2009 NCAA Coverage

I agree with metcalf, Caldwell won fair and square but what he did with time still left on the clock is unacceptable. Caldwell should have kept on wrestling and not run and do a back flip during the match, its ok to do this after the match but when you are doing this during the match it just shows you how much class Caldwell has, 0.

He handled himself so well during this interview. I'm sure he was extremely upset after loosing a tough match. Class act!

That was a smart and respectable move by Martin to move back from filming Metcalf after Metcalf explained how he felt and how he regrets the loss. To put that much work into the season, and lose that one match it is hard, I'm a wrestler and I know. I would have teared up, and I could tell Metcalf was taking it real rough at the moment. Good move Martin.

this brent is great, that that the other guy pulled off was uncalled for and there was time on the clock, so he had the right to push him.

i love how he talks about himself in the 3rd person after he jus got his ass beat. what a !

Everybody knows that Metcalf will push his opponents out of bounds if his opponents are letting themsleves go out of bounds. There was STILL time on the clock, Metcalf was doing what he always did to his opponents. Hell, Johnny Hendricks did the same to his opponents. BOTH are great wrestlers. I look forward to a great rematch someday-IT WILL HAPPEN!!! Mark my words.

A little post-script here since that match was over 2 months ago.

Both are great wrestlers. I'm not going to waste words trashing either of them because of a brief emotional moment at the end of a great match. A re-match would be awesome!
But - a word of caution to the Iowa fans posting here. You guys know about the coaching changes at Penn State. And whether you want to admit it or not, PA, NJ and the surrounding states do have better material to draw from than Iowa.
Don't be surprised if there are some changes in the Big Ten rankings in the coming years.

Damn, nice cauliflower ear... Looks ickyyy...

it was a punk move by Brent to go after Darrion after time had expired... sore loser move..

i will garantee that metcalf wins the ncaas next year and wont even have a match within 10 points of anyone. he was already the hardest worker in the ncaa before this. now he has a fire that noone will be able to put out. next year he will win either at149 or 157 it doesnt matter. he is the greatest.

"In a split second after the whistle, my momentum carried me into Darrion's celebratory back flip. My reaction was a result of self defense and partly, frustration. I want to extend my congratulations to Darrion for his championship." -Brent Metcalf

"I saw like 3 seconds left and I went to go celebrate. I mean the match wasn't over but it was. I just went to go celebrate. It's just his intensity, he never stops till the end of the period. That's the mistake I made at the end of that third period, which isn't usually my style. No, I'm not upset by it. I can understand, he's really upset. I might have done the same thing, not intentionally, but I don't think he did it intentionally either."-Darrion Caldwell
Both made a mistake, and both have admitted it. If the rest of the world can move on then I'm sure you can too.
I'm a Metcalf fan, and no one reasonable is going to say that the championship match is a fluke because it wasn't. Caldwell came in to wrestle and win, and he did. Quit acting like you have to come in and save the wrestling world with your amazing intellect and insight regarding the sport.
Both Caldwell and Metcalf are really talented wrestlers. There's no need to childishly bash one wrestler to build the other one up.

Metcalf needs some professional counseling before being allowed back on the mat. His behavior and mentality are not good for the sport -- especially given that many colleges are seriously considering cutting wrestling. What Metcalf did was potentially very dangerous, illegal, and outright childish. Metcalf is supposed to be a college-athlete setting the example for others to follow. The NCAA finals was a terrible example. And if you go to the match on youtube and read the comments, you will see that many Iowa fans not only support this poor behavior, but they also toss off racial slurs as if they were somehow justified. Somebody ought to write the president of the University of Iowa and inform him that his constituents need training in basic human decency. Maybe I will...

Metcalf got some bad ass Cauliflower ear man.

that is gross

congrats(post # 1)cry me a river. you dont think that every wrestler sometime has had a small mental lapse that would cause them to act in this way...trust me if metcalf wanted to he would have sent caldwell wel over the side of the platform. i think metcalf restrained himself and hanleded himself just fine. as for you and your son im sorry that you two are that ignorant to just throw such a good rolemodel under the bus and compare him to a person like chris brown

caldwell came in with a game plan...everything he did he intended to do...enough said