149lbs Jordan Williams (Oklahoma State) dec Casey Swiderski (Iowa State)

2024 Big 12 Wrestling Tournament semifinal
149lbs Jordan Williams (Oklahoma State) dec Casey Swiderski (Iowa State)
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[@fitness4234]

this is why we need a point awarded for stepping out

[@lexingtonconcord8751]

Absolutely! This is the one major flaw in folk style wrestling! Leaving it to the subjective choice of the ref is unacceptable. If a wrestler steps out, point for the opponent.

[@theswayz8550]

I don't know about it for the whole match, 3rd period for sure, or hear me out...make that shit a flea and auto point...too much sprinting backwards. @@lexingtonconcord8751

[@erichvonmanstein8980]

Just call stalling like he should have. Williams should have had 7 stall calls and the worst part of it is they hit Swiderski with a stall call early in the 1st for no reason.

[@lexingtonconcord8751]

@@erichvonmanstein8980 "Like he should have" is the current rule, and it is too subjective. Stepping outside the cylinder is an objective line the ref would not have discretion to call a point. The rule should be, if the wrestler steps out, his opponent gets a point. That takes away from the current nonsense of running to the edge of the cylinder as a strategy for winning

[@billygabler2668]

The sport you're looking for is Sumo wrestling then.

[@brendanabel4728]

Badly reffed match. Missed locked hands call. Missed fleeing the mat and stalling call at the end. Multiple missed stalling to return to the circle. Missed cautions for not toeing the line.

[@billybud9557]

ref certainly had a favorite

[@jordanvillieres5742]

@@billybud9557oh shut up bro he wouldn’t have won either way

[@jordanvillieres5742]

@@billybud9557Billy def don’t like black people

[@jonyoung6446]

That ref had a person in mind he wanted to win.. ot shows the way he officiated the match. Swidwrski was asking for blood time in the second, but never was awarded. Fleeing the mat in the second, never noticed. No takedown in the third, and everything goes to suit! You "shut up bro", get skilled on the sport of wrestling.. not calling someone out for being right

[@billybud9557]

I should not have an opinion or we can't even discuss it?@@jordanvillieres5742

[@rberg3231]

Ref also missed a locking hands call when the injury occurred.

[@ajharris5610]

It wasn’t locking hands the ref blew the whistle before they hit the mat because of his knee but can’t leave everything up to the ref you know

[@rberg3231]

look at 7:43 time stamp on the video. Williams clearly has his hands locked around Swiderski's waist and Swiderski's knee is on the mat. The whistle comes much later.@@ajharris5610

[@dtc8249]

@@ajharris5610 No, he had his hands locked before the PD call. Clearly.

[@ajharris5610]

@@dtc8249 ok I just rewatched What your talking about I wrestle in college there is a three point contact rule there Was only two points of contact for like half a Sec Casey was coming up but I do see where it should have been locking hands but there is two refs on the mat I think one of which def would’ve got it if it was locking

[@scottjennings9293]

Did you graduate College bc your writing is as bas as mines

[@jaydubyaut]

He grabbed at his right collar bone when he first faked the injury, then went to his left. He never should have gotten the second takedown, it was called too fast.

[@DrDanTDC]

Yes he did!

[@donjohnson3873]

I thought I was watching a track meet the whole third period. Distance runner without a gas tank.

[@brendonkelley8213]

3rd period? Look at the entire match. It was backwards movement from the first whistle

[@quexllo]

@@brendonkelley8213bro what he literally got multiple shots off in the first period not to mention a takedown

[@maddenzx_]

@@brendonkelley8213bro casey got a take down within like 10 seconds also watch when they wrestle again casey is the better wrestler

[@scottmeredith8409]

The ostate kid should have been hit with multiple start infractions on the neutral start.....it's not the referee's job to instruct the wrestler that his foot isn't on the line, that in itself was a form of stalling by not being in proximity of the opponent at the start whistle. I hate to be critical of the official, but that match should have gone into ot to determine the winner. Clearly stalled and fleeed the center of the mat.

[@billygabler2668]

CS didn't make a real offensive attempt till the 3rd period.

[@jellysandjamz250]

It’s 2024, you’d think by now we’d have better officials.

[@jonyoung6446]

The good ones don't care about color

[@bigbubba4314]

The primary reason you don’t have better officials Is because parents chase them away in youth developmental leagues. Refs have to learn the skills and that takes practice. By definition, mistakes will be made. But who wants to deal with the verbal abuse, and sometimes physical threats and physical abuse from parents of 8-10 year old children? If the parents want better refs, go volunteer and be one. There isn’t a single referee, in any sport, in the armature levels doing it because the money is good.

[@drew6949]

i really like the passion swiderski wrestles with

[@eltoro7002]

Worse officiating I’ve seen in a long time. There should be accountability for this official. Also the OSU kid stalled the entire 2nd and 3rd periods. Should have been stalled out.

[@RippinYTearin]

he was injured? while up 5 points lmao stalling is part of the game bud...

[@eltoro7002]

@@RippinYTearin 😂😂

[@user-ms7zp8kt5j]

The ref blew this match. He let Williams stall out to a win.

[@BlONIC]

Uhh yeah it’s part of the game

[@wittyedge]

@@BlONIC No, Pat Smith and Williams should have had good sportsmanship and neither did. They both knew Williams was spent after the Second and could no longer compete, then coming out after the injury timeout, Williams quit completely, he knew he was going to lose if he didn't just stall. It was pathetic.

[@comesmokewithus]

I would agree but he was working the circle

[@comesmokewithus]

​@wittyedge he was injured. 😅 while up 5 points

[@gqmichaels]

Disagree ref penalized him with the stalling. Now, the last few seconds could've gone eathier way. Williams wasn't deliberately backing up.

[@brendonkelley8213]

If points are imminent when an injury happens you award the points, he was clearly at least getting 1 there. Ref waited way too long to call stalling considering he walked backwards the entire time from the first whistle. Horrible

[@bennettdurham-kline6144]

Ban the ref!!!

[@MichiganMade]

Wasnt 3 then early whistle before he was bout to be put in his back

[@alligatorarms9086]

That looked like it was really against the joint. Some knees they finish a match and some really can’t move for awhile. From watching it’s hard to tell severity.

[@chopstyx141]

Yall dragging Williams for no good reason. Ill admit he stalled really bad after he got hurt but he outwrestled that kid for most of the match

[@iamkrone]

It doesn’t matter how good someone is if they cant wrestle the whole match

[@chopstyx141]

@@iamkrone true but he did tho

[@boxing4life410]

@@iamkronehe got hurt .. he did what he had to do

[@Ryanblahblahbla]

@@iamkroneI mean he did.. the score indicated it

[@surfdad6759]

Faked it. Needed a rest

[@MichiganMade]

Shouldn't shows down and got the quick escape.Then it would've went into SV with that extra point

[@kaptain2711]

When does the foot on line become a caution????

[@tbone21100]

Idk about that 3 back points call

[@pennystocklocks]

What he say to Coach Smith?

[@BhavyaRama]

Rather than talk trash about Williams, can we remember there are just young adults, if your the 4 seed against the 1 and your 1 match away from making it to nationals, ofc you will do what u have to, he scored early on, got hurt, and still finished the match, win is a win. Cant blame the refs either, the are a neutral party, OK state is not paying them. Casey was and is the better wrestlers and he will beat him the next time they meet

[@dwight5937]

I agree with everything, you said, except he was, the better wrestler. As of right now Williams is, and only the future will tell sometimes guys need that win to get that confidence to go to the next level. Maybe this was Williams kickstart!

[@williewilson4276]

Casey only wrestled about 40 seconds of the match and that was in the 3rd period after Jordan got hurt... Shoulda started the match with that same level of fire in his belly might have won the match

[@williewilson4276]

In my humble opinion Casey stalled almost the whole first period. He only found Jordans leg twice from an offensive standpoint...... Wanna win gotta wrestle

[@sshhhhh9227]

Young adults don’t need to cry when they lose the finals John Smith don’t need no cry baby back kid

[@kobebetty]

We must of not had watched the same match Williams took way more Shota and was dominating til the injury. Don't be a fool

[@jonathonrios9196]

3rd round 1:00 Locking hands. The ref should have hit OKST for backing out of bounds like he did the previous two times. The expectation to not stall gets higher the more your hit for stalling.

[@coreysnyder1264]

Williams wrestled a very good match until the final minute of the 3rd, but it definitely was not reffed the same. Williams took 3 shots in a row in the 1st and Casey got hit for stalling, same thing happened but the reverse in the second and no stalling for Williams? I don’t think the takedown out of the scramble in the 3rd was a takedown, Casey still held the ankle and was moving out of the postion when called, and no matter the situation, if a wrestlers goes out of bounds backwards, it’s stalling 100% and I think Casey should have gotten one more stalling at the end, but it is what it is

[@user-hd7bf5tw5u]

crazy match!

[@jamesklein1278]

I the point for stepping out in freestyle to be added at least to collage level. Wrestle in the middle of the mat.

[@michaelbradford4444]

I picked CS to win the NCAA's at the beginning of the year and were a week away from making my pick a reality!

[@duckhunter1200]

At the beginning of the match when Williams got the takedown why was he awarded 3 points instead of 2?

[@nicoross5065]

3 ppoints for takedown in college wrestling starting this year

[@trejt]

Stepping off the mat is one thing, but they didn’t give the point to the loser even though the whistle was blown before time was up. That would have tied the match.

[@billybud9557]

Swiderski was the first one called for stalling after Williams made only two shots.....then Casey made 21 shots while Jordan ran.

[@williewilson4276]

I think we must have watched completely different matches... I only saw real committed offensive attempts from Casey in the 3rd period

[@billybud9557]

@@williewilson4276 No, I fully agree. They were quick to call Casey for stalling. and slow to call it on Jordan

[@kobebetty]

Well that's funny didn't take a shot the whole match

[@CurtisHolland-vk3qs]

For me, I put some of the blame on the coaches for not calling a challenge. I understand that sometimes officiating we focus on other things such as reversal, safety, etc. Things are missed unfortunately, and hence why there is a mat assistant. There was a failure on the officials missing the locked hands, then failure on the coach to call it. The match would/should have went into overtime.

[@ericlamazares3208]

Not a great job by the officials, missed a obvious fleeing the mat call early. Missed stall calls getting back to center, and literally running backward 4 times after initial start on the feet.

[@marcmurgo]

After the injury timeout, I dont understand why the white guy didnt start in down position, as he wasnt rewarded with an escape or anything.

[@brandonwallace4518]

after a injury time out the other wrestler gets choice and he chose neutral

[@marcmurgo]

Thanks for the clarification

[@brandonwallace4518]

@@marcmurgo sure no problem. Wrestling is confusing at times and it definitely doesn't help with viewership.

[@JL-pz1ld]

Jordan is a beast! Damn, so impressed!

[@Atisvava00]

Fél bak

[@dawsongiesken9530]

Swiderski should’ve got the win

[@kaluntahse]

I agree this wasn't officiated the greatest. Casey left the door open and Williams took advantage. He can only blame himself for that. Hopefully next time we can see well officiated wrestling and not a track meet. Definitely inconsistent in stalling!

[@twiggyboiyt3880]

Kinda wild that the only thing you guys are talking about is Williams stall out during the last minute of the match but not Swiderski's unsportsmanlike antics during the whole match. Unnecessary shoves, slapping headgear, blatant trash-talking, etc?...no?...interesting

[@jeffskaggs1]

Interesting that YOU stick up for him. He should have been called for stalling at least 3 more times......I'm an Iowa fan that absolutely hates Iowa State.....

[@jouskehigaskita8835]

If Jordan did that they’d call him a thug lmao. You know how wrestling fans can be

[@dtc8249]

@@jouskehigaskita8835 Hilarious that you two watch the dude back his ass out for an entire period and a half and come to this conclusion, and also pull the "thug" card? That shit's played out, just stop. Put it this way, do you honestly think John Smith is thinking, "that Swideski wrestled too dirty against my guy"? He will guaranteed give him a bit of a chewing out about his wrestling in this match. I'll give Williams credit for outfoxing Siderski to get his scores but we all know who outwrestled who. Williams better toughen his ass up for the tournament, maybe work on some f*cking cardio you think? Swiderski for his part has just gotta be a little more strategic. Straight-on battering ram shots aren't going to beat the highest level dudes.

[@javiguuzz3546]

exactly

[@williewilson4276]

They are probably Austin Desanto fans 😂

[@CobiaTF]

Just to preface, I’m not a fan of either team. I understand the complaints about stalling but are y’all forgetting that Williams was winning 7-2 before getting injured? Those 7 points weren’t lucky. Casey got beat, fair and square. Im sure they’ll meet again anyways.

[@derekgill5953]

idk about that takedown and when he was getting reversed pulled the Desanto move.

[@yeolderooster8050]

Must be Aljamin Sterling's cousin

[@NormanOrtega-rr6kk]

😂😂😂

[@Sbzzz731]

Nobody complained when Jordan Oliver didn’t get 2 on Logie bear in the natty finals to protect logies legacy. You all act like the ref was paid.. a win is a win. Let’s see what happens next time

[@dtc8249]

Uhhh...as I recall it was an unbelievable controversy at the time, that led to a rule change.

[@user-pl2go6ug7e]

Foot wasn’t on the line three times for one and he ran tge whole last 1:30 really ran most away most of the 2nd period casey a wider ski way better of wrestler

[@John-Lorraine]

The better man lost.

[@stevenmohr6342]

Racist reffing. Sad but true. No calls are consistent, & are clearly lop sided. Missed locked hands on OSU right before injury, No cautions for toe on the line, No fleeing the matt….This scrub of a ref robbed these athletes of a true National Championship match.

[@dawsongiesken9530]

Williams should have been disqualified for stalling. That may be the most egregious stalling I’ve ever seen in a collegiate match

[@dawsongiesken9530]

And a fake injury

[@MatthewSmith-pn2ro]

Bad reffing Jordan should of had 2 stall in the 2 period. Ref called that second take down way too early. I think Jordan is a great wrestler. Casey exposed Jordan. Jordan is slick but ran most of the match. But hey he won with the Ref's help. JMHO

[@kerryellison1312]

Blonde dude could not handle that L'

[@npierce14]

As a neutral fan watching this Casey was getting smoked the majority of the match then Williams started running awful sportsmanship

[@philipj.sherman2987]

There's at LEAST 4 times when the Iowa State kid shows a lack of sportsmanship. This is NOT acceptable. Especially at a championship level. His opponent never reacts to him, fortunately.

[@jerryraab9310]

Which one is Iowa State?

[@jerryraab9310]

Swiderski should have wrestled hard from the start and it never would have been in the refs hands.wtf

[@matt-hu3kk]

These refs suck lol

[@QaibKo]

That ref was dumb… he faked an injury looking to be saved, cause he knew Casey was gonna score. How you go down touch one shoulder and then fake the other.

[@dwight5937]

Man, it’s a lot of y’all butt hurt to see your brother win!! Swiderski was that good? He would’ve been down by five points in the third period! The ref didn’t do that! It’s some low-key racist bleep going on here 😂😂😂 HE LOST, FAIR AND SQUARE!!😂😂🥲🤣🤣

[@MatthewSmith-pn2ro]

You brought up a great point. That stall on Casey in the 1st was bs and set the tone that 2nd take down was called way to early and was about to be reversed. But I really dont think a black man could be racist.

[@williewilson4276]

Y'all really are petty on this comment thread 😂 Casey stalled for 2 periods and only started wrestling once Jordan was hurt

[@awash47774]

The guy lost. Stop whining. Congratulate the other kid, they both wrestled hard.

[@jameltaylor9058]

Everyone in the comment section gets mad when black people use every rule in the book. Everyone plays safe in the third if you're up 2-4 points, then he goes and gets injured and proceeds to do the what most great wrestlers do burn the clock

[@billygabler2668]

IS decided to actually take a committed TD with about 30 seconds...I'd like to see less cheap disrespectful wrestling and more quality wrestling.

[@billygabler2668]

Just listened to Caseys CFTV video and I liked it. He realized he wasn't getting after it the way he should have the first 2 periods or so...good learning experience for him. He's already a handful but when he gets on his offense vs just taking ground he'll be tough to beat. As a former college wrestler and dad of 3 wrestlers...I want to see more respect in the sport from everyone. I love the "Wrestling with gratitude" movement.

[@SkeeterHawk82]

Cheaters & quitters never win…as we saw in the finals

[@wef2470]

Williams is soft AF, gets an injury time every damn match. NO MOTOR! against tough competition.

[@BKJP1998]

LOL Swiderski mad mad mad mad. LOL

[@paytongabel8359]

Swiderski is a punk. He Tried this same shit with real woods too. Hears an idea... try not allowing these guys such a lead that they can get hit with stalling 3 times and still win. There is passionate and then theres ignorant... he isnt on the right side 🤦‍♂️

[@agoodr106]

ref let williams stall the ENTIRE match after the first takedown like dude literally backed up the entire match.

[@ronaldreagan6756]

He had more shots than Casey throughout the first 2 periods. You don't do math well.

[@javiguuzz3546]

@@ronaldreagan6756facts bro. These people didn’t watch the video 😂

[@robertjensen8023]

😅

[@williamoleary9330]

Wow, this was a terribly Ref’d match. I’ve never even see that head Ref before.

[@javiguuzz3546]

don’t get taken down in the first. Don’t talk shit in the first.. this osu kid wrestled a good match until the end. But that’s the sport.. sometimes u gotta be dirty to win. U gotta know how to just win. Yes it could’ve went both ways. But in end Williams did just enough to win and that’s the sport

[@cicballa]

not a follower of either team or wrestler... came across an article talking about controversy and how the "better" wrestler got screwed... Im sorry but I watched a 7 minute match where a lower seed controlled every aspect of it for 6 full minutes, out shooting his opponent by a significant margin and controlling an entire match. Then an injury, which to me looked like he mouthed "I just broke my collar bone (now whether that's what happened or not who knows... but that's surely what he thinks just happened). So up 5 pts with an injury and 1 minute left, the opposing player finally decided to try and turn it on for 60 seconds... and came up short. Anyone who wants to see someone win on 4 stalling calls in the final 30 seconds has zero respect for the sport.

[@johnjoevilla]

I agree with you except for the other guy finally trying with sixty seconds left. IMO he was trying the whole time but got owned. I'm not sure why these people dislike the winner so much. He was dominating and was then injured. It's either a hate for OSU or something else. Hopefully not racism.

[@cicballa]

@@johnjoevilla i mean yes, if he was not trying he woulda have been tech'ed in 20 seconds, but he initiated way more of the action once he knew his opponent was hurt, which he should do obviously... but yeah people arguing that he was "robbed"... its like really... dude got worked for 6 minutes

[@NormanOrtega-rr6kk]

Williams lost.

[@icyhot5587]

Good officiating. Some unsportsmanlike on Casey but a solid match

[@JG-re2bb]

Both wrestlers were unsportsmanlike. Otherwise, it was a pretty boring match

[@russskidmore6893]

Wait the left, no whoops the right .... time out. How about this, I bet Fix would have been a 4 timer if you put him in any other singlet. Okst boys got no heart, no gas tank, but really fast shoes. Maybe track is a better sport for their guys.

[@iwazzabadboy1982]

Should have been 7-5 at time of injury … Williams should have been in down position after injury time out..Iowa State kid got screwed…..Stalling in last 20 secs was brutal…..Refs were a joke

[@philipj.sherman2987]

This jerk of a 1 seed doesn't know how to NOT shove his opponent...AFTER the whistle has been called. He does this 3 times and the ref never seems to even warn this guy. Are you kidding me?

[@mikethoma]

I watched this whole match. And this was absolutely bad referring. And to anyone who says Casey was only active in the third is wrong. Or doesn’t know wrestling. All three periods Jordan fled the mat and was only called twice. Jordan looks to be like a very good defensive wrestler but unfortunately just horrible refing here

[@justinbutler4679]

The black stalled for 3 straight minutes and not one call. Oh yeah look what the ref was

[@Christian-xc5pv]

I love OSU but wtf, that was HORRIBLE to watch towards the end. take a low level show and get in on a leg to eat the time up or CIRCLE AND HAND FIGHT. Jordan Williams looked like a scared little puppy dog out there. Horrible.

[@jeffskaggs1]

Total screw job by that referee. I'll give you one guess why it happened........

[@dwight5937]

😂😂butt hurt???!!😢😢

[@damionwalls5901]

It sounds like yall all just wanted to the White Boy to win over the Black Kid, sad to say. But you should read the room. He got taken down twice to one take down 😂😂

[@QaibKo]

Sorry, I’m Asian here, this has nothing to do with race, look at fix.

[@AllOutOfEnemies1]

Fake injury kids are the worst

[@jonyoung6446]

Terrible officiating! No takedown in the third, led by a potentially dangerous call when he os getting taken down?!? While he is asking for injury time??? That ref was obviously wanting someone in A certain color singelet to win!! 🤬

[@SpinksJinx]

Swiderski lost.

[@wittyedge]

This was a pathetic showing of wrestling by Williams, and frankly coaching by Smith. He couldn't beat the kid, so don't wrestle him, just stall. I hope the NCAA implements rule changes to give much more severe penalties in the future for kids that do exactly what Williams did in this match.

[@purelydumb]

Okay keyboard warrior go get a mountain dew

[@como.1]

he did what he had to do to win it’s part of the sport

[@twiggyboiyt3880]

Hopefully, the NCAA implements rule changes for the unnecessary roughness and lack of composure Swiderski showed in this match too

[@comesmokewithus]

Casey shouldn't have been down in the first place. It's the rules.

[@brandonwallace4518]

Casey was robbed. Williams is pathetic take your whooping like a man instead of running and taking 4 min lung time outs.

[@jimshields6877]

I am totally impartial and Casey was cheated here

[@redfan3977]

Blonde fine 💅