Buckeyes at the Big Tens

[mikeytbuckeyes]

After the first day, Ohio State has 3 in the championship finals. Reece Humphrey (141 lbs), Lance Palmer (149 lbs), Colt Sponseller (165 lbs) have all moved on to the championship finals and OSU is currently in 3rd place behind Minnesota and Iowa (of course). One note of interest, Sponseller beat Ryan Morningstar of Iowa who has beaten him the previous 3 times (including at NCAAs last year). Was a big win that could be the confidence booster that he needs to get the NCAA title in 2 weeks. Will update more tomorrow.

[victor2111]

Keep us updated on the finals and where Bucks finish Mikey. I was paying attention earlier when Buckeyes were in 4th place.

Go Bucks!

[victor2111]

Watch Palmer kick some @$$ and became the Big 10 title at the 149lb level.

Nice!!!

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Nikko Triggas (125lbs) finished 5th, Ian Paddock (133 lbs) finished 5th, Reece Humphrey (141 lbs) finished 2nd (I look for him to avenge this loss at NCAAs in a little more than a week), Lance Palmer beat the "unbeatable" Brent Metcalf from Iowa at 149 lbs, we didn't place at 157 lbs, 165lbs...Colt Sponseller lost a close won in the championship finals and finished 2nd, Dave Rella finished 7th at 174 lbs, Mike Pucillo finished 3rd at 184, CJ Magrum finished 8th at 197, and Cody Morrison finished 7th at HWT. I believe 7 out of our 10 will qualify for the NCAAs.
Lance Palmer (149 lbs) was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament. OSU finished 4th. Good showing but there is a lot of room for improvement before the NCAAs.

[mikeytbuckeyes]

Mar 7, 2010 15:04:00 GMT -5 victor2111 said:

Watch Palmer kick some @$$ and became the Big 10 title at the 149lb level.

Nice!!!

In my opinion, they didn't make nearly a big enough deal out of that win. That was a HUGE win since Metcalf was being made out to be unbeatable. Perhaps the fact that 2 Iowa commentators were calling the action (Dan Gable and Iowa Public TV commentator Tim Johnson). Johnson can't help himself when Iowa is wrestling and he is commentating. He's SO biased for them when he is supposed to be neutral. He pisses me off so badly when I'm trying to watch a match with neutral guys calling the action.