“I wasn’t expecting that” John Smith after Iowa

[@AntiPattern328]

Ya, that was a pretty crazy meet. Oklahoma State was just flat. No other way to explain it. Hopefully this is just one of those lulls in the season where you're caught with your pants down and will be a wakeup call for the team going into Big 12's and Nationals!!! They still have a great chance.

[@HutchensTwins]

Flat is the right word for sure.

[@johnlynde9815]

Lost on their feet. Iowa was overall much more offensive and set up and took way more shots. Started at 125. Defense rarely beats a good offense. You may get away with it on a lesser opponent but not a top guy

[@TylerLynde]

Couldn’t agree more random guy on KZbin

[@mlc808]

Defense beats guys you’re better than. Anyone else and you better bring offense.

[@johnlynde9815]

@@mlc808 exactly

[@michaelscott33]

I had tickets for this dual and I was so excited to get to see my cowboys against Iowa! Unfortunately my wife couldn’t get off work so I had to cancel and I felt so bad selling my tickets. I made a profit which was nice, but while watching the dual live on FloWrestling I thought to myself…I would have been PISSED if I had gone all that way to see OSU perform like that….what the hell happened? Spratley is better than Ayala….Fix should have DOMINATED his guy, Olejnik is looking night and day better than last year and lost, Plott had every opportunity to try for a major decision, and the list goes on….this was terrible showing for OSU.

[@HutchensTwins]

We were waiting for a 2019 Piccininni-pin moment and it just never came.

[@nickherington9677]

LOL Spratley is NOT better than Ayala.... keep dreaming.

[@tylerommen5452]

You're delusional if you think spratley is better at this point in his career than Ayala. Also, the idea that spratley didn't come out with fire is ridiculous. He was fired up and pretty damn chippy. Giving little shoves after the whistle and chirping the whole time. He was fired up and got beat by a better wrestler. Olejnik lost to Caliendo last year and it looks like Caliendo is still better. Plott simply winning against arnold was good for OSU; Arnold is a stud true freshman that is wrestling up, but he's very athletic and quick. I'm surprised Plott got that take down tbh; the escapability and athleticism of arnold is why he couldn't major him. In other words, it was more about arnold being so good rather than Plott wrestling poorly. You are right that this was a terrible showing for OSU.

[@zaqwsx2811]

Things are certainly more than a bit different when you wrestle a Big10 school

[@michaelscott33]

It’s a rivalry, it has nothing to do with a big 10 school.

[@davidyunkunis7217]

@@michaelscott33Maybe...but keep in mind that this same Iowa team won 2 matches against PSU...and the 2 they won were both nail biters against true freshman.

[@jomama969]

This was the first time Iowa beat OK St at home since 2015. I’m sure they’re prepared for B1G competition.

[@dalemoreland5106]

Overall we looked slow, no quickness, no explosiveness, we were tentative, they were more aggressive, they looked stronger, and they had a big advantage in takedowns.

[@HutchensTwins]

That pretty much sums up what John Smith and Daton Fix said after the dual.

[@LylaMoos2012]

BIG10>BIG12

[@BruceLee-lm7lh]

No energy tonight for Oklahoma

[@kalebstuckey570]

State

[@SpinksJinx]

They were sleep walking out there, Spratley, Olejnik..

[@jacobchurch1089]

could u compete at a d1 level in wrestling?eeeeexactactly shut it...

[@kalebstuckey570]

Guys just looked timid and scared. Very boring wrestling.

[@HutchensTwins]

Surber almost stealing that match at the end was probably the most exciting thing to happen.

[@kalebstuckey570]

@@HutchensTwins it was a quick transition from boring to excited to agony, for sure.