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Instructional Videos
Tape # 1 Jack Spates, Counter Offense of Champions. Will help you to utilize techniques that will enable you to not just defend against leg attacks but score points every time your opponent attempts to take you down.
This system is guaranteed to make you a better wrestler and a strong counter offense is the quickest way to get better, faster.
Remember if you can’t be taken down, you are going to be pretty tough to beat!!!

Tape # 2 Chuck Barbee. Nearly 80% of the 1998 NCAA finalists were dominant mat wrestlers as well as being great on their feet.
Winning and Pinning Leg Wrestling will give you the tools to be a dominant mat wrestler and not only ride your opponents but turn them to their back as well. Leg riding can be the style that will change you from being just average to very good and very good to a State Champion!!!

OU Wrestling News Column

Tue Mar 9 21:36:31 2010 96.249.120.207
fan <>

Yep spates isn't coaching and that is getting the team back on track.

Tue Mar 9 22:47:26 2010 98.156.72.155
fan <>

like you would know who is coaching at OU. Maybe you think all those kids and the coaches in the room recruited themselves. College's are dropping wresling programs all over and with guys like you constantly making smart xss comments and doing nothing of value to help any program you can't blame them.

Wed Mar 10 07:43:49 2010 65.70.115.2
? all 10 in <>

Any word on 133 making it to nationals

Wed Mar 10 08:14:28 2010 70.233.173.159
Wildcards will be <>

announced live tonight by the NCAA on a selection show at 7 pm(EDT?).

Wed Mar 10 13:17:49 2010 70.182.88.53
Light Counter <>
Next year's line up
Here's how I see it. 125 Patterson, 133 Maple, 141 Bailey, 149 Seth Vernon, 157 Kyle Detmer, 165 Caldwell, 174 Balfour, 184 Schmidtke/Weakley, 197 Weakley/Schmidtke, 285 Bach. Caldwell and Balfour may swap and its gonna be a DOGFIGHT between Lester, Vernon and DeAngelis at 149. Weights most likely to see a newcomer start are at 197 & Hwt.

Wed Mar 10 16:56:34 2010 69.254.133.28
Larry Vernon <javernon@comcast.net>
Albuquerque, New Mexico
We are looking for 2 or 4 tickets to the NCAA Wrestling Championships. We will pay immediately. Please call if you can help us - 505-889-2766.

Wed Mar 10 17:43:41 2010 69.8.42.117
Maple <>

is in!

Wed Mar 10 19:29:06 2010 70.182.88.53
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I was glad to see Maple make it and I thought Patterson got a tough nonseed in Pataky. Bailey is definitely got a tough time with Humphries and Dake on his side, and Terry is unfortunate to have Metcalf on his side too. No seed for either Lane or Fernandez, so 285 is REALLY tough this year. The rest fell pretty muich where I thought they would.

Wed Mar 10 21:06:48 2010 96.249.120.207
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Sorry coaches like spates get programs dropped. His salary and benefits are around $200,000 is he worth the expenditure? He can't win on hos own AND YOU KNOW IT! The only time OU can draw a crowd is Bedlam and most of the fans are Oklahoma State. Giving away free trips, TV's, credit cards, free pizza etc. With times being tough would you keep a program that drains the institution. When I see banners hung at the field house begging for the man to get canned raises a red flag?

Thu Mar 11 09:56:30 2010 67.67.8.27
lineup <>

why are you taking jeff james out? balfour will be good but he cant touch jeff at this point!! What about Daube at 84?

Thu Mar 11 10:11:09 2010 65.210.47.100
Wrestling <>

fan/fan, you need to get a life.

Thu Mar 11 11:00:23 2010 68.171.234.228
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James and fernandez are both Jrs.....these frosh aren't ready usually......ask chris perry

Thu Mar 11 11:34:02 2010 24.253.242.28
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What do you want? Why bring this up now when the entire team is going to the National Tournament? Spates has obviously done something right by getting the right coaching staff in along with the recruits, something you could never do successfully.

Thu Mar 11 14:00:08 2010 70.182.88.53
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Looking for Warren Applegate
Warren, share your thoughts on the Sooners for this year. Im interested in your opinon/insight.

Thu Mar 11 20:26:40 2010 99.17.44.217
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Sammie Henson and Michael Lightner have caused a major change in the way the OU wrestlers compete. They are much more aggressive for one thing. I watched Jared Patterson vs. Ladd Rupp last year with Rupp winning 2 of 3. I didn't know Patterson was good with legs, because he never got a chance to ride Rupp for more than about 10 seconds. Stan Abel predicts that Patterson is a future national champ. What I've noticed is that Jared can lose a match by a lopsided score, then never lose again to the same wrestler. Notte smoked him in an open tournament at OCU, then Patterson has won 3 times since then. He is apparently very good at making adjustments. Kendric Maple was the most impressive wrestler at the Kansas 5A&6A championships last year in my opinion. He is very capable of a first round upset against the 5 seed from Cal-Poly who I think beat Oliver. Maple has length and quickness, just needs to learn to wrestle a full match. Bailey has had a better season that I thought he would. However, he still doesn't shoot with authority too many times. It is like he still doesn't have the confidence needed in his skills. Terry has wrestled very solidly all year. However, he was using his tilts a lot more last year, I wonder why the change? Shane Vernon has wrestled well all season. He wins every other match with Erisman, which doesn't bode well for the NCAA since they may meet up in the 2nd round. He has an outside chance of placing. 157 is a really screwed up weight cla$$ because Dustin Schlatter defaulted in the Big 10, he isn't seeded as high as he should be. I wouldn't want to be on his side of the bracket, and Vernon is on that side. Tyler Caldwell is a beast on top! Needs to keep working on his takedown skills, but is capable of an upset at the NCAAs. Jeff James is mystifying. He puts on one of the greatest scrambling demonstrations you'll ever see. Then you'll see him do something sloppy to beat himself. I don't see him placing. Schmidtke looks great in a singlet until they blow the whistle. He has a long way to go before he becomes a competitive college wrestler in D-1. Lapotsky has had a very good season. He sometimes doesn't get his head in proper position to finish his shots. When he does he is a bulldozer, just ask Gelagaev. Fernnadez has a big heart. He lacks the length needed to excel. If everyone wrestled as hard and smart as he does, the OU team would contend for a top 5 finish. I think if OU wrestles to their seeds they'll be a top 10 team. Too bad this coaching change wasn't made 1-2 years ago. I don't think I'll have to be asking questions when a change in the coaching staff will be made by my friends from other wrestling powers. I still wish Jack would take another position at the university until he can retire. One more good young coach could really make a difference in that room.

Thu Mar 11 20:42:37 2010 70.138.232.77
Freshmen <>

I think the future looks bright with this freshman cla$$. Apparently the Lester twins are the best of the bunch.

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