Sammy Sasso of Ohio State squares off against Austin O'Connor of North Carolina for the 149-pound natiaonl title at the 2021 NCAA Wrestling Championships. Subscribe to the NCAA Championship RU-vid channel: ru-vid.com...
I am the biggest Carolina fan you will ever hear not just in wrestling but I’m every sport. I live in Charlotte and was so emotionally overwhelmed as a wrestler to watch UNC have a national champion
As a State fan, I was rooting for all ACC guys. Bitter rivals, but nothing but respect for your programs. O’Connor made UNC look great yes, but I saw his win as a victory for the ACC as a whole. Maybe he’ll even win one more next year
what a match O'connor is a monster at 149 looks nearly 156 Sasso was more technical with his gifted long frame but O'connor was too strong that last call could have gone either way but having that wizard in the sequence at the edge looked convincing had they been in the middle of the mat Sasso hands locked on both feet would of ran through o'connor very intelligent from both wrestlers wow best match I've seen in a while
I hate to admit it but this is the same call the began the video review. Steiber vs. Oliver and Oliver had the takedown in the final minutes in the same position. In this case Sasso had the takedown. He captured both legs and O'connor was on his hip. This was 2 and Oliver's was 2. The refs have to admit when they are wrong.
To me it seemed more like sasso grabbed the foot as opposed to collecting it and once he did O’Connor got off of his but. I also thought it was two but this was way more of a judgement call than the Oliver-stieber match.
@@thesneakygamer4343 the rule and I quote is the offensive wrestler “takes the opponent to their back or butt without getting behind them”. Put it in 0.25 replay and pause look at 9:34 to 9:36 he remains in front and the opponent is put to his butt meeting criteria. What part of that criteria wasn’t met?
Close call way to keep wrestling through it by UNC but hell of an effort from Sasso! I’ve never seen someone on the edge of the mat with that kind of grip on the foot even when he readjusted it to almost get it. Honestly if he was behind the ankle they woulda gave it to him no question.
Pat Lugo never opened his offense up, ever. A continuing trend at Iowa, especially this year vs penn state. half of their guys excluding spencer lee wrestle to not lose.
@@darron614 He may have had his foot but there was no control, note that AoC now only holds off the wrist that is holding his foot but then applies a wizard and gets his hips back, i.e no control thus no take down
Oliver never popped his head out, thus steiner could cover and maintain some control, definitely different situations, both debatable, but I'd say oliver's slightly more two than this desperate arm touching an outside leg.
@@fredarroyo7429 sasso made a desperate attempt by touching a foot and all these buckeye fans are saying now touching two feet is two points like this is twister
i understand why, but stalling @ 8:00 is kind of trash. If a merkle is a legit takedown, that should just be a stalemate. It's incredibly hard to get to improve from a merkle takedown.
Sasso seems the better of the two but Sammy doesnt have overwhelming offense and that makes the difference from really really good to elite. Austin o connor played the perfect chess match
Ya he had a great match but merely by criteria “the offensive opponent takes the opponent to his back or butt while remaining in front” that criteria was met pause at 9:36 or 9:37 criteria met PERIOD!
OSU wrestling twitter is removing any criticism against the program such as maybe you should get up off your belly or was that 3rd grade lessons. OSU embarrassing this yr.
He had control of the back of his neck and he lowered sassos upper body to the mat, this exact move is in the rulebook with a picture and the leg is between the other guys leg. Even though it looks like sasso had the advantage, o'connor has forced sasso down to the mat by weight down his neck and thus has control.
What fu-king match are you watching? Sasso should have been hit with stalling twice. Sasso lost despite the home cooking. No…..O will stick his ass next time they wrestle.
@@ricki-bobby hey so I’ve wrestled and had this specific thing happen to me, oconner still had one foot in bounds, if this was in the middle of the mat he wouldn’t have got 2. But on the edge is when this 2 feet in and 2 legs wrapped up turns into 2. This rule was put into place to lessen fleeing the mat. Notice when there on the edge there is still 3 feet in and the quickness that O’conner got his but up and the whole time had his foot still in causes no out of bounds to be called wich is needed to be called control in this situation. Sasso was so close but he needed to build up, he lost by inches, literally inches.
@@ricki-bobby flo wrestling also agreed it wasn't a take down, rule book says a double leg take down is control over two legs not two feet. Read the rules because that's all that matters
@@treycvansickel8779 if o'connor was on his stomach fleeing it would have been two because he would of had his back up, but o'connor stayed up in bounds and sasso only grabbed a foot, not the full leg
I’m a penn state fan and he had every single requirement for a td. Head popped up, o Connor on his ass and had both ankles so what’s missing besides just a piss poor call.
@@declanluedtke doesn’t matter if the offensive opponent takes his opponent to “ his back or butt while remaining in front” by criteria that’s 2 pause at 9:36 or 9:37 criteria met!!
