I'll try to clarify a few points of course they are from my perspective.

I don’t know where the DQ came from in Cornejo’s results with Illinois. Joe was beaten 0-3 by a wrestler he had defeated the evening before. Joe was clearly frustrated in this match but was not DQ’d.

In the dual with Minnesota, I think, as Mr. Salyer has suggested, that MN coaches were having a bad day prior to an encounter with Team Kansas who have a very physical style. Kansas had just come off a 5-point loss to Iowa and could have experienced a “drop off” in their intensity. The wrestlers of Team Kansas were made aware of this and were asked to “keep wrestling.”

The first inkling of a problem was in their match up was at 130. A MN coach mistook some actions from the stands as being aimed at an injured wrestler. The coach sought security. However, even the mat judge, who was setting just below the fans, stated that what was being cheered was not aimed at the injured wrestler.

At 145, Cornejo banged the head and dug and under hook. The referee, as is his right, stopped the match and cautioned Joe about “un-necessary roughness.” As I said, it is an official’s right to use his/her judgment on that nature of action. Joe has a very intense style and expressed a bit of displeasure with this. After a bit more wrestling, Cornejo scored on a 2-point back bow but was once again warned about the physicality. Joe again was dis-pleased. The mat official addressed Joe and was not happy with Joe’s attitude. The ref asked the Kansas coaches to handle the situation and adjust Joe a bit.

At 171 Ross Taplin had a very physical match, which he won handily. Again in this match, the Minnesota coaching staff did not like the physical style of wrestling. The MN staff said they would forfeit the remaining matches and did so.

I’ve reflective on this and really am pleased that they did. They could have continued the match and perhaps got “more beat up” or they could have instructed their remaining wrestlers to be “very physical” with us. Either scenario would have brought even more bad blood between the teams.

That’s enough of that. Now, on to what I really wanted to post. It has been a great pleasure being around this group. As I stated in an earlier post, I am very proud of our graduated seniors. They are fine young men and have a big future in front of them.