Ian Miller, wrestler from Kent State got robbed....
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What bothers me the most is that the mistake was made by the scorekeeper not by the mat official. Yet the NCAA said because the Kent coach didn't use his challenge before the result was announced the decision was final.
It was the last 20 seconds of the match. The coaches are busy watching the action and the mat officials to see what they call. They can't be expected to also watch to be certain the scorekeeper put up the point.
The score was 8-5 in favor of Miller and he had been taken down by the Cornell wrestler. He escaped. Then the Cornell wrestler took him down again. The escape should have made it 9-5 and the takedown 9-7. Had there been no escape then there couldn't have been a takedown. But the scoreboard didn't register the escape and had the score at 8-5. Then the takedown made it 8-7 on the scoreboard and the Cornell wrestler got two back points as time expired. That should have made it 9-9 but the scoreboard had it 9-8 Cornell. Miller had a point for riding time so that made it 9-9 on the scoreboard and they went to OT where he lost. But the riding time point actually should have given him a 10-9 victory if the escape had been put up.
The only thing that makes it almost palatable is that Miller stopped wrestling with ten seconds left. There is no way he should have allowed back points on a gut wrench with time running out. But he thought he had it won and he just shut down.
It was the last 20 seconds of the match. The coaches are busy watching the action and the mat officials to see what they call. They can't be expected to also watch to be certain the scorekeeper put up the point.
The score was 8-5 in favor of Miller and he had been taken down by the Cornell wrestler. He escaped. Then the Cornell wrestler took him down again. The escape should have made it 9-5 and the takedown 9-7. Had there been no escape then there couldn't have been a takedown. But the scoreboard didn't register the escape and had the score at 8-5. Then the takedown made it 8-7 on the scoreboard and the Cornell wrestler got two back points as time expired. That should have made it 9-9 but the scoreboard had it 9-8 Cornell. Miller had a point for riding time so that made it 9-9 on the scoreboard and they went to OT where he lost. But the riding time point actually should have given him a 10-9 victory if the escape had been put up.
The only thing that makes it almost palatable is that Miller stopped wrestling with ten seconds left. There is no way he should have allowed back points on a gut wrench with time running out. But he thought he had it won and he just shut down.
Right, then they trot out that dipshit to say that the Kent State coached didn't challenge and that's the process in place. I'm like, buddy that's an off mat clerical error not an officials judgment call to challenge. that thing was botched in every sense.
thom67 or others .....
Would you give us a pre-match analysis of the Wilps vs Brown match ..... the strengths and weaknesses of the two wrestlers and what Tyler needs to do to win. Brown beat Tyler last year 9-3 and this year in the SS 6-5 although Tyler was coming of his injury at the time. Brown is very good and will be the favorite but I think that if Tyler wrestles well he can win.
Would you give us a pre-match analysis of the Wilps vs Brown match ..... the strengths and weaknesses of the two wrestlers and what Tyler needs to do to win. Brown beat Tyler last year 9-3 and this year in the SS 6-5 although Tyler was coming of his injury at the time. Brown is very good and will be the favorite but I think that if Tyler wrestles well he can win.
This is exactly what I found disgusting: that they laid it on the coach to supervise the job of the official(s). When a coach is involved in the heat of a match, the very last thing that he should be concerned about is whether the officials are giving his wrestler all of the points that the wrestler clearly earned.
Then after the match, in spite of the huge blunder, the people in charge still had the opportunity to get it right - and they didn't.
To his credit, the Cornell coach said there is no way the coaches can be expected to watch to see if the scorekeeper puts up everything that has been called. He said they have to assume the posted score is accurate.
The idea that the NCAA couldn't have reversed a clerical error by the scorekeeper after the match is idiotic. I think what it came down to was at the time Cornell was still in the title race and they wanted to keep it that way. But Ohio State's freshmen ruined that by continuing to win.
The idea that the NCAA couldn't have reversed a clerical error by the scorekeeper after the match is idiotic. I think what it came down to was at the time Cornell was still in the title race and they wanted to keep it that way. But Ohio State's freshmen ruined that by continuing to win.
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