Alright mtisch, I've got to correct you. I think your taking this way overboard. This ref is in my opinion one of the best in Kansas. I know him and know he definitely didn't want to make the call. I also know both Jesse and Chris. Chris over the years has become a pretty good friend of mine and I have a ton of respect for all the people on the mat. (officials included)

Now about the match. I was on the floor, pretty close to the action on the mat. You may have even seen me jumping around at the end of the second and third periods in the Newman shirt and OSU hat in front of the Abilene crowd.

During the first period, with 40 seconds left, Chris was called for his first stalling. After getting takendown he just hung out on bottom while Strawn worked to break him down. I think he deserved to have the stall called against him.

At the end of he 2nd period, when you say there was up to 5 missed points. Chris got the reversal points, and in my opinion thats what he deserved. There was only 10 or 11 seconds when Strawn got the takedown, and I really don't see it possible for Chris to have gotten the reversal fast enough for back points. I was standing next to Isaac Wall, and he started counting down out loud from 5 seconds, and Chris got the reversal right when Isaac said 1, which means there was not enough time for back points.

Now at the end of the 3rd period. Chris threw an insane headlock with only a couple of seconds left. BUT, Jesse scrambled out of it and ended up on top out of bounds . This is what the refs discussed. Did Jesse get the reversal, did Chris never have control, when did time expire. I feel they called it the right way and gave the takedown to Chris and that was it.

Now for overtime. The first 15 seconds were definitely action packed, with Chris scrambling out of a near takedown. After this, Strawn shot, Chris locked up somewhat of a front headlock and let Jesse push him out of bounds. They went back to the center, same thing happened and they came back to the center with a short amount of time left. This time going back to the center though, the ref told Chris if you do that again, I'm going to have to call stalling on you. As soon as the whistle blew Chris just held on and got pushed around again. So the ref had to call stalling. I talked to the ref of the match for quite a while afterwards, and he did not want to make the call. But he had to.

In an awesome display of sportsmanship, Chris agreed with the call. Noone on the mat wanted it to end that way, including Jesse or the official but it did and everyone needs to accept that. The ref did not decide the match, the wrestlers did. I agree with every call made in the match.

Congrats to both wrestlers and job well done to the officials. It was a great, exciting, and intense match.