David Taylor vs. Colt Sponseller

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5/23 Survivor
Taylor beat Sponseller today 14-1, on the strength of a ridiculous 5:44 of riding time. Some are suggesting Colt has lost his moxie and is sucked out at 157, and some are using it to declare Taylor untouchable. The truth is somewhere in the middle, IMO.
 
 
I think Colt is still kind of drained from the weight cut. The one thing he did well at 165 was pushing the pace of the match. He was constantly coming at you and I dont see that from him now. I think we all knew it would be a down year for Ohio State. They are not a very good dual meet team at all.
 
Colt has never struck me as strong from bottom position. On the other hand, Taylor is an animal on top. Poor style match up for Colt. Taylor is better than Colt in neutral, and much better when on top.
 
I think Colt is still kind of drained from the weight cut. The one thing he did well at 165 was pushing the pace of the match. He was constantly coming at you and I dont see that from him now. I think we all knew it would be a down year for Ohio State. They are not a very good dual meet team at all.

Two issues:

#1 They are not a good tourney team either

#2 There were plenty of folks drinking the kool-aid and thought this would be a top 5 or top ten at the seasons onset.
Steiber high AA
Paddock possible
Palmer...
with
Nemac and Spons droppin they would be animals at the lower weights
165 was a hole
Helfin and Capone were going to surprise everyone
Mangrum possible AA
Fortune to transfer in.....

Now it just sad to say ....Well, we knew it would be a down year.
Plenty of folks on this site looked thru scarlet glasses and still predicted with a little luck a top 5 finish.
 
Taylor beat Sponseller today 14-1, on the strength of a ridiculous 5:44 of riding time. Some are suggesting Colt has lost his moxie and is sucked out at 157, and some are using it to declare Taylor untouchable. The truth is somewhere in the middle, IMO.

I can only say WOW. I know Taylor is really good but I think Sponseller is tough as nails. I thought this would be Taylor's closest match of the year but he hasn't had a close match yet. Way to go Tayor. Sponseller is fine, he will be back and in contention come tourney time.
 
From themat.com

157 up now. Taylor vs Sponsellor. PD call on Taylor's knee. Trainer on the mat. Back live now. Taylor in on a single, switches legs, gets the TD. 2-0. Taylor with tight waist. RS frosh vs. senior. Off the mat with 1:33 left in the first. :52 of RT for Taylor. Taylor riding hard. Turning him. 2NF, 4-0. Off the mat with 21 seconds left. Spiral ride. 10 seconds left. Time runs out. 2:25 in RT for Taylor. tOSU defers choice. Taylor takes down, Taylor quickly reverses, 6-0. 1:20 remaining in the second. <We are... Penn State. Crowd estimated at > 5,000>. 3:08 in RT now for Taylor. Spiral ride. Riding hard. Sponsellor flat on the mat. Taylor with 4m 8 seconds at end of second. On their feet for the 3rd, Taylor gets the TD and NF count. 12-0 for Taylor. 4:45 in RT for Taylor. One minute to go. Sponellor out with a roll, 12-1 Taylor. TD for Taylor. Turned him but no count. Final score 14-1 with 5:44 RT
 
The TAYLOR Quetion

Damn! Taylor may be on a QUEST to tie his coach and mentor's unbelievable achievement of 4 NCAA Div. I titles....could it happen, could it?
 
----, I wear scarlet and grey glasses and even I can see (even through these lenses) we are not very good. It's going to take 3 or 4 years to recover.
 
Why wouldn't Jameson be a significant contributor? Ohio 4x State Champ?

If only college was high school.

Yes, great HS wrestler, but I just hadn't seen where anyone was still as high on him as they were when he came to Columbus. Certainly not saying he would have been a bum or anything like that, but again just haven't sensed from anything I read previously that great things were projected for him.
 
Jameson was great in high school. However, he never showed it in his short stint at tOSU.

Taylor is a machine and will have great success in his 4 years if he can avoid the injury bug (knock on wood!).

Sponseller is in a bit of a slump and hopefully he can recover soon. He is much better then the 14-1 score indicates.
 
I was a little skeptical of how Taylor would perform in college, I thought strength would be an issue, but wow I was wrong. Taylor has been nothing short of a wrecking machine this year. Sanderson and staff have done a terrific job of having Taylor prepared for the big boys at 157, he will certainly be a force to be reckoned with come March.
 
Because Sponseller is that good.

I think you may be wrong about that.

Anyone who watches that match (and is honest) knows that it was total dominance and probably could have been a tech-fall. Taylor took Sponseller down at will and rode him almost the entire match. This bout won't go the distance next time.
 
Jameson was great in high school. However, he never showed it in his short stint at tOSU.

Taylor is a machine and will have great success in his 4 years if he can avoid the injury bug (knock on wood!).

Sponseller is in a bit of a slump and hopefully he can recover soon. He is much better then the 14-1 score indicates.

agreed
 
Taylor is a winner. Period. Success in college was inevitable, IMO. All he needed was a year to grow a bit. Paired up with Sanderson has taken him that next level.
 
Colt has never struck me as strong from bottom position. On the other hand, Taylor is an animal on top. Poor style match up for Colt. Taylor is better than Colt in neutral, and much better when on top.

That would be obvious to anyone who followed last year's NCAA tournament - and the one the year before - where in all four of the matches Sposeller lost it was because of beyond poor wrestling in the bottom position.

Ohio State has greater issues at the moment than Sponseller struggling, at least for this year -- to say the least.
 
tOSU has some issues, but I think it was to be expected with L.Palmer, Humphrey, and Pucillo graduating. There will be some growing pains, but I see Steiber being an AA next year, with Paddock and Heflin being possible AA's. Along with the incoming class and getting Demas back in the line up, I see Ohio State being top ten in the next 2-3 years. Most everyone knew they weren't going to be competing for a national championship this year.
 
There really is no excuse for OSU's decline PSU beat them with 8 freshman and 2 sopomores. Are these all of Ryans recruits? We are talking about reloading not rebuliding, he did well with Heliksons recruits.
 
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