What a big win!! His future is bright.
Mr Parker
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He looked good, but he beat a true freshman who has zero quality wins.
Little early to use that as a knock against a blue chip recruit who did really well on the national circuit the last year and hadn't lost a match yet all season, DeSanto is good. That was a solid win for Parker.
Desanto was a lower quality recruit than Colbray was and look how he’s doing. Not trying to knock anyone, but at this point we have no idea how good of a win that was.
For a guy that wasn’t the favorite to even win the weight for ISU count me impressed with all that I’ve seen early in the year. He does some things very well for and it’s a great way to start his cyclone career.
That was a good win!!! Don’t let crablegs discount it
His win over Simmons was a better win. I think Parker is good and will be one of the best guys on the team this year. All I’m saying is an unarguable fact that we don’t know how good Desanto is. Is Desanto an AA contender? A top 20 guy? An unranked NCAA qualifier? No one knows yet, so it is hard to judge how good of a win that was for Parker.
All in know is that Parker mentally broke DeSantos in that match. Watch DeSanto in introductions & the 1st period. He had his head between his legs in the 3rd
You all are so sensitive. I didn’t even say anything critical. You know over there they tell me to come back here.
Maybe join the UNI board and just stay there then?
Anybody with decent eyesight and a little bit of wrestling knowledge could see that Desanto is a damn good wrestler and that was a good win for Parker. Will Desanto AA this year? Wouldn't bet the house but he is dangerous and I won't be surprised if he does.
In the post match press conf. with Parker and Pestano, it was mentioned that maybe 141 was Parkers more natural weight, but he was disciplined in making 133. Is it likely that you have 133 Gomez - 141 Parker - 149 Storr next season?
And Leisure/Degen/Rodriguez all move up and battle for the 157 spot?
125 ?
133 Gomez fr
141 Parker so
149 Storr so
157 Rodriguez/Leisure/Degen/Straw
165 StJohn sr
174 Coleman fr
184 Bush sr
197 Colbray so
285 Harrington sr
Redshirting
141 DiBlasi #12 138
157 Stotts #18 152
165 Carr #1 160
174 Judge
184 Shapiro #7 182
197 Sherry #12 195
285 Duggan #5 285
It'd be awesome if Dresser could land Cashman. If not, I wonder if there is any talent in the Juco ranks. ICCC had a national champion at 125 last year who was a freshman. Maybe he could come into the program as a redshirt soph.
It was a really good win. DeSanto is a very aggressive wrestler. He pushes pace. I do think some of it is that he’s true freshman, in that he may not be conditioned enough yet to bring that level of pace for a whole match. As buf mentioned, Parker broke him, which to me is what made his match impressive. We’ve all been waiting for guys to do exactly what Parker did, and that’s bring his own pace, dominate on top and be tough on the bottom. He had 1:59 of RT, which is a great thing to see.