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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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?
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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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 |