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Originally Posted by Zapp Brannigan

Hawkeyes wrestled with heart today to pull out the tie against a team I thought was better than them. Mark Ballweg and Derek St. John obviously get the "helmet stickers".

Maybe someone should give them some Buckeyes?

Those guys at Ohio State get a helmet sticker if they wipe AND flush. I do the same with my three boys here at home.

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I think the Hawks wrestled okay yesterday.

I was really hoping to see Ramos at 133 if he is going to be our guy at nationals, but thought Clark did pretty well. Oliver is on a different plane then everyone else this year.

I'm excited about the future with Mark Ballweg. He's a scrambler and it works for him. Thought he wrestled a good match with Kindig. Too bad Montell is coming back. Maybe Mark will move up and challenge his brother at 141.

I won't say much about Matt Ballweg. He still the same as he was two years ago at 157. He tries hard.

Hopefully St. John finds some wind. Seemed to me that he was running out of breath and couldve scored more points if he was in better shape. Starting to wonder if 157 is too much of a cut and maybe effecting his wrestling.

If Bailey hadn't put Janssen on his back I think he would've pulled that one out. But Bailey's got those moves in his bag and Aaron knew it. Thid times a charm?

Ethen looked pretty good. I'm not expecting much out of him this year at the tournament but he's getting valuable mat time and next year, imo, will be very tough to beat.

It was nice to not see anyone (Gambrall, St. John) give up. It's always a step in the right direction when you don't lay there and get pinned.

Overall, I feel Iowa wrestled better than I had seen them all year, but it's still really gross to kiss your sister.

Unless she's a half sister named Megan Foxx.

Originally Posted by arm-spin

What the hell is the deal with Chris Perry? I know folkstyle and freestyle are differnet, but this dude was 4th at the US open and 3rd at the jr. worlds. He should be doing much better than he is, shouldn't he?

For some (baffling) reason he's been completely unable to score from his feet this year.

Foster wasn't great I suppose, but Lofthouse is scrappy and not the easiest guy to score on.