Black Heart Gold Pants

Found him

Phew!

Thank goodness. People were worried about you.

Let it be known.

Ross walked into the room and Iowa got there first loss of the day.

I’m not sayin…

/has a sad

I was watching the wins too! I was just on the phone and unable to post any comments.

My cat just tried to gut me.

so what happened for those of us without BTN?

Ness just got 3 NF

whats the score 2-3?

12-6

14-7

15-7 major dec Ness over Kelly

Boo

bwahhhhh?!?

14-7 Ness

Kelly got worked since the start of the 2nd

Helluva move by Ness.

Kelly is getting worked.

Oh Jesus H. Fuck

Kelly.

Kelly is in a bad way.

Kelly wrestles so tough

He just has to learn how to finish in some of those tough scramble positions…

That was a hell of a throw by Ness.

Don't see those every match

Can't be too upset about that one.

That Ness is going to give us problems for 3 more years.

Is Kelly the future for Iowa 149?

That's very much so a Ross question.

But Ness looked solid.

Ness should be very good for a while, yes.

Unfortunately for us

Probably not

Yeah that looked like an MMA move

There was some sweet judo in there.

Is it bad that I want the entire Ness family to have their car slip on a banana peel and careen off a cliff?

O’Doyle style.

That seems to be a fairly common sentiment

Wishing death upon a bunch of people?

Nah, that’s never terrible.

I didn't say they would necessarily die.

Just have an accident reminiscent of one of the best Adam Sandler movies.

Also I'm still bitter about that final vs. Dennis.

That match sucked so much

Its human. Embrace your humanity!

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Ness Rules?

Eliot or Loch?

Kelly got way too high

when he had that standing front headlock. He needed to bring him back to the mat or at least move Ness to get him a little off balance. THEN hit the big move.

Moby at the wrestling dual?

C’mon meow.

He a guest of Meowhouse

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

We need

to see the 4-time state champion Nick Moore today.

yes.

That's what you get

for trying to be fancy, wise ass. Good stuff, Moore.

NICE

Atta boy, Nick.

Ortiz has some funky headgear.

holy bridge

Yeah, pretty impressive.

Points, so many point

7-1 NM after 1st

NICE

If he can get back those Major points, we'll be doing OK.

Come on Nick, bring it home.

Neat.

HawkeyeBoiler - January 29, 2012 reply

WOW

What a move.

Sweet move, Nick!

I thought he was going to snap his neck off.

I have to think that is called muscling.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy headlock

Question, is that a near fall? And what qualifies for that? If the ref starts counting at all?

Yep.

Although, sometimes, it is easy for us as fans to think the guy will get more points than he’ll actually end up being awarded.

Yes, that was a NF.

As for what qualifies for a NF… the wiki definition is pretty good and explains it pretty well.

Dylan Ness is a big Journey fan

Steeeeeeve Perry

Wow

Great interview by Ness.

It's really creepy when people stare vacantly into the camera when they're interviewed

This is how I answer every question

Just wanna thank melor…um intensity…getsomethinggoing

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Yeah

I didn’t like that. Bad creepy.

Just out of curiosity, what would be an example of good creepy?

Why

Any of the BHGP Caring is Creepy articles, of course! We would never be bad creepy. Nope. Not us.

Ahh, of course.

Now I feel stupid.

You shouldn't

Good creepy & bad creepy tread a very fine line.

I've decided that Evan's mustache is good creepy

but only barely.

Errol Flynn is good creepy

I just mentioned him to tell everyone that his autobiography is one of the most entertaining reads of all time.

Looks a little like Marc Morehouse with a mustache

Is he from Mars, Minnesota.

/giant noggen’d

Yeah, I just kept on believing in myself

And uh…at the end of the day I just had more points than the other guy.

Moore looking good

These guys are looking a little bit better today.

A little more life in em’.

I'm guessing they had a come to jesus party this week.

Or they jumped in some toxic ice-cold water and recieved latent mutations in the intesity focusing area of the brain.

Speaking of ice-cold water

I didn’t think Kirk looked that bad for a man of his age. Now the Brands, of course, looked fantastic, as expected.

True, although Brands is also about 10 years younger than KF, I believe.

True, but some people were being a little rough on Kirk's physique on twitter last night.

I didn’t think it was fair. And you all know how judgmental I am.

Yes. Very

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Hey! That's more than just about enough out of you, mister.

Did you know Kirk Ferentz makes 4 million dollars a year?

UGH. I get it. I didn't think there was going to be math on twitter.

Just making a mockery of people who seemingly go out of their way

To complain about KF for anything.

I know. Me too.

Moore showing some really big aggression

He smells blood

Moore looks energized today

He’s really wrestling hard. Gotta love it.

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

When you think about it, arena sound guys really don’t need anything other than APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION and BACK IN BLACK.

Maybe some Hells Bells.

But that’s it.

Isn't "Hell's Bells" on BACK IN BLACK?

yes

Ah,

I thought you meant the song, not the album. But yes.

Jock Jams vol 1

I require Black Betty to be in there

I get really excited when they play Jock Jams on XM 90s on 9. LOVE IT.

Or disco

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Your arena ain't shit

if you don’t have some BeeGee’s ready to go.

NO DISCO

What kind of savage are you? Keep your ABBA away from sporting event.

What if it's in Waterloo?

To be fair,

I didn’t even know that they were saying “Waterloo” in that song up until a year or two ago.

I’m thinking maybe Abba isn’t exactly huge here in the ’Loo.

Caroline’s Spine is, though (Sullivan).

That's not really a "to be fair" moment

/shudder

Who goes to Waterloo?

No one if they can possibly avoid it.

/Chazz trolling

My arena?

Sporting event or Studio 54 sex party, no middle ground

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Atta boy Moore

Solid win there.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Brendan Stiles @thebstiles: Officials for today’s Iowa/IU game: D.J. Carstensen, Mike Eades, Ed Hightower. #Hawkeyes

That was my response too.

poop

I bet other refs love being paired with Hightower

No matter how bad you fuck up, the negative attention is still primarily focused on him.

OK, NM you have the RT point.

Let’s get the major

Actually he would have it now even if he does nothing else.

But let’s stay aggressive, yes?

stay aggressive, get the td

and there it is

Has J Robinson had that tie since the early 1970s,

or the late 1960s?

I think he inherited it from Papa J.

It is for me to punch him in the throat with.

It is making a light blue arrow

to the area where you should punch him.

Arrow? I don't need no stinking arrow.

Moore wants more

Awesome. Thank you, BTN stooges.

WHOA CAMERA FAIL

Nearly puked a little when that happened.

YESSSSSSS

Great match.

Is this Moore's best match of the year?

Maybe.

Ortiz isn’t very good, though.

WTF was that sudden crowd noise?

Is there a crowd noise track?!

for the noobs like me in the room

Can somebody please explain the difference between back points, near falls, and a fall?

Fall = pin

Near fall = near pin based upon an amount of time

wiki or google is your friend

it’s a little long to explain in the middle of the meet

fair enough

I was just lost when Kelly gave up the back points.

I didn't intend to sound curt

We’re more than happy to get more people interested in wrestling, it’s just hard to discuss the details during a meet without TV timeouts

no worries. that's why I waited until intermission

Ross’s wiki link has me mostly caught up now. Thanks to those that responded.

A fall is a pin, with both shoulders pinned to the mat.

A near fall or back points are usually awarded when one shoulder (or nearby area) is pinned to the mat.

This link has a ton of helpful info.

HERE

It might be helpful to start there and if you’ve got questions after that, feel free to ask ’em.

thanks

Who said Tommy was wearing the white shirt?!? Liar!

Yeah, I'm mindfucked on the difference b/w them now.

MM called out by TB.

Sideline reporter guy

Almost just punched Brands during that interview.

That would be just about the worst idea of all time

Brands: "We can do more at 141."

The heck you say…

INTERMISSION UPDATE

125: McD DEC (7-1) Sanders
133: Ramos DEC (6-2?) Dardanes
141: Marion DEC (3-2) Dardanes
149: Ness MAJ DEC (15-7) Kelly
157: Moore MAJ DEC (11-2) Ortiz

Iowa leads 13-4

I think those scores are right.

Doing them from memory.

looks right

Could really use bonus points out of Evans at 165.

174-HWT are going to be tough.

Intermission...Promised myself I would clean some today.

See you in a few folks.

On Iowa!

Gable wearing a camo shirt,

because he’s going Gopher hunting.

Calm down Dan

You’re going to scare the small children.

INTENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNSE

NEVER

WHERE IS GABLE?

I CAN’T SEE HIM.

/camo’d

that usually means hes right behind you

RUN ROSS RUN!

I'm the only one to rec this?

I'M TOO BUSY RUNNING TO REC

I liked what I saw out of moore

Even if it was not against a highly ranked guy.

ninerhawk - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Yeah.

He looked aggressive, which was very nice to see.

I'm sure brands

Lit a fire in a few of these guys.

ninerhawk - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Must of forgotten Marion.

I'm not sure what to think of marion

He is an enigma.

ninerhawk - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

It's hard b/c I really like him. I even think he is my favorite but It's like I want it for him more than he does.

Almost like he is too talented for his own good

Meh

I withhold my judgement until Lofthouse wrestles

Im used to seeing McD, Ramos, Kelly and even Moore wrestle hard.

Lofthouse

Needs to show up today

ninerhawk - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Gable seems like he could spontaneously eat that sideline reporter

NOM NOM NOM

Spontaneously or routinely?

I'm not sure how he would do it routinely

unless he vomited him back up and then ate him again. Which would be gross.

To be honest, I have no idea. But Gable is a beast, I do know that

If anybody could routinely eat a person, it would be Dan Gable.

Indeedirino

This is your first day at the University of Minnesota...

…making yesterday the best day of your life.

I'll go ahead and rec that.

Holy cow

That wrestling exercise where you balance on your head and do circles looks insane.

Sweet Mustache Evans!

HOLY SHIT MIKE EVANS' MUSTACHE

Feelin a lil woozy over here...

Nice back work Evans. Lol

Jon Benjamin and David Cross are both going to be at Mission Creek this year

have they always had comedians? I’ve seen a bunch of bands over the years, but don’t remember any standup acts.

Speaking of Jon Benjamin, Archer just isn't the same now that I know what Jon Benjamin looks like.

It kinda ruined the allusion for me. Sad CW is sad.

lol, I felt the same way at first. But I got used to it eventually.

Archer is just too damn good, and Jon Benjamin is just too damn funny.

I really wanted to like Jon Benjamin has a Van but I was disappointed in it.

Other than the episode where they went to Mexico.

it was definitely hit or miss

And yeah, the sketch where he pushed his producer over the border was hilarious.

Last year Joel McHale was there.

But I don’t think it was in anyway related to Mission Creek. My moment of shameless promotion. Check out PCC (the Poison Control Center) if you’re seeing some mission creek shows and like some rock and roll. They are a ton of fun.

Ride him out.

Basabe isn't starting today

We’re going with the shooting lineup to start.

The line up that scores points?

Cartwright, Gatens, Marble, White, McCabe.

Two changes?

Interesting.

That's a pretty short lineup.

I hope they have a gameplan for Zeller.

If we just deny his existence, maybe he'll cease to be.

Cartwright? :((((((((

Yes

We know.

So much for getting a spark off the bench.

Wah-wah

Don't forget B-Stubbs now . . .

Do you think one could compare Basabe to Marion?

No. Marion still wins.

Sometimes.

Yohn scared?

Need a minute of riding, bonus would be nice.

Wow

YESYERHIESNRESKL ENRKLESN KLS

FALL!!!!

MUSTACHE POWER!!

It's the power of the mustache.

Pin that goopher! Fuck yea!!!

STICK EM!!!

fall!

Hell yes!

DO NOT EVER SHAVE, MIKE EVANS

That was fucking awesome.

He dominated Yohn.

That moment when the shoulder drops...

It’s like watching the guy surrender…

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Would a win in this match seal it?

Essentially.

They would have to pin us out just to tie it.

Yes.

Basically. As Argulor said, they’d need pins at 184, 197, and HWT just to tie it.

As it is, they’ll still need bonus points in their remaining matches to catch us. 4 matches left, 4 decisions = 12 pts.

165: Evans FALL (6:02) C Yohn

Iowa up 19-4

Is this dual now Iowa's?

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Like I said earlier, I’m a wrestling noob. But that. was. awesome.

Physical domination is universally read

HUGE

I scared the hell out of my cat that was laying beside me on the couch.

She was not nearly as impressed w/ the pin as I was.

Our fish jumped

My cats, I think, have learned what Iowa sports look like on TV and leave me alone during.

She usually lays on the couch w/ me during Iowa sporting events.

The male knows better but sometimes he forgets.

My dog was not that excited, either.

SUPERBRANDS

He can do Daniel Murray's celebration IN MID AIR

That's awesome.

CARING IS CREEPYSTACHE

"Coach said stick him, and he did"

That sounds like Iowa wrestling to me

That stasche is creepy

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Creepy awesome

It comes with a windowless van.

You mean good creepy, right?

Only because it's on an Iowa guy.

Bingo!

Exactly

Uh, yeah. Duh.

Makes him look 13

Or like he drives a van with “Free Candy” painted on the side with a sharpie.

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

someone post the stash ASAP so i can see

Dammit, EL.

Balls.

Oh no, Big Baby Lofthouse.

EL gives up a TD seconds before the 2nd ends.

crap.

EL come on

Well fuck

Things just took a turn.

Awww dammit

EL gives up a reversal to start the 3rd

Down 4-3 now.

1 not 2 Lofthouse

…Damnit.

Dude, EL?

Now I just thought abou ‘baby’ Luke from the arctic plunge… Makes Evans’ stache look like fine art.

Gotta get out.

Umm, Ethen... DO SOMETHING.

All he needs is an escape.

C’mon EL.

This is so weak

That was terrible.

Shit.

174: Storley DEC (5-3) Lofthouse

Iowa 19-7

Well that was fucking garbage

What a sad way to end that.

Yeah. Tom Brands does not approve.

Is the PA gut the same at Kinnick?

Ugh.

That was terrible.

GAH CREEPY CGI CARVER

DJK's bongwater - January 29, 2012 reply

Is Rasing or Telford going at Hwt?

Probably Rasing.

I think someone said Rasing on twitter.

I thought I heard the PA say Telford at the beginning of the meet.

But they were talking over it…so I couldn’t hear clearly.

That was an entire minute on EL's wrist

Without a stall warning? Or even a stalemate?! Not making excuses for Ethen, but good God move on bottom man.

Is this going to be the same thread for the BB game or will there be a new one?

New one.

thx

Wait, is Gus doing the game tonight?

BTN implied it during their commercial, so now I’m expecting Gus.

Dolph says "BUY TICKETS NOW, PEOPLE."

Anybody in the QC on here?

I miss the commercial that talked about Minnesota working on MIND CONTROL.

I have to assume Tim Brewster was one of the first test subjects.

His vocabulary was artificially limited to three words anytime he was face with defeat.

Vinnie has his hands full here.

Wow, that sucked.

Steinhaus just stole Vinnie’s takedown.

Are you effing kidding?

Thought he had it, and then got owned

Well that went poorly.

Wow, Wisco sucks.

We're going to finish behind Nebraska?

Fucking fuck.

I just thought of something.

Has the whole Iowa>PSU>NW>Iowa thing turned into Iowa>Michigan>Nebraska>Iowa?

If so, hmmmm. I don’t know.

And this time, it's not just football...it's everything?

We beat Nebraska in wrestling

But otherwise, I think it does work.

At least in this situation one of the schools is not jNW.

It seems a little bit more contentious.

or less contentious I mean

Steinhaus is way too slick.

Vinnie just needs to not get pinned here, plz.

what're the points for major dec vs. pts for a fall?

8 for a major, 15 for a tech fall

Wait do you mean match points? if so 4 for a major, 5 for a tech fall, 6 for a pin.

4 team pts for major, 5 for tech fall, 6 for fall

gracias

Per KJ Pilcher via Twitter:

“Wonderful exchange in the crowd. Minny fan yells “What’s Iowa doing?” for all to hear. A fan responds with “Beating Minnesota” just as loud."

Bucketochicken - January 29, 2012 reply

heh

Ew

This is the suck.

I think Eric Roberts has joined the Miami Heat as a coach

Whoops! Wrong thread! Apologies!

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Danger Zone! We are saved.

Kenny Loggins FTW

Cmon Vinnie!

He should have just tried to avoid a takedown instead of being so aggressive. Save a match point.

God bless vinnie and his aggressiveness.

No stalling to be called on him. Just needs to finish some of these shots. Gets in deep but ends up giving up points in the end.

I wish we could put Vinnie's motor in Marion or Lofthouse.

did Vinnie avoid the major, or the tech?

'Twas a major decision.

The tech.

He lost 12-4, I think

184: Steinhaus MAJ DEC (12-4) Wagner

Iowa up 19-11

Well, GG looks smaller than Yohn for sure.

ugh

Holy Sweep Batman

poop

SWEEP THE LEG indeed.

Yohn looks like he could go to tOSU w/ that tan.

I bet him and his bros

Are gonna get some Heines after this.

Maybe Lance Palmer joined the Minny coaching staff

and all that orange just rubbed off onto Yohn in the wrestling room

what happened?

?

Huh?

in the match

im wondering whats happening

19-11 good guys

Gambrall up 3-2 late in the 2nd.

Yohn got a takedown after a big sweep in the 1st

GG escaped just before the end of period

Then GG got a TD with 30 sec left in the 2nd

2!

NICE MOVE

WOO NICE TD, GG

up 3-2

NOW HOLD HIM DOWN

Quit looking at the clock you douche

what's with the fan wearing an army helmet?

camo night

He went all out.

SuperFan!

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

LETS GO GG!

Escape Yohn

tied 3-3

Yohn is just staring at the clock

Wrestle, you sissy.

I love the bearded coach in the background.

Zadick?

He’s crazy.

What's Bill doin these days

I wonder.

http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=6&page=showbio&ContactID=1949

The Iowa coach is Mike, and he is training for the Olympic team trials, I think.

According to this link, Bill is some sort of coordinator or coach for USA wrestling (or at least began that in 09).

I’m not sure if he does that, as he is not on this staff directory:

http://www.themat.com/usawrestling.org/usawrestling.php?page=staff

Grant, you need to get back in my good graces. This would do a lot to make that happen.

Womp womp womp.

FUCK

Oh my. God.

Fuck that.

Late TD for Yohn

197: S Yohn DEC (5-3) Gambrall

Iowa up 19-14

SON OF A BITCH. YOU ARE DEAD TO ME GAMBRALL. DEAD.

the hell did he do that made you that mad?

He's disappointed me for two years. I'm through w/ him. I was through w/ him after OkState and I was going to allow him back into my heart but he's done.

I just can’t do it anymore.

He finished 3rd at NCAAs last year...

I don't think you understand how dead he is

To her.

That arguement has been made w/ me b/4 but it didn't work then and it isn't going to work now.

DONE.

Yikes

Remind me not to disappoint you

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Hey, at least I'm not throat punching the guy.

I honestly don’t know what it is about the kid but I don’t like him.

You've said your peace

There’s no going back

Blackheartnopants - January 29, 2012 via Android app reply

Eh.

He wrestled well today against a tough opponent. This was far better than what he was doing a few weeks ago.

What a bait and switch. He just played him to lose his balance.

Rasing looks considerably bigger than Nelson.

Rasing is a big boy.

What was the name you had for him last year?

The shaved bear? I remember it was awesome.

Yeah.

Heavyweight matches are so full of intensity

And drama.

zzzzzzzzzz.z ..z.. SNORT wha?

Was that an impression of KF sleeping through a press conference?

I will be shocked if Blake doesn't give up a stalling point in this match

McD has the most normal-looking wrestler ears I've ever seen

TD Nelson

Blake down 3-0

There we go.

Is this Minny guy that fucking tired? Geez

Heavyweight matches are usually this intense.

He was taking like 15 seconds just to get ready to go when Raising was down.

ooh, he had the leg there for a second

Come on Blake!

RASING IS A GRUMPY BEAR

I would NOT mess with Rasing

Yikes

1 TD Blake

All we need.

This is actually pretty action-packed for a HWT match

C'mon Blake!!!!

Cmon cmon cmon

nevermind

fail fail fail

Balls

CRAP

Blake almost gets a TD but Nelson is able to come around behind and get his own

up 6-2

Thank God for Mike Evans' stache.

And it’s pinning powers.

no kidding

that was awfully close to a Hawkeye loss, all things considered

Way too close

At the same time,

Take away GG’s and Rasing’s close losses, which could have gone either way, and it could have been a completely different tone.

EL's close loss too.

He was looking for the first 5ish minutes of that match.

Then was utter shit for the last 2ish minutes.

True.

Well, not how you like to end

BUT A WINNA.

I want to own a set of the iowa wredtling warm ups

They don't sell 'em, as far as I know.

So if you see a guy wearing em, keep a wide berth.

is this match over yet?

i just wanna call this a dual win and leave it at that already

HWT: Nelson DEC (7-2) Rasing

Iowa wins 19-17

Not an impressive finish to the meet, but we’ll take a win. Thank you, Mike Evans.

AHEM

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