Midlands Championships @ Evanston, Illinois Wrestling Results

Midlands Championships @ Evanston, Illinois

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12-29-2008 to 12-30-2008 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM

Midlands Championships Information
2008 Midlands Fact Sheet

2008 Midlands Schedule of Events

2008 Seeds

Competition Schedule:

Monday, December 29: 1st session - 9:30am; 2nd session - 7:00pm
Tuesday, December 30: 3rd session -12 noon; Final session - 7:00pm

Highlights:

• The finals of the Midlands Championships are scheduled to be televised live on the Big Ten Network on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.
The Iowa Hawkeyes are the defending tournament champion and held the lead after Day 1 of the two-day competition.

• This year’s Midlands Wrestling Tournament boasts the best field of competitors in the 46-year history of the event, including seven Big Ten programs (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue and Wisconsin), two Big 12 teams—including the 2006 Midlands team champion and second-ranked Iowa State— and representatives from the Pac-10, ACC and EIWA.

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Event Results

Team Scores:
1 156.5 Iowa

2 153.5 Iowa State

3 121.5 Missouri

4 98.5 Wisconsin

5 88.5 Northwestern
6 83.0 Central Michigan
7 82.5 Purdue
8 57.5 American
9 56.0 Maryland

2008 Brackets

2008 Team Standings

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Event Discussion

Thread: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

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12-31-2008 03:51 PM

goferphan

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Originally Posted by Zapp Brannigan

LOL. Fair point. Frigging Florida with their "no Big 10 Network" crap. Hope the videos turn up soon.

Speak for yourself Zapp, I have Big Ten Network through Verizon.

12-31-2008 02:47 PM

Gold

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

What is the champion of champions award?

12-31-2008 01:50 PM

angelfish

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Originally Posted by JensenS

184: Herbert is the MAN. Thats really all I can say. Thats as thorough a beating as I've seen Keddy take definitely since the beginning of last year.

I can't remember the last time I saw Keddy unable to get out from the bottom at the whistle. Herbert was awesome.

12-31-2008 01:43 PM

r.payton@att.net

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Not that I was a dirty wrestler or anything but when Tshirt stopped and held his hand up I would have hit him with everything I had . I wasn't aware a wrestler could call a time out without the ref blowing the whistle signaling a stop in the action .

12-31-2008 12:00 PM

Trusty

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Originally Posted by JensenS

He hit his face on Tanelli's leg kind of awkwardly but pretty hard as he was shooting in, he didn't really hit the mat that hard.

Tanelli took a fantastic shot to take him down though, in my opinion that'd have been a TD whether or not Tsirtsis' bell was still rung at all.

Best shot of the night!

12-31-2008 11:41 AM

JensenS

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Herbert was unanimously picked as OW, Tanelli got the Champion of Champions award.

12-31-2008 09:51 AM

leglace

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Originally Posted by Zapp Brannigan

LOL. Fair point. Frigging Florida with their "no Big 10 Network" crap. Hope the videos turn up soon.

Who said we don 't get it? Its just not included in regular programming packages in Fla. I have to pay $5 for the sports pack on Dish.
Though, tomorrow, they are installing DirecTV. They better have it available.

12-31-2008 08:33 AM

bluestater

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Originally Posted by r.payton@att.net

While the announcers were tripping over their tongues trying to find accolades for Metcalf they pretty much ignored the fact that Herbert is THE dominant wrestler today .

Because he is godcalf!

12-31-2008 07:55 AM

r.payton@att.net

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Denis wrestled really smart -alot of wrestlers -most-would have held on to Fanthorpes legs too long trying to get the takedown and ended up getting stuck-Dennis knew when to bail and give up 1-2 rather than 5 points -also ,Tanelli's whizzer was in so deep that tshirt was going no where and the announcers acted like it was unknown cosmic event that prevented Tshirt from getting the TD -it was Tanelli ripping his shoulder out .
141 is so weird that Kelly from IU placed -this might be a first , seriously -the man is horrible , yet he beat Krom and a coup[le of other guys and their he was -on a podium for the first time since he left Carmel High School in Indiana .
Precin did all he had to to win -only question was if he was going to stick Clark on that one scramble -which I thought he was going to do . Precin is the most unasumming 125 lber i've ever seen -looks like a freshman in high school .

While the announcers were tripping over their tongues trying to find accolades for Metcalf they pretty much ignored the fact that Herbert is THE dominant wrestler today .
I would like to thank my neighor for letting me watch this event although he knows nor cares nothing about the sport .

12-31-2008 06:30 AM

TLV

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

It didn't look that hard Zapp. He stood right up, backed out and called time out. IF his bell was rung, it sure didn't look like it. I suspect it was to have his coach make sure that his nose was still centered on his face.....:-)

12-31-2008 12:13 AM

Gold

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Herbert definitely just made a strong statement for the best college wrestler in the country. Keddy looked like a practice dummy out there, and he was even in the positions that he is good in. Herbert just dominated every single second...

12-30-2008 11:55 PM

Zapp Brannigan

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Originally Posted by JensenS

This probably isn't worth continuing on about...as the only person who knows whether his bell being "rung" contributed to his giving up the TD is Tsirtsis and my description of the shot that Tanelli took is kind of limited to it just being "really good."

LOL. Fair point. Frigging Florida with their "no Big 10 Network" crap. Hope the videos turn up soon.

12-30-2008 11:52 PM

JensenS

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

This probably isn't worth continuing on about...as the only person who knows whether his bell being "rung" contributed to his giving up the TD is Tsirtsis and my description of the shot that Tanelli took is kind of limited to it just being "really good."

12-30-2008 11:42 PM

Zapp Brannigan

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

Originally Posted by JensenS

He hit his face on Tanelli's leg kind of awkwardly but pretty hard as he was shooting in, he didn't really hit the mat that hard.

Tanelli took a fantastic shot to take him down though, in my opinion that'd have been a TD whether or not Tsirtsis' bell was still rung at all.

I'm not going to truly argue, because I didn't see it. But, off your description alone, if his "bell" was rung, I can't see how it wouldn't have some effect, even if he's just slow to react or gets into a bad position, etc.

12-30-2008 11:39 PM

JensenS

Re: 2008 Midlands Wrestling Tournament Results/Brackets/Discussion

He hit his face on Tanelli's leg kind of awkwardly but pretty hard as he was shooting in, he didn't really hit the mat that hard.

Tanelli took a fantastic shot to take him down though, in my opinion that'd have been a TD whether or not Tsirtsis' bell was still rung at all.