PSU at Iowa Prediction Summary

[Wrestleknownothing]

With the pace of predictions slacking, I thought I would start assembling the summary ahead of tomorrow's dual.

Everything Old Is New Again

• As in years past the consensus on Go Iowa Awesome is the most Iowa optimistic. Of course, optimistic is a very relative term in this context. They have the average score at 9 - 26, Bad Guys.
• And no surprise Happy Valley Insider is the most Lion loving. With an average score of 5 - 31, Good Guys, they are looking to set a bunch of records. Biggest Iowa dual lose in the Brandsx2 era, biggest lose at Carver Hawkeye, and biggest lose in the 10 wrestler era.
• The collective wisdom of the Intermat crowd is the cooler head that will surely prevail. By our estimation, only the Brands era record will be broken. That currently stands at -15 and we see it as an 8 - 27 final score.

Details

• Only @Pish and @fishbane are calling for the shut out, though fishbane also likes the fireworks. 
• Joining him on #teamfireworks is @nhs67, as they both called for parallel team point deductions. From their lips to the scorers ears.
• No one anywhere is calling for an Iowa win, not even on GIA. Unprecedented. The closest is our own @Mr. PeanutButter (who also admits it is plumb loco) and @crzyctldy who is not crazy about cats enough to call for the Hawks to win, but likes the Hoosier-ian comeback to beat all Hoosier-ian comebacks. I think he just likes to see it burn.
• @1032004 is closest to consensus. He just needs to throw a team point deduction in there for Terry and he is a sure thing.

Uneasy Lies The Head?

• There are two to rule them all apparently. Only Aaron Brooks and Greg Kerkvliet garnered unanimous support.
• That's right. Someone picked Carter Starocci to lose. Or did they? @flyingcement picked him to du..., du..., du..., miss the flight to Iowa City as he apparently did not make the travel team.
• Maybe, yes. Maybe, no. But one thing the cement shoes definitely got wrong is picking against Karl Shindeldecker. When The Decker wrestles, The Decker wins. By decking his pinfelled opponents.
• On the flip side "Team Point" deduction got more votes than poor Patrick Kennedy and Brody Teske, combined.
• On the Iowa side, "Love The" Drake Ayala  is the prohibitive favorite to bring home the team points. Is it a Carvering if everyone is calling for it? A Carver by any other name would smell as sweet.
• Most everyone thinks Real Woods counting lightbulbs courtesy of Sergio Lemley was a fluke last week. Woods out-voted Beau Bartlett 35-14. Beau is no Bo.

 

Most Dominant

No surprise here.

 

[1032004]

I’m surprised 41/49 people picked Ayala.  To me that means he is going to lose.  Because 125

[Wrestleknownothing]

4 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

I’m surprised 41/49 people picked Ayala.  To me that means he is going to lose.  Because 125

I interpret that as people thinking it won't be a shut out, combined with Davis "winning" last week, combined with Ayala having be #1 recently. So Ayala is a likely choice.

[CHROMEBIRD]

I'm a little surprised that 94% and 90% of posters picked Nagao and Truax to win, respectively, and oddly more people picked Truax to bonus than Nagao. I would think that Ayala, Mesenbrink, and Woods would be more favorable picks to win (plus, Shrievke & Riggnold will wrestle Nagao & Truax tough) but then again I predicted the same as the hivemind...

[nhs67]

Awesome stuff, Wkn!

Honestly when I saw @1032004's predictions I actually thought to myself 'That looks to be the most sensible one, yet.'

Pretty cool that he about nailed it.

[1032004]

5 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Awesome stuff, Wkn!

Honestly when I saw @1032004's predictions I actually thought to myself 'That looks to be the most sensible one, yet.'

Pretty cool that he about nailed it.

We’ll see, lol.

Considering the number of posters there, I think it’s funny only 6 people on HR even made a prediction…

[Caveira]

Don’t forget the rumor that Bartlett is ducking woods to keep/secure the #1 seed at BIGs and not have to wrestle Jesse Mendes in the semis at big 10s…. Gotta add that prediction.   

Edited February 9 by Caveira

[Le duke]

Don’t forget the rumor that Bartlett is ducking woods to keep/secure the #1 seed at BIGs and not have to wrestle Jesse Mendes in the semis at big 10s…. Gotta add that prediction.   

Or, just ignore it, because he’s going to wrestle.


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[Wrestleknownothing]

23 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Don’t forget the rumor that Bartlett is ducking woods to keep/secure the #1 seed at BIGs and not have to wrestle Jesse Mendes in the semis at big 10s…. Gotta add that prediction.   

Rumor <> prediction.

[MLB9]

26 minutes ago, Caveira said:

Don’t forget the rumor that Bartlett is ducking woods to keep/secure the #1 seed at BIGs and not have to wrestle Jesse Mendes in the semis at big 10s…. Gotta add that prediction.   

Hope that doesn’t happen for multiple reasons. I’d rather see him wrestle Mendez in the SF’s than Hardy.

[TampaRyley]

I’m willing to take bets that PSU blanks Iowa at 2:1 odds

($20 max and going to an RTC)

[FanOfPurdueWrestling]

20 minutes ago, TampaRyley said:

I’m willing to take bets that PSU blanks Iowa at 2:1 odds

($20 max and going to an RTC)

I’m on! 

[ionel]

19 minutes ago, TampaRyley said:

I’m willing to take bets that PSU blanks Iowa at 2:1 odds

($20 max and going to an RTC)

the Cinnibun is your guy

[FanOfPurdueWrestling]

Just now, FanOfPurdueWrestling said:

I’m on! 

You win I’ll donate to an RTC of your choice, I win you donate to Tarleton State!  

[Rassling]

1 hour ago, Caveira said:

Don’t forget the rumor that Bartlett is ducking woods to keep/secure the #1 seed at BIGs and not have to wrestle Jesse Mendes in the semis at big 10s…. Gotta add that prediction.   

This is the only match I’m not too sure about tonight. If Bartlett wrestles like he did last week he’ll be stalled out in carver. If woods wrestles like last week who knows.

[PortaJohn]

@Wrestleknownothing...I motion to submit my bet with Jimmy to your Summary Docket If it would so please you and the forum.  I also request to file a complaint on @BobDolefor not presiding over my bet and allowing the court of forums to be run like a bar saloon in the old wild West.  

Edited February 9 by PortaJohn

[nhs67]

28 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

@Wrestleknownothing...I motion to submit my bet with Jimmy to your Summary Docket If it would so please you and the forum.  I also request to file a complaint on @BobDolefor not presiding over my bet and allowing the court of forums to be run like a bar saloon in the old wild West.  

Motion granted.

[Caveira]

9 hours ago, Rassling said:

This is the only match I’m not too sure about tonight. If Bartlett wrestles like he did last week he’ll be stalled out in carver. If woods wrestles like last week who knows.

Cstar may have been stalled out in carver with that performance against Rocco wells (tOSU) too.   Both on his feet and that pre post season stall ride on top.  Was a Pretty meh match.   

[ionel]

2 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

@Wrestleknownothing...I motion to submit my bet with Jimmy to your Summary Docket If it would so please you and the forum.  I also request to file a complaint on @BobDolefor not presiding over my bet and allowing the court of forums to be run like a bar saloon in the old wild West.  

@BobDole has gone AWOL.  Even Biden's recent visits with the dead have not encountered the good dead senator.  

[PortaJohn]

21 minutes ago, ionel said:

@BobDole has gone AWOL.  Even Biden's recent visits with the dead have not encountered the good dead senator.  

He last visited 2 hours ago.  Biggest duck of the season if you ask me

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

@Wrestleknownothing...I motion to submit my bet with Jimmy to your Summary Docket If it would so please you and the forum.  I also request to file a complaint on @BobDolefor not presiding over my bet and allowing the court of forums to be run like a bar saloon in the old wild West.  

@PortaJohn, @Jimmy Cinnabon can you refresh my memory on the terms of the bet?

[ionel]

1 minute ago, PortaJohn said:

He last visited 2 hours ago.  Biggest duck of the season if you ask me

Well he's been ducking those other threads.  

[PortaJohn]

3 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

@PortaJohn, @Jimmy Cinnabon can you refresh my memory on the terms of the bet?

Straight up Messenbrink vs Caliendo.  Messenbrink wins Jimmy's gone forever.  Caliendo wins I honorably leave this forum forever.  I am in no way shape or form ducking this bet.  But @Jimmy Cinnabon...most likely 

Edited February 9 by PortaJohn

[ionel]

4 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Straight up Messenbrink vs Caliendo.  Messenbrink wins Jimmy's gone forever.  Caliendo wins I honorably leave this forum forever.  I am in no way shape or form ducking this bet.  But @Jimmy Cinnabon...most likely 

[1032004]

5 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Straight up Messenbrink vs Caliendo.  Messenbrink wins Jimmy's gone forever.  Caliendo wins I honorably leave this forum forever.  I am in no way shape or form ducking this bet.  But @Jimmy Cinnabon...most likely 

Kudos to you for doing this, you must be really confident in Mesenbrink winning because we all know Jimmy isn’t going anywhere (and honestly I don’t really hate his presence overall)

in b4 @ionel says “Messenbrink has a 0% chance of beating Caliendo”