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To be in the Top 228 All-Time Point Scorers in NCAA history a wrestler needs to have at least 59 total points (advancement, bonus, and placement). Baseball has The Mendoza Line, I have The Ed Peery Line. There is one wrestler knocking on that door this year. And two who have kicked the son of a bitch in (with thanks to Bum Phillips). Vito Aruj-wow Vito Arujau has scored 55 points to date across three tournaments. With an average performance he can cross The Ed Peery Line and get to 73 total points, good for a tie for 82nd with Northern Iowa all-time great Bill Koll (46-48). Sure, Koll got his 73 along with 3 titles in just three years, but that is still some heady company. Anyone expecting Arujau to have an average year probably does not like nice things. More likely is Arujau repeats, or even exceeds, last year's achievement. A repeat performance would boost his total to 77 total points, good for a four way tie at 62nd with Wayne Martin (OK 34-36), Pat Milkovich (MSU 72-76), and Myles Amine (Mich 17-22). A real heater could see him as high as 85 points and a place in the top 27 all-time, and 1 point ahead of former teammate Yianni D. Carter "You Don't Have To Be A" Starocci "Baby (To Be in My Show)" Carter Starocci is already among the all-timers with 67 total points to date, clocking in at #125 along with some other names you may have heard (Mark Schultz UCLA/OK 80-84, Greg Jones MSU 02-05, Earl McCready OK ST 28-30, Dave Porter MICH 66-68, Chuck Yagla IA 73-76, and Bo Jordan OH ST 15-18). Among that group, only McCready, and Porter can keep pace with Starocci's per year output, though (22.33). Starocci has not been a bonus point machine at the NCAA tournament, racking up only 7 total points. Though, for the numerologists in the crowd it may be interesting to note that he has doubled his bonus point output each year (1,2,4). Dare we put him down for 8 bonus points this year? Sure, what the hell. With a 28 point total this year and a 4 year total of 95 total points he would find himself in some very rarified air, top 9 and tied with bonus point machine Darryl Burley (Lehigh 79-83). A perfect score moves him up to 8th where he would displace Bo Nickal and slot in just behind Jason Nolf. A perhaps more probable average performance moves him up to the 89.5 range where Iowa's finest, Spencer "The One We Were Promised" Lee (I know, I know, subject to debate), resides along with fellow Iowan Jim Zalesky in 18th position. A-A-Ron Brooks Aaron Brooks has taken advantage of an extra half bonus point to slot in above his teammate at a tie for 123rd to date, with 67.5 total points. None other than Yojiro "I Do Not Like To Rub It In" Uetake (OKST 64-66) is sitting there with him. Brooks may want to consider not returning this year just so that his name is always mentioned in the same sentence as the legendary Cowboy. In the event he does not heed my advice and does return, Brooks can expect to continue to be in the same conversation with Starocci. An average performance slots him in at 16th alongside Iowa's Lincoln McIlravy and Northwestern's Jake Herbert on 90 points. While a max output sees him on the Second Team Mount Rushmore in 8th place on 97.5 points. Note All past wrestlers were re-scored using today's scoring method for advancement, placement, and bonus points. This created some obvious challenges for some of the really old dudes, but whatta ya gonna do? The answer is nothing. I just made some simplifying assumptions, which I also will do with the new scoring rules for this year.

Carter Starocci is on Instagram saying he hasn't decided yet if he is returning this year to "edge his name in stone." https://www.instagram.com/p/CvyLJq8LlUv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Two Gold. Two Silver. Four Bronze. Great team!

it's getting rowdy in here and i love it. i also love the fact that no one is up in arms about name calling and belittling. we're adults and you're all acting like it. things get heated and y'all, for the most part, let it roll off your backs. as much as we fight and bicker, i'm sure if we all got together we'd enjoy each other's company. so, thank you guys for fighting peacefully and having thick skin. honestly, this is the kind of environment we can (imo) be pretty proud of.

I'm sure there are a ton of other examples. Here are a few Jayson Ness started at 125 and won a title at 133 Frank Molinaro started at 141 and won a title at 149 Cassar started at 197 and won a title at HWT Cory Clark started at 125 and won a title at 133 Max Dean started at 184 and won a title at 197 JP O'Connor started at 149 and won a title at 157 Kyle Snyder started at 197 and won 3 titles at HWT Nino started at 184 and won a title at 197 Ashnault started at 141 and won a title at 149 Bubba Jenkins started at 149 and won a title at 157 Jake Herbert started at 174 and won 2 titles at 184 Damion Hahn started at 184 and won 2 titles at 197

Correct. The 1-2-3 punch of Devos-Berge-Sloan will be fun to watch in duals.

How long would you want to smoke that?

Comes down to the points of the individual matches. A loss where you lose 10-2 scores more team points than getting teched 11-0. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This Russian 61kg kid is embarrassing. I’ve never seen a more blatant effort to stall and lengthen a match to recover. It’s pathetic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

ahh ... pretty sure the mithletes are over on the Non Wrestling Topics thread but sure it'd be good to break em up over there now.

Most Iranians like the juice, especially from the fridge variety: "Hey, you like the juice, eh? The juice is good, yes?" D3

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Good call homey

This post in particular had me in stitches lol. Excellent work

you can't be serious.

you're right. it won't do much good. but it is, in fact true. and a clear case of hypocrisy.

this seems random but does UNI have a guy who rides a single wrist really well?

The Iranians and the Stanis are worrisome. They even have juice in the morning of match ( yes juice and no one stops them). And whats with their nefarious underhook business- I mean that just unholy- coached from a Mephistopheles type deviant club coach- No like we have it from the holy trinity in Pen state..right?

Oh, I think I know the answer... Sort-of like what may happen if Borat wasn't successful in getting people to watch his movie: D3

I also hope Mastro is able to fill out to 165 and beat out that turdbiscuit Fernandez. I am still not sure how he never got a suspension last year for being a deliberate turdbiscuit.

Someone say bud?? Seriously, putting Mess in right off the bat over two world and NCAA champs.....that's puttin your balls out there...

No way. Are you joking. I will watch him in the finals today. But this tournament is high school level with a good number of college freshman wrestlers. Please don't jinx him/

no one needs to defend me, GWN. i'm diametrically opposed to you on about every front. i'm still super glad you're part of our community. all respect, brotha.

i just pulled out amazing (yes, amazing) wings from the oven,

Nah, not really. Husker does like to blast others in posts. It's part of his thing. Some of us blast back - I guess that's part of our thing... and so it goes. Not necessarily great, not necessarily bad, it just is what it is. I'm hoping it'll evolve into something better. (But in all seriousness, you really don't need to defend Willie. Really. You don't. He'll be fine.)

How would his beliefs excuse engaging in a criminal conspiracy? His beliefs are literally irrelevant. He’s able to believe in anything he wants. He’s not free to orchestrate a scheme to break into voting machines, “find” votes, replace electors, etc. He tried to rob Americans of their right to have their vote counted. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

the entire crux of the case comes down to if he believed what he was saying. read up. it's why people are constantly bringing up Hillary and others saying elections were rigged. b/c it's pertinent.

He’s not being charged and prosecuted for what he believes/believed. He’s was charged for orchestrating an illegal conspiracy in which he attempted to defraud tens of millions of people. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

i didn't say that that was a legal defense. to me the clear legal defense is the fact that he 100% believed it was rigged. and in this case, that's all that matters: what he believed.

I think he’s going to pistol whip whoever Iowa can throw out at 165, murder the B1G duals and tournament, and lose to whoever takes 2nd at B12s in the 2 vs 3 semi at NCAAs. Carr or O’Toole, just a bit too folk savvy. If he takes an OLY RS, I think he goes to Paris as Dake’s training partner, and begins his reign of terror in 2024-2025. Facundo slots in and takes 8th. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This video was decent but I prefer mine.

Yeah. That was a cute move but I was thinking more of this. Start @ 2:48

obviously you're an iowa homer if you don't have Mesenbrink winning 1st

Kyle Biscoglia?

Well, I'd get in touch with Deuce's attorneys and tell them that you have a rock solid defense.

Maybe you guys can be the preliminary bout before Musk and Zuckerburg.

A few examples of other programs that are still in their "dynasty window"... Geno Auriemma - UConn Women's BBall - 11 titles Patty Gasso - Oklahoma Softball - 6 titles since 2013 Michael Smith - Northern Arizona Cross Country - 6 titles in 7 years Nick Saban - Alabama Football - 7 titles in the most competitive sport Mike Holloway - Florida Track - 12 mens and women's indoor/outdoor titles since 2010 (not all under him) David Durden - Cal Swimming - 5 team titles, 7 runner up finishes since 2010 K.J. Kindler - Oklahoma Gymnastics - 6 titles since 2014

I thought for some time it would be Devin Nunes, but I see Tim Scott as another good selection.

Good at predictions? Who do you think Trump will choose as a running mate?

classy

So So you are saying you've heard politicians say murky swampy stuff before?

TDS for Ban...Yikes!

Your paper, that you presented, written on great white northern? Let me make a suggestion.

Malarkey. That's a lie.

30,353 lies . That is one good week for Joe. 30,353 lies. That is one good day for Congress. 30,353 lies . Thats 1 hour on CNN,MSNBC and NPR. See I fixed that.

How many lies did you just tell? We will know when we see the evidence in court. At your lie rate for that post where would you be in 4 years?

Good grief. I challenge any fair minded person (folks in the middle who support neither Trump or Biden) to simply look at the first 20 as I just did. These are not the definition of a lie they are simply The Washington Post disagreeing with what Trump said. They use words such as he "mixes up several things here," "engages in hyperbole," "this is debatable," etc.

So basically ~1 unique lie per hour every day for 4 years. Since you have such an accurate account can you list the first say 20 lies, the date & exact time of day and who recorded the lie?

Also, where is the evidence that Trump wants to be a dictator? He put pressure on Congress to do their job on many issues. He didn’t try to dictate or enact executive orders for everything. He tried to prove that he won the election - and still is -but when it didn’t happen in time, he bowed out just as intended. While he had supporters in his efforts -and still does - evidence is mounting as a few judges are recognizing the credence of their claims and that Trump was right, again.

Yes you are correct. TDS is real call Doctor Phil.