At the NCAA Wrestling Championships, the consolation round that determines whether a wrestler will finish as an All-American or fall just short is known as the blood round.
It’s possibly the most exciting round of the event outside of the national championship matches.
Each wrestler has battled through several rounds and multiple days of competition to reach the cusp of achieving their dreams. Then it all comes down to just seven minutes that will largely define their season.
Saturday is the Southeastern
Conference’s college football edition of the blood round.
Alabama against LSU. Kentucky against Tennessee. Georgia against Ole Miss. And Missouri against Texas.
Each team has battled through some losses but also gotten the wins needed to give itself a chance of reaching the College Football Playoff. For each team, a loss provides a serious setback or all but knocks you out of consideration.
That’s what’s on the table for the Tigers today: win and you’re still in the fight. Lose and the party is almost certainly over.
We’ll have the most notable updates from Mizzou’s matchup against the seventh-ranked Longhorns here in this article.
Pregame Updates
- Ryan Wingo was removed from the student-athlete availability report for Texas and appears to be good to go today. Colin Simmons (the player, not the beat writer) and Cam Coleman are both listed as game time decisions for the Longhorns.
