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This year I decided not to look at the rankings every week. Instead, I have looked at the Intermat rankings 5 times so far. And there have been 5 different second place teams (based on expected points). In the pre-season it was all Cornell on 56.5 points. However... By the time the season started Michigan had rallied into the second spot on 56.5 points. That did not last long. After a tough CKLV Michigan faded... And NC State rallied to second on 61.8 points. NC State could not keep the momentum... But Missouri could, and they soon took over second on 68.8 points. Alas, Missouri met the same fate of all before them and fell While Nebraska rallied into second on 62.2 points where they stand now. Notably, Iowa has not risen higher than fifth and currently sits at seventh. If only there was a savior on the horizon. On the plus side for everyone not named PSU, the expected margin of victory has been steadily shrinking. In the pre-season PSU looked to be able to allow second and third to pool their points and still win. They had an expected margin of victory of 68.7 points at that time (131% greater than second place). As of January 3, mostly due to Shayne Van Ness' injury, that expected margin of victory is down to 44 points (a mere 71% higher than second). As a reminder, to arrive at expected points I look at prior results per seed to assign probabilities to various finishes and then sum points advancement and placement points across those finishes. Expected points does not include bonus points.

JB has been around forever and does good work. He's not going anywhere anytime soon. You won't get anywhere with that bullshit here. Also you've no clue what goes on in the wrestling world if you think FLO tells JB what to do. Everyone in the wrestling world agrees on 1 thing we don't want pedophiles around.

@BobDole, on the basis of having probable cause to endanger children, I recommend that you identify the IP address of this poster (commonsense2400) and send it to the FBI. If you don't have the time to handle it, I would be willing to do so on your behalf.

If it were $10 I might be in. $9.99 just sounds cheap.

Always liked Cooter

F&M Lehman Open pre-seeds this weekend. Really respect what the staff is doing in Lancaster. 125: 1.Troy Hohman NC State 2.Vincent Robinson NC State .Anthony Molton Campbell 4.Zander Phatorus Campbell 5.Nick Treaster Unattached 6.Carson Wagner Binghamton 133: 1.#17 Braxton Brown Maryland 2.#18 Dominic Zaccone Campbell 3.#25 Brandon Ferretti Navy 4.#27 Mason Leiphart F&M 5.#29 Vince Santaniello Pitt 6.Gable Strickland Lock Haven 7.#3 D2 Devin Flannery Millersville 8.Coleman Nogle Harvard 141: 1.#9 Kal Miller Maryland 2.#20 Joshua Koderhandt Navy 3.#22 Wyatt Henson Lock Haven 4. #27 Cole Matthews Pitt 5.Connor McMonagle Lehigh 6.Carter Bailey Lehigh 7.Devin Matthews LIU 8.Chris Rivera Campbell http:// 9.Rich Treanor Army 10.Pat Phillips F&M 149: 1.#13 Ethen Miller Maryland 2.Shannon Hanna Unattached Campbell 3.#8 D2 Craig Cook Millersville 4.Matt Williams Army 5.Michael Zarif Binghamton 6.Kelly Dunnigan Penn 7.Ty Linsenbigler Lock Haven 8.Nicholas Stonecheck Lock Haven 157: 1.Connor Eck Lock Haven 2.#31 Michael North Maryland 3.Luke Nichter Drexel 4.Micah Hanau Army 5.Carter Baer Binghamton 6.Rhise Royster LIU 7.Jared Keslar Pitt 8.Jude Swisher Penn 9.Dylan Evans Pitt 165: 1.#16 Brevin Cassella Binghamton 2.#24 Andrew Cerniglia Navy 3.#26 Josh Kim Harvard 4.Dalton Harkins Army 5.Dom Baker Campbell 6.#6 D2 Brandon Connor Millersville 7.Connor Herceg Lehigh 8.Dakota Morris Army 174: 1.#12 Phil Conigilaro Harvard 2.#21 Danny Wask Navy 3.#26 Austin Murphy Campbell 4.AJ Burkhart Lehigh 5.Josiah Queen Drexel 6.Noah Fox F&M 7.Noah Blake Air Force 8.Will Ebert Binghamton 184: 1.#17 James Conway F&M 2.#22 Jacob Nolan Binghamton 3.#28 David Key Navy 4.Caleb Hopkins Campbell 5.Leo Tarantino Harvard 6.Anthony D’Alesio LIU 7.Colin Fegley Lock Haven 8.#8 D2 Anthony Giampietro Millersville 9.Daniel Lawrence Army 197: 1.#5 Jaxon Smith Maryland 2.#14 Lou Deprez Binghamton 3.#20 Levi Hopkins Campbell 4.#32 John Crawford F&M 5.Martin Cosgrove Penn 6.Christian Knop NC State 7.Wolfgang Frable Army 8.Cael Crebs Navy 285: 1.#2 Wyatt Hendrickson Air Force 2.#8 Taye Ghadiali Campbell 3.#13 Grady Griess Navy 4.#22 Cory Day Binghamton 5.#23 Seth Nevills Maryland 6.Austin Kolhofer Army 7.Josh Harkless Unattached 8.Chase Horne NC State 9.Jamie Ferere Navy

PAC-12 final two seasons ago. Munoz by fall

It is silly to think that people truly believe that the roads are actively acting in racist manner. Also, it is naïve to believe that minority communities were not discriminated against when these roads were built. There are decisions that are made when major infrastructure are planned that benefit some communities and harm others.

I would argue that Ohio State has the toughest schedule this season regardless of Hofstra, Columbia and Edinboro. PSU does what PSU does. It works fine for them, no slight there.

This is it! Topic: https://anonymfile.com/dOAa/29257-if-penn-state-beats-iowa-this-week-i-will-leave-this-forum-forever.zip

Via https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/documents/2024/1/3/Cornell_1523_2.pdf 125-No. 23 Brendan McCrone (R-Fr)vs. No. 12 Brett Ungar (So.) 133-No. 13 Nic Bouzakis (R-Fr.) vs. Ethan Qureshi (Fr.) 141-No. 3 Jesse Mendez (So.) vs. No. 17 Vince Cornella (So.) 149-No. 5 Dylan D'Emilio (R-Sr) vs.No. 24 Ethan Fernandez (So.) 157-No. 12 Paddy Gallagher (R-So.)vs.No. 15 Meyer Shapiro (Fr.) 165-No. 21 Isaac Wilcox (Sr.) vs. No. 3 Julian Ramirez (Jr.) or Bryce Hepner (R-Jr.) 174-Rocco Welsh (Fr.) vs. Benny Baker (Sr.) 184-No. 16 Gavin Hoffman (Gr.) vs. No. 8 Chris Foca (Jr.) 197-No. 24 Luke Geog (R-Fr.) vs. No. 7 Jacob Cardenas (Sr.) 285-No. 18 Nick Feldman (R-Fr.) vs.No. 19 Lewis Fernandes (Sr.) or Hogan Swenski (R-So.) I know I've seen it posted on forums, but don't recall a TR statement or Wrestling Bucks Tweet about Kharchla being out for the season. They also don't seem to have 165 set in stone. Either way should be a good dual with most starters going except Vito and possibly Feldman.

It looks like Stanford wrestling will be safe after they move to the ACC next year. AD Bernard Muir says they've figured out a way to keep all 36 of the school's sports. As we all know, travel expenses are expected to increase several-fold following the move. For comparison's sake, UCLA projects their travel budget will nearly triple from $8M/yr in the Pac-12 to nearly $24M when they move to the B1G. Also, while Stanford's media revenue will increase from $37M in the Pac-12 to $39M in the ACC, they will only take 30% of their payouts for the first 7 years (then 70% in Year 8, 75% in Year 9, and 100% in Year 10 and beyond) as part of their deal to join the conference. From the sound of things, the Athletics Department will be tapping into Stanford's endowment to keep afloat. Hopefully there are no academic or administrative cutbacks in the near future, as fingers will likely be pointed, rightly or wrongly, at sports. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/stanford-athletics-acc-18555245.php

Going down at 7:00 central tonight in Sioux Falls. Could be some interesting matches if both teams are at full strength.

Badmouthing @Jason Bryant is not cool. I’m sure the NWMA pays very well…

You're just making it more obvious who you really are.

Like . . . Woman. Marriage. Eligible voter. Insurrection. Vaccine. Science. To name just a few.

This is a good thing for our sport! NCAA, ESPN extend broadcast deal 8 more years (including wrestling) "The agreement includes all 24 sports covered in ESPN's previous agreement and adds coverage of the NCAA Division I tennis championships (men's and women's) and men's gymnastics, among others. It also extends international rights to the Division I men's basketball championship." "Men's championships included in the agreement include... wrestling."

The race for 2nd is starting to look like 125

I doubt we'll have opt outs for teams in the playoffs

It will be a good day for wOSU if they get 2+ wins.

This is a great series and opened my eyes to life in Iran, It kind of blew away some of the stereotypes pushed by US media.

Grace almost always comes at the expense of others. 20's or no he is obviously not in control of his emotions. Had something like this been on line a few years ago, it may have prevented a lehigh athlete from missing the national tournament after being kneed in the head. Hate that it had to come to this but someone should've gotten in front of this. Parents can be emotionally blind to negative aspects of a child's behavior. Seeing it as a reflection of them or their parenting, we can rationalize it away as a single occurrence. When in fact it has become a pattern we are unwilling to admit to. Like I said, tricky situation. I don't envy anyone in the position of having to address it by enacting policy or administering sanctions. We should learn from this be more open to holding and being held accountable when those under our supervision start to act out in such a way. We can do it. Kumbaya! Namaste!

Keuter said months ago on Caydens Podcast he had wrestled with Ferrai a few times at Iowa and thought he was a nice guy. Couldn't believe some of the stuff he'd heard about Ferrari. Ben also comes across as one of the nicest kids you'll ever meet.

I'm assuming they'll tweak it to 4 guaranteed for the now power 4 conferences, one at large non power conference, and the rest by ranking

I have read where the first 4 games will be played at one team's home field and this is not a bowl game. After this there are 8 teams left 4 byes and 4 winners. The Next set of games are bowl games for 1/4 and semi. So yes, they will use the bowl system to carry out the bracket. The final will be toward the end of Jan. The semi will take place 2nd weekend of Jan. From https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2023-12-03/how-12-team-college-football-playoff-will-work-teams-schedule-bids 2024 quarterfinals: Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl 2024 semifinals: Cotton Bowl and Orange Bowl Fiesta Bowl | Quarterfinals Dec. 31 Peach, Rose, Sugar Bowl | Quarterfinals Jan. 1 Orange Bowl | Semifinals Jan. 9 Cotton Bowl | Semifinals Jan. 10 Atlanta, GA | National Championship Jan. 20 I understand this and the article explains qualifiers but it seems disjointed to me. Thanks for the input everyone. mspart

Maybe it’s one of the keys to their success. Avoid top competition as much as possible, let the rest of the field beat each other up, then swoop in at the end and clean house

There was never such a thing...

ok so when you say "fair shake" you mean as long as there is a racist person somewhere you get to preach and moralize based on anecdotal nonsense and we have to listen. my hero.

You should read The Power Broker, by Robert A. Caro. Robert Moses adopted some very interesting strategies and policies in developing the highway systems around NYC!

Truax and Munoz get to revisit their rivalry from 2 years ago.

What an absolute cunt. Him and his mother.

Hard to see any of the top 15 matchups going wOSU's way.

Is this it, or just another gem that says Cinnabon would retire?

There was a national champ with no more eligibility that enjoyed a Bud Light last year after he won NCAAs and that picture circulated and certainly made the tabloid rounds. And to think those were the "good" days of wrestling papparazzi

Strap up your shoe laces, bring your hips, let's get ready to party!

I totally messed up on Messi. Have no excuses other than I completely messed up. As for Hawkings, I wouldn't say I was expecting to see him mentioned but I am surprised some of you weren't aware he was known for being a ladies man.

Was this it? The topic... https://anonymfile.com/jD0l/takingbestsaboutpsuvswisconsintonight.zip

Okay, so as not to start a new thread, I'll just add my two favorite athlete related obscene gestures of sporting history. This one above has garnered so much attention, and it is physically impressive, but i think it rates kind of low in the grand scheme of things. Best gesture from a losing athlete: Think this ebay listing actually has an authentic autograph? https://www.ebay.com/itm/225794695690 Awesome because he's flipping off the yankees, obviously. Best overall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_Kozakiewicz#Olympic_gold_and_Kozakiewicz's_gesture in Poland, they apparently re-named the gesture in honor of this specific salute he gave to the russian crowd in 1980.

I thought this was America. We didn't fight a war to repeal the 18th amendment to have these coaches ban drinking on campus. This is an outrage!

In a new level of scandal it has been revealed that Michigan actually inserted that last play in the Alabama playbook. Then used mind control to make Nick Saban call the play. Harbaugh is truly at the next level in this cheating stuff.

what does that mean?

i hate racism. but hate bullshit victim mentality as well. ignore ass holes and move forward.

Its particulary despicable because a lot of the personal growth in wrestling is based on the idea that as emotional and physical and intense and competitive as a wrestling match is neither guy is willing to endanger the others health to win, its a small miracle really. Being oblivious to it just means you shouldn't be wrestling.

... again, just stop. Please just stop. D3

I wouldn't guess, speculate, surmise why he did it except to believe what he said in the video. Balancing life. As he said, after a while, 100% focus on wrestling is unsustainable. If DTs life is an example of of what is possible through wrestling in America... sign me up. Make him the poster child for USA Wrestling. He seems to be the most balanced multiple World/Olympic champ I have witnessed.

Vance Vombaur of Minnesota beat #8 Clay Carlson and #13 Josh Koderhandt to finish in third place at the Soldier Salute. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk