Keegan O'Toole vs. Shane Griffith: 2022 NCAA wrestling championship final (165 lb.) 

Same here

well said

It sickens me that the state of CA has so few college squads given the talent that comes out of that state every year.

Ben askren

Yeah, I agree just always in good position, solid fundamentals but all the details are perfect

I mean at his hs arrowhead they do have a really good head coach..but a lot of their best wrestlers also attend askrens

Agreed. Thats what separates the winner from loser in these matches.

Why is it crazy? He was the better wrestler

@@rickhammond2473 You're tone deaf.

Ikr this is insane

165 is plagued by freshman winning the weight class for the last decade

@@clannadcryer6605 Why

I mean to have two finalist back to back years I think that means the program is saved but now it’s up to the new blood like jaden Abbas to pick it up a notch

@@suspiciousneighbor4799 and real taking 4th was pretty good

I was wondering if I was the only who saw that

@@TheBraulio459 The crowd certainly did. It wasn't just the one bad call and one questionable call, but also the very quick stalemates when O'Toole was still in a position to (and working for) a score. Glad it didn't end up costing him.

Agreed. Match should not have been so close. Why didn't the coach throw the brick!!

@@fredmann5925 yeah, he put himself in a bad spot. Didn't throw it for the first call which would have been overturned and then he was in the position that he HAD to for the second call even though it was a coin flip that probably wasn't going to be reversed.

Did he face off against the reigning NIAA Central Southeastern Conference Runner-Up Jonathon Johansson Jomersohn from St John Paul's Middle Galveston Technical Community Specialty Catholic College?

@@K2NOPS Kyle Hatch of Wabash

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with spencer lee out you are right

To close off a match

Here after O’toole isn’t even #1 at 165

Definitely

extra year of eligibility because of covid

The Covid year really confuses people. 2021 was the Covid year. The only wrestlers who truly have 4 years of Eligibility are ivy’s who didn’t wrestle during that year

@@xenonmaster6668 nope from what went out in the news everywhere, AJ Ferrari would’ve had the chance to be the first 5-time national champ and he’s NOT IVY league soooo. 🤔

I think he was afraid of O’Toole getting back points. Like the commentators said, Keegan has pinned wrestlers in the world championships so that’s likely why Griffith went neutral. That and he scored on O’Toole so maybe that was his plan and then a ride out.

The commentators said it. O’Toole top game is scary good and Griffith wanted no part of It.

Thanks for the replies…didn’t realize O’Tooles top game (vs let’s say Wick or Hamitt) But for the win…I gotta think it’s a higher prob for Griffith to get an escape + battle getting taken down vs….getting a takedown to win…or giving up nearfall on bottom. Sorry, maybe it’s just my moneyball mentality transitioning to wrestling.

Do not forget riding time. If Otoole prevents Griffith from escaping then he is also racking up riding time so it could be that he negates his escape with the point of riding time that he would get in the end if he held him down for at least a minute and 22 seconds. In that case they are both neutral and it is tied which is exactly the way they started the third period. Except now he has a whole period to get a take down and does not need to worry about getting put on his back from the down position. Since he had gotten two take downs on him already my guess is he figured he could do it again. If so then he would have a chance to pad his 22 seconds of riding time. I think it was a great call on his part except the second takedown was not really a take down that should have been awarded so that might have skewed it a little bit.

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No it was some weird EDM shit. Numb played after they both walked out

@@ryanmercier3791 oh my bad for assuming

It's called invisible touch by genesis

Magic in the Air by Magic System featuring Ahmed Chawki

yes

No it’s Rogan

No it's the sandblaster Jon jones

@@holdencawffle626 No its Jones and DC’s son

Would’ve avoided losing 2 points. Happy to see keegan get it done still.

It was a free year due to Covid cancelling the previous years tournament. Also I wouldn’t even consider last year an official season since there was less duals, less tournaments, and the ivy leagues not participating as well as Olympic redshirts.

@@seealexrun7649 but there is still a 2021 Champ!????

@@leifnielson6849 just know that wrestlers get a free year to compete from covid, that's it. there's not a whole lot to understand

@@cornprices1718 so let's give every freshman coming in 5 years yo win a gold!!! Just saying they had the nationals they crowned a champion!?? How does that year not count!!??

@@leifnielson6849 did i say it was something i agreed with? no. i was literally just explaining the mechanism for why they get a 5th year. chill out

Why

@@jordansteward6420 ask Bruce Lee

@@davidtrani190 who gives a shit, bro raised his other hand, big deal

A famous rock band was playing over the speakers and Keegan threw up the rock & roll symbol... maybe you're reading into this a little too much? Why do people always have to search for things to be upset about.

@@tylernicholson5319 very disappointing for such a talented wrestler to not know better, than to be so ignorant, son.