What 2 Watch 4: Allow Me To Plan Your Weekend
What 2 Watch 4: Allow Me To Plan Your Weekend
Plans for the weekend? Cancel them, and enjoy these NCAA wrestling competitions instead!
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Got plans to watch the big football games this weekend? Well cancel them! There's far too much awesome wrestling going on this weekend.
First, did you all enjoy Nacho Libre Night in Fargo? Because by the time you read this, the Northern Illinois at North Dakota State dual on Thursday night will be over. Or maybe I get this article done ahead of time. I doubt it. But either way, here's a link to watch it live or via archives. Please enjoy!
Friday, November 9
Frenzy At The Fieldhouse
The one and only Zebulin Miller has already been on Kent State's campus gathering and posting videos in anticipation of this event in the way that only Zeb can.
Four D1 teams will be battling it out. #3 Iowa, #19 Wisconsin, and CSU-Bakersfield will all travel to Kent State. The first match is at 4 PM ET, so sneak out of the office early and make sure Lumberg doesn't see you and rope you into a meeting with the Bobs.
4 PM ET
Kent State vs. CSU Bakersfield
#2 Kyle Conel may or may not wrestle. But if he does it'll be his first match since his Cinderella third-place finish in Cleveland.
5:30 PM ET
Kent State vs. Wisconsin
We saw Chris Bono's first match as the Badgers' head coach last week. The Badgers were victorious. How will they fare in Coach Bono's second dual and first away meet? Only one way to find out!
Iowa vs. CSU Bakersfield
Featuring Spencer Lee's first collegiate match since his title-winning performance in March, as well as Austin DeSanto's first time strapping on a black and gold singlet. #16 Max Murin, #6 Pat Lugo, #17 Kaleb Young, #4 Alex Marinelli, and #13 Cash Wilcke are also all expected to step on the mat on Friday.
This could also be Iowa's 1,000th dual meet victory. Now that's what I call an impressive round number.
7 PM ET
Kent State vs. Iowa
The Hawkeyes had their media day earlier this week. Here's head coach Tom Brands dropping a Duran Duran reference on everyone. It was wonderful.
1 day until Hawkeye Wrestling.
— Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling (@Hawks_Wrestling) November 8, 2018
ICYMI at media day on Monday...Wilcke, The Wolf. pic.twitter.com/eBYwPd9lwe
Wisconsin vs. CSU Bakersfield
By the way, if you haven't seen the Highs and Lows of Kyle Conel, you need to remedy that immediately. For anyone every wondering "why wrestling?" this film answers the question while tugging on all the heartstrings. It's worth a watch Friday night after the wrestling concludes.
Truly inspirational, and I'm not just saying that for the hype.
Saturday, November 10
Journeymen MyHouse Northeast Duals
Saturday will be the perfect day to completely ignore college football thanks to the Journeymen MyHouse Northeast Duals!
10:00AM ET
Mat 1: #7 Nebraska vs. Utah Valley
165 lbs: #9 Isaiah White, Nebraska vs #15 Demetrius Romero, UVU
The Huskers and Wolverines will travel over 3,000 miles combined to wrestle outside of Albany, New York. I love it.
Mat 2: Sacred Heart vs. Appalachian State
The Pioneers are the last non-Ivy League D1 wrestling program in New England. App State, meanwhile, is one of seven programs in North Carolina. After Pennsylvania, North Carolina has the most D1 programs, a fact that surprises a lot of people. Not me, of course, but many other people are still surprised by that.
Mat 3: Virginia vs. Ithaca College
Mat 5: Edinboro vs. The Citadel
12:00PM ET
Mat 1: #7 Nebraska vs. Drexel
197 lbs: #17 Eric Schultz, Nebraska vs #9 Stephen Loiseau, Drexel
If this match occurs, it will be a useful data point in helping me unravel the horrifying conundrum that is the 197-pound top 20.
Mat 2: Bloomsburg vs. Purdue
Mat 3: Virginia vs. Wyoming
#20 Cam Coy, UVA vs #10 Branson Ashworth, Wyoming
It's always fun to see state schools embrace their ancient stereotypes with their mascots. The Cavaliers and the Cowboys will ride into battle against each other for first time since 2011. Wyoming holds a 3-1 advantage in the all-time records.
Mat 4: #13 Rutgers vs. Appalachian State
Mat 5: Sacred Heart vs. The Citadel
Pat Conroy is a famous novelist who graduated from the Citadel and wrote a fictional story about a military college called The Lords of Discipline. I never read it but the movie was pretty good!
Mat 6: Utah Valley vs. Niagara CCC
2:00PM ET
Mat 1: #7 Nebraska vs. Virginia
125 lbs: #5 Zeke Moisey, Nebraska vs #7 Louie Hayes, UVA
165 lbs: #9 Isaiah White, Nebraska vs #20 Cam Coy, UVA
The Huskers will likely start a team hailing from Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Indiana, Oregon, Illinois, Minnesota, and South Dakota, with more state potentially represented by the time Big Tens rolls around. I'm assuming the entire coaching staff has at least platinum frequent flyer status.
Mat 2: Drexel vs. Purdue
Mat 4: #13 Rutgers vs. Utah Valley
Mat 5: Edinboro vs. Wyoming
4:00PM ET
Mat 1: Virginia vs. LIU Post
This is the last season for D2's LIU Post. But don't get discouraged, the program is being disbanded, quite the contrary, it's being elevated to D1 status as it merges athletic programs with it's sister campus, LIU Brooklyn. It's a bit complicated but I break it down for you here. Hooray new D1 program!
Mat 2: Drexel vs. The Citadel
Mat 4: Bloomsburg vs. Sacred Heart
Mat 5: Ithaca vs. Appalachian State
Next Saturday...@FloWrestling pic.twitter.com/hqEJjAiVs3
— Journeymen Wrestling (@jmenwrestling) November 5, 2018
Sunday, November 11
Journeymen MyHouse Collegiate Classic
Continuing the New York Capital Region College Wrestling Bonanza is the Collegiate Classic. App State, Army, Bloomsburg, Edinboro, Hofstra, Lehigh, Lock Have, North Carolina State, Oklahoma, Purdue, Rutgers, The Citadel, Utah Valley, West Virginia and Wyoming will all participate.
Each team will send on average 15 wrestlers, both attached and unattached to maintain redshirts, who will be drawn into four or five pools per weight class for a round-robin competition.
Wrestling begins at 8:00 AM ET. The pools are not yet finalized, but a swarm of ranked wrestlers is expected to participate in the scramble, such as:
- #15 Devin Schroder, Purdue 125 lbs
- #17 Christian Moody, Oklahoma 125 lbs
- #8 Montorie Bridges, Wyoming 133 lbs
- #14 Nate Limmex, Purdue 141 lbs
- #19 Luke Karam, Lehigh 141 lbs
- #7 Justin Oliver, North Carolina State 149 lbs
- #13 Luke Weiland, Army 157 lbs
- #15 Justin Thomas, Oklahoma 157 lbs
- #16 Gordon Wolf, Lehigh 157 lbs
- #20 Griffin Parriott, Purdue 157 lbs
- #3 Chance Marsteller, Lock Haven 165 lbs
- #10 Branson Ashworth, Wyoming 165 lbs
- #13 Cole Walter, Lehigh 165 lbs
- #15 Demetrius Romero 165 lbs
- #7 Jordan Kutler, Lehigh 174 lbs
- #10 Dylan Lydy, Purdue 174 lbs
- #14 Ben Harvey, Army 174 lbs
- #17 Daniel Bullard, North Carolina State 174 lbs
- #6 Ryan Preisch, Lehigh 184 lbs
- #9 Nick Reenan, North Carolina State 184 lbs
- #15 Corey Hazel, Lock Haven 184 lbs
- #11 Chris Weiler, Lehigh 197 lbs
- #14 Jake Woodley, Oklahoma 197 lbs
- #6 Jordan Wood, Lehigh 285 lbs
- #9 Thomas Haines, Lock Haven 285 lbs
- #16 Tate Orndorff, Utah Valley 285 lbs
Our main men Ryan Holmes and Ollie Astone will be calling matches and keeping you up to date as to what mats to follow and when. You'll probably want to give them both a follow on twitter as you ignore the NFL all Sunday long.
Journeymen/MyHOUSE Northeast Duals and Collegiate Classic is this weekend! Come out or tune into FloWrestling to catch some of the best teams in wrestling! #AddressofChampions pic.twitter.com/zWPMTyfOwz
— MyHOUSE® Sports Gear (@MyHOUSE_) November 5, 2018
Kent State at #1 Penn State, 2:00 PM
No need to quit watching wrestling after the Collegiate Classic winds down. Penn State will take the mat for the first time at home in Happy Valley against Kent State, fresh off their fieldhouse frenzy.
Cael Sanderson has revealed his plan for the Nittany Lions' first match of the season. Devin Schnupp will start at 125. Ramon Bravo-Young will not even try on a redshirt, starting right away at 133. Nick Lee will also be deferring his opportunity to defer eligibility at 141. Jarod Verkleeren will start at 149, although do not be surprised if Penn State's other blue-chip redshirt freshman, Brady Berge, competes with Verkleeren for the starting spot all season long.
Two-time defending NCAA Champs man the next two PSU spots, as Jason Nolf and Vincenzo Joseph will be back at 157 and 165 respectively. Mark Hall, a two-time finalist and one-time champ, will be at 174. Shakur Rasheed and Bo Nickal swap weights, with the former dropping down to 184 and the third two-time defending NCAA champ on the roster moving up to 197. Anthony Cassar will bump up to 285 this season and gets the start over two-time All-American Nick Nevills. You can also expect a season-long battle for the starting spot at heavyweight.
Kyle Conel will potentially be in the lineup for the Golden Flashes, setting up a dynamite early season clash between #1 and #2 in the top 20 at 197.
The Preview! Notes are out, Lions host Kent State, Sunday, 2 p.m. in Rec Hall! Full notes here! https://t.co/MXCSc2RK3b #PSUwr pic.twitter.com/IFbkny7oOS
— Penn State WRESTLING (@pennstateWREST) November 7, 2018
If you're still on the fence and need, say, five more reasons to watch the dual before committing, please allow our Wrestling Nomad to try and persuade you.
#5 Arizona State vs. #18 South Dakota State, 2:00 PM
You're going to want to have two screens available for Sunday afternoon, because not only will Penn State be trotting out four NCAA champs in their 2 PM dual, but Arizona State and South Dakota State will have a pair of NCAA champs between them in their afternoon clash.
A card that could feature both Seth Gross and Zahid Valencia was too big for Brookings, and the dual was moved to the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, a 3,000 plus seater about an hour south of SDSU's campus.
Besides the opportunity to see Seth and Zahid's first match of the season, this dual might also feature a top 20 matchup at 149-pounds between #11 Josh Maruca of Arizona State and #17 Henry Pohlmeyer of South Dakota State.
Jackrabbits meet Arizona State in Sioux Falls https://t.co/UhiMN60oSM
— Jackrabbit Wrestling (@GoJacksWrestle) November 8, 2018
After the match, and only then, will it be safe to switch on a football game. Enjoy your weekend my friends!