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Three down. Three to go. Nice work.

There was no seeding in the 1946 tournament. Being the first post-war tournament the site was only chosen 6 weeks in advance. There were "only a few entries from the Eastern institutions largely on account of the early war-time schedules which were still in operation in that section. The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association Championships were held on February 8 and 9; hence it could not be reasonably expected that contestants from this section would remain in condition for another six weeks after their wrestling season was over." So, sorry Dave Arndt, but you are out on a war-time technicality.

Now that the market has tanked should I double down on my investments? What say you oh wise viking?

so trump is trying to get the fed to work with him... so as to work against him?

After seeing Caliendo, Hall, and Bearclaw lose to the likes of Scott, Blaze, and Jacques at 74 KG (163lbs) - I am not convinced dropping to 157lbs from 165lbs is better than going up to 174lbs. Caliendo has the horse to go 174lbs and would only have Haines to contend with, really, rather than a slew of contenders and the unknown of the cut. Is Haines at 174 > Mesenbrink at 165? Even if equal, do you take the chance because you know how a Monster Mitch match goes 10/10 time - it ends in the L.

you said we were more normal... so they aren't normal. i mean even a 2nd grader like you should be able to figure that part out

there time is history... get over it. so we shouldn't talk about the mistakes they made. noted. btw, have you found a post yet to prove that you are independent?

A billion Muslims would like a word.

Do we count David Arndt? I can't tell for sure if they seeded the 1946 NCAAs. He was a 2X returning champ and was placed on the end of the bracket. In 1941 and 1942 he won it as the #1 seed.

I feel like that was implied...

Does that include weigh-ins?

Mike Caruso

Yes, that was the easier of the two. But not easy.

Boom and kaboom. Well done.

Pat Smith was seeded #1 all 4 years he won it

Joe Williams and Pat Smith

No one's saying that. But if he were ramping up for a competition, there's be a stronger inference of intent to cheat. Since he wasn't, the inference cuts the other way. The point is that the supplement was allegedly purchased *after* he was sick (according to his dad), and he didn't find out about the negative test result until *after* Final X had passed. It isn't dispositive, but that too cuts in favor if it being inadvertent. Um, OK. Whatever that means. Well, the problem here is we don't know exactly what he bought, or how that product lines up to his explanation. His dad says he was "looking at his doctor’s report and all the things he’s lacking in. And he went to get supplements to replenish whatever it is that needs to be replenished." If I'm the USADA, I want to see what the doctor's report says, and whether/how the product he bought replenishes that. Again, it isn't a defense, but it might tend to show it was bought more for healing purposes than competitive purposes. Conversely, some are claiming he bought supplements that are literally called "DHEA." But do we know that? His dad says he bought "a supplement, a natural, plant-based supplement," which doesn't quite track, unless he's referring to the soy/yam from which I understand DHEA can be synthesized. I guess we'll find out. If it was literally called "DHEA," that's some next-level stupid and you can't claim it was ingested accidentally (only that you didn't know it was banned). This we won't know until the report comes out, but don't see the point in definitively stringing him up without knowing the truth. What's the basis for tagging the "asshole" label on Brooks, besides his misfortune of having gone to a college that kicked everyone's butt? I could do without his Christian proselytizing too but he's entitled to his views and I'm entitled to mine. You may find his outward religiosity cringey but a-hole is a stretch.

11986 for the win. Now we have two of the four timers. Who can get the other two. One is easier than the other.

Yeah, why wouldn't they just start speculating?!? Also, thank you for understanding the definition of that very complicated word "dismiss."

You have a point Joe Pa was 4 times the man!, but Cstar has 5 to Joe's 2; and the school got out of nothing thru all that. and Carl is winning 12 to 2

I agree with everything you said here. I just like reminding everyone that Mr. Pastry really wants to push the "Caliendo to 157" narrative.

makes no sense 157 is 13-14 deep next year with guys he has yet to crush and who are accustomed to the weight and competition. Match ups are matchups, he's won all those accept to number ones at 165

... the Sandusky law ...