Kyle Dake vs. Frank Molinaro: 2011 NCAA title match (149 lbs.) 

Zain Retherford in all three of his title matches had bonus point wins and won by having more than 2 minutes of riding time. He had almost 3:20 against Brandon Sorenson and had almost 4:30 in riding time.

@@zaynes5094bro got 6 minutes tho

@@zaynes5094not true. 6-2 against the kid from LockHaven

I wrestled Molinaro at a camp when I was 13 going into high school the next year. He was a really great guy and helped alot of us have fun at the camp.

It crazy how even after being ridden for the whole period, he still somehow thought he could get out of bottom

"takedown and a reversal sorry" 😂

You always take bottom

I don’t think there is a 149 or 150 (the old weight class) pounder in the history of college wrestling that could’ve beaten Dake that night…..and, yes, that includes Zain Retherford. That being said, you do have to give Molinaro and the Penn State coaches a lot of credit because Frank did a really good job bouncing back from this.

domination

@No Cap That was seriously impressive. An amazing accomplishment. I just think he demonstrated a whole new level of wrestling in the Molinaro match that he never regressed from.

@No Cap nah it was this. Many believed even though he won as a true freshmen that there was room to grow so people needed to see more.

Why do people think Dake is a great wrestler? He's strong for his weight and his endurance is off the charts but when his strength and conditioning aren't a factor he loses. Mad props for his chest wrap and gutwrench - he's a beast with the moves he has but Burroughs out teched him for a decade and then Kadzi made him look bad.

Everyone doesn't agree that Dake is a great wrestler. He's really good but a great wrestler doesn't get teched 11-0 in an Olympic match...

Wouldn’t have mattered. lol

He didn’t major Molinaro. He only beat him 8-1

Xenomaster 666 He got 6 points worth of riding time. When the match ended, the lead was 7-1, and adding the 6 points would make it 13-1, so yes he majored him

That’s not how riding time works

@@samtaylor904 how exactly does it work then? I don’t see how that wouldn’t be how it works, some people have won by being behind one point but having 2 minutes or more of riding time, so I don’t see how that wouldn’t be how it works. I’m not saying this as if I’m ticked off, I’m just saying why I think it works that way

@@ianshue2890 you can only ever get 1 riding time point. You earn the point by having over 1 minute of riding time at the end of the match. Even if you have 2,3,4,5, or 6 minutes of riding time you still only get 1 point. That’s why the score changes to 8-1 when the match is over(final) from 7-1

I was at this Championship. I am a Penn State Grad and was sitting next to many Cornell fans and family members. Penn State won the National Championship but the Big Red was obnoxious during this match. Frank cam back the next year and won a N.C. Using this leg ride. Great wrestler and young man.

Bro I graduated with molinaro. He is literally up to your nipples in height lolololololol he was always a tool and I was so pleased to watch this match 😂😂😂😂😂

Jersey people always have to tell people they’re from jersey like we care

@@GeeJayO1022 your

@@GeeJayO1022 words

He is to busy trying to get an Olympic gold medal.

....easily making the 8 count.

Over time he got increasingly better

My best guess: Rob Koll and Jeremy Spates.

A lot more talent in the Northeast then the Midwest.

It's called "physically peaking."

@@godswarriors3664 can’t argue with that but he did it without a redshirt! Literally how

Too late he's married.

ikr what is the statement? We are wrestling?

@@Cellkist the statement that roughly 80% of wrestlers who get the first takedown go on to win the match

Sometimes this gets overlooked, but Dake took him down 24 seconds into the first period. Reversed him in 4 seconds in the 3rd. I don’t think it mattered that he chose down….Unless Molinaro wanted to get majored.

@@andizzyJD12 he was possessed in this match. There was some Terry Brands level aggression going on here. Frank was done from the moment he gave up the first takedown. First blood is a thing

He knew he couldn’t ride Dake, so why not?

Choosing down had no bearing whatsoever on the outcome.

Wondering same thing. Bad look for cornell

Math is hard

ESPN historically has had some horrible lead announcers in the finals. There's a video on here of the 2002 184-pound championship match and a guy named Rob Rohn is losing 14-2 in the third period. Nearly gives up back points to get tech'd while trying to roll to an escape then gets to his feet and hits an incredible move to throw his opponent on his back. Anyone that has wrestled for two days or spent time learning the rules knows that Rohn needed to PIN the dude to win. The announcer declares something making it seem as if he can keep getting swipes for back points from the same position and win that way. Rohn has to really strain and put every ounce of himself into getting this done and finally gets the pin and there's this incredibly dramatic comeback that is too crazy for even a movie and the dumbass announcer doesn't express it properly to the audience. Could've been ten times bigger and a career defining moment for the announcer had he been prepared.

@@e2go 😂 I here a lot of parents say that, but it's embarrassing when you are announcing

Dake would beat Molinaro 100/100 times and the only one who can't understand it is you.

@@e2go There is ZERO chance Molinaro would have been teched 11-0 in an Olympic tournament! ZERO chance Burroughs would have given up that kind of margin. Dake peaked in 2013! He's a folkstyle wrestler.

@@quincyspielberger4366 ZERO chance Jordan would have given up that kind of margin?? Take a look at the 2016 Olympics when HE got teched and didn't even medal! The guy who teched him didn't even medal! Get it through your head that ANYONE can have a bad match over the years. The only thing that Dake has against him is being behind Burroughs for so many years, and that doesn't mean the now 3-time world champ peaked in 2013.

@@quincyspielberger4366 "He made a much better wrestler wrestle his match" lol. I'm not sure we've ever seen a man get his ass literally handed to him in a wrestling match like this before. Manhandled. And that was after he already lost to him earlier that year. There isn't a thing on a wrestling mat aside from cleaning it with his chest for almost seven minutes that Molinaro could do better than Dake🤭🤣

@@Jlundeen I watched some Dake matches one day and this guy is on a bunch of them under a variety of names trashing him with pretty much the same comment worded very similarly😆 He's entitled to not like the guy as a person or think he's worth a damn as a wrestler but clearly Dake beat "Quincy's" kid out for the starting spot back in junior high and he still holds a grudge🤭😂 He's also on this one under another name "Brian Egal" with pretty much the same exact comment.

Dake bumbed up to 165 to take on David Taylor pretty sure that over takes your argument

fantastic reffing btw

@@Logan-zv4xg Sorry, I thought you would see the sarcasm. My comment was directed at people who cannot see obvious god given skills.

How is molinaro a much better wrestler? Dake mauled him in this match and has done way more on the senior and world level than molinaro has.

I mean, Dake did get a bronze, which isn't too shabby... I think we can confidently say that the 11-0 match wasn't really indicative of Dake's quality as a wrestler.

3 time world champ and olympic bronze medalist. I dont think you can say molinaro is better lmaoooo