Link: Claeys talks Northwestern and senior class

Weyler's out even though he's listed as a starter.

Elmore for a second straight week is listed as a starter over DeLattiboudere.

The University of Texas at Arlington traveled to Williams Arena for a road contest against the Minnesota Golden Gophers last night. UTA is highly considered as one of the top mid-major teams in the country this season and they were the preseason favorites to win the Sun Belt Conference and make a trip to the NCAA Tournament. They won road games last year against Ohio State and Memphis. They stacked their non-conference schedule once again this year with road games against the Gophers, Florida Gulf Coast, Arkansas, Texas, and St. Mary's. UTA point guard Erick Neal was a 1st Team All-Sun Belt honoree last year after he averaged 12.7 ppg and 6.2 assists. Forward Kevin Hervey was named the Sun Belt Preseason Player of the Year after averaging 18.1 ppg and 9.8 rebounds per game last season.

1st Half:
-Minnesota couldn't hit anything from the field. They shot just 9-30 in the half. There were plenty of missed open jump shots and the Golden Gophers were just 2-12 from the three point line.
-Most of the Gophers points came from the free-throw line. They were 15-19 from the stripe, and two of the misses were from point guard Nate Mason.
-Dupree McBrayer carried the offensive load at times during the first half. You can tell he has really worked on his ball-handling and creating separation off the dribble. He had a beautiful crossover to his right followed by a step back jumper at the top of the key that hit nothing but net. He also had another jumper and a fast break dunk along with making three of his four free throws for nine points. He went 3-4 from the field.
-Ahmad Gilbert didn't play a ton, but he was crucial during the final stretch of the half. He checked into the game and in back to back possessions hit a floater in the lane off of a pass from Nate Mason and a three-pointer from the top of the key in transition. He had five points in six minutes off the bench, which is a quality contribution for limited minutes.
-The defense was strong for the most part. The Gophers look significantly improved with their man to man defense and moving their feet to make it difficult on the opposition. The downside in the first half was that UTA was absolutely on fire from three-point range. They drilled nine three's in eighteen attempts and took a six-point lead into the break.
-Minnesota, however, forced nine first-half turnovers and won the rebounding edge 22-19, led by Nate Mason with 5 and Curry and Springs with 4.
-UTA point guard Erick Neal was the best player on the court in the first half. He was terrific in his navigation of the pick-and-roll and he hit four three's in seven attempts to lead all scorers with 12 points. He also chipped in three rebounds and three assists in the first 20 minutes.
-The Gophers were in a bit of foul trouble in the first half as Coffey, McBrayer and Lynch had two fouls. They had eight team fouls in the first half compared to 14 team fouls for UTA.

2nd Half:
-The second half was a completely different story than the first for UTA on the offensive end. Their three's were not falling anymore as they hit just one of their eight attempts in the 2nd half. The Gophers went on a 30-5 run to start the second half and essentially put the game out of reach. How did they do so?
-Defense set the tone. After being held scoreless in the first half, true freshman Amir Coffey was excellent in the second half. He had two big steals to get his team out in transition and he was able to finish in close. He scored all ten of his points in the second half. He shot 3-11 on the day and he struggled from the perimeter, missing all four of his three point shots. Even when the shots weren't falling, his length on defense really affected the game and he was able to make plays in the lane to get the Gophers the lead.
-Reggie Lynch came on strong in the second half as well. With the Gophers trailing by five early in the half, he scored on back-to-back possessions in sort of unusual ways. He caught a pass in the post and hit a shot high off the backboard for his first bucket. He then followed that up with a running baby hook over his left shoulder from about 10 feet. It looked a bit funky but it did the job. He finished with a very solid 14 points and five rebounds in just 16 minutes. He was 4-4 from the line, which was encouraging to see as well.
-Another true freshman, Eric Curry, had a big impact in the win as well. He played 27 minutes off the bench and finished with 12 points and seven rebounds. He hit a mid-range jumper from the baseline, scored off a couple feeds from guards underneath, and also scored off an offensive rebound. He effects the game in so many ways and is wise beyond his years. He will take his lumps this season, but he is going to be one heck of a player.
-Murphy struggled all game shooting the ball, but he took advantage of the whitsle happy referees to get to the free throw line for his points last night. Murph was 7-8 from the line and he finished with 11 points and a team high 12 rebounds.
-Nate Mason is definitely this team's most valuable player and is the spark plug that makes the Gophers "go." He filled the stat sheet with 15 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists. He had a poor night shooting but still found a way to get it done. The only true point guard on the roster, he will be leaned on heavily in the coming months.
-The Gophers outrebounded UTA 47-32, and that is notable because Arlington was one of the top rebounding teams in their conference last year.
-Stingy defense and attacking the hoop were keys to the Gophers run in the second half, as the shots from three-point land just weren't falling and they had to find other ways to score.
-UTA star Kevin Hervey is still recovering from a major knee injury he suffered last January and he had just eight points in 23 minutes.

What we Learned:
-Rebounding and defense will be much improved in 2016-2017. The Gophers have guys that are athletic and can block shots (Lynch, Curry, Murphy), and their length and quickness on defense is improved and is helped by newcomers Coffey, Springs, and Curry.
-Get to the paint. This team isn't going to shoot the lights out from three very often, and their cold shooting from the arc showed that they need to make a living inside the arc and at the free-throw line.
-The rotation will be 8-9 players on most nights, with either Hurt or Gilbert getting minutes as the eighth man. Gilbert played well last night in just a few minutes off the bench. Pitino was looking for a guy that could come in and score and hit open shots, and Ahmad filled that role perfectly.
-The scoring will come from different sources every night. There is no one guy that needs to score 15-20 points for this team to win games. Curry, Murphy, Lynch, Mason, McBrayer, and Coffey all had between 10 and 15 points. Springs had just three points, but there will for sure be games where he is knocking down shots and helps to carry the load scoring as well.

Up Next: Wednesday, November 16th at Williams Arena vs. Mt. St. Mary's at 7:00 p.m.

In a game like that a straight handoff on 3 and 4 does not work. I was screaming for a screen pass or more passes to DW in the slot, how about at least one end a round.

As we get to the middle of November, several Gophers commits and targets are in the middle of state playoffs. Check it out:

https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/fnl-croslen-and-glover-impress-guthrie-and-berry-play-each-other

greetings:

I am happy to find that MN VB has become a hot ticket. Good stuff.

I have been asked to see if I can find three (3) tickets for MN/WI on Nov 26, thanksgiving weekend.

I know some have tickets, connections to program. Won't offend me, telling me no or even HELL NO, it's a lost cause. In fact would appreciate the feedback.

Any ideas? Anyone? Lost cause? Would expect that there would be cost, no freebies.

Cheers.

The Gophers are No. 52 in the latest S&P+ ratings, with the No. 81 offense, 35 defense, and 5 special teams. They're the No. 56 team in the F/+ rankings.

Northwestern is the No. 47 team according to S&P+ and 38 according to F/+. Wisconsin is 8 and 7.

Minnesota opened as the two-point favorite against Northwestern, but the line has moved to Northwestern being a one-point favorite.

Golden Gopher Football Banquet on Sunday, November 27, 2016

Join other Golden Gopher fans for the annual Golden Gopher Football Banquet at the Hilton Minneapolis, 1001 Marquette Avenue.


The entire Golden Gopher Football team, coaching staff and support staff will be in attendance. Golden Gopher student athletes who complete their eligibility this football season will be recognized. Coveted "M" letter jackets will be awarded to first-year letter winners. Individual team awards and the Passing of the Captain's Torch will also be part of the program. Head Coach Tracy Claeys will be the keynote speaker. Dave Lee of WCCO Radio is the program emcee.


Doors open at 10:30am with mingling and a Cash Bar. The plated sit-down meal and program is at noon. The price is $55. Meals for those 15 and under are available for $15. Please include the names of all attendees, and any notes, in the box on the Your Cart Page on our registration site. We will have pre-made name tags. Register today at www.goallineclub.com. The registration deadline is 1:00pm Tuesday, November 22nd.

Dupree McBrayer

• Reggie brings the physical toughness that we need. He's getting better game-by-game.
• Amir is getting better every game too. He needs to be more aggressive, though.
• I can't even say how much more confident I am with my shot. My confidence is too high right now.

Reggie Lynch

• Didn't realize the scoring run was that big until after the game. Just playing loose and put a big emphasis on stopping the three.
• In the first half, we were a little timid with our offense, but in the second half we were playing more free and it clearly looked.
• "I scored 14 points in 16 minutes? Fouls, man." Have to work on limiting fouls.
• "This team is extremely fun to play with."

Richard Pitino

• About as happy as I've been in a long time, but that's not saying much.
• A lot of fun to see these guys taste success.
• We've been preparing for this team for about two weeks, even though the guys didn't know. That's how much respect I have for the team.
• Still have a ways to go but it's pretty evident that this is not last year's team.
• Hervey wasn't quite there.
• We got to the foul line 40 times, that's got to be our identity because we've struggled from deep lately.
• Amir and Reggie set the tone in the second half.
• The smaller lineup was very helpful from a defensive standpoint.
• I was extremely scared going into this game. With five starters back and talented players who have won on the road against high-major teams. "About as nervous as I've been to be quite honest with you."
• Best they've rebounded. Outrebounded UT-Arlington 47-32 and UTA is one of the best rebounding teams in the country. Totally changes the dynamic rebounding wise when you have so many bigs who can all rebound.
• "I am extremely proud of these guys. That was a really, really good win."

Claeys started off by saying that it was a tough loss, it came down to 4-5 plays that we didn’t make that ultimately decided the outcome of the game. He said the Iowa game he thought they didn’t compete very hard, but this game he thought they competed hard. The two things that stuck with him were missed tackles in the 2nd half and having trouble on the offensive line getting up to their linebackers.

They got banged up upfront and had to start substituting people, which hurt the running game. It was hard to get any rhythm up front. He said they practiced well and it showed at the beginning of the game. He was pleased with the first half, but there was a streak in the 2nd half where the defense couldn’t get off the field due to missed tackles, and the offense had trouble getting a consistent run game. He said that Nebraska controlled the line of scrimmage in the 2nd half.

Claeys mentioned twice that he thought the kids played hard, which he was pleased with. Hard to get a consistent push when two offensive lineman go down, although they do try to simulate that in practice if someone does get banged up. He said injuries are a part of the game, and that we still had a chance to win at the end of the game. He said that is one reason he didn’t care for the bye week being as early as it was this year. After all that happened, it came down to one possession. We had a chance to win, just didn’t get it finished.

On the Leidner-Wolitarsky combination, Claeys said that Drew works hard and runs good routes, and also works hard for them in their run blocking. On the last drive, he said that the defender made a good play on the ball tipping it up, but that there was a throw somewhere else he should have made. That is the one issue when you have one go-to receiver, that that is their first look all the time. He said Mitch needs to continue to go through his progressions every time.

On now not controlling our own destiny anymore and keeping the intensity high, Claeys said that it is the senior’s last home game at TCF, so they deserve to have a great last game here. The seniors still have a chance to win nine games this year. He also said the Axe game is still out there, and that will be a big motivating factor for them. At that point, you’ll be sitting there with three losses and anything can happen.

The QB progressions are different for each route: sometimes you are watching the flat defender to see if he sits if it is a high-low concept, sometimes it is if the middle of the field is open or closed, or if there is two high safeties or one high safeties. Then where is your safety check, whether it is in the flat or in front. He said the quarterbacks can think that each team will defend a route combination the same each time, but that the QB has to continue to do his progression each time. Look at your first two progressions, and then decide where you want to go.

Claeys also did say that seven guys caught passes yesterday, and that a lot of plays did come from Mitch not liking his first read and going to his second. He commented again that the interception on the last drive wasn’t a bad read, but that the defender made a nice play.

Shannon Brooks and Rodney Smith have been used together on the field this year on outside sweeps and inside zones, but that on Saturday they couldn’t get anything going in the 2nd half.

The last drive felt rushed, but Claeys said that when you’re on the 17 yard line with one timeout, every play that gets tackled in bounds takes up quite a bit of time. You don’t want to get down to the end and have it be a rush, so Claeys was fine with the tempo of the offense on the last drive. He said he didn’t want it to come down to one fourth down throw, so he wanted to get it in the end zone as quick as possible.

Claeys said he that he was fine getting a field goal before the 1st half ended after the bad punt by Nebraska. They tried to see if they could bust a run, but were happy with the field goal to be up by seven going into halftime.

Northwestern has been consistent over the past few years, and rarely do they beat themselves. They had a couple of early non-conference losses, but Claeys said their defense is getting better each week. Offensively as the season has gone on they beat themselves early in the year, but haven’t been doing that lately. It will be a tough game, but being the senior’s last home game at TCF, they will be ready to play and to keep going forward. Coach told the team that they have a good football team, and that they are potentially three possession away from being 10-0. Each game if they had made one more stop or one more score, they would be undefeated. In each of those losses, they have had a throw into the end zone to win it and have been competitively in it each game.

The game against Northwestern next week will be a 2:30 PM game.

Zach Lofton, who was on the Gophers roster for a while and is now at Texas Southern, scored 37 today for Texas Southern in an 89-82 loss to the Gophers' next opponent, Texas-Arlington. What's incredible about it is that he didn't even start, although he did play 37 minutes. He attempted 25 field goals (including 14 threes), 11 free throws, and had zero assists.

Link: Photo Gallery: Gophers beat UT-Arlington 84-67

I voted for Trump because I couldn't vote for Wren's love lady or Johnson. Personally thought he had a snowballs chance in hell of winning, especially with the ads that ran this past week. Tonight's election, even if Trump doesn't win, is a statement against the biased media and the political structure

#MakeAmericaGreatAgain

for his irritating, incessant, elementary school level 'I-told-you-so' horse$*#@'

Every game you come on here, make a couple obvious observations about stuff the rest of us saw too; then proclaim how wise you are to see the team's shortcomings.

I can't help but wonder if your 'holier-than-thou-shtick' gives you some kind of misplaced sense of superiority.

Also, it's not like you're some kind of Nostradamus. You predict that we're gonna lose nearly every week. You're wrong a lot.

Now do I think we're having a great season? No, this year officially sucks now, but you don't see me running around bragging about how I've been saying that Jack Lynn is bad when he's at the Mike LB position----because newsflash: nobody cares that I was right.

Nobody cares that you're right, either.

He is a below average QB. I never said he sucked. I never said he was bad. I said he is inconsistent and makes the wrong reads over and over and over again.

We have better athletes than Nebraska.

We have worse coaching and QB.

That is what coat us. The game went exactly as expected.

Get a new QB and new coach, and this team could be awesome in a year or 2. I truly believe that.

Two big events are on schedule tomorrow as 10 Gopher starters and 2 backups will be competing at The Journeymen Collegiate Classic in Troy, NY and the rest of the non-starters and redshirts we be at The Harold Nichols Open at Iowa State.

Here are two articles on the Journeymen Classic along with information on The Harold Nichols Open:


Gophers Look to Conquer in Empire State

The Journeymen/Asics Collegiate Classic, heir to the legacy of the Northeast Duals, will offer every Minnesota wrestler at least three matches in an individual, round-robin style tournament




Match Notes Collegiate Classic

Gophersports.com
Nov. 12, 2016

The Gophers are in a New York state of mind this weekend. While a half-dozen alums competed in the Bill Farrell Open in New York City, the current collegiate roster is in Troy, N.Y., for Sunday's Journeymen/Asics Collegiate Classic, and event that replaces what was previously the Northeast Duals.

Under the new format, the annual November competition will place individual wrestlers in round-robin tournaments, rather than pitting teams against each other in a series of dual matches. The new format opened up opportunities for teams to enter multiple wrestlers at each weight - something Minnesota has done at 133, 157, 184 and 285 pounds - and guarantees each participating wrestler three matches.

The tournament field includes six teams ranked in the top 25: Minnesota, Ohio State, Arizona State, N.C. State, Lehigh and Oklahoma. Other notable squads include West Virginia, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

The Gophers brought 13 wrestlers to central New York for the new-look Collegiate Classic. Each wrestler in three-man pools will have two scheduled matches as part of a round-robin, followed by one cross-pool contest within his group. Those in four-man pools will wrestle a simple round-robin within the pool.

At 125 pounds, Skyler Petry will be in the 125-A group, Pool A. He will wrestle No. 6 Darian Cruz (Lehigh) and Christian Moody (Oklahoma).

Two Gophers will wrestle at 133, Mitch McKee and Sam Brancale. McKee will wrestle in the 133-B group, Pool A, against Zach Valcarce (Rider) and Robbie Rizzolino (N.C. State). Brancale, wrestling out of 133-C group, Pool B, will take on Lewis Williams (Lock Haven) and Andy Szalwinski (Citadel).

Gannon Volk will be in the 141-D group, where he will challenge Jason Estevez (Buffalo), Da'Mani Burns (Cortland) and DJ Fehlman (Lock Haven).

At 149, Fredy Stroker is slated for 149-B group, Pool A, where he will take on Josh Maruca (Arizona State) and Ty Buckiso (Citadel).

A pair of 157-pounders will take the mat for Minnesota, with No. 9 Jake Short in 157-A group, Pool A and Carson Brolsma in 157-B group. Short will wrestle Joey Moon (North Carolina) and Jordan Kutler (Lehigh). Brolsma draws Rylan Lubeck (Wisconsin), Josh Shields (Arizona State) and No. 19 Aaron Walker (Citadel).

No. 17 Nick Wanzek finds himself in 174-A group, Pool A, where he will pair up with No. 8 Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) and Tyler Wood (Lock Haven).

Bobby Steveson will wrestle in the 184-B group, Pool A, against Brett Perry (Buffalo) and Kyle Gentile (Lehigh). Chris Pfarr will also compete on Sunday, wrestling in the 184-D group against Deuly Espinal (Cortland), Jake Ashcraft (Ithaca) and Martin Duane (Citadel).

In what will be his season debut after an exhibition victory in last Saturday's NWCA All-Star Classic, No. 2 Brett Pfarr is in 197-A group, Pool A, where he will take on Daniel Chaid (North Carolina) and Sawyer Root (Citadel).

Finally, at heavyweight, No. 9 Michael Kroells is in HWT-A group, Pool A, with No. 2 Connor Medbery (Wisconsin) and Rex Shotts (Oklahoma). Rylee Streifel will wrestle in HWT-B group, Pool B, with No. 7 Ross Larson (Oklahoma) and Cory Daniel (North Carolina).

Due to an injury to Brandon Kingsley at last weekend's Daktronics Open, the Gophers will not have a competitor wrestling at 165 this weekend.

Action gets underway from the Hudson Valley Community College at 8:45 a.m. Central time on Sunday morning. Fans can stream all the day's matches live on Flowrestling.org (streaming requires a FloPRO subscription) or track updates on all Gopher wrestlers throughout the day by following Gopher Wrestling on Twitter (@GopherWrestling).


And here's an article from The OpenMat that analyzes each weight and predicts the winners:

Journeymen Collegiate Classic Features Good Teams, Different Format

Written by: Alex Steen in College Wrestling News 11/11/2016


The Journeymen/Asics Collegiate Classic takes place on Sunday, November 13th, 2016 at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. The event features many excellent teams and a modified format. The field is broken up into several round-robins at each weight. This is good and bad. The good is that it guarantees everyone three or four matches. The bad is that some intriguing match-ups have no chance to occur. Still, there is plenty to look forward to during what should be a fantastic day of wrestling.

125

Fifth-ranked Darian Cruz (Lehigh) is the only ranked wrestler that will be competing in this weight-class and should cruise to victory in his round-robin. He will face Skyler Petry (Minnesota) and Christian Moody (Oklahoma) before a cross-bracket match where he could face Jose Rodriguez (Ohio State).

In one of the other six-man round robins, there will be several young wrestlers to watch. True freshman Dalton Duffield (Oklahoma) is in which means his redshirt is off. He could see Josh Kramer (Arizona State) in a cross bracket match. Tyrone Klump (North Carolina) is looking to lock down the starting job in Chapel Hill. He is in Kramer’s round-robin.

133

The headline here is that Mitch McKee (Minnesota) is entered which means he is coming out of redshirt. There aren’t any ranked wrestlers for him to face which means he is probably the favorite. His teammate, Sam Brancale who is in a separate round-robin, could see Ohio State’s freshman sensation from last weekend Brendan Fitzgerald, who pinned two ranked wrestlers, in the cross-over matches.

141

Fifth-ranked Randy Cruz (Lehigh) is a heavy favorite to reach the championship match in his round-robin. There he should face sixth-ranked Kevin Jack (NC State), but Jack will be tested by Ohio State freshman Ke-Shawn Hayes and Lehigh’s Ryan Pomrinca, who knocked off Cruz in the intrasquad. A Cruz/Pomrinca rematch seems unlikely, but Lehigh fans will be hoping to see it.

#20 Ronnie Perry (Lock Haven) matches up with #17 Mike Longo (Oklahoma) in another competitive round-robin. The winner there should see #13 Joey Ward (North Carolina) who will be looking to bounce back after taking a loss to Logan Everett (Army) last weekend.

149

Eighth-ranked Micah Jordan (Ohio State) will face Beau Donahue (NC State) and Troy Heilman (North Carolina) in one-half of the top round-robin at 149. The other side features ninth-ranked Davion Jeffries (Oklahoma) and 11th-ranked Laike Gardner (Lehigh). The third man, that will wrestle both Jeffries and Gardner, is Sam Speno (NC State). Speno is solid, but he may well lose both these matches. Jeffries and Gardner need to be on top of their game, though, or an upset is a real possibility.

Josh Maruca (Arizona State) and Freddy Stroker (Minnesota) will clash early in another round-robin. Colt Cotton (Buffalo) could be the man on the other side of the Maruca/Stroker bracket.

It will be interesting to see if Lock Haven’s Pat Duggan can get rolling against largely D2 and D3 competition in the lower bracket.

157

A fascinating round-robin between #13 B.J. Clagon (Rider), #16 Jake Short (Minnesota), and Josh Shields (Arizona State) will take place at 157. Clagon displayed his inconsistency once again, dropping a match on the opening weekend to Russell Parsons (Army) and he will have to be sharp here to avoid another loss.

Another wrestler who lost to Parsons last weekend, Aaron Walker (Citadel) who is usually solid and consistent, lost his next match to Alex Rice of Newberry College. He should see former JUCO champ Dawaylon Barnes (Oklahoma) in the cross-over match. If he doesn’t bounce back here, it could be a rough season for him.

165

Lehigh is bringing three 165s, but none of them are sixth-ranked Mitch Minotti. The headline round-robin will see #14 Anthony Valencia (Arizona State) square off against #13 Dylan Cottrell (West Virginia) and Jack Clark (North Carolina). On the other side are eighth-ranked Clark Glass (Oklahoma), fourth-ranked Chad Walsh (Rider), and Drew Longo (Lehigh). That will be a barn burner and Valencia has a chance to find out exactly where he stands early in his freshman season. Oklahoma is not bringing Yoanse Mejias, who upset Glass in their intrasquad match.

In other round-robins, Justin Kresevic (Ohio State) and Tyler Rill (Buffalo) will meet up in a battle of two guys who need to step up for their teams. That will be worth keeping an eye on.

174

Ninth-ranked Ethan Ramos (North Carolina) and #12 Zahid Valencia (Arizona State) look to be on a collision course in their round-robin as they should both emerge from their halves unscathed.

In the other interesting round-robin, Jacen Peterson (Arizona State), who finished tied for first with teammate Anthony Valencia at 165 pounds last weekend, looks like the favorite in his half, though you have to wonder how big he is right now. #18 Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) and highly touted freshman Nick Reenan (NC State) will battle for the chance to take on Peterson in the cross-over bout.

184

Seventh-ranked Myles Martin (Ohio State) should find the competition much easier this weekend after getting beat up a little bit against top-ranked Gabe Dean (Cornell) at the All-Star meet. None of his potential opponents are ranked, though Chip Ness (North Carolina) is one to keep an eye on coming down from 197 pounds.

Bobby Steveson (Minnesota) is also down to weight after a fourth place finish up at 197 at the Daktronics Open last weekend. He won’t see Martin or Ness and is the favorite to win his three matches.

197

Second-ranked Brett Pfarr (Minnesota), coming off of an All-Star win over fourth-ranked Brett Harner (Princeton), should handle his competition, but it will be interesting to see if Danny Chaid (North Carolina) or #13 Ryan Wolfe (Rider) can give him any trouble.

In another round-robin, Ricky Robertson (Wisconsin) bumps up to 197 and will face Malik McDonald (NC State). If he can win that one, he should see #11 Kollin Moore (Ohio State). Robertson was looking at 184 coming into the year so it will be interesting to see if he can excel up a weight.

285

This is the best weight in the tournament and has enough talent to make two round-robins intriguing and tough. On top, NC State’s Mike Kosoy, who is trying to win a battle with #20 Michael Boykin for the starting job, will face fourth-ranked Tanner Hall (Arizona State) and fifth-ranked Michael Kroells (Minnesota). Hall beat Kroells last week, but Kroells will get another shot in this one. Up top, #16 Thomas Haines (Lock Haven) will try to upset third-ranked Connor Medbery (Wisconsin). After how Medbery looked beating Ty Walz (Virginia Tech) at the All-Star, that is going to be a tall order. If Hall can get another win over Kroells and knock off Medbery, he might land on the top performances of the weekend list for a second consecutive week.

In another round-robin, Boykin faces #18 Doug Vallaro (Lehigh), and solid Minnesota backup Rylee Streifel with the winner likely facing prolific pinner #11 Ross Larson (Oklahoma).


The rest of our team will be competing in The Harold Nichols Open in Ames, IA. Live scoring and brackets will be on TrackWrestling:

http://s300.trackwrestling.com/tw/o...478977990144&pageName=&ie=false&frameSize=603

Here are the teams competing in Ames:

Team Season Team Abbr # of Wrestlers
1. Boise state, ID Boise State, ID
2. Central College , IA Iowa Central Community College, IA 22
3. Clackamas Community College, OR Clackamas Community College, OR 1
4. Ellsworth, IA Ellsworth CC, IA ELLS 23
5. Fort Hayes State, KS Fort Hays State, KS FHSU
6. Grand View Unattached, IA Grand View (Iowa), IA GVUN
7. Grand View, IA Grand View (Iowa), IA GVU 21
8. ICCC, IA Iowa Central Community College, IA ICCC 37
9. Iowa State Unattached, IA Iowa, IA 1
10. Iowa State Wrestling Club, IA Iowa, IA 13
11. Iowa State, IA Iowa State, IA ISU 32
12. Iowa State-Unattached, IA Iowa, IA U-IS
13. Midland, NE Midland (Neb.), NE MID 18
14. MInnesota-Unattached, MN Minnesota, MN M-UN 13
15. MWC, PA No Match MWC
16. Navy, MD Navy, MD 14
17. Nebraska Kearney, NE Nebraska, NE UNK 22
18. Northern Iowa, IA Northern Iowa, IA UNI
19. Northern Iowa-Unattached, IA Northern Iowa, IA 18
20. Pratt Community College, KS Pratt Community College, KS Pratt 13
21. Simpson, IA Simpson, IA SIM
22. SOUTH DAKOTA ST-Unattached, SD South Dakota State, SD SDST 15
23. South Dakota State , SD South Dakota State, SD SDSU
24. St Cloud State Unattached, MN St. Cloud State, MN SCUN
25. St Cloud State, MN St. Cloud State, MN SCS
26. University of Iowa, IA Iowa, IA
27. University of Nebraska --Unattached, NE Nebraska, NE UNLA
28. University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE Nebraska, NE UNL 30
29. University of Wisconsin - Unattached, WI Wisconsin, WI UNA 5
30. University of Wisconsin, WI Wisconsin, WI UW 4
31. Utah Valley, UT Utah Valley University, UT UVU 13
32. Wabash College, IN Wabash, IN 1
33. Waldorf, IA Waldorf (Iowa), IA Wald
34. Winning, WI Wisconsin-Stevens Point, WI

what channel for a Comcast subscriber?

Link: Behind Enemy Lines: UT-Arlington

That ML has three games for the ages and leads the Gophers to a 10 win season!

If you had told me before the game that we would have a TD lead at half despite Pirsig going down in the 1st quarter, I woulda been like





GO GOPHERS
SKI-U-MAH
#killthechildrenofthecorn
#99redballoonssayNebraskasucks

Totally anonymous, but fun to see where DT leans.

Well, we know we were robbed on at least one touchdown. When the play-by-play guy asks the color guy what he would have called the pick that wasn't called, he said, "I'd call it cheating," you know Nebraska stole at least one touchdown. Does anybody remember the time Wolitarsky got in the cornerback's way (looked like he was just standing there; he definitely didn't block him) and got called for a pick? The commentators thought it was a perfect play to get the receiver open, but he got called anyway. Was that a rub? The Nebraska guy definitely blocked the defender on that touchdown play. Was he too far out of the play or what?

Due to a conflict, I can not attend the game Saturday. My tickets are available to the right offer:
Section 145, Row 35
I will also throw in a Parking/Tailgating pass for Lot 37. Post your email address on here if you are interested. Thanks.