Agree that the announcers left much too be desired, but the stalling calls were simply egregious. What’s the background with the ref and does Dresser have any recourse? Or will Dresser just take the win and move on?
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Got to agree with you. Only gave Carr props because they had to.
I don't know, but as a general principle if you don't suffer actual harm (in this case, a loss) there's usually not a case for recourse. On the other hand, everyone watched this one, and maybe some who have influence over the refs were taking notes.
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I don't know where the hell they got this fixation over Mesenbrink's pace or tank. He's a freshman for god's sakes, who hasn't wrestled a lot of really tough matches. Conversely, I don't recall anyone ever questioning Carr's tank until this announcer--who kept saying Carr was going to tire or falter even though he had two takedowns, two escapes, a boatload of riding time and the lead against the freshman golden boy. Maybe I missed it. Didn't someone here surmise that O'Toole gassed in his match against Carr?
Hope so, calling stalling one second before David’s second TD was just laughable. This guy should never be able to do a national tourney again.
That official raising Carr's hand sure looks disappointed he didn't do enough...
JB loves David. I think he was trying too hard to not be biased and he came out sounding dumb. Carr was 2 to 1 on takedowns and rode him for two minutes. It wasn’t in question who the better wrestler was.
They mentioned that it was an official's time out (to check for injury/blood). If so this isn't an issue.
Don't think so. He was even back on campus in the past year for the gathering of a lot of wrestling alum. And I am one that has been disappointed in his actions 15 years ago, and can't stand Penn State ever since. I have been told to let it go, but I still burn a little.
I also rewatched 2x. I don't have any strong feelings about the verbal coverage, and I went in expecting to tear them up. The officiating, on the other hand, was egregious. The first stall call was bogus, but the second was egregiously horrible. David was stalling in the third near the end, but then stepped it up again with circling. I watched all week long, and I saw all kinds of stalling that was never called. The fact that they called it any time other than the 3rd was disgusting.
Watch the match before his and then his. No idea how less stalls in that one.
Messenbrink asked for it - twice it was obvious
Neither did, but with the heads colliding I think that they were checking. Probably didn't need to, and it only took a few seconds. Chalk that up to another officiating snafu.
I was thinking it was still a couple minute break. It was just an odd thing since the ref didn’t announce anything in the arena.
Thank God Carr won despite the horrid reffing. Carr was the better wrestler anyway.
