Big Ten Championships going on now - Illini having a very good day so far! Quarterfinal round is almost complete, Luffman still to wrestle. We have 6 wrestlers already through to the semis, and in 3rd as a team.
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Those 6 all qualified for nationals already!
Riley, Kraisser, and Luffman need to win 1 more. Pucino the next one & another after that.
Luffman qualified. Pucino needs a wildcard, but is in a strong position to get one. Riley needs to win 2 (Iowa and Ohio State). Kraisser needs a wildcard, but won’t get one.
Webster a massive upset of van ness to make finals with Byrd.
Scoles, Braunagel x2, Luffman, and Ruth all going for 3rd. DBraunagel beat pinto in the semis, but had an insane TD call go against him on review.
Webster a massive upset of van ness to make finals with Byrd.
Scoles, Braunagel x2, Luffman, and Ruth all going for 3rd. DBraunagel beat pinto in the semis, but had an insane TD call go against him on review.
Let’s go! What a tournament for him ! Hope he wins this
That wasn’t good at all.
Brackets are here!
Welp. I had my predictions for every match typed out until the forum deleted in...so I'm just going to do my overall predictions instead of doing it all over.
Byrd - 1 seed (Champ)
Pucino - 28 seed (2-2)
Webster - 7 seed (4th-6th) [Would have to beat D'Emilio in blood round and McNeil of North Carolina the next round]
Scoles - 11 seed (Blood Round) [He would have to beat Amine or Steed there]
DBraunagel - 20 seed (2-2) [loss to Casella or Kennedy and if he wins there is a probable matchup with Kharchala or Pinto again]
Ruth - 10 seed (7th/8th) [Will have to beat Allred of NE in blood round]
ZBRaunagel - 9 seed (7th/8th) [Will probably have to get revenge on Shumate of Ohio State before beating Stout of Pitt again in the blood round]
Luffman - 8 seed (2-2) [Would have to beat Slavikouski of Harvard to make the blood round and then beat Trumble of NC State to place]
Welp. I had my predictions for every match typed out until the forum deleted in...so I'm just going to do my overall predictions instead of doing it all over.
Byrd - 1 seed (Champ)
Pucino - 28 seed (2-2)
Webster - 7 seed (4th-6th) [Would have to beat D'Emilio in blood round and McNeil of North Carolina the next round]
Scoles - 11 seed (Blood Round) [He would have to beat Amine or Steed there]
DBraunagel - 20 seed (2-2) [loss to Casella or Kennedy and if he wins there is a probable matchup with Kharchala or Pinto again]
Ruth - 10 seed (7th/8th) [Will have to beat Allred of NE in blood round]
ZBRaunagel - 9 seed (7th/8th) [Will probably have to get revenge on Shumate of Ohio State before beating Stout of Pitt again in the blood round]
Luffman - 8 seed (2-2) [Would have to beat Slavikouski of Harvard to make the blood round and then beat Trumble of NC State to place]
NCAA wrestling championships started this morning also. You can watch all individual mats through the ESPN app to see all our Illini compete this weekend.
not sure where to put this...
BRYD WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP at 133 !!! WRESTLING
sidenote: He is 5.6 maybe... his girl is 6.2..
BRYD WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP at 133 !!! WRESTLING
sidenote: He is 5.6 maybe... his girl is 6.2..
The announcer with some wild commentary here
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Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
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The announcer with some wild commentary here
ESPN Presents the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships from Philadelphia, March 20-22
The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships return to ESPN platforms with 19 hours of live action featuring all 640 matches from the..
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I think that was Daniel Cormier, who has done UFC commentary in the past. He would obviously have high entertainment and narratives in his broadcasting toolkit working in that promotion.
The time expires, aaand THAT WILL DO IT!!.... LUCAS BYRD!...... HAS A TALL GIRLFRIENDThe announcer with some wild commentary here
Gave me some Art Donovan at the 1994 King of the Ring vibes.The announcer with some wild commentary here
Girlfriend is Elle Holtzman. Former Illini volleyball player who gave it up due to injury! Saw a feature about the relationship somewhere but can't find it again. She was a very highly regarded recruit
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