Quotes by Lenny Bernstein

“At the beginning of the year, he knocked off a guy that was top 20 and then he lost the very next match. So it reminds me hes a freshman, but I think since then hes really shown a lot of maturity and progressively gotten better.”

“Hes certainly built a lot of confidence throughout the year. I think hes had some milestones to get over, and now hes beating some guys who are ranked in the top 20.”

“Brent is always dangerous. He is a guy who can put an [opponent] on his back. ... I think we are going to see a lot more of Brent Jones pinning guys and getting big wins in the course of his [college] career.”

“We werent offensive. That was the main thing. We didnt give ourselves a chance. We werent daring. We hustled, but were not aggressive. We were behind late in periods and not taking shots.”

“Back to back we face two of our biggest rivals. We have to come out wrestling a lot better.”

“Thats the thing that is really hard. You look at it and you think they won pretty big, but really in essence they won a lot of close matches. We needed to win those matches. Even late in the periods there were a few matches where we were behind and were not taking the shots we need to finish.”

“It was disappointing to see us come out a little flat on our feet. I thought that we hustled -- I think there is a difference between hustling and being aggressive, and we werent aggressive.”

“Its a Big Ten team. Ohio State always had traditionally a great team. This year theyre a bit down but being a bit down, still, for Ohio State is very, very tough.”

“He has a very tough match this coming weekend against another freshman. If we can win some of those toss-up battles, and I consider that a toss-up, then I think we have a good chance to beat them this weekend. But if it goes the other way, its going to be a tough, tough weekend for us. But were ready for them. Weve been progressing and getting better, and our freshman, sophomores are getting a little bit more battle-tested.”

“Its almost like we have a chip on our shoulder, and I think thats the way we like to wrestle. Guys wrestle with a physical style, and I think they get after it and thats why its an exciting opportunity for our young guys.”