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Needless to say, anything that makes Northwestern wrestling fans cry is a big plus for me [See Figure 1 below], but the creation of the Stanwestern Wolvercats maybe goes too far. You've probably heard by now that Michigan has taken three wrestlers from Evanston's Big Ten Team and added them to their new Wolvercats lineup. THE JOE MONTANA PARALLEL Additionally, the Wolvercats added a wrestler from Stanford, which is basically a West coast version of Northwestern, but for hippies. What Shane Griffith has done is a Joe Montana, going from sunny California to a dank Midwestern city that is home to the most overrated football coaches in history (Schembechler and that current fellow). See Fig. 2 below. To lure Griffith from the land of long hair and LSD parties, the Wolvercats may have paid more for him than San Francisco originally paid for Joe Montana: Is $85k the going rate? I don't know, that's a guess on my part. Including the outrageous cost for what folks in Ann Arbor euphemistically call "an education"--while boldly looking you straight in the face and without the hint of a smile--it may actually be more. Is this going to be worse than free agency in professional sports? FREE AGENCY IN THE PROS In college, there used to be a device called the National Letter of Intent, which a high schooler signed to join a university's athletic program. It was binding. It was basically a contract. Now, it may as well be called a "National Letter of Perhaps, or Perhaps Not." In the 1980s, professional sports saw the development of free agency. This was an end to the "reserve clause" in pro contracts which allowed owners to keep players for as long as they wanted. After the rise of free agency, a player could negotiate with other teams after his contract expired and not be bound to the one team with which he had originally signed. So, it appears that at the present time, even professional sports teams are more stable than college teams because of that initial contract. See Fig. 3 below, featuring Lionel Hutz. Today, in college wrestling, in football and in basketball, athlete movement can be as volatile as a swinger's party in Palo Alto before Aids. Take the case of Aaron Nagao. He was wrestling last year for Minnesota but then transferred to Penn State for this season. My theory is that he jumped ship because of my nickname for him, "The Gopher Choker." It was too damn good. He fled that nickname, knowing that "The Penn State Strangler" was basically a rip off of Nick Simmons and probably wouldn't catch on. As you can see in Figure 4 below, Nick Simmons seized that nickname and won't let go. Nagao, instead of embracing his new moniker, transferred to a new school to avoid it! That's right. He transferred schools to avoid a nickname. A MODEST PROPOSAL Some folks believe that the pendulum has swung too far. Other folks don't know what a pendulum is. I suggest to the former this reasonable solution: Give wrestling coaches the authority to trade athletes to other teams for other wrestlers, cash and/or a practice room partner to be named later. With this authority, a coach could see that one of his wrestlers had entered the transfer portal, and, before that wrestler could come to terms with another team, he could be traded to a third team. Problem solved! It is either that or wrestlers can decide to choose a school with an incredible staff of PATRIOTIC AMERICANS who will value them as human beings and not as a commodity, who will mentor them, and who will work with them to become overall better citizens of this the greatest country on Earth, the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. Kind of like the ILLINOIS staff. See Fig. 5 below. ___________ CODA I literally cannot recall whether I did the photoshop art (below in Fig. 6) for the three-time California state champion Nevills or the four-time Cali state champion Nevills. Or, was it the pure-blood wizard from Hogwarts? ___________ The original article was posted on The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond here. Come for the wrestling, stay for the Pizza!

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Wow. I've got you talking with your hands. Instead of being angry, why not enjoy the humor in the post? Just don't dwell on the fact that you support a creepy Frankenstein team, stitched together from other teams.

Well, my Mount Rushmore would be Big Bruce, John Smith, Jordan Burroughs, and SnyderMan

Look, I’ve played rugby with the best of them. But here in the States that word doesn’t fly. You’re better than this and the fact that I of all people has to say that should speak volumes. Once every five-ten years is more than enough, but at least 3x in a week or two? Be better than that. I already REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED ZAHID REDACTED STATE-WEIGHTCLASS REDACTED and then edited + requested hide because I wrote some crappy shit. Be better than me, and be better than that word. It’s not ours to own.

I'd rather Amit go down if it's possible. She's a huge step up from Molinari.

I did. I am equally poking fun back. I think it's great. I also enjoy your blog and what you bring with that.

I see we're in MAGA Mad Libs portion of the proceedings.

You were in my wheelhouse. Elvis, The Clash, The Who, John Hiatt, The Replacements, Paul Westerberg, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams ...These are my people.

Money. It does things. Much good, but also bad. When once we had colleges that sought to balance mind and body, that saw the benefit sport … the boost in esprit de corps, the creation of bonds within the school community but also connections to their local communities and other similar schools. Student athletes. Fun sport. Good stuff. Hmmm, and then … realizations. Good sports teams help create active alumni donors … let’s invest and earn ‘revenue’ from the effort of these student athletes. Wait, we can sell tickets and get ad revenue! Let’s invest more and make more money from them …. And the slope was slippery. Millions and millions made. Powerhouses created. Rich people with desire to influence and gain prestige are attracted like moths to the light. Early incentives are morphed and altered. New incentives rise.

Sammy Sasso majored Starocci when CS was a freshman. He's the only one to bonus Starocci during high school

Also @nhs67 I really like you even if you root for the better engineering school and use the word keggers

Yeah, that's why gun violence happens at the same rate worldwide.

There is space between no guns and sane, federal laws. We have enough people giving up their representation due to gerrymandering and campaign financing, we wouldn't want more of that. We can all agree we need fewer slaughtered innocents.

We have limits. We also have rights. Freedom requires responsibility. If you take guns away you will be as successful as the war on drugs and the people will be victims at a much higher rate. We know this from the huge amount of self defense uses of guns that will result in more harm not less when taken away. We also know a government that doesn't fear it citizens doesn't need to consider them. You will be ruled not represented.

Did no one read the Tweet? Satrocci/Griffith is listed at 174.

So is @flyingMixer saying Penn St has no chance of 2nd? Wkn will be disappointed, I'm sure he has the data and tables to know there's a chance.

Funny enough... they could conceivably meet. Sasso could go 157 next season, right? Let's say he does and ends up winning, which is possible. Let's say he then makes a go for the Olympics. He isn't going to drop to 65 KG (143.3lbs, or 13.7lbs lower) for OTT. Both him and Stalrocci could be in the 74 KG bracket.

Yeah, boy. From your standpoint, I can certainly see how this is true. One of my (original) sayings seems apropos here: There are people for whom Logic is not a close friend. Not even a casual acquaintance. Deal me out. “There's none so blind as they that won't see.” ― Jonathan Swift

Not making it up. Fact

Well being that I did post the research, your point is moot. Now dive in and prove your assertion of lies. I'll bet you don't.

You do make me look good by comparison.

I provided the source of the CDC study that Colion breaks down in his analysis of the study. Now tell me where he lied or STFU. I can go around like this all week. I'm call you out on your bullshit. If you call a guy a liar you need proof. Give me proof. I stand by the data that you call a lie. Should be easy. Put your money where your mouth is or admit defeat.

From the article you clearly didn’t read. Shifting the burden of proofEdit One way in which one would attempt to shift the burden of proof is by committing a logical fallacy known as the argument from ignorance. It occurs when either a proposition is assumed to be true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is assumed to be false because it has not yet been proven true.

I know I'm going to regret joining the foray, but here goes... That is NOT how logic or respected journalism works. You don't say "Blah, blah, blah. Now prove me wrong." If I were to say "The moon is 30 million miles away from the earth, now prove me wrong", what would you do? Get out a tape measure and "prove" me wrong? No, if I were not an idiot, I would consult NASA or other respected sources (Buckle your seat belt, that doesn't include some Joe Schmo on YouTube) before I opened my mouth to begin with for the distance. I would also make sure that my source of information on the distance was not someone or some organization that profited by disseminating mis-information for a bunch of sheep to slurp up. You do realize that the gun and ammo manufacturers that now call the shots at the NRA stand to make tons of money by spreading mis-information??? Same as I'm not going to believe Ford (or whoever) about the accuracy of their data on the reliability of their vehicles. I would consult some organization with no horse in the race (Consumer Reports). Well, I would if I either weren't an idiot and/or weren't simply looking for data to support my decision to buy a Ford anyway because my Pappy had Fords and his Pappy before him had Fords.

Sure, just have those up and comers make the National Team. Selection criteria were created by a committee of folks from the USAW Olympic Committees, coaches, and current athletes. Those up and comers are also free to enter the Spanish Grand Prix, Deglane, Dan Kolov, Bill Farrell, Yarygin*, and other international tournaments through their RTC. Plenty of opportunities for younger guys to go out and compete.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-8.xls Here. His number of firearm is not from any year from 2015 until 2023. That would be the first statistic he "cites." Even these numbers are undercounts because states are not reporting full data. This is obvious because in 2019 Florida claims 1 murder on the data, and I can confirm that, just in my medium sized county for that year in Florida, there were 42 reported homicides.

HIS ASSERTIONS ARE PURPORTED STATISTICS THAT HE DOESN'T GIVE ANY CITATION TO, SO THEY CAN'T BE DISPROVEN BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY'RE REAL STATISTICS. Geez man, this is mind-numbingly stupid, even for you. "Disprove this information, but I won't tell you where or when it's from!" If you're JUST looking for other statistics to show that what he claims in the video is not the actual statistics in other scenarios, that has already been provided, multiple times. You're asking me to specifically disprove his statistics without any source to look at the statistics other than your beloved YouTube video, which also doesn't cite where the statistics are coming from.

It can't be done because he doesn't cite his sources, geezus man. I don't know where he's getting his data or what year it's from, because a quick search doesn't show the numbers he's citing popping up anywhere EXCEPT his video and things citing his video. It's a tautology of nonsense.

Bye to the semis next year once she gets another medal. By remaining at 72 this year she can pursue more career accomplishments means more money, means more in the career discussions, and means two more matches next year. If she didn’t win the spot this year at 76 then gets none of the above. It’s a calculated risk versus bumping this year and walking away with nothing.

He’a referring to the Colion Noir videos you keep posting in which no data sources are cited. Do you genuinely not understand this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

HE DOESN'T GIVE HIS SOURCES, MAN WHAT ARE YOU NOT UNDERSTANDING? If you're asking for the data that shows he's wrong, that has already been provided to you, your just choosing to ignore it and claiming it's been discredited because...you say so. See if you can find another video where a shill makes your argument for you because you can't actually formulate it yourself.

Yes. The NRA is bad. And, in this case, biased. But glad to see your abandoning ship on prior arguments. I've made the point several times. You are saying that I'm not making an argument of fact when I am providing you several sets of data. Then you cite a video (over and over and over and over again) to make your argument for you, where he just cites data, but doesn't given a single source for it, whereas I'm proving you sources that show you (and he) are wrong. Seriously, every accusation is a confession.

It will come to you as a staggering epiphany when you finally understand that there’s more to forming an informed option than doom scrolling YouTube on the toilet.

The world of sheer terror you live in must be exhausting.

Find that one where a HS kid needed to wait until he was 18 to buy two assault rifles so he could invade an elementary school and slaughter 19 children.

Truly unbelievable. Laughs claiming the "numbers ain't on [my] side" then provides a series of anecdotes and a Heritage Foundation link that includes, you guessed it, anecdotes.. Guess what, dipshit, the numbers are, in fact, on my side. You can tell that when you compare gun crimes here to gun crimes anywhere else in the developed world. When a mass shooting happens in another country, it's a tragedy that rocks the nation. In the USA, that's Tuesday.

Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking when I hear the silly things that you say.

He's gonna beat some good D1 wrestlers next year. If you wrestle 174 to 184, you might ask your coach to skip the Greyhound Open next season. Strong, smart, tough mat wrestler, and a wit. I'm a Greyhound fan now.

Taylor has wrestled and beaten Torreblanc 4 times. The first two were close. The second two were both 8-0.

Okay, how about this… usually when a recruit is ranked #1 in the county he is a hammer and it does translate well to college.

At least Star Date 2269

Sorry to break it to you but when the ranking services rank a kid #1 in the country he doesn’t usually suck.

The problem is that over the past 5 years, he was never actually given a chance to properly heal. It is the single worse mismanagement of an athlete in terms of health that I have ever seen in the sport. People forget just how successful he was as a junior on the world circuit-it was almost a foregone conclusion that he would compete for years winning senior world medals. And now if he ever makes a world team, I will be thankful and view it as an incredible comeback story. Anybody criticizing Lee for not competing at NCAAs or the Open has not followed his career-the guy has done nothing but compete when he should have been healing. It's true that people will remember him as a great wrestler regardless, but the sacrifice of his personal career for the Hawkeyes to get team points at NCAAS is one that will unfortunately probably be forgotten. He was every bit the wrestler that Gable Steveson was and could have been one of the best US wrestlers of our time.

I don’t think CP even believes it. He’s obviously trying to do his job to get views. Stuff like this stirs up chatter. Just think of how much discussion we have off of Cinnabons ridiculous claims (that he also doesn’t believe). In Pyles defense, he did say it depends on if you define GOAT by best at their peak. If you do (which most don’t), then it’s so subjective, Gable would have a case. Like others have said though, recency bias plays a big role in that subjective discussion.

Gable took a year off and got better. I can only imagine how good I am after 30 years off.

Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix. Glendale arena or whatever it's called at Westgate was the home to the NHL Coyotes until this year. Also Chase Field right across the street from the Footprint Center. I suppose if they felt like slumming it, they could also use State Farm Stadium which has a retractable roof and seats 70,000.

The Footprint Center seats over 18k

Las Vegas.