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The speed he calls the fall for Haines compared to not calling it for Andonian earlier is awful. Congrats to Haines, but that's absurd from the ref.

Matthews wrestles more like Dean Heil than Dean Heil wrestled like Dean Heil lol

Matt Ramos = Larry Owings

Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the Great Wall of China, I have seen the Pyramids of Egypt, I've even witnessed a grown man satisfy a camel. But never in all my years as a sportscaster have I witnessed something as improbable, as impossible, as what we've witnessed here today!

Brooks looking for the upset.

Izzak Olejnik takes out Kharchla to become Northern Illinois' first AA in idk how long. NICE!!!

I’m so glad I took off work today

Fix and RBY both deserve to lose. Let's go Vito.

LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sloan!!!

If you hear reports of an air rage incident on the Eastern seaboard tonight, that's just Vak on his flight home.

Hey guys, just got home and turned it on for 133. Did I miss anything?

@Perry and @CraigOR this is a premature request, but since you have both been so generous as to create each of the session threads thus far... I have an early request to name tomorrow morning's thread "The Wasteland Invitational Session IV Saturday Morning Discussion" and embed the Hidlay video from last year by pressing the return key after pasting. One of the rawest clips ever and a heck of a quote. We can hold off on discussion of the clip until tomorrow though and I'm not embedding yet for the same reason https://twitter.com/NCAAWrestling/status/1505242130616406016

Anyone who believes in luck is probably on a message board complaining about it rather than on the ... oh, wait.

SVN and Haines for comebacks of the tournament, but this was the beatdown of the tournament. Wow. Just complete domination in every phase.

The pin was called quickly for Haines. Also, they showed the replay from the 1st period. Haines' right shoulder never touched the mat.

Fix stalled his ass off

Quint: What made the difference, Liam? Liam: Being allowed as many years as possible to make AA definitely helped.

Is he a BJJ guy or what? He likes to go across the throat with his forearm with double boots if possible. Not a claw ride. Phillippi looked like he was getting choked out in their match today. Byrd seemed to have a big problem with Nagao going across the windpipe at Big Tens and I believe he tried the same thing on RBY too. If I'm in coaching in the opposite corner, you bet I would be yelling at the ref to watch Nagao's chokeholds.

Semi Finals & Consie R4 & R5 (blood round) The clover leaf config: Semi's - Mats 3 & 4 Consie - Mats 1-2, 5-6 updated brackets link: https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/Brackets-1.pdf 125 Spencer Lee (Iowa) v Matt Ramos (Purdue) Liam Cronin (Nebraska) v Patrick Glory (Princeton) 133 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) v Michael McGee (Arizona State) Vito Arujau (Cornell) v Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) 141 Real Woods (Iowa) v Brock Hardy (Nebraska) Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) v Beau Bartlett (Penn State) 149 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) v Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) v Kyle Parco (Arizona State) 157 Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) v Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) Peyton Robb (Nebraska) v Levi Haines (Penn State) 165 David Carr (Iowa State) v Quincy Monday (Princeton) Cam Amine (Michigan) v Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) 174 Carter Starocci (Penn State) v Chris Foca (Cornell) Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) v Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) 184 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) v Trey Munoz (Oregon State) Aaron Brooks (Penn State) v Trent Hidlay (NC State) 197 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) v Ethan Laird (Rider) Rocky Elam (Missouri) v Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) 285 Mason Parris (Michigan) v Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) v Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force)

Very interesting take, I can see that for sure. In an alternate universe, Glory looks over to the other mat, sees Lee get decked and throws his match with Cronin so he can wrestle Spencer in the consi finals, lol

Nino wakes up in the morning and pisses excellence.

Spencer sacrificed himself for a Nelson Brands pin. That’s gotta be it.

Parker is class.

Carr vs KOT should be last match

Was Max there to cheer him on?

Warner with a very Warner 1-0 victory in blood round

Cardenas!! 4 AAs for Cornell.

More garbage camera work from ESPN: not a single cutaway to Yianni's mom the entire tournament, smh^2

Gents... I cannot stress this enough right now... With Spencer getting decked and both RBY and Fix losing atm... there is tension in the air here that you could cut with a knife. Holy shit.

As an aside my new little puppy got to see my pumped up wrestling watching for the first time. She thought we were playing and started hopping around lol

Wish you had told my kids that, and they weren't even in sports.

Two of the best...

how about we abandon folk all together?

Hendrickson is by far my favorite non UNC wrestler to watch this year. That guy just lays it on the line every match without a care in the world. He’s the Bryce Andonian of heavyweights, without the same recognition for how explosive he is.

Can't wait to see him and Kerk tonight.

it was also a snooze fest

Peyton Robb is a classy kid

The guy on his back has a PSU singlet on.

Haines/Andonian- Feel like we need to get our popcorn ready! (I hope)

Thanks for putting this up Perry. You beat me to the draw. Yes exiting. Some call it 'moving day' as in the points and team standings. I want to see Humphries v Franek. 2 hammers going at it. Here's more info to chew on: Quarter Finals & Consie R2 + R3 Qtr's - Mats 3-6 Consie - Mats 1-2, 7-8 updated brackets link: https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/Print%20Charts.pdf 125 Spencer Lee (Iowa) v Anthony Noto (Lock Haven) Killian Cardinale (West Virginia) v Matt Ramos (Purdue) Liam Cronin (Nebraska) v Eddie Ventresca (Virginia Tech) Patrick Glory (Princeton) v Brandon Courtney (Arizona State) 133 Roman Bravo-Young (Penn State) v Aaron Nagao (Minnesota) Kai Orine (NC State) v Michael McGee (Arizona State) Vito Arujau (Cornell) v Sam Latona (Virginia Tech) Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) v Lucas Byrd (Illinois) 141 Real Woods (Iowa) v Allan Hart (Missouri) Parker Filius (Purdue) v Brock Hardy (Nebraska) Cole Matthews (Pittsburgh) v Beau Bartlett (Penn State) Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) v Lachlan McNeil (North Carolina) 149 Yianni Diakomihalis (Cornell) v Max Murin (Iowa) Shayne Van Ness (Penn State) v Graham Rooks (Indiana) Kyle Parco (Arizona State) v Brock Mauller (Missouri) Sammy Sasso (Ohio State) v Yahya Thomas (Northwestern) 157 Austin O'Connor (North Carolina) v Will Lewan (Michigan) Josh Humphreys (Lehigh) v Jared Franek (North Dakota State) Peyton Robb (Nebraska) v Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) Levi Haines (Penn State) v Bryce Andonian (Virginia Tech) 165 David Carr (Iowa State) v Shane Griffith (Stanford) Quincy Monday (Princeton) v Caleb Fish (Michigan State) Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) v Cam Amine (Michigan) Keegan O'Toole (Missouri) v Carson Kharchla (Ohio State) 174 Carter Starocci (Penn State) v Bailee O'Reilly (Minnesota) Dustin Plott (Oklahoma State) v Chris Foca (Cornell) Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech) v Nelson Brands (Iowa) Mikey Labriola (Nebraska) v Peyton Mocco (Missouri) 184 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) v Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) v Trey Munoz (Oregon State) Aaron Brooks (Penn State) v Kaleb Romero (Ohio State) Trent Hidlay (NC State) v Hunter Bolen (Virginia Tech) 197 Nino Bonaccorsi (Pittsburgh) v Silas Allred (Nebraska) Zac Braunagel (Illinois) v Ethan Laird (Rider) Rocky Elam (Missouri) v Jaxon Smith (Maryland) Bernie Truax (Cal Poly) v Tanner Sloan (South Dakota State) 285 Mason Parris (Michigan) v Lucas Davison (Northwestern) Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) v Tony Cassioppi (Iowa) Greg Kerkvliet (Penn State) v Trent Hillger (Wisconsin) Wyatt Hendrickson (Air Force) v Zach Elam (Missouri)

I dunno... after reading this entire thread, I'm kinda... all choked up about it. D3

Counting cards gives a person a slight advantage. That's the kind of advantage that could ruin a casino's night. I think that restricting somebody's oxygen intake is at least a slight advantage. I call him the "Gopher Choker." If he doesn't stop, the name, or an even better one, will stick.

There's no pressure on the throat at all? How on EARTH would you possibly know that? Because he's on the shoulder? Please, he's directly across the throat. I can't tell from this ONE picture if he's choking him or how much pressure is being applied, but your arguments are comical. Not having choked someone out="Must not be very good at it?" Or...it's his bread and butter, but he's smart enough to not choke someone out with it or it'll become the focus of every match he wrestles. Not sure the OP said just coming across the throat is illegal. I'm pretty sure he simply pointed out he...chokes the hell out of people and that if HE were coaching his opponent, he'd be on the ref to make them aware. It was pretty plainly stated and clearly true...and he didn't say it was illegal. Maybe(probably) dirty though.

Definitely got this impression on him after I watched him perform what looked like a cross face... to the neck of RBY

So why does that not make him a true freshmen? He didn't red/gray shirt...he didn't skip a year in terms of age...he is chronologically what is considered a true freshmen. Never understood trying to diminish someone. Anyway, Haines, hands down, best TRUE freshmen year...so far.