Hey, I was not trying to slam Maple. He is an excellent wrestler who in my opinion might have more potential than any other wrestler in the Senior Classic because he has the least experience compared to the other DI caliber wrestlers. When you take into account that Detmer, Napier, Beard, and Caldwell have all been wrestling kids club since there preschool days( I believe so) they would have at least six years in experience over Maple. I believe he started wrestling somewhere in between seventh and ninth grade, not really sure.

The reason I brought up the Napier v. Maple match was because it was the best example of how a few rule changes to the college format could have changed the entire outcome drastically.

Would Maple have wrestled differently on the edge escape by Napier? Probably, no one wants to give anybody points without a fight.

Would Napier have tried to ride Maple out instead of cutting him? Maybe not, he would have spotted Maple one more point by not riding him out. It puts more pressure on Napier if it is 2-1 (one possible college match scenario, Napier escape in 2nd, Maple escape via cut, and Maple possible riding time point).

Did both wrestlers give it their all and give the fans an exciting match? YES.

I just wanted to catch people’s attention by starting this topic and bringing to light that maybe college rules being implemented could help the wrestlers, college coaches, and fans to enjoy this "exhibition" even more.