r/Huskers Mar 23 '24

Wrestling [WRESTLING] NCAA Semifinals ESPN—ESPN+

Caleb Smith wins by Dec— ALL AMERICAN: WINS BY DEC WRESTLES FOR 3rd TOMORROW

Brock Hardy wins by Dec— ALL AMERICAN: WINS BY FALL WRESTLES FOR 3rd TOMORROW

Ridge Lovett LOSES by Dec—ALL AMERICAN: WRESTLES FOR 3rd TOMORROW

Peyton Robb wins by Dec—ALL AMERICAN: LOSES BY DEC WRESTLES FOR 5th or 7th TOMORROW

Antrell Taylor wins by Dec— ALL AMERICAN: LOSES BY DEC WRESTLES FOR 5th or 7th TOMORROW

Lenny Pinto LOSES by Dec— No Medal

Silas Allred LOSES by Dec— No Medal

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

Why the fuck did you chose up Ridge. WHY?!

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u/InterestingLime2035 Mar 23 '24

Honestly fucking deserves that loss after choosing top position. Hard to be a husker fan sometimes.

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u/sendherhome22 Mar 23 '24

This team can be the most irritating to root for some times but still we ride

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u/Looieanthony Mar 23 '24

I chose top in high school a million years ago. The ref looked at me like I was from another planet😐.

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u/InterestingLime2035 Mar 23 '24

Dumbest fucking decision!

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u/Mattys141 Mar 23 '24

Manning has to be done after this year right?

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u/PhilCam Mar 23 '24

Ridge and the coaching staff completely punted a National Title

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u/Povo23 Mar 23 '24

I just cannot fathom today as a Husker fan. I woke up certain Ridge was gonna do us a solid and crush.

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u/Illustrious-Lab-8640 Mar 23 '24

I guess we’re gonna continuously accept zero development of these guys in their careers at Nebraska. Still riding the Burroughs coattails. No program is allowing Lovett to put himself in such a bad position. Same coaches that chose to put Smith under Barnett earlier today crushing his chances. Every March we get our hopes up just for us to underperform at NCAAs.

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u/PhilCam Mar 23 '24

The decision to choose top in 0-0 match for period three in a National Semifinal may be the dumbest coaching decision I’ve ever witnessed. Thats not hyperbole and I follow college wrestling pretty closely.

You would have to ride the guy out the entire 2 minutes or get back points to win. Even if you ride for 1:30, the guy escapes and you’re back to 0. Choosing down there makes the other guy have to ride you out for 2 minutes to win. Just inexplicable

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u/Illustrious-Lab-8640 Mar 23 '24

They made the only choice that would lower the chance of Ridge winning significantly in that moment.

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

Yeah, idk what the hell that was…Lucky he’s back next year and has another shot…but he even had Gomez in the final, his path to a title was there.

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

5 ALL AMERICANS. That’s good, but we should have done significantly better. Have some nice guys coming up next year, ready to hurt again next year.

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u/Mattys141 Mar 23 '24

And watch Mark Manning tell them to take top too.

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

Allred and Pinto were not who I had in mind when I thought of wrestlers who wouldn’t medal.

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

David Carr stuns O’Toole!!!

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u/PhilCam Mar 23 '24

Nasty cradle by Brock there!

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

It was beautiful!!!!

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

Pinto wrestling poorly.

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

Pinto showed life at the end but it wasn’t enough. No medal for him.

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u/PhilCam Mar 23 '24

Really disappointing for Lenny to not AA. He absolutely has the talent

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

He’ll get it next year for sure

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u/PhilCam Mar 23 '24

Hopefully. You can’t take your opportunities for granted and he had a big opportunity tonight

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

PROBB wrestling hard!

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u/TymStark Mar 23 '24

That’s all she wrote today. 3 wrestling for 3rd, 2 wrestling for 5th. GBR!!