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The Community Colleges 2023-'24 wrestling season has gotten underway... albeit in California (where there are presently nearly two dozen active men's CC wrestling teams). For more info on that front: https://www.caccwrestling.com/ Wouldn't it be nice to have more CC & junior college wrestling teams nationwide? California consistently demonstrates that maintaining a healthy quantity can be achieved, and with suspenseful team title chases keeping things interesting, too. Elsewhere in the USA, there are around 55 community college / JUCO wrestling teams for men: https://productiverecruit.com/mens-wrestling/junior-colleges Meanwhile we are seeing some community colleges & JUCOs launch club teams: http://www.ncwa.net/teams There are now reportedly nearly two dozen JUCO / CC wrestling teams for women, too: https://www.njcaa.org/sports/wwrest/teams-pages Community colleges are affordable, and at least in theory...embraced by their local communities. That means they are, in theory, less likely to shut down like Alderson Broaddus (in West Va.) seems to be doing (while alumni resistance is growing, FWIW, including from the wrestling community). Hopefully more CC & JUCO wrestling programs will emerge nationwide... Might the schools nearest you be next to add wrestling?

Wittlake isnt going to iowa btw

Are those Iowan tyrants compelling anyone to carry a firearm? Despicably authoritarian if so. Are those Iowan tyrants using their administrative state powers to regulate that only one type of stove is allowed (not gas)? Toilet flush volume? Lighting technology? Car propulsion type? Compel involuntary participation in a mass medical experiment? How can you put up with such arbitrary authority being exercised over you? However, if those Iowan tyrants are merely ensuring that Iowan-Americans are free to exercise their rights as acknowledged by the Constitution then I can recommend to you a Governor more to your liking. She is just down the road a bit in New Mexico. Her non-authoritarian ban is probably much more aligned with your understanding of the word authoritarian.

Pork Butt - 12 hour smoke and 30 minute rest (would have liked to go longer with the resting but guests were waiting) = one of the best I've done...so moist and tender...big hit with the guests!)

Thanks for posting. Cheers for that! As for hiding it like this, **** the UWW. Just **** them! They have had an official entries link on their front page, and instead of updating that like they've done the past week or two, they chose to back door the ******* Russians. I'm furious. But a reminder: The IRTC, Coach Medlin and Zane Richards have a great relationship with Russian wrestlers and coaches. I'm sure they hoped that they would be allowed entry. I am not an official anything when it comes to the ILLINI or IRTC.

By the way, there is nothing on UWW's twitter feed either. On another, much happier note, here is your ILLINI, ILLINI RTC and ILLINI RTC-emeriti schedule of events at the World Championships: ILLINI, ILLINI RTC & ILLINI RTC-EMERITI SCHEDULE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 -- ZANE RICHARDS WRESTLES TIME: 3:30 am (Central) SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 -- ERMAK KARDANOV WRESTLES TIME: 3:30 am (Central) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 -- KAMAL BEY WRESTLES Time: 3:30 am (Central) FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 -- JOE "THE RAUSTLER" RAU WRESTLES Time: 3:30 am (Central) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 -- ZAC BRAUNAGEL WRESTLES Time: 3:30 am (Central) So excite!

I feel better now but we should de-friend Bob.

Breath of fresh Ayres.

None of it makes me think. Very bad people were in the US and had a plan to do this. And they did it as part of a jihad they had in mind. The final leg of their triumph was stymied by courageous people aboard the last flight. We can continually thank our lucky stars for those people and their sacrifice. I remember the day clearly. I was awakened by a phone call of a co worker saying they heard something was going on in NYC but they didn't have access to any news. Could I check it out? So I was at home ( I had just moved to Hawaii), he went to work a little early, I was just about to get up to get ready to head in, so I turned on the TV and was both horrified at what I saw and fascinated. I told him and he couldn't believe it either. That was a surreal and crazy day. I watched as people jumped from the buildings. I watched the 2nd airliner go in. I watched both towers fall. mspart

Over the last 89 tournaments (all of them): Twelve teams have won a title Nineteen teams have finished runner-up Twenty two teams have placed third Thirty six teams have placed fourth

same. although as i often do, i'm taking the other path on Ban. i don't want him banned ever. there was a time when my brain melted with his every post. now, he's just too much of a treasure. Unbannable Basketball imo.

Sorta hoping he comes back as: Ban Ban Basketball.

Maybe, but compare an average cow's math skills to Ban's.

So if I see authoritarianism being practiced not in a way Bro Bob tells us it is, then it must not be true? When my D governor says all state workers MUST get vacccinated, that is not authoritarian, it is just being concerned for the welfare of those particular workers? And as a result of unintended consequences, mountain passes did not get cleared of snow and the state ferry system has been crippled. All because he won't allow those folks to be hired back at the positions they were at when terminated. Or when the D NM governor decrees that there are now 2 places in the state where no guns can be carried but in a lock box, that is not authoritarian? Or when the D President, through executive order tries to make me pay for student loans that the students can't pay, that is not authoritarian? No law passed. Executive order used in this way is the definition of authoritarianism. It doesn't matter what persuasion you are. So if D's do it, no problem. If R's do it, big problem. Yes, I get it and the logic is tiresome. mspart

Misplaced comments about the truth of 9/11 today on X. Shut up. Today is a day of remembrance.

He may define differently, but my point is you can find authoritarianism on all sides. It is not more pervasive on one side over another. All sides have it. mspart

Sorry guys... did I win or not?

ASU has a huge hole at 174. Comes to join his pal Ant Montalvo.

Maybe they'll just throw a 'Z' on their singlet. That is not a country.

If I had my druthers, I druther that any russian wrestlers be banned from these games, w/ or w/o the russian flag. There are those in the camp, if you want to be the best, you would have to wrestle the best. Other wise you would have that proverbial asterisk next to the gold medalist 0f '23. Let 'em wrestle! With all of russia's transgressions of athletes getting caught w/illegal dope in their bodies... or getting banned because Putti-pute bullied his way into Ukraine and bombing the hell out of the Ukraine people. Tough lollipops... you don't get to wrestle. That's the price you pay. Sad to say... UWW leaned toward participation w/o the flag. So they can't participate in the team scoring, or get on the podium w/o their national anthem playing? (Woop-tee-doo, they may have the lionshare of the medals just the same... they can live w/that.) D3

Oregon State it is!

My understanding was they were never 9.9 but were told they would be eventually. Then after he stayed not everything promised was happening

https://arena.uww.org/weight-category/1ee3cbae-f1ff-6c1c-96f1-d54d04edeeec They are listed at the top under AIN. The Belarus gents are as well.

So now Princeton? Any chance Tom Cruise might get the job? Sure its risky but think Princeton could use a guy like him.

List isn't final until UWW finalizes the brackets.

Uguev is on the final list. Should be a great weight: Higuchi, Abakarov, Aman, Zou, Smanbekov + Richards.

Yes. https://apnews.com/article/biden-vietnam-john-mccain-hanoi-hilton-58d7c84a3467aa49f878fb28fc77620c https://www.reuters.com/world/us-vietnam-elevate-ties-during-biden-visit-with-eye-china-2023-09-09/ Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think its like a lot of conspiracy theories: its definitely possible, but also definitely not plausible

On my whatsapp group among my friends, this conversation seems to take place almost every year. Person A, conspiracy theorist: posts videos and articles showing the possibility of inside job Person B (a west point graduate, army ranger, with two purple hearts earned through two different tours in Afghanistan): It would take a lot of coordination and cover up over various decades to pull this off and none of this was evident in any of my dealings with those in Afghanistan or the upper echelons of our own military our our allies

Ayres not Ayers. There was also a Chris Ayers that wrestled for Blair at around the same weight at the same time who went to Brown. Both from around Newton, NJ. And yes, she does.

I am! But... No, I am saying Geno's gutwrench is the second best in the world outside of Sadulaev. The bullet point I was trying to infer is that if Parris couldn't stop Hendrickson's gut wrench then I have serious concerns that he will get teched by a three time world champ/five time finalist/nine time medalist. I am concerned that he will be spinning faster than Zain Rethorford in last year's finals.

I'm outside the states and can confirm the website is poor and doesn't work properly. They were practically trying to stop me from giving them my money with how much of a pain in the ass it was to finally get to the subscription page. Had to end up deleting the app and refreshing a million times until it worked. Regardless, it was 15 Euros for the whole world championship tournament. You can also purchase a day pass if you only care about 1 particular session but I never checked the price for that. €15 is fair to me. No monthly recurring subscription or anything.

Ayers

In 1973, the first year D2 teams could no longer score team points in the D1 tourney, Clarion would have scored 54.5 points, which would have been good enough for fourth, and knocked BYU off the list altogether. And to answer the first part would require hand scoring the D2 teams. Interested?

Carl from Iowa State, prob their biggest point producer.

Agreed with these comments. Will add, that I have started to smoke with the fat cap down as to not dry out the meat that is closes to the heat source...it has made that meat some of the best and moistest (yes I said moistest) parts of the pork butt/brisket.

What about wrestlers with Brands name?

Happens everywhere...people that are "researchers" manipulating the data to appease their bosses to create the narrative they want...all for stupid votes and us versus them division.

decision has been made. it's a HC from another program. i don't want to say anything specific b/c i don't know if the wrestlers on the program he is leaving know yet. but it should be released in a day or two i'd think.

the good news is if he comes back as TBar2 or something it won't be difficult to figure out if it's really him.

Are you rooting for the USA or what, bro?

https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/ After parent complaints about the use of racist epithets in To Kill a Mockingbird; Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; The Cay; Of Mice and Men; and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, the Burbank (CA) Unified School District superintendent removed these titles from required classroom reading lists. Citing the use of racial slurs in the books, Duluth (MN) school district administrators decided to remove Twain’s book and To Kill a Mockingbird from the curriculum “to protect the dignity of our students” and not require them to read books that marginalize them. The titles remain in the school library, and are still optional reading for students. Conservative strongholds are Burbank and Duluth. It happens everywhere Ban. Wherever there is government that can exercise authority, there will be those wanting to use authoritarian means of getting compliance. You might want to add that to your curriculum. mspart

Be wary of leftist experts data. “REKNOWNED CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSOR WHO ‘PROVED’ SYSTEMIC RACISM FIRED FOR FAKING DATA, STUDIES RETRACTED” https://thepostmillennial.com/renowned-criminology-professor-who-proved-systemic-racism-fired-for-faking-data-studies-retracted?cfp

Sounds great. Some time ago I randomly stumbled upon a JUCO wrestling livestream, but I can't for the life of me remember who the streamer was. Do you know any streamer recommendations ? Would love to tune in.

It doesn’t matter, the fat on the outside will not penetrate into the meat, it’ll just melt and drip off. Meat that has marbling, fat distributed all through the meat, will render and flavor the meat. About the only thing you can add that will penetrate is salt, based on how long you apply it before cooking. If you want to add flavor or juiciness internally, you need to inject it. Scoring would only expand outer surface.

I'm shocked that Kyven Gadson didn't go to Penn State

For the skiing?

Forgot the forums existed anymore . Higuchi Wins. Aman Upsets somebody Either Abakarov or Uguev don't medal. One of them will get upset by a random, or maybe they'll wrestle for Bronze, but I'm leaning no medal for the Russian. Uguev has close bouts in whatever he does, I just feel like all the uncertainty doesn't do him any favors

That TBar was not TBar. That was someone else making the name trying to have a little 'trollinese' fun and actually succeeding a bit. It sucks that we will never have the actual TBar as TBar. KMF is here. He always has been.

Tonight we went with my Denver steak and blue cheese salad.