Leaderboard

Jimmy - A Bet is a Bet. I would like to thank you for your time on this forum and bid you farewell. May your future endeavors bring you much happiness. Au Revoir! Jimmy Cinnabon Members 1.4k Posted Monday at 01:43 PM On 2/5/2024 at 1:40 PM, PortaJohn said:Let's bet on this since in your words it's so realistic. Straight up. Caliendo wins I leave forever. Messenbrink wins. You leave forever Sure. I think you are underestimating how good Caliendo is.

I’m the loophole.

It's not that serious. If you don't care then don't post.

Never gonna happen. A ref will never, should never, decide if someone "deserves it".

First of all throw anything that happens against Penn State out the window. They’re that much better than the rest of the field. Second of all most of Iowas transfers are from other conferences to the big ten where the competition and grind of the dual schedule are far tougher than where they came from.

they said PSU has 191 tds compared to 16 given up.

Yes sir, just made the donation!

I thoroughly enjoyed the meet and have a couple thoughts: 125 is going to be very interesting. These guys are are pretty equal and anyone can seemingly beat anyone in any given day. I think Ayala and Davis were evenly matched and it could go either way at any time. I also think the knee down stance in this case would be a stall if Davis had actually attempted shots (although if starocci's throat block is a stall call than this is). Bartlett has proven he's improved. Closer matches but he definitely is better than last year. Kasak and Rathjen are pretty much equal and that match could go either way but I'm not sure either guy is an AA at this point. In any event everyone is chasing Lovett and from what I saw last night from him good luck. MM is quite better than Caliendo and I expect that gap to grow. If the matches get "tighter" it will only be due to Caliendo turning into a typical block/slowdown/low offense guy who tries to "Lewan" a victory. Starocci's may have a conditioning problem or a boredom problem. Not sure but we will see. Maybe he's still isn't 100%. Brooks is Brooks. Kerk right now is a monster. Bastida may have something for him but I think the size/strength edge will be too great.

Caliendo will close the gap on Mesenbrink the way recent Brands trained Iowa wrestlers closed the gap on David Taylor, Bo Nickel, Retherford and Jason Nolf.

Gwn thinks Biden is a genius with a speech impediment. Enough said.

Cinna-bon voyage, bro

125: Michael DeAugustino, Michigan / Justin Cardani, Illinois / Dayton DelViscio, Navy / Massey Odiotti, Northwestern 133: Michael Colaiocco, Penn / Vince Santaniello, Pitt / Angelo Rini, Columbia / Brendan Ferretti, Navy 141: CJ Composto, Penn / Danny Pucino, Illinois / Danny Fongaro, Columbia / Jordan Soriano, Drexel / Felix Lettini, Wisconsin / Vincent Milazzo, Sacred Heart / Thomas Fierro, Morgan State 149: Dylan D'Emilio, Ohio State / Colin Realbuto, Northern Iowa / Michael Cetta, Rutgers / Cade Balestrini, Bloomsburg 157: Max Brignola, Lehigh / Matt Bianchi, Little Roch / Rocco Camilacci, Princeton / Tyler Brignola, Gardner-Webb 165: Mikey Caliendo, Iowa / Andrew Cerniglia, Navy / Giano Petrucelli, Air Force / Joseph Bianchi, Little Rock / Gaetano Console, Duke / Josh Palmucci, Franklin & Marshall 174: Carter Starocci, Penn State / Nick Incontrera, Penn / Phillip Conigliaro, Harvard / Travis Mastrogiovanni, Northern Colorado / David Ferrante, Northwestern / Ryan Bolletino, Sacred Heart 184: Brock Delsignore, NC State / Anthony D'Alesio, LIO / Leonardo Tarantino, Harvard / Kendall LaRosa, Cal Poly 197: Josh Otto, Wisconsin / Jake Trovato, Sacred Heart 285: Santino Morina, Drexel / Jake Fernicola, Davidson

Don’t hate it, don’t love it. Not something I’d waste my time tweeting about. But on the contrary it apparently is something I’d respond to on a message board to give my neutral opinion about….

iowa's main problem is being in the unpleasant position of being the only team that gets compared to PSU in a meaningful way.

it ain't going anywhere. i love it.

Italian of course

Excellent, excellent topic. @BobDole elevate young FC to whatever status he chooses and bless him with 72 virgins.

Not really. The OP is asking if guys get better at Iowa. The other guy is arguing PSU against Iowa. If the question is PSU against Iowa then PSU is the obvious answer. They recruit, develop and win at a higher rate than any other team and it’s not really comparable. Iowa vs the rest of the field, Iowa looks pretty good. They have had the most non-PSU success of any team since Tom took the reins. They also have had many transfer make big jumps coming to Iowa. Namely Lugo and DeSanto.

In Brands' press conference he said they wanted Keuter to feel how fast Kerkvliet comes, so he knows. That sure sounds like a coach getting a guy ready for the post season.

Part of me wishes this section didn't exist.

ahreellyeppreciatetheshoutoutfolks... ...ubinlikreelfamilytomee! D3

Nah. Just be selective about who you engage with.

Put AI at work to 2800 wrestler names.

Shane is a weird dude. I love him but he’s strange but I love that he’s quirky and I just think saying Resilite is just one of his quirks.

is on fire!

I’m watching “the Dual” episode 1 after seeing tonight’s commercial. I’m convinced now more than ever that Dan Gable and his protégés have created a new language. They use the same words we use in English, but I think the sentences they’re stringing together are only mutually intelligible to one another.

his set ups are more sophisticated too

@flyingcement has a new method to help identify them.

The gap is only going to grow between those two.

This was not a close match, but a fun one. Mich@Neb was basically the same. These Friday Night Duals are awesome. Not good, not great, but AWESOME. Shane 'Sparksy' is absolutely slaying it with this gig (Gibby is doing a great job, too.) Friday Night double headers are nothing short of genius for promoting the sport. (Shades of Friday Night Fights.) What a great time for wrestling.

Stalling on top/bottom and reaction time have become so uncertain and so inconsistent - its causing mayhem and distrust

They should team up DeSanto and RBY to call this dual next year.

Vito is the first one that comes to mind

Lol at calling someone who smokes weed a "junkie". Get a grip

Alejandro Valdes Tobier is listed at 65kg for Cuba - he'll be the toughest guy in the bracket for Nick Lee to get past IMO. Valdes is a two-time world bronze medalist (2017 and 2018) and had a really close match with Yianni at Pan-Ams last year https://www.flowrestling.org/video/10957823-65-kg-gold-yianni-diakomihalis-usa-vs-alejandro-valdes-cub He also has notable freestyle wins over Khinchegeshvili, Bekbulatov, Haji Aliyev, Franklin Gomez, and even Coleman Scott. Valdes is listed at 35 years old though so definitely past his prime but still super crafty. That said, if Nick Lee gets rolling early, I wouldn't be surprised if he wins handily.

Anthony Noto

Not a guy I bump into much but when I do…

The 10-10 match against Nick Lee, and beating Pletcher, Kolodzik and Joey McKenna on the same day don’t show you he’s improved over last year? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wasn't he a national runner up last season...

Brands doesn’t have a clue how to take a great wrestler and make them better. Evident for almost a decade now.

you would have said that at the first stalling call of the dual....

I used to think Dean Hamiti, but he hasn't developed as much as I hoped

in the civvies?

Beau Bartlett already with more action than his entire match against Mendez

Davis was doing what you guys always complain about Iowa guys doing: pushing without shooting and the fans beg for stall calls.

How dare they call a TD against Davis

Mama Mia! That’s a spicy list.