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At least those 3 people all faced criminal charges. Starocci, at this point in time, does not face any criminal charges. So we're supposed to declare him an abuser based on one article?

Do we think Forrest got a similar number from OSU as Bassett’s deal was rumored to be from Iowa? Wasn’t Forrest’s commitment after the date needed for the clearinghouse thing?

He can’t pull a Cornell and unenroll and keep his year of eligibility right?

Again, this is only true in terms of taking his freedom away, or taking money from him. We as humans form opinions on whatever standard we like. As I've mentioned countless times, look no further than OJ Simpson, Casey Anthony, and Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Understanding her POV doesn't make Starocci an abuser. It makes him an alleged abuser, until he is found guilty in a court of law.

To understand someone, you have to look at things from their POV. I described Sydney's actions from her POV.

Gabe is supposedly well over 200 pounds now. I wonder what weight he'll wrestle if/when he comes back to Iowa.

Don't disagree with the premise, but the testimony from the employees in that particular case do not jive with that. Nor does the testimony from employees in the separate casino case. Further, whether or not I want to see an old dude in a speedo is a non-factor, being that the old dude in the speedo is not submitting an application to me to live next door. I have zero say in whether or not he moves in next door. If I don't want to see that, I have the option to move out.

Great info. thanks

what a shame / and a black eye for the school and sport

I would take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him. not violent at all.

This could have been a purely business concern as mixed race neighborhoods and housing suffered in price and preference sometimes back then. A situation you may be alluding to with this statement: “May factor into these decisions, old dudes in speedos will take away from the view a little bit.”

The kids all know it. The characters are packs you can buy in just about every game. You can have those pink guard peeps for $5 or whatever. They are gonna beat this idea until it’s dead. $ rules all lol.

Thank you!

She has 1 million followers on TikTok (but seems to hardly post on it)- the vast majority of people in the world and the US do not care at all about wrestling, much less the spouses of wrestlers. I wouldn't say she is famous, but much like Lucas Byrd and his GF, there is a whole group of people who only know the best NCAA wrestlers as Syd's Husband or Ellie's BF

Pyle mentioned something on FRL the other day basically saying what I just said - almost word for word.

That isn't time on your hands, buddy.

Pitt class of 25. Looks like he was on campus but just not competing or rostered these past two years

The 3-point thread got me thinking about overtime. Though the methods for deciding tied matches have changed a lot over time*, overtime became a permanent way to decide them in 1957. While highly variable from 1957 to 2025, the percentage of overtime matches has been generally growing. During the continuous use of overtime, the percentage of overtime matches has never been higher than in this past season at 10.8%. (The only thing that has me scratching my head is the drop off in 2016 and 2017. There were a few rule changes in 2016 that may, or may not, have led to the drop off (5 second rule, one of three calls for going OB), but it is not obvious to me that they do. If anyone has an opinion here, just shout it out.) Too Much Is Never Enough We have already discussed the individual overtime leaders, Illinois heavy John Lockhart (7-0 career OT record) for win % and Iowa 165 Ryan Morningstar (6-3) for volume, but who are the team leaders? There is obviously a volume story here. The more years you go and the more wrestlers you send, the more OT matches you will have. So let's look at that first (minimum 75 OT matches). No surprise that the two most dominant teams in history, Oklahoma State and Iowa, also dominate the list of OT matches and OT wins. More surprising is that with such a high use rate Iowa also has the highest win rate at 61.8%. At the other end of the spectrum is NC State. They really need to get it done in regulation as their OT win % is an anemic 40.7% Or Maybe It Is? But that analysis misses a few things. Just because you win a lot of OT matches does not mean you want to go to OT. Most teams have a lower winning percentage in OT than in regulation. Oklahoma State REALLLLLY wants to avoid overtime. Their regulation win % is 16.4% higher than their overtime win %. Purdue, on the other hand, wants to lure you into the deep water where they have a significantly better chance of winning (+9.8%) Central Michigan has probably optimized things. They get to overtime more frequently than anyone else AND they increase their win % once they are there by 6.7%.

Is that confirmed? I haven't seen recent updates about their lineup, but I believe it.

Discipline: The strongest form of self love is ignoring something you want now so you can get something better later.

yea, definitely didn't mean to imply a hard cap. Just a situation-by-situation "reasonable" cap. Personally, I hate that this will take money out of wrestlers pockets- but it will reduce the gap between the max different programs can offer, which theoretically could let less funded schools do better.

Charlie Kirk definitely criticizes the texts and culture of non Christian religions. Islam comes up often.