IrememberDukester
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| 03/22/2008 11:36 PM |
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The top-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team clinched its 21st national team title and its first since 2000 Saturday morning at the 2008 NCAA Championships in St. Louis, MO.
That's enough to make even John Wooden jealous.
Way to go Hawks, welcome home Tom Brands!
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It's my fault," said first-year Nebraska coach Bo Pelini. "Damn right, yes, I'm embarrassed. I apologized to the team. I apologize to the state of Nebraska. I apologize to everyone associated with Nebraska football.
"It's my responsibility. I was hired to do a job and I didn't do the job, I'm just not a very good coach. |
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IrememberDukester
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| 03/23/2008 8:53 AM |
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I forgot, Bugeater couldn't comprehend that many in any sport!
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It's my fault," said first-year Nebraska coach Bo Pelini. "Damn right, yes, I'm embarrassed. I apologized to the team. I apologize to the state of Nebraska. I apologize to everyone associated with Nebraska football.
"It's my responsibility. I was hired to do a job and I didn't do the job, I'm just not a very good coach. |
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Fergie
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| 03/23/2008 10:46 AM |
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| Great Tournament, I went for 1 day of it. |
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SeahawksSB42champs
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| 03/23/2008 11:00 AM |
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Dukie -- props to the Hawkeyes on getting back to the top of the heap. They wrestled a fabulous tournament and looked solid all the way around.
The Huskers came back to finish fourth after a really crappy Friday that saw one wrestler fail to make weight (which is impeccably stupid) and two lose heartbreaking semifinal matches. They don't beat the Hawkeyes if those things don't happen, but they could have finished a lot closer than Ohio State and made it a more interesting team race.
They only lose their senior heavyweight, so they're going to be in the mix to win it all next year. Don't know what Iowa loses, but with Brands as coach they could throw 10 Fergies and Dwights in there and be in the hunt.
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Fergie
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| 03/23/2008 2:24 PM |
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Posted By SeahawksSB42champs on 03/23/2008 11:00 AM
Fergies in there and will be in the hunt.
Thanks Michael!
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Crit40
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| 03/23/2008 7:05 PM |
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It was a great tounament for the Hawkeyes. I just got back. They will lose Fields at HWT and their 165 lb champion Perry, but they should be solid for next year, however so will a half a dozen other teams. Slaten wrestled solid and got caught in the finals......too bad for him, but he's just a soph. Metcalf was the tournament's outstanding wrestler and won the championship in by far the toughest weight class at 149. Cornell will be very tough next year with the return of Nickerson who took the year off to try out for the olympics, but they have a solid team coming back. Also Ohio State crowned 2 underclassmen champs as well, but didn't have the supporting cast to get it done. Nebraska has a slew of underclassmen all-americans returning and will make a run as well. And then their's Iowa State, who will be tough again as well.
Should be interesting next year.
I actually won our wrestling pool..........don't think I'll fair as well in the NCAA basketball pool. |
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Counting the Herd one hoof at a time. |
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Omahan
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| 03/24/2008 7:34 AM |
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| So is the kid from Creighton Prep Oliver still wrestling for Nebraska or did his eligibility expire? |
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egami
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| 03/24/2008 9:48 AM |
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If a tree fell in the forest, would anyone care about Wrestling?
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Go Blue! |
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SeahawksSB42champs
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| 03/24/2008 9:53 AM |
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Posted By Omahan on 03/24/2008 7:34 AM
So is the kid from Creighton Prep Oliver still wrestling for Nebraska or did his eligibility expire?
He has two years of eligibility left, I believe. He battled through knee injuries much of this past year and didn't qualify after qualifying last year. If he gets back to 100 percent and the Huskers find a capable heavyweight to replace May, they will be one of the teams to beat next year. |
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Omahan
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| 03/24/2008 2:25 PM |
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Hey thanks Seahawk. I knew his father Ray Oliver who was a heck of a wrestler himself at Omaha Tech.
(you know you're old when you talk about Technical High School Athletics) |
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Fergie
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| 03/24/2008 11:13 PM |
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| Brent Metcalf is awesome. I doubt he'll achieve his team goal of 300 points. Lofty goal. |
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Crit40
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| 03/25/2008 8:49 AM |
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That was an exageration dumbass, not a goal.
"We want to set the record. I don't know what it is, but we want 300 points -- if that's possible -- that's the direction we're heading." |
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Counting the Herd one hoof at a time. |
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SeahawksSB42champs
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| 03/25/2008 10:07 AM |
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It's not impossible, but in order to do it a team would have to qualify all 10, have all 10 reach the finals and pick up enough bonus points for majors, tech falls and pins along the way.
Omaha Skutt put up 250-plus each of the past two years at state, and if they had 2-3 more in the finals they would have flirted with 300. But that's with a 14-man team, not 10. |
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Fergie
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| 03/25/2008 10:09 AM |
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Posted By Crit40 on 03/25/2008 8:49 AM
That was an exageration dumbass, not a goal.
a.) exageration is spelled exaggeration - dumbass.
b.) I believe Metcalf is being sincere. He wants to dominate as an individual and as a team - dumbass.
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Crit40
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| 03/25/2008 10:29 AM |
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Posted By SeahawksSB42champs on 03/25/2008 10:07 AM
It's not impossible, but in order to do it a team would have to qualify all 10, have all 10 reach the finals and pick up enough bonus points for majors, tech falls and pins along the way.
Omaha Skutt put up 250-plus each of the past two years at state, and if they had 2-3 more in the finals they would have flirted with 300. But that's with a 14-man team, not 10.
Metcalf was merely stating that they want to dominate the competition. 300 points is not possible at the DI level. Considering the current point total record is 170.....maybe 200, which I saw in another Metcalf quote on the same topic.
Fergie, you correcting spelling is rather comical. You have butchered the english language quite extensively here since your non eventful arrival to the board; most notable, "loser" is spelled F-E-R-G-I-E. 
My apologies for misspelling "exaggeration". Now you apologize for being an idiot by taking that comment by Metcalf literally. |
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Crit40
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| 03/25/2008 1:22 PM |
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Posted By Fergie on 03/23/2008 10:46 AM
Great Tournament, I went for 1 day of it.
Which session was it that the short bus kids got to come watch? I must've missed that announcement. I think that's great the "special" kids were able to attend. Be sure to send a thank you letter to the United Way for sponsoring you.
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Fergie
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| 03/25/2008 1:29 PM |
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I sort wondered if you were in the house when they announced that "Chicken Fried Critters" were being sold cheap.
LOSER! |
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Tim in Omaha
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| 03/25/2008 3:20 PM |
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Posted By Fergie on 03/25/2008 10:09 AM Posted By Crit40 on 03/25/2008 8:49 AM
That was an exageration dumbass, not a goal. a.) exageration is spelled exaggeration - dumbass. b.) I believe Metcalf is being sincere. He wants to dominate as an individual and as a team - dumbass.
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Tim in Omaha
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| 03/25/2008 3:22 PM |
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Posted By Fergie on 03/25/2008 1:29 PM
I sort wondered if you were in the house when they announced that "Chicken Fried Critters" were being sold cheap.
LOSER!
You sort what? Sort parts on the encore line? Oh I get it you are sort of a stupid fVck |
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Cornhuskers the winningest college football program of the last 50 years, both by winning percentage and number of wins.
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