Any word on how the guys fared today?

Nevermind. Here's the link:

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArt...902449&DB_OEM_ID=100

Final Team Standings:
1. Oklahoma St. 70.5
2. Iowa St 69
3 Oklahoma 64
4. Missouri 33
5. Huskers 32

Huskers results:
125: THIRD-PLACE MATCH No. 3 Chris Notte (OSU) vs. No. 4 David Klingsheim (NU)
Final: Notte dec. Klingsheim, 6-4

133: CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL No. 3 Kendric Maple (OU) vs. No. 4 C.J. Napier (NU)
Final: Maple dec. Napier, 4-2

141: CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL No. 3 Todd Schavrien (MU) vs. No. 4 Mike Koehnlein (NU)
Final: Schavrien major dec. Koehnlein, 13-6

149: CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL No. 3 Luke Silver (OSU) vs. No. 5 Dustin Payne (NU)
Final: Silver pinned Payne, 1:00

157: THIRD-PLACE MATCH No. 2 Andrew Sorenson (ISU) vs. No. 5 Tyler Koehn (NU)
Final: Vernon dec. Koehn, 4-1

165: CONSOLATION SEMIFINAL No. 3 Alex Meade (OSU) vs. No. 5 James Nakashima (NU)
Final: Meade dec. Nakashima, 11-4

174: CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL No. 1 Stephen Dwyer (NU) vs. No. 2 Mike Benefiel (OSU)
Final: Dwyer dec. Benefiel, 9-5

184: THIRD-PLACE MATCH No. 4 Josh Ihnen (NU) vs. No. 5 Erich Schmidtke (OU)
Final: Ihnen dec. Schmidtke, 4-0

197: CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL No. 1 Jake Varner (ISU) vs. No. 2 Craig Brester (NU)
Final: Varner dec. Brester, 5-2

285: THIRD-PLACE MATCH No. 4 Tucker Lane (NU) vs. No. 5 Nathan Fernandez (OU)
Final: Lane dec. Fernandez, 3-1

THat's too bad for Craig. It would be nice if Brester could win the one that counts for the NC.

Sounds like there is some arrogance from the ISU side, at least from the coach (comments in the OWH). Comments that seemed inappropriate for a guy who would have lost with 1 second more of riding time in the previous meeting.

Don't know what happened this time. ANyone see it?

Doesn't sound like a whole lot of domination from the "by far" best wrestler.

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Brester battled top-seeded Jake Varner of Iowa State in the 197-pound finals, falling to the Cyclone by a 5-2 decision. The unanimous No. 1 and No. 2 wrestlers in the nation entered the final period in a 2-2 deadlock, but with Varner's riding time advantage of more than 1 minute, Brester was forced to cut the Cyclone for an escape point. Trailing 3-2, Brester shot for a last-second single-leg takedown that Varner spun around for the match's final points.
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Brester is 1-6 against Varner --and will end 1-7 in the finals--no offense --just like most of unl wrestlers--boring to watch--just wait and wait to shoot--till they get taken down

I don't remember Burress wrestling a boring style and Brester wrestles very cautiously against Varner but that's not his style as he's aggressive against most of his competition. I believe most matches that pit the top wreslers, you will see this type of match. BTW Palmer had never beat Metcalf but did in the Big 10 Championships by wrestling cautiously and capitalizing on mistakes. Anything can happen in a wrestling match.

Anything can happen-- but teams like Iowa,Iowa St, Minn make things happen

And some of those things can come back to bite you, just look at Metcalf. I'm just saying certain matches need different approaches to accomplish your goals. I read a quote from someone on this board and it went something like this; "When two great wrestlers meet someone's going to lose. It could be you today but maybe it's the other guy tommorrow." I think this fits Varner and Brester but it does seem to be Varner's day more often than not. Here's hopeing Brester's day is coming this weekend.

Fixed it fer ya...

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Originally posted by StarCat:
And some of those things can come back to bite you, just look at Metcalf. I'm just saying certain matches need different approaches to accomplish your goals. I read a quote from someone on this board and it went something like this; "When two great wrestlers meet someone's going to lose. It could be you today but maybe it's the other guy tommorrow." I think this fits Varner and Brester but it does seem to be Varner's day more often than not. Here's hopeing Brester's day is coming NEXT weekend.

Bigfire2000,

Have you watched the last two Varner/Brester matches? Brester scored the first takedown both time. He doesn't sit and wait but is very cautious in the mathes.

Thank you Mr. Rocker. It's already been a long week.

<<Have you watched the last two Varner/Brester matches? Brester scored the first takedown both time.>>

How could that possibly be? Iowa State "makes things happen". He must be letting Brester get that first takedown to make him feel better ... since he is "by far" better.

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How could that possibly be? Iowa State "makes things happen". He must be letting Brester get that first takedown to make him feel better ... since he is "by far" better.

Is there a reason my sarcasm alert is going off right now????

When do WC selections come out?

The brackets should be up by 5 or 6 tonight. I think its a real long shot that Nebraska gets their 125, 141, or 157 to the tournament.

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Originally posted by Red Sox:
The brackets should be up by 5 or 6 tonight. I think its a real long shot that Nebraska gets their 125, 141, or 157 to the tournament.

Talked to Browne after Big 12's he said 141 was their only chance at a WC (didn't guarantee it either)

Koehnlein got in!!!

Husker qualifiers:

141 Koenhnlein
174 #4 Dwyer
184 Ihnen
197 #2 Brester
285 Lane

Brackets:

http://www.ncaa.com/auto_pdf/p...Wres-D1-2010Brackets

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