Bobby Douglas
Bobby Douglas
Bobby Douglas is a famed wrestling coach and Olympian. He has coached several U.S Olympic teams, is one of only four collegiate coaches to win more than 400 dual meets, and he won an NCAA team national title at Arizona State. His coaching accomplishments include: 13 NCAA champions, 110 All-America performances and 68 conference titles...
best great
It was a great win. This is the best we have wrestled all year.
anytime default injury match momentum rest start struggled weight
Anytime you start with an injury default in the first weight class, that kind of deflates the team. That had a lot to do with our momentum. We didn't get any momentum from that match and we struggled the rest of the way.
good missouri wrestle
They wrestled a very good match. Missouri is a very good team, and they had to wrestle to win.
freshman good great job pressure
Curran's make a good progress. He's a freshman and put into a pressure cooker like that, he did a great job.
brands bring competition intensity perfect ready rest saddle team timing tom type
We need to get back in the saddle after the Midlands, and this is perfect timing for us. Tom Brands will bring a team that will compete. We'll need that type of intensity and competition to get ready for the rest of the season.
definitely stars
There will definitely be a lot of stars to come out of this group.
cost mistakes
Our day was mixed. We wrestled well, but we made some mistakes that cost us some matches.
close contested either gone matches meet missouri people
Missouri wrestled the way they had to to win, and we didn't. There were some close matches that could have gone either way and, unfortunately, they didn't go our way. This was a very hotly contested meet and those people will all see each other again.
achieve carried chance earn experience five national people sending strong team year
We're sending a very strong lineup. These five people carried our team all year and now they have a chance to earn national titles. They all have experience and know what to do to achieve success.
good team
Nebraska's got a good team and an experienced team. They wrestled us smart, and they wrestled us well. They wrestled well.
chess finals great matches national tournament tremendous
It's been a tremendous rivalry. The matches have been tactical matches which is more like a chess match. If they end up in the finals of the Big 12, I think it's going to be a great match. If they end up in the finals of the national tournament I think it's going to be another great match.
balanced great loaded talent top tournament
It's a great tournament loaded with talent from top to bottom. It's probably one of the most balanced tournaments we've had.
athlete athletics bar both events great obviously raises time
It's one of those championship, World Series-type events for those two every time they meet. Obviously (Ware) is doing some of the things right and he's a great athlete and a great wrestler. Every time Nate wrestles him, it raises the bar for both wrestlers.
beating capable careful couple oklahoma teams tournament
It's Oklahoma State's tournament to lose, but they have to be very, very careful in how they compete. There are a couple teams out there who are capable of beating them.