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narrator: well he did do a good job destroying the country...

Apparently he chooses not to take a punch. Prob doesn't get punched during training. Maybe he should go back to blue hair?

The biggest part is Bo can't take a punch. Everything else is irrelevant if you go into flight mode upon taking any damage.

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That Pam Bondi is incompetent and we need Merrick Garland back in charge.

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Correct. He is part of the 2023 graduating class, whereas Lilledahl is part of the 2024 graduating class. Similarly, I would say 2013 was the last year with no true freshman AA's as Garrett took a grey shirt.

or like fly said: "just eat."

There was for sure talk that they were coming to Iowa State. We were on the same visit as Kyler, Meza, and Castillo. It for sure was his second choice but they want (ed) to follow in Dad's footsteps at ASU. Side Note: That recruiting visit was off the chain with the talent there. Lockett, Larkin, Routledge on and on. If Iowa State could have got 1/2 those guys, man oh man.

From here it looks like a choice between J.D. and Marco.

There are a few guys that can be argued are the GOATS of Wrestling for around their weight classes (B. Satiev, Smith, Sadulaev, Karelin, etc.) Who are the guys that at their absolute best, could have beaten anyone at any time including those GOATS? Here are a few that at their best would've been hard to beat by anyone. Who are some others? Jordan Burroughs-(only career better is B. Satiev) Tom Brands Adam Saitiev Karam Gaber Omid Noroozi Les Gutches Saghid Sajidov Gable Steveson Toghrul Asgarov Reza Yazdani Lee Kemp Daniel Igali

It was all about football and basketball money.

How do we seed 65 KG and 74 KG right now? 65 KG entries: Jesse Mendez Bo Bassett Aden Valencia Seth Gross Real Woods Brock Hardy Marcus Blaze Carter Young You have Gross and Blaze coming up, and the others there. I could see Bassett getting seeded above Valencia because he has had two MFS wins over him the last year. Real hard to place Blaze, but I could see Gross getting the 2, 3, or 4 in that bunch. I don't like the above because it puts Gross/Blaze in the QF. That said, NLWC hasn't entered yet, and Barlett will be there to break up that matchup... another week of entries still to go. Do we see any 57 KG guys give it an actual go at 65 KG? If Blaze is the 7 and Bassett is the 2 we could see that as a QF as well. Those not yet entered who could: Zane Richard Thomas Gilman Reyes Sanchez Dom Munaretto Daniel DeShazer Vincent Robinson Troy Spratley Liam Cronin Nico Provo Brendan McCrone Austin Assad Brady Roark Nick Lee Ruben Calderon Lucas Byrd Drake Ayala Zeth Romney Beau Bartlett Ben Davino Austin Desanto Michael McGee Fernando Barreto Tom Crook WOW 74 KG entries: David Carr Quincy Monday Jarrett Jacques Michael Caliendo Peyton Hall Joey Blaze Ed Scott Elroy Perkin I think you put Caliendo just above Hall, right? Blaze could be before Hall or after Hall, but I think he is before Scott based off nothing, really. Blaze did beat him in 2023-24 in Folkstyle 4-1 in OT. That makes me think Blaze could drop to #8/8 on this list. Now for a list of guys qualified we could see at 74 KG that aren't registered (yet)... Terrell Barraclaugh That's it. Unless we see Andonian up from 70 KG (doubt it). I also suppose we could see Burroughs or Nolf in at 74 KG (also doubt it). Bearclaw would slot in just above Peyton Hall since he just beat him at the Open. Could be above Caliendo, but I think they give it to Caliendo on that one. Maybe not. Either way Caliendo/Bearclaw would be a 4/5 matchup. Thoughts?

The NCAA lost a ton of money in 2020 from not having March Madness basketball. The NCAA couldn't afford to lose out on football revenue and basketball revenue in the 2020-2021 school year, but they realized there would be reluctance on the part of athletes to waste a year of eligibility if the season did not happen or was cancelled midway through. They countered this by assuring athletes that participating in 2020-2021 would not harm their eligibility, ensuring that most athletes would agree to play and that the NCAA would get their normal revenue streams. (Don't forget that in the 2020-2021 school year, it didn't seem to be guaranteed that a full season could go off without a hitch)

I mean, the thinking was they canceled the NCAA tournament that year and wanted to give the athletes a year to make up for losing a year.

The focus is not physical conditioning, either.

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Your data is stark and sad. I do not understand the reasoning for the free covid year. Not impacting eligibility. What was the logic? Can someone remind me? Seems poorly thought through.

or be "injured"

What about Ruiz from Cornell? Not counting due to Grey shirt?

I gotcha. It used to be extremely common, but happens very rarely anymore, RTC’s, clubs, NIL, low pay with restrictive contracts, and the “entertainment” driven nature of the UFC, storylines over straight competition, has collectively put a pretty big cap on the amount of wrestlers going to that organization anymore. The growth of BJJ as an independent entity has started to draw wrestlers straight from college as well. Lastly, in the current era of UFC, you have to be a clown to get fights. The UFC only understands the mcgregor model or the khabib mountain samurai model of storytelling, so if a fighter doesn’t fit into one of those two categories, they don’t get any traction within the promotion. Hence everyone dying their hair and giving ridiculous interviews after their fights.

OK, now I took the time. In the last ten tournaments only twice has there been a single true freshman AA. Lilledahl this year and Hamiti in 2022. In 2024 there were 6 true freshman AA's (the most) while the rest of the years had between 2 and 4. Shout out to @cowcards for making this so easy to find (https://wrestling.guru/college-men/ncaa-d1/ncaa-d1-database/)

I’m specifically curious about D1 to UFC, so that’s why my question was phrased the way it was.

I'm a formerly obese ref who has been running marathons the past 7 or so years. I was way more sore the day after a tournament when obese. Like almost unable to move for a couple days. It sucks to be fat.