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RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - martyup - 03-20-2021

In the post match interview, Shane said he was motivated in the tourney to show the Stanford administration that they should keep the program going.  What a bold statement he made.  Are you listening Stanford?

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - Spiny_Norman - 03-20-2021

(03-20-2021, 05:42 PM)martyup Wrote:  In the post match interview, Shane said he was motivated in the tourney to show the Stanford administration that they should keep the program going.  What a bold statement he made.  Are you listening Stanford?

Any supporter of Stanford wrestling can let their voice be heard. Go here for guidance and instructions https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V_-r2pf-V3B11EJwiOJG04TdSuX2tURrXDROOtiMm6Y/edit

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - 82lsju - 03-20-2021

Quote:Shane Griffith sends a message at 165 pounds

[b]THIRD PERIOD: Shane Griffith is a national champion![/b]
Griffith chooses neutral to start the third. He goes in for a shot, and they scramble. Takedown Griffith. He takes the 4-2 lead with less than a minute to go. He's working to ride up the riding time. Wentzel nearly escapes, but then Griffith goes in for more. That's it. Stanford has a national championship and Griffith picks up his title in style, 7-2. The message from Griffith is clear: Keep Stanford Wrestling. 

https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/wrestling/d1/2021-college-wrestling-championship-live-updates-brackets-schedule-analysis

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - thatboy - 03-20-2021

(03-20-2021, 05:33 PM)martyup Wrote:  HE WON IT!!  GRIFFITH WON THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!! At #8 he was the lowest seed in the Championship round.  Only the second Stanford wrestler to win a National Championship.

This should help with recruiting! ... Oh wait. F*&%

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - BobK - 03-20-2021

Congrats to Griffith
Thanks for all the updates Marty

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - Langdude - 03-20-2021

Congratulations, Shane. This will be a monument for the rest of your life. All that hard work paid off, even without the best support from Stanford. Well done.

The wrestling team was my first beat when I started working at The Stanford Daily in the early 90s. Even back then, I was amazed at what coach Chris Horpel was able to produce without much fanfare or institutional support. Every year he'd have very competitive wrestlers at a few weights, and, every few years, he'd have a competitive overall team, usually with an all-conference performer, and an All-American every five years or so. The members of the team were always smart, humble, hard-working, and self-effacing.

True wrestlers are used to being overlooked, even though they are amongst the best all-around athletes in the world. They do what they do because they love the sport, and hope that others notice how beautifully elemental and yet extremely technical it is.

Such great kids on that team year after year. About 15 years ago, the team took another step and became even more competitive overall, nationally prominent at several weight classes, which makes the recent decision to discontinue the sport even more frustrating.

I think the decision by the athletics department and administration to cancel wrestling and the others sports to be awful, and very un-Stanford-like, especially for the current team members. It's really hard for me to like the AD and admin right now.

-m.

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - JustAnotherFan - 03-21-2021

The great Daniel Cormier has decided to chime in.

[tweet] https://twitter.com/dc_mma/status/1373436306265571329 [/tweet]

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - martyup - 03-21-2021

I wonder if anyone in the Stanford administration even watched Shane win the championship?  If they did, and they saw and heard that crowd chanting "save Stanford wrestling," how can they sleep at night?

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - 82 Card - 03-21-2021

There's a pretty good write-up on NJ.com. The story makes Stanford look ridiculous, starting out with:

Quote:Stanford planned to discontinue its wrestling team after over a century of existence in part, its administration claimed in an open letter this summer, because it doubted the “prospects for future success of the sport” at the university.


RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - martyup - 03-21-2021

I didn't hear it until I read that New Jersey article, but Shane was named the Outstanding Wrestler in the NCAA tourney.  That is quite the honor.

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - Madera86 - 03-21-2021

Wow. What a story. I'm proud and extremely disappointed at the same time. Congratulations to Shane Griffith as well as the team and the coaching staff. And a big reproof to Muir. He certainly looks foolish right now.

BTW, is it me, or does Shane just sound like a wrestler's name?

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - martyup - 03-21-2021

(03-21-2021, 05:47 PM)Madera86 Wrote:  Wow. What a story. I'm proud and extremely disappointed at the same time. Congratulations to Shane Griffith as well as the team and the coaching staff. And a big reproof to Muir. He certainly looks foolish right now.

BTW, is it me, or does Shane just sound like a wrestler's name?

There was a guy in the tourney with the last name of Mauller.

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - 82 Card - 03-21-2021

(03-21-2021, 04:49 PM)martyup Wrote:  I didn't hear it until I read that New Jersey article, but Shane was named the Outstanding Wrestler in the NCAA tourney.  That is quite the honor.

The NJ.com article links to another article on the semifinal victory. In that article, they point out that Griffith, an 8 seed, had defeated the top seed in the quarterfinal. They point out that another NJ wrestler representing Virginia Tech in 2019 won another 8 vs. 1 match-up against the same Iowa wrestler and went on to win the championship and was name outstanding wrestler of that tournament. Perhaps a little additional inspiration for Griffith.

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - Phogge - 03-22-2021

Shane will always be a gunslinger.

RE: WRESTLING: GRIFFITH IS NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! - Hurlburt88 - 03-22-2021

We love you, Shane!