2012 NCAA Wrestling championship

Hawkeye2

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Today was the quarterfinals and the finals are tomorrow at 7:30 on ESPN.
here are the final matchups. I put an x by the non-whites.

125 Matt McDonough Iowa vs Nico Megaludis Penn State (McDonough has been unstopable at this weight class.)
135 Jordan Oliver X Oklahoma State vs Logan Stieber Ohio State (Oliver has also been dominant)
141 Kellen Russell Michigan vs Montell Marion Iowa X (Russell should have no problem with Marion, he pinned him before.)
159 Kyle Dake Cornell vs Dylan Ness Minnesota (Ness is only a freshman, but Dake is one of the best in the NCAA)
165 David Taylor Penn State vs Brendon Hatchett X Lehigh (Taylor should win this fight, Hatchett does nothing but stall.)
174 Ed Ruth X Penn State vs Nick Amuchastegui Stanford (Both undefeated this year Amuchastegui defeated Ruth last year 14-6)
185 Steve Bosak Cornell vs Quentin Wright Penn State (Wright was an NCAA champ last year and this year will be more the same.
197 Cam Simaz Cornell vs Chris Honeycutt Edinboro (Simaz is very talented, but Honeycutt is groomed to be a MMA champ.)
285 Zach Rey Lehigh vs Toney Nelson Minnesota (Nelson is only a Sophemore, but Rey will repeat as NCAA champ.)
 

Liverlips

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Last year was a bit of a disappointment as about 4 of the champs were black. Ruth does have a shot but I think we should see all but 1-2 of the champs being white this year.

I saw the Big 10 chapionships a week or so ago and whites dominated. Giving credit where it is due, Ruth is very good too. When Penn State won, the whole team came out and he was jumping up and down and dancing like a retard, however.
 

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I love to watch the ncaa wrestling and look for good prospects for mma, russell, molinaro, drake, honeycutt and simaz I would like to see take up mma, and zak rey too.
 

Liverlips

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Looks like whites win 8 of the 9 championships.

Only one non-white Ed Ruth (black) won first at 174. A bit disappointing as the guy he beat has defeated Ruth last year.

8 of 9 ain't bad though!
 

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results
Mcdonough defeats Megaludis
Stieber defeats Oliver
Russell defeats Marion
Dake defeats Ness
Taylor defeats Hatchett
Ruth defeats Amuchastegui
Bosak defeats Wright
Simaz defeats Honeycutt
Nelson defeats Rey
 
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