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00:05 >> Thanks everyone for coming.
00:06 Next week, because of the state wrestling tournament,
00:08 we won't do our weekly media availability and then we'll be back the next Tuesday.
00:12 Questions for coach?
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00:16 >> Do you have any overall thoughts on the dual?
00:20 >> We gotta score more takedowns, we gotta get off the bottom five weights.
00:24 I don't know how much riding time there was combined, but it was a lot.
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00:30 >> We're ready, we're ready and the thing is, is you gotta,
00:34 you wrestle with guys like that, they have a high powered team.
00:37 They score a lot of points and you have to be ready, like beyond ready.
00:41 And if you just think you're ready and you think it's normal, it's not normal.
00:44 It's not a normal team.
00:46 And that's not me putting them on a pedestal.
00:48 That's not me conceding anything.
00:51 We gotta be better when we go out there.
00:52 We gotta be more ready when we go out there.
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00:56 >> What would you like at 149?
00:58 >> He scored three takedowns.
01:00 He scored two in regulation.
01:02 The two he scored in regulation he stuck with.
01:04 It was a chain wrestle type situation.
01:06 Frantic would have served himself well by taking a lesson from 49.
01:13 Because he was in deep to turn that match around.
01:16 And then 49 looked like he was faint.
01:18 Guy scored two takedowns on us in the third.
01:21 And we get the takedown in.
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01:26 >> Son victory and he sure didn't look like he was faint.
01:28 He liked to whoop it up.
01:30 And I'll tell you what, I was whooping it up with him.
01:32 But we can, it just shows that you can score.
01:35 You can score when you gotta score and so keep scoring.
01:37 And widen that gap.
01:39 >> Coach, any comment on Gabe Arnold?
01:42 >> Yeah, I mean, we're looking forward to having him back in the lineup when that
01:47 time comes.
01:48 We love him.
01:49 He's awesome.
01:50 >> Is there a reason why he wasn't in the lineup tonight?
01:52 >> He is, you know what?
01:54 He is awesome and we're looking forward to having him in the lineup
01:58 when that time comes.
01:59 >> What went into the decision to go with Ben heavyweight instead of Brad?
02:03 >> I mean, that's not an indication of where we're at with Hill.
02:07 It's just, we got two guys there.
02:09 We got a guy that's a true freshman that has a lot of potential.
02:13 We love that guy.
02:14 We love him in our program.
02:16 And with the way the rules are, you gotta put him out there.
02:21 You gotta put him out there in this environment against that opponent.
02:24 It's what I'm talking about, that's an education because now you know.
02:30 Now you know, and what are you gonna do with that knowledge,
02:32 with that experience?
02:33 Now you know.
02:34 And that's what I mean.
02:35 I mean, talking to him at the beginning of the week,
02:36 this guy's gonna come faster than you think.
02:38 He's gonna hang, he's gonna hang, he's gonna hang, he's gonna hang,
02:42 he's gonna come faster than you think.
02:43 Well, now you felt it.
02:44 We weren't ready to go in instances where in that first takedown it was too easy.
02:51 But hey, we gotta put the pieces together.
02:53 And we gotta be better, we gotta be stronger,
02:56 we gotta be smarter as coaches.
02:59 And we gotta come back strong, all of us.
03:01 >> What do you see out of Drake Ayola tonight?
03:03 >> He needed that, he needed that.
03:05 He's had a little adversity and he needed that.
03:08 >> Two more takeaways at 197.
03:11 >> 197, I think, you know what?
03:16 I'll let actions talk there.
03:20 And I just, I like our guy.
03:25 I like our guy and I'm not gonna fan any flames.
03:28 I like our guy.
03:28 Awesome, thanks.
03:33 >> Thanks, everyone.
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03:39 >> Hey, I want this.