation, I totally would have shoved him. Doesn’t matter if he did the flip before or after the whistle. From the side of Caldwell, I would have done the flip! He just beat the second best wrestler in collegiate history and pulled off one of the biggest upsets since 1970! How could he not flip?!!? I just wish Metcalf would have won it though.
I can see where both guys are coming from. Going into the match, everyone thought that Metcalf had it made. If I were Caldwell, there’s no DOUBT I would be doing a flip. But when you do that with someone like Metcalf, you had better know that it’s just going to egg him on. Coming from Metcalf, I totally would have pushed the dude.
Now lets look at the refs. Personally, I think they dropped the ball on this on. When a wrestler starts celebrating before the whistle sounds, that’s call for unsportsmanship. And sure he did the flip after the whistle, but he started it before the match ended. Metcalf cost the team a point, but Caldwell’s actions whent unpunished. Now I’m not calling for Caldwell’s apology or for him to hand the title over to Metcalf, cuz that won’t happen. But he had it coming to him. In my opinion, I wouldn’t have apologized unless it was for PR reasons. That’s just me though. Your thoughts?
California Politics – Can’t help it
Yes, this is one of those cheesy emails that you get forwarded. But it made too good of a point not to post it. I’m originally from California and I was actually able to recently go out there and visit some friends; I love the state! I have seen Pelosi and what she stands for and I think this hits it right on the head. Leave some comments and let me know what ya’ll think! (Good or Bad!)
On a Saturday afternoon, in Washington, D. C., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s aide met with the Cardinal at St. Matthew’s Cathedral.
He told the Cardinal that Nancy Pelosi would be attending the next day’s sermon, and he asked if the Cardinal would kindly point out Pelosi to the
congregation and say a few words that would include calling Pelosi a saint.
The Cardinal replied, “No. I don’t really like the woman, and there are issues of conflict with the Catholic Church over certain of Pelosi’s views.”
Pelosi’s aide then said, “Look. I’ll write a check here and now for a donation of $100,000 to your church if you’ll just tell the congregation you
see Pelosi as a saint.” The Cardinal thought about it and said, “Well, the church can use the money,
so I’ll work your request into tomorrow’s sermon.”
As Pelosi’s aide promised, House Speaker Pelosi appeared for the Sunday sermon and seated herself
prominently at the edge of the main aisle. And, during the sermon, as promised, the Cardinal pointed out that House
Speaker Pelosi was present. Then the Cardinal went on to explain to the congregation — “While Speaker
Pelosi’s presence is probably an honor to some, she is not my favorite person. Some of her views are contrary to those of the church, and she tends
to flip-flop on many other views. Nancy Pelosi is a petty, self-absorbed hypocrite, a thumb sucker, and a nit-wit. Nancy Pelosi is also a serial liar,
a cheat, and a thief. Nancy Pelosi is the worst example of a Catholic I have ever personally witnessed. She married for money and is using it to lie to the American people. She also has a reputation for shirking her Representative obligations both in Washington, and in California . She simply is not to be trusted.”
The Cardinal completed his view of Pelosi with, “But, when compared to Senators Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid, and John Kerry, House
Speaker Pelosi is a saint.”
Nebraska at the 2009 NCAA Div I Wrestling Championships – Photo of the week
What in the WORLD?! Caldwell Beats Metcalf! Can it seriously be true?
You know when you have those moments when you just say “Seriously? Really? Are you SERIOUS?” That’s about the reaction I had when I got back from California this weekend – a trip I had where I deliberatly didn’t have internet – and found out that Darrion Caldwell upset Brent Metcalf. For those of you who haven’t been paying attention to college wrestling in the past couple years, Metcalf, who wrestles for University of Iowa’s 149 lb spot, is not only the top ranked in the nation in 149, but is heralded as the second best wrestler in collegiate history, right behind Cael Sanderson. “Seriously?” One of the biggest upsets in college history. “Really?” Metcalf had a 69 win streak going into the match. The last time that he lost a match was actually to Caldwell back in early 2007. That’s right. Two years without a loss. “Are you SERIOUS?!” Yes, I’m serious.
So having not watched the match live and only being able to find a couple clips of it online, it looks like Caldwell was actually ahead by 6 points at one point. (Please correct me if I’m wrong on that one). Yes both wrestlers have grown since that point, but going into the match, no one gave Caldwell a second thought. Virtually all thoughts were that Metcalf would pull ahead as the winner. So what are your thoughts? Is Caldwell the better wrestler or was it a fluke? “He’s human,” Caldwell said. “It was a wrestling match. It was not like he had a gun and me a knife.” This was very obviously a well-matched fight. Metcalf knew it and didn’t make any excuses: “I looked at it as I had to go in and take it away from him, not just go in there and expect things to happen because I’m Brent Metcalf, because I wrestle hard. That is not enough,” Metcalf said.
So what say you? Who’s the better wrestler? Or smarter wrestler? Everyone, including myself, has been building up Metcalf like none other. Is he still the best? Here’s the best video I could find. Let me know what you think!
I just found the other video and I’m updating this post. Here it is!
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How to Buy a Wrestling Mat
Buying a wrestling mat is probably one of the most important – and most costly things – that your wrestling team or club is going to buy. They can range from $4.50 a square foot down to $1.50 per square foot. Because it is measured by square foot, it is easy to see how you can get very pricey very fast. Think floor space, then wall space and if you have any support columns, you’ll want to cover those as well. An average high school wrestling mat is between 32′ x 32′ and 40′ x 40′. Plug in the cost for the smaller, cheaper, mat and your running $1,500. For the larger, new wrestling mat, it would be $7,200. That’s just for the floor. At those prices, you better know what you’re doing when you buy a new wrestling mat. To help out, we’ve written this up. Hope it helps!
Big Ten 2009 Tourney Results and Highlights
So imagine how mad and frustrated I was when I go to create this post yesterday and the servers are down. Awesome. As soon as I get home, they’re working. Better. Best part is, I didn’t email the post to myself, so I couldn’t get it posted once I got home. It’s the best! – Nacho Libre plug. Anyways, here is the post that SHOULD have been up last night. Sorry for the delay.
Here is the transcript of the video. I’ve probably butchered a bunch of the names; sorry if yours is one of them and you’re reading it! Contact us and let us know and we’ll correct it!
Welcome back again wrestling at the 2009 big ten championships at 141 lbs Michigan sophomore Kellen Russell had a late take down to knock off top ranked Zach Tenelli 6-4 for his first individual title.
Brent Metcalf at 149 lbs continued his dominating performance. Metcalf pinned Bubba Jenkins to notch his 65th consecutive match win, breaking into Iowa’s top ten for pins in a season with 18.
At 157 lbs, defending big ten champion Mike Poeta defeated North Western’s Jason Welsh 8-2 for his second title
At 165 lbs Wisconsin true freshman Andrew Howell lived up to his top seed beating Ryan Morningstar in overtime giving the badgers their first big ten championship since 2006
174 lbs Michigan Steve Luke captured his third straight big ten title. The 12-5 decision over Quinton Right leaves Luke undefeated this season
At 184 lbs top ranked Jake Herbert became the first wildcat ever to capture 3 big ten championships with a win over Phil Petty. Herbert extended his college winning streak to 60.
At 197 lbs Tyron Todd of Michigan gathered riding time to beat Wisconsin’s Dallas Hurbst with a 5-4 decision this is Todd’s first title, helping Michigan to a third place finish while Iowa captured it’s second consecutive title.
6 wrestlers repeat as big 10 champs, including the winners from each of the first 5 weight classes. Defending NCAA champion Brent Metcalf who captured the 149 lb title was named The wrestler of the championships for the second straight season.
As for the final team standings behind their two individual winners, the Hawkeyes repeat as big ten champs, recording their 33rd title in program history. Pretty impressive. Iowa finished with 141 pts and Illinois was second with 113.5 and Michigan third with 92.5. The hawks will send 9 wrestlers to the NCAA championships beginning March 19th in St. Louis and will be looking to repeat as the title holders in this event as well.
Tournament results:
| School | Score | Individual Champs | Weight |
| Iowa | 141 | A. Escobedo 125 | 125 |
| Illinois | 113.5 | E. Gomez 133 | 133 |
| Michigan | 92.5 | K. Russell 141 | 141 |
| Wisconsin | 88 | B. Metcalf 149 | 149 |
| Minnesota | 86 | M. Poeta 157 | 157 |
| Ohio State | 80 | A. Howe 165 | 165 |
| Penn State | 79.5 | S. Luke 174 | 174 |
| Northwestern | 73.5 | J. Herbert 197 | 197 |
| Indiana | 67.5 | D. Erekson HVY | HVY |
| Purdue | 52 | ||
| Michigan State | 45.5 |
State 2009 Vaith vs Ness — Nice Little Scramble Analysis
I found these pictures on The Guillotine‘s photo album in Google. Pretty sweet shots of a nice scramble. First off, I’ll spoil it and say that the dude in the Blue and Gold striped singlet looks like he won. (There’s a shot of him hugging his coach with a huge smile across the coaches face – I’m putting two and two together and guessing here…) A lot of people will take a look at these shots and wonder how is it that he won? Isn’t he the one with his back towards the mat most of the time? Well, you have something called riding time and another thing called back exposure. If a wrestler is in control and exposes his back to the mat, the ref will reward him back points. Also, if the wrestler is in control for an amount of time, he is awarded points (riding time). So lets take a look at the pictures. If you click on them they’ll go to their normal size and you’ll be able to scroll through them in the pop up.
Class AAA 140 pound quarterfinals action. Luke Vaith, Hastings dec. Dylan Ness, Bloomington Kennedy 7-6.
Live Coverage of the Big Ten Wrestling Tourney from Penn State — Saturday’s Matches
This is an RSS feed of the Big Ten Wrestling Tourney from Penn State. It is constantly updated, so be sure to refresh often. If you don’t know how to refresh, F5 will do it or CTRL+SHIFT+R will get it done as well. Enjoy everyone! Hope you’ll be able to watch it (unlike me!!) Also, remember that the newest updates will show up on the top while the older updates will be at the bottom.