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RED Alert. I will be on the call for all Husker home duals on B1G+. not the TV ones. the ones online only. anywho...reply to this thread if you're going. maybe we can have a beer.

First it was max back points going from 3 to 4 and then takedowns going from 2 to 3. if they keep it up, the Fed will need to hike interest rates again to keep the point inflation under control

Hayden Zillmer and Trent Hillger are pretty good heavyweight training partners for Tabor. Along with an occasional Tony Nelson and Michael Kroells sighting. But yes the Gophers have to remain healthy at heavyweight as well as a few others as they don’t have the same depth they had last year. Talking to Joles at the open practice it was too hard to keep weight on for heavyweight so he felt his best weight was 197. So as long as he wins the spot I believe that’s his plan. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'll post expected announcements in this thread going forward. if there's a commit you don't see listed on MatScouts or InterMat, kindly let us know. Cody Merrill is expected to commit within the week. by far the biggest chip left in the class of '24.

who are you most excited about? and how many first-time starters do you see reaching the podium? here's a list of the top ones i expect to start. also - anyone have a # of average # of frosh AA's per year?

Flo has published, and maintain an archive online of, their Big Board since 2016. Their list contains the Top 100 PFP wrestlers for each HS graduating class. I was also able to piece together 66 of their top 100 for 2015 from their 2015 class ranking article. (The highest ranks I am missing in 2015 are 12 and 18). I did this because a lot of team debates start with debates about who had the best recruits coming in. The general form of the argument is "our coaches are better because they did more with less", or some variant. And those arguments are generally supported by cherry-picking from PFP rankings. Of course, that assumes that the PFP rankings are accurate. One possible explanation for the failure of a ranked wrestler to perform in college is that they were over-ranked (let's call that Willie's fault). Another is that they never progressed (coach's fault, the bum). And if a guy who never made the list does well it could be the fault of the list makers for over looking him. Or it could be a credit to great coaching once he hit the college room. Dealer's choice. So, I thought I would look at how well these Big Boards are connected to the actual results as a first step. But first some caveats. I had to pull data from a lot of different sources. And the data is a mess from every source. I spent time cleaning, but I am 100% certain that what I have still contains errors. Some are easier to find than others. For example, who knew that an apostrophe in a name had a direction? Well it does, and it matters when merging data. If you see something, say something. I will fix any errors as you, my collective editors, find them. Big Board Overall Grade Every year there are 80 All-Americans. Every year there are 100 (ish) wrestlers on the Big Board. And every year there are 4 (ish) classes competing. It would make sense that the vast majority of All-Americans come from these lists, especially higher up on these lists. Putting it all together you would expect that a given class would have 80 total All-Americans across their four (ish) years competing (80 slots multiplied by 4years divided by four classes). For the four HS graduating classes that have effectively used up their eligibility the hit rate is around 75% (60 of 80). It goes to show that development is not complete in HS. Guys can come "out of nowhere" to AA. The low number for 2015 is at least partly explained by the missing 34 wrestlers from my list. Cream Rises? It is fair to assume that these lists are more accurate at the top than the bottom. I am not sure how to quantify what I would expect, but certainly the pattern makes sense. The Top 10 do better than the next ten, and so forth down the list (mostly - keep reading, you can do it). The key to happiness is to fill your room with Top 20 guys. I know. Shocking insight. Again, the 2015 data is skewed to the top of the list because the missing data is farther down the list. The Outliers If you look closely at the table above you will notice that the 8th decile wins a disproportionately large number of the AA spots given their final Big Board rating (71 - 80). The distribution by final Big Board rating looks like this: What is going on with those #74 and #78 guys? This is the Money Ball stuff. Coaches, target #74 and #78. This is a foolproof path to a title. (Or maybe just a bit of small data weirdness? Nah, the money ball thing. Definitely the money ball thing.) For completeness: Trivia (and a tease) If you've come this far, maybe you're willing to come a little further. You remember the name of the town... What wrestler in the 2015, 2016, 2017, or 2018 HS class won a title with the lowest final Big Board ranking (#97)? Bonus trivia: The next lowest ranked from one of those classes was #74. Name that...haha, just testing your reading comprehension.

Just want to give some props to our host. Team has been pumping out content. Decided to pay up for a year and check it out. Not disappointed. Keep it up boys!

Just to be clear, Trey Munoz leads for the Hodge Trophy.

all i know is, after the article came out one of their coaches reached out and said John Wiley was gonna be problems. McCrary won S32 at 138 back in 2020. Webster - my hunch is he's redshirting but i don't know that for sure.

I am sure they were pretty baggy after the match considering how much Scott was pulling on them!

I've learned last night and now today - this is going to take a very long time for me to digest. Not that I don't support the change, but its almost like my mind is made of solid cement.

Why do they keep yelling twoooo and even the ref signaled

Slightly different lineup for Oregon State, but I got OSU at 20-13... there will be some bonus in there somewhere.

Looks like can get the ACCNX feed thru ESPN+ via your favorite streaming stick etc (Roku in my case). Oh ... and that's the wOSU match for those directionally or alphabetically challenged.

The 2016 class had some hammers ranked low. Tariq Willson 66, Max Dean 74, Seabass 78, Deakin 97

86 KG - Mark Hall has Cuba's Yurieski Torreblanca in the finals. Hall lost to Torreblanca via 14-4 Tech at the Pan-Am Championships in May. Torreblanca VS USA since 2017: - 2017 Pan-Am Championships beat Gabe Dean via 6-4 Decision - 2018 Ivan Yariguin lost to David Taylor via 4-4 Decision - 2018 Pan Am Championships lost to David Taylor via 3-2 Decision - 2018 Worlds lost to David Taylor via 8-0 Decision - 2019 Pan-Am Games beat James Downey via 7-2 Decision - 2019 Worlds lost to Myles Amine via 3-2 Decision - 2020 Pan-Am Championships beat Alex Dieringer via 2-1 Decision - 2020 Pan-Am Olympic Qualifier lost to David Taylor via 8-0 Decision - 2023 Pan-Am Championships beat Mark Hall via 14-4 Tech Torreblanca has been around for damn ever. He is 34 years old. https://uww.org/athletes/torreblanca-queralta-yurieski 65 KG - Nashon Garret has Cuba's Alejandro Tobier in the finals. Tobier VS USA since 2014: - 2014 Pan-Am Games beat Frank Molinaro via 10-0 Tech - 2016 Pan-Am Championships lost to Frank Molinaro via 4-2 Decision - 2016 Pan-Am Olympic Qualifier beat Frank Gomez via 8-3 Decision - 2017 Worlds beat Frank Gomez via 11-2 Decision - 2018 Cerro Pelado beat Robbie Mathen via 10-0 Teceh (???) - 2018 Cerro Pelado beat Anthony Ibiaw via 10-0 Tech (???) - 2018 Pan-Am Championships lost to Logan Stieber via 10-9 Decision - 2019 Pan-Am Games beat Jaydin Eierman via 10-0 Tech - 2019 Worlds beat Zain Retherford via 10-9 Decision - 2023 Pan-Am Championships beat Sebastian Rivera via 10-0 Tech - 2023 Pan-Am Championships lost to John Diakomihalis via 4-1 Decision Tobier has been around a while. He is 35 years old. https://uww.org/athletes/valdes-tobier-alejandro-enrique

He didn't get a full camp in. Lee was a late-ish scratch.

I was surprised to see Nahshon gassing up at 65KG, but I’m glad he got it done!

Pretty sure he played the alternate reality version of George McFly in Back to the Future 2

I really enjoyed John Smith on the mike during the Olympic Games. He wasn't just narrating a match, he was coaching and analyzing as he watched. A lot of good information from him on options and technique and even frustrations during the matches. For now: Go Camels! Home of a good team and the greatest wrestling mat around. Nice to see them take Army 24-9.

That's awesome! Absolutely, I go to all home duals!

it is odd. and Hopke is still a couple years away. frankly the entire gable saga pisses me off.

my answer is 'no'. just to be clear.

This video shows highlights of Zane Richards of the United States winning the Gold Medal match at 57kg at the Pan Am Games of 2023. He wrestled Oscar Tigreros, the Olympian and 2x (now 3x) Pan Am Silver medalist. Tigreros beat the Cuban in the semifinals, while Richards beat NCAA Champion Darian Cruz of Puerto Rico in his semi. The announcer is a Scot. There were Cubans at every weight, but no Cuban champions. Good day for America!

Does your reply mean I’m back in good graces? Like hopefully a bottom 50 innocuous post gets me a little less heat… for now?

Thanks for the updates cement, Clemsen has been steadily getting Maryland better and better. The cupboard was REAL bare when he got there and he wasn't a "big name" hire, but you have to give him props.

I can be bought.

lol. depends on how well you represent the brand

Is that Yao Ming at center? Edit: I mean 285

or three even...

Does this unofficially confirm Kannon Webster is redshirting? cc @ILLINIWrestlingBlog

about 10lbs lighter?

If only we had a 3 pt takedown we wouldn't have all these OT matches.

same

125 - Brandon Kaylor - over Moore, 3-0 ORST 133 - Gabe Wisenhunt - over Palmer, 6-0 ORST 141 - Lachlan over Cleveland Belton , 6-3 ORST 149 - Sonny over Noah Tolentino - 6-6 157 - Scott over Crosby - 9-6 UNC 165 - Matthew Olguin over Fea, 9-9 174 - Travis Wittlake over Tenold, 12-9 ORST 184 - Trey Munoz over Kane, 15-9 ORST 197 - Shaw over Mower, 15-12 ORST 285 - Boone McDermott over Guttridge, 18-12 ORST

Oregon State off to a good start: 55-0, 58-0 vs Greensboro & Queens respectively.

I firmly believe that nobody ever actually runs out of eligibility anymore.

That was where the bowling alley used to be. A gas station/mini-truck stop now. But thank God, the White Castle is still there.

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50 KG - Erin Golston lost her semi-finals match via 11-0 Tech in 3M23S. She will face Venezuela for Bronze. 57 KG - Xochitl Mota-Pettis will face Cuba for Bronze. The lady from Brazil won via Pinfell in 1M46S while up 4-0 against the lady from Cuba. 68 KG - Forrest Molinari has Venezuela's Soleymi Hernandez in the finals. Hernandez VS USA since 2017: - 2018 Pan-Am Championships lost to Victoria Francis via Pinfell while down 11-9 at 75 KG. - 2023 Ibrahim Moustafa lost to Alexandria Glaude via 4-3 Decision - 2023 Pan-Am Championships lost to Forrest Molinari via 12-5 Decision Hernandez won the 2022 Pan-Am Championships at 68 KG and is 29 years old.

Just signed up to say thank you for doing this. You are a true rock star.

WFS 50 KG - Erin Gholston loses toe the lady from Ecuador via 4-0 Decision. Despite losing she is now placed in the 2nd position of the semi-finals for the bracket below. She will face the winner of Cuba and Venezuela in the semifinals. The lose of Cuba and Venezuela will meet the lady from Ecuador in the other 50 KG WFS semi-finals. WFS 57 KG - Xochitl Mota Pettis was Pinfelled by a lady from Brazil in 2M7S. She was up 5-4 at the time. Brazil faces Cuba in the semi-finals. Mota Pettis is still alive for Bronze, but needs Brazil to win the semi-finals. WFS 68 KG - Forrest Molinari is in the semi-finals. She has won both of her matches via Tech without allowing a single point (yet). Molinari is still alive for Gold. MFS 86 KG - Mark Hall faces Puerto Rico, and former North Carolina, wrestler Ethan Ramos in the semi-finals. Hall is still alive for Gold. MFS 65 KG - Nashon Garrett in the the semi-finals. He has Argentina's Agustin Destribats. Garrett won his first match via 12-4 Decision over Peru and his second match over Chile via 10-0 Tech in 1M22S. Destribats won his first (and only) match over Bolivia via 11-0 Tech in 0M55S. I believe the winner will end up facing Alejandro Tobier of Cuba in the finals. Tobier has Albaro Comacho of the Dominican Republic in the semi-finals on the bottom side. Garrett is still alive for Gold. 65 KG looks to be the deepest weight, right?

This just in from Nittany Lion Wrestling Club: Kyle is currently a two-time Olympic Medalist and seven-time World medalist with four golds, and he is on the longest Olympic and World medal streak in American history at nine-in-a-row. Congratulations

They copied me.

Just as a reminder on where to find the brackets, gents.

I have to correct you here: the deep hole is evidence of a munition specifically designed to penetrate the ground before detonation, but not necessarily a tunnel. The munition could have been quite a ways off of its intended target and still had the same effect on the ground; i.e., leaving a crater after detonation.

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