Missouri 285 lber Zach Elam (Photo/Mark Lundy; LutteLens.com)Friday 2/4
Oklahoma State DEF South Dakota State 29-6
Wyoming DEF Northern Colorado 21-15
Oklahoma DEF Little Rock 37-3
Iowa State DEF West Virginia 31-9
Northern Iowa DEF Air Force 31-6
Saturday 2/5
Iowa State DEF Air Force 27-12
Northern Iowa DEF West Virginia 31-10
Sunday 2/6
Oklahoma DEF South Dakota State 16-15
Missouri DEF Oklahoma State 21-20
Oklahoma State-Missouri lives up to the hype
I talked about this last week, but in the preseason, this was the dual of the year for the Big 12. Even though it ultimately lost some of its luster with both teams taking a few losses leading up to it, and a number of top guys out with injuries, it was a down-to-the-wire barnburner.
Back-and-forth wins up and down the lineup setup for a potential tie going into the last match. Back-to-back falls at heavyweight and 125 for Missouri gave the Tigers a six-point lead over the Cowboys (with criteria). Daton Fix had a chance to tie the dual late, but Trey Crawford held off a pin from Fix and only gave up a tech fall, ending in a final score of 21-20.
Both teams will look to get the last laugh at the Big 12 tournament coming up in March in Tulsa.
The KO heard ‘round the wrestling world
Oklahoma had a pretty solid weekend as far as on the mat performance goes. A blowout win over Little Rock and a nice 16-15 victory over a South Dakota State team with wins over Northern Iowa and Missouri this season on Sunday.
But that's not really what anyone's talking about with OU this week. One big topic of conversation is two-time Big 12 champion Dom Demas entering the transfer portal and the other one is the 174-pound match against Little Rock. In a video that can be readily found circulating on the internet, Little Rock's Triston Wills is up 4-1 when Anthony Mantanona hooks an arm underneath his chin and another over his back attempting what looks somewhat like a modified version of a snake mixed with a guillotine choke. Eventually Wills goes limp, clearly passed out, then Mantanona throws him to his back and gets a fall.
The refs did not stop what looked like a clearly illegal hold, and to make matters worse, reviewed the call and deducted a team point from Little Rock.
Mantanona's intentions with the move are up for debate, but the clearest failure to me here is with the officials. How neither saw the choke nor did anything to stop it is unbelievable! A clear failure to protect the athlete in the most basic sense.
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