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Merry Christmas you filthy animals!9 points
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In the spirit of Christmas, I just wanted to express my gratitude for having a community of people that like to talk about college wrestling and most of you happen to be awesome individuals. Cheers mother***duck**ers7 points
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... we would just like to say that we will be on our best behaviour. See, we even used the English spelling of behavior just now. Very classy. Does this mean that our **** doesn't stink. Well, yes. Kinda. We're so excited about this sponsorship deal that we've added a "Plus" to our corporate name: The ILLINI Wrestling Blog & Forum & Beyond Plus. If you want to see our ILLINI Midlands Preview, it's at this link. As always, it is free without advertising. All you will ever get from us is top notch journalism from respected and impartial journalists. That's our promise to you. The ILLINI had two champions at last year's Midlands, Zac Braunagel and Edmond Ruth. Can Zac wrestle unattached? Yowzers, I just thought of that. What about Danny? Wouldn't it be cool if the Brawlnagels just wrestled Greco holds at this year's Midlands? That would be so epic! Edmond Ruth is undefeated against the field, at least 7-0, including 3-0 against the other highest seeds at the weight. Heavyweight should be a blast with Cohlton Shultz and Yaraslau Slavikouski and Luke Luffman entered. You can expect ILLINOIS to show off some of their true Freshmen wunderkinds to see how they do against a field with 48 teams in it. The younglings did pretty darn well at Fargo last year, but how does that translate to the greatest folkstyle tournament in the world? Finally, what would an ILLINI Midlands Preview be without a cartoon about the Iowa Hawkeyes? .
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I hope you are able to be reflective enough to see the irony to your post's structure, bc it follows the exact same logic path and argumentation that is used by the people you are poo-pooing. I am barely if at all religious, but I would offer the exact same position for "toxic atheism," which makes assumptions about why people view the world the way they do, and assumes that everything we know in science is the be all end all of our entire existence. Toxic atheism just places the very mutable malleable body of science as its God. Our current body of science, which zealous adherents regularly and (arrogantly) assume is unassailable AND complete, is fantastically incomplete. Zealotry in this case takes the form of assuming we have the complete "scientific picture" and know everything about everything...then it gets changed within the next 20 years... The immense irony is that such aggressively pro-science approaches are simply lauding science as the unassailable God, and scientists as their white coat-clad clergy. This all happens in with a body of work put together by self-motivated and self-serving people who have a documented track record of lying, altering facts, and deceiving the masses for personal gain. Not unlike the ill-behaving clergy and religious heads of yore and today. Coincidence? I think not. We don't, and in our lifetimes very likely will not have the answers to the universe. The specter of mortality hangs the same for everyone. How people choose to face that is up to them.4 points
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Happy Holidays everyone. Appreciate you all and happy there's a solid community here discussing the oldest & greatest sport. i'm very thankful. and sorry for being ornery sometimes. hope you have a great couple weeks with family and friends.4 points
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The winner, obviously!3 points
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It took one 40-bid allocated conference and made it two that would have earned 24 and 23 bids before at-larges last year. Contraction of conferences has been a negative for the sport. Anytime you give an all-sports conference a chance to remove sponsorship, it's not good for the existing teams. The Ivy officially running a tournament is a good thing. Equitable access to championships is logical and makes sense. Have to look at things from outside of the wrestling world. We can't be the outliers or exceptions. The problem is realignment will never fully be done and the non-revenue/Olympic sports will always be along for the ride. The Ivy is the one D1 conference that is most immune to realignment. My guess is their Presidents feel aligning with schools to access the championships should be with the schools that have the same admissions and eligibility requirements. The EIWA has a great history. It can still exist, but we need to think about it not in the traditional concept. My suggestion this past summer was to keep the EIWA tournament running it with the membership, but do it in January and make it a destination event at the Palestra, Stabler or something like that. There's a lot more details to that idea, but the last 20+ years, the conference additions have. been more due to conferences dissolving (CAA, East Region) than addition that aligned with the EIWA's tradition. I love the EIWA, but the super affiliate-laden conferences aren't necessarily a good thing. Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays wrestling fans!3 points
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I'm not religious but, personally, I think that the Evangelicals and Muslims often make the best wrestlers because they listen to doctrine, coaching or biblical. And because they think it helps, it does. Whether God is actually helping is an open question we won't know the answer to until we die. But whatever that answer is is the reason many people are able to turn their lives around.2 points
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atheists tend to have pretty superficial intellects, its like a cheat code for looking smart for shallow people. Not all of them of course.2 points
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the election was rigged. and the campaign was rigged. so idc what Trump said. Merry Christmas.2 points
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^^^ All kidding aside... I just want to say posting on this forum is fun and engaging. Some good nuggets of info do flow from you all. It's a pleasurer to post with you all... MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone and a Happy New Year! D32 points
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What are you signing up for? Haha! By the way, it's IWB&F&B+ if you want to be technical. My favorite part is César's kneepad:
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IWB+ ... where do I sign up?2 points
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Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a joyful holiday season with family and friends!2 points
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From Umoja to Imani, may all the blessings of Kwanzaa be yours.2 points
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Didn’t watch it yet, but found this from yesterday on a quick search:2 points
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Toxic religion (especially Christianity) is a real problem in wrestling. Faith over facts. Loyalty over truth. It's fed by narrow individualism, the blind belief in a simplistic struggle of good vs. evil, and all kinds of utter nonsense. It's been going on for decades and anyone awake and aware enough can see it. It's amazing that so many people are in denial about this embrace of authoritarianism and religiosity, and the fact that a large swath of international wrestling culture (Russia, Iran, major parts of the U.S., etc.) is extremely reactionary. It's also there not just in these "Jesus trained" zealots but also in the very culture. It's embarrassing and dangerous. We see it with all kinds of figures from Marinelli to Brooks to Nickal, and so many more. They need something to seize upon to justify and rationalize their "sacrifices," but there is of course no (zero, nada) evidence that the fictions they subscribe to exist. Evolutionarily, these delusions might help them to believe they are destined to win. But if you step outside this tiny, ghetto culture and have even a half decent understanding of biology, history, philosophy, or psychology, you will see how delusional it all is. Ferrari is simply a laughable form of it— a clown like others in a larger community who trump-et themselves in pathological ways.2 points
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Rich/Parity Boy/Title IX is Ripe For Reform was punted from here a month or so ago. I only used ChatGPT to reply to him towards the end and learned a long, long time ago arguing with him leaves you devoid of time and brain cells. Met him once …2 points
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Good post FC. Banter here sometimes puts us at odds, but that just reminds me more of my time spent in the wrestling room. Wrestling is a lot of things, but it isn't a chill sport. This is really a pretty cool place. Thanks Husker & Co for providing it. And Merry Christmas to everyone!2 points
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Accused rapist. Almoset kills friends and others in dangerous driving vehicle accident. General Scrote. Love how the God and Jesus junk comes out so easily.2 points
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I retired from coaching a few years ago. The head coach quit so I thought it was a good time to go myself. The HS season ends in Feb and I was still sore in April. It was time. My competitive days were limited to HS and some Veteran wrestling. Both were very fun. My last veteran competition was in 2002 in Vegas for US Nationals. mspart2 points
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Love (most of) y’all. Merry Christmas folks!1 point
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Merry Christmas and I wish you all great health so we can keep this fun banter up!1 point
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Gold, as always @ILLINIWrestlingBlog. Thank you.1 point
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Agnostic people don't tend to push their beliefs but atheists can be just as annoying and evangelical as deeply religious types. Live and let live is a concept I take pretty seriously1 point
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Wow... is Terence and Tom from Canada? Do they want MO MONEY?!? ( CANADA, on STRIKE!) D31 point
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So, God didn't actually forgive us of our sins? Jesus was sacrificed as atonement? Kinda lame that an omnipotent diety demands a blood sacrifice.1 point
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I was there last year; St. Elmo's does not disappoint - and a trip to the "Slippery Noodle" afterwards makes for a great night!1 point
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Sorry dude. Hate government. Need far less of it than Biden and the left want.1 point
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Are you the real Scribe???1 point
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Chuck Klosterman explores these themes in a non-religious way in his book But What If We're Wrong: Thinking About The Present As If It Were The Past He spends some time on gravity as an example of something that we speak about as a proven scientific fact, but is still just a theory. And it is likely that our future understanding of gravity will be very different from what it is now just as our current understanding differs greatly from what it was not too long ago.1 point
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Merry Christmas and best wishes for a great wrestle-2024 for your favorite teams and wrestlers!1 point
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Merry Christmas to everyone!1 point
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I just listened to the podcast. Did he talk about religion at all?1 point
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Merry Christmas y’all. Have a blessed time with family and friends.1 point
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"Superior Belief in Godand Jesus Christ " What does this have to do with anything? Believing in myths won't give him any takedowns.1 point
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wonderful sentiment1 point
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Peace...1 point
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I've been in better places with worse people...1 point
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It’s amazing. I’m not from Indy …. (Chicago) but when we go there we always try to stop. Indy is an underrated town.1 point
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Cheers and Merry Christmas Holidays.1 point
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And cheers to you. Merry Christmas everyone. I second flyingcement's emtion.1 point
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We used to go to Indy every year to visit family. Always stopped at St. Elmo's because the wife and daughters had to have that cocktail sauce.1 point
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How do you think their faiths will figure into their matches?1 point
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In January of 2023, Lou Deprez was injured in a match at the Southern Scuffle. Little did he know this injury was serious enough to end his final season of NCAA eligibility, and ultimately, his wrestling career. Because of his importance to the program, Head Coach Kyle Borshoff named Lou to the coaching staff immediately. He was very much a valued teammate on and off the mat. It was Borshoff’s intention to keep Lou around the program as much as possible, no matter the capacity. Fast forward almost a year later, Lou Deprez will return to the roster as a wrestler thanks to a medical redshirt. He brings one of the best resumes to ever step foot inside the Binghamton program. He is already a four-time NCAA qualifier and three-time EIWA champion while amassing an impressive 131 wins at the collegiate level. More importantly, he is the first two-time All-American in school history. He was selected as an NWCA All-American in the canceled 2020 tournament and finished 8th in 2021. In his last full season, he made the quarterfinals in 2022, failing to repeat as an All-American losing in the round of 12 – or infamously named the “Blood Round.” Deprez will compete at the 197 lbs weight class. Assuming he has not lost too much of a step, the Binghamton squad will now have a line-up containing four ranked wrestlers in addition to Brevin Cassella (165 lbs), Jacob Nolan (184 lbs), and Cory Day (285lbs). The opportunity will be a great chance for Deprez to earn another All-American honor while vastly filling a hole in the line-up in a major way. As a warm-up for the collegiate season, Lou decided to compete at the U.S. Senior Nationals freestyle event in Fort Worth, TX. He wrestled at 97 kgs – which equates to 213 lbs. He lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual champion, Kollin Moore, formally of Ohio State. He came back to earn eighth place in the star-studded bracket. In the final match, he injury defaulted. Yesterday, DePrez made his return to the collegiate scene yesterday at Lehigh’s Sheridan Invitational. There was very little rust as DePrez won the 197 lb bracket with four straight wins. He posted bonus points in his first three matches, then downed JT Davis (Lehigh) in the finals - 9-3. In our last rankings update, DePrez made his 2023-24 debut at #14.1 point -
Yeah, Idk. That's the deal with this sorta behavior: his input might not be toward some rational end. The input is the end. I mean Delfino was loony, but he wasn't pretending like he was having a conversation. BigApple was monological, but again he didn't pretend not to be. Same with KentuckyMudflap and he was funny. LIMarty was more than willing to have a conversation, a real conversation; he just had the same conversation over and over. This guy is weird.1 point
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Unless Taylor doesn't win gold - then he is going to stick around and go on a revenge tour. But the end of the current quad is going to be a much bigger changing of the guard than ever before. JB, Taylor, Cox, and Gilman are all likely to leave their shoes on the mat. I think Dake will continue going even if he wins an *olympic gold, Gilman retires the next time he doesn't make the team which may very well be in 18 short weeks, and Snyder is going to compete until he's 40 or can't make the team (I'll take the former). We are very much witnessing a valiant last stand and we should all take a moment to appreciate the renaissance of freestyle wrestling. The real treasure was the chairs we threw along the way.1 point
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You're only young once. Wrestle as long as you love it or until your body says you cannot. My real competitive wrestling career ended in late 1997 when I moved from Philly to FLA for work. My coaching career ended in 2010 when I was 39 and my orthopedist said, "Dude..."1 point
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That's why I don't go in person anymore.1 point
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