WTH happened to Gonsor ? He was on the verge of a break out year -or so I thought . Teched JBB last year and was rolling along nicely . NN, any thoughts or observations ??

Gonsor has only been good from the top position this year. He has been decent on his feet, but it seems like the majority of the time when he's in on his deepest shots they get stalemated. Most of his shots that I've seen this year have been low singles. When a decent rider gets on top he has struggled not only with getting out, but getting turned also. He doesn't seem to be able to come back from any sort of defecit either. If his opponent gets the first td the match seems to be over. I have to admit I've only paid attention to him starting this year, but I've seen 7 of his matches.

I have to feel sorry for IU's 141-Ahead in the EMU match with seconds to go and shoots? and gives up a 5 pointer to lose-then was tight with Schav from Mizzou and gives up a defensive fall- may be the best 10-10 141 in the country . This kid came out of nowhere -1 x state champion in Indiana . He sat out a year and then beat Niemann in wrestle offs and has lost several close matches -he might be one to keep an eye on .

Originally Posted by NellieNell125

Gonsor has only been good from the top position this year. He has been decent on his feet, but it seems like the majority of the time when he's in on his deepest shots they get stalemated. Most of his shots that I've seen this year have been low singles. When a decent rider gets on top he has struggled not only with getting out, but getting turned also. He doesn't seem to be able to come back from any sort of defecit either. If his opponent gets the first td the match seems to be over. I have to admit I've only paid attention to him starting this year, but I've seen 7 of his matches.

This is spot on from what's I've seen -the matches with Dooley from IL are a perfect example. If Gonsor gets on top early it's a completely different match, once people adjust and start attacking early and avoid bottom when choosing he has big trouble.

This is off topic, but found it interesting. Brent Haynes was on the Big XII All-Acedemic 2nd team which you means he had minimum of 3.0 GPA last year. How do you become ineligible from that? He must have skipped every single one of his finals in May and then not went to summer school. That's weird.

Haynes /Powless should have gone either way -but how does Haynes lose to the EMU kid ?

I wasn't online yet so I don't know. Looks like the EMU kid got four td's with an escape based on the score though. Hopefully Haynes had the flu and we don't know about it. At least I don't have to wait long to see if it was a fluke with the Midlands coming up.

Kinda fresh on my mind since MIZZOU just wrestled both Purdue & Indiana. I know you're not too keen on IU, but how do you see Purdue after this year when they lose all their seniors. Do they have people ready to step in or are they gonna need a year or two?