University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota - Iowa Post-Meet Quotes
2/1/2008 12:00:00 AM | Wrestling
#1 Iowa Hawkeyes 20, #4 Minnesota Gophers 13
Iowa Head Coach Tom Brands
On what the biggest matches of the meet were:
“They were all big. The reason I say that is because those first eight weights were all contested. There was a lot of payback tonight because they have gotten the best of us. We took care of business the way we needed to take care of business.”
On coming in to Minnesota after coming off a loss in their dual last season:
“We just come to wrestle, and we came here ready to wrestle. We don’t talk about the past. Minnesota has a great thing going here. They love wrestling, and J Robinson has done a great job with the program. Minnesota takes great pride in beating us. The (Governor's) Belt means something, and it’s a something we don’t want sitting up here too long.”
Minnesota Head Coach J Robinson
On the importance of Manuel Rivera’s match at 141 pounds:
"Rivera's was a hard one, but so was Mack's (Reiter). It’s just one of those things. Simply (put), we just lost tonight.”
On Roger Kish’s match at 184 pounds:
“It’s hard for Kish because he hasn’t wrestled for a month and a half. He really hasn’t been in there since December... That led to problems with a lot of things like timing and others. We couldn’t do much with him until about three weeks ago, and that’s the way it goes. We don’t make excuses. But Kish will be fine by the Big Ten Tournament.”
Iowa Head Coach Tom Brands
On what the biggest matches of the meet were:
“They were all big. The reason I say that is because those first eight weights were all contested. There was a lot of payback tonight because they have gotten the best of us. We took care of business the way we needed to take care of business.”
On coming in to Minnesota after coming off a loss in their dual last season:
“We just come to wrestle, and we came here ready to wrestle. We don’t talk about the past. Minnesota has a great thing going here. They love wrestling, and J Robinson has done a great job with the program. Minnesota takes great pride in beating us. The (Governor's) Belt means something, and it’s a something we don’t want sitting up here too long.”
Minnesota Head Coach J Robinson
On the importance of Manuel Rivera’s match at 141 pounds:
"Rivera's was a hard one, but so was Mack's (Reiter). It’s just one of those things. Simply (put), we just lost tonight.”
On Roger Kish’s match at 184 pounds:
“It’s hard for Kish because he hasn’t wrestled for a month and a half. He really hasn’t been in there since December... That led to problems with a lot of things like timing and others. We couldn’t do much with him until about three weeks ago, and that’s the way it goes. We don’t make excuses. But Kish will be fine by the Big Ten Tournament.”
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