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Put on your finest singlet and get ready to walk the red carpet. It is award show season at Intermat. Gas up your private jet, sit in your limo waiting to make your entrance, and then be prepared to lecture the rest of us about greenhouse gases. There Is No Team in I Presenting our first award tonight is a man who is all about team. Because he always puts the team first (or The Lord, it alternates) opening the envelope is our very own A.J. Ferrari. A.J.F.: And the winner is...me, I am the ultimate winner. I am number one on each of my hands. But for some reason this piece of paper says @MLB9 and @Dogbone. Who the hell are those guys? Well, they are the Intermat celebrities who came closest to nailing the final team score. At 6-28, they each were within a point of perfection. The Happy Valley Insider folks covered themselves in glory as well. On the flip side, you would have to have been nuts to pick Iowa keeping this one close. And so we have a lobotomized @Mr. PeanutButter tied with a crazy @crzyctldy at the bottom of the heap. But good news, an HVI poster takes the overall "lead" here. Something to work on for next year? Details Matter But before you start with the victory laps let's talk about process. How you got there matters. After all, what is a team score, but the sum of a bunch of individual scores. On that front we have a different set of winners. Take a bow @Perry for having the smallest absolute error across all ten matches. @Interviewed_at_Weehawken takes runner up while @CHROMEBIRD and @Truzzcat round up the balance of the podium positions. Visionaries (aka Know It Alls) Yeah, but too much details is for nerds. All I need to know is who got the most matches correct? This is clearly the most important category by a long, long way. I don't need to do any fancy pants math to tell either. All I need to do is look at the illustrious list of luminaries who got 9 of 10 calls correct. We like to argue a lot on these here boards, but I think there is one thing that is beyond dispute, these dudes/dudettes know wrestling. Back to the Math, NERD Putting it all together. If we reduce all of this to ranks and average the ranks we get a new rank. As rank as the concept of all that math may be to some of you, you will just have to hold your noses as we crown our champion. The straightest shooter among us took aim at, and hit, the bully's eye. Congratulations to @Interviewed_at_Weehawken for being the most comprehensively correct. Now @nhs67, we may need to have a word. Thank you everyone (also receiving votes @Barracuda141, @Le duke, @Eagle26, @Pinnacle, @JimmyBT, @Pish, @1032004, @ionel, @PortaJohn, @VakAttack, @Gus, @TylerDurden, @BIGTENFANBOY, @TheDFP, @fishbane, @flyingcement, @BAC, @Jimmy Cinnabon) for participating.

I'm no Iowa fan....but from Stanford to Iowa last year Woods improved. He went from NQ and 6th at Stanford to going undefeated and losing in the finals last year to Allirez. Last year he had a lot of good top 10 wins, even destroying Hardy in the semis. To say he didn't improve from Stanford to last year is inaccurate. This year is a different story. He has definitely regressed at this point in the season as compared to last year. The only way he could have not regressed from last year was to be an undefeated NCAA champ. I don't think he will, but If he runs his way through the B10 tournament and NCAA to win it, did he still regress?

No one thought Wally Pipp, one of the best power hitters of the dead ball era, would lose his starting spot to Lou Gehrig just because he had a headache one day. After tonight's Rutgers dual we have to ask, will Starocci lose out to Barraclough? Will Kerkvliet lose out to Cochran? After all Cale has no loyalty to anyone. Just ask Nevills. How did I do @Jimmy Cinnabon?

So far it seems Eggum was a better coach for Nagao than Cael.

First I saw this document on the NCAA site but it has all the dates for rankings releases https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/championships/sports/wrestling/d1/men/2023-24D1MWR_ChampionshipsTimeline.pdf Feb. 15 - 2nd Rankings/First RPI Feb. 29 - 3rd Rankings/Second RPI (conference allocations released) Mar 11-13 - release of at-large bids I think in the past brackets came out on a Wednesday a week and a half before the tournament which would be March 13.

Two fantastic interviews. Thoughtful questions, thoughtful answers. No one treats it like a burden. Thanks for sharing these. With the way Ryan speaks and the respect he shows the media, it is easy to see why he is an effective recruiter.

Two underweight PSU backups take out ranked (one being a former AA) Rutgers starters. Ouch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nagao has regressed

There's been some good discussion here. And then there's the bunch of low effort bad faith posters, including @BIGTENFANBOY who, contrary to his handle, isn't actually a fan of wrestling, as evidenced by the fact that he only ever visits to bash on Iowa. Decided to crawl out of your little hole a little early this year, eh? There's also @Le dukewho makes approximately 60.9% of their posts about Iowa (ex lover spurn you for a hawk?). Have you checked HVI? You'd fit right in. Several other posters have piled on but otherwise there have been some really good observations and ideas shared. I doubt anyone from the Iowa program reads these boards but I know the staff is aware of the overall online chatter. Here's hoping that, just as the Brands' changed their recruiting philosophy, they continue to adapt and strive to elevate the program to the next level. Personally, I'd be interested in some new assistants.

Keep in mind there are six of them this year, under various names...(the Cowboy Shootout at Wyoming, the Last Chance Open at Iowa State, the F&M Scramble at Franklin & Marshall, the National Collegiate Open in Smyrna, Delaware, the Patriot Last Chance Open at George Mason, and the Wildcat Open at Davidson)

Yeah. One team is usually winning, and the other is usually losing. Makes benches look different.

this is a brilliant observation.

Metcalf to Gilman - "Once you leave the bubble you will understand" Years later Gilman to Metcalf - "I apologize, and you were right. I get it now." That right there explains the problem at Iowa. As for the Iowa/PSU comparision... Iowa gets constantly compared to PSU because theyre constantly comparing themselves to PSU. If they would focus on imdproving themselves and being the best versions of themselves, maybe they would catch PSU. Instead theyre focused on and obsessed with chasing PSU. They bring this mindset on themselves.

PROJECTED LINEUPS No. 14 Rutgers (10-4, 3-3) 125: 19/18 Dean Peterson (9-4) 133: 10/9 Dylan Shawver (18-5) 141: 19/16 Mitch Moore (11-3) 149: 26/NR Michael Cetta (12-5) 157: Al DeSantis (5-10) -OR- Jacob Butler (7-3) 165: Anthony White (9-10) -OR- Luke Gayer (9-9) 174: 13/16 Jackson Turley (9-3) -OR- Shane Cartagena-Walsh (9-5) 184: 19/23 Brian Soldano (11-7) 197: 22/19 John Poznanski (12-2) HWT: 8/10 Yaraslau Slavikouski (14-2) Rankings Intermat/Flo No. 1 Penn State (9-0, 6-0) 125: 2/2 Braeden Davis (14-1) 133: 6/5 Aaron Nagao (9-3) 141: 1/1 Beau Bartlett (15-0) 149: 10/12 Tyler Kasak (11-2) 157: 1/1 Levi Haines (12-0) 165: 7/7 Mitchell Mesenbrink (16-0) 174: 1/1 Carter Starocci (10-0) 184: 6/7 Bernie Truax (9-2) 197: 1/1 Aaron Brooks (11-0) HWT: 1/1 Greg Kerkvliet (10-0) Rankings Intermat/Flo

Did any one person get more airplay than Ms Swift? Perhaps Mahomes, Kelce and the SF QB and their long haired receiver. What a circus. Good game in the end and Taylor was happy so what more could anyone in the world want? mspart

Wrestling on a knee should initiate a 5 count and stalling call. It is purely an avoidance position.

Rutgers > Iowa ?

PSU pulling out the homer call/nocall early.

BTN Monday and Friday MAC Thursday Tuesday is the day most rankings are updated Basically Wednesday is now the shittiest day in wrestling

How did Kamala "lead" on the border?

This tourney tends to feature back ups plus anyone who needs to get matches to qualify, or bump their win %, for seeding purposes. The back ups are there to be fodder for the starters who need to up the match count or win %. In the past Dresser has arranged the brackets so that starters do not hit until late in the bracket, even though this is blatantly against the rules. And if by then they have enough matches or win %, they forfeit. It is a very cynical "tournament".

You realize those 2 matches occurred over a span of 7 days right? Could be various other things going on, or not

A college kid at a YMCA asked me when boys become men. I said 'Well, 25 is when boys get cheaper car insurance, which matches the rough age when the rational brain is fully formed.' The kid said but 'what about these 50-year-old boys?' Well, for me, my first mental transition was about six months after my dad died; I switched from being dependent to being individually accountable and self-responsible at 20 years of age. The second was after marriage when finding out my wife was pregnant. A man contributes positively to his family's well-being and sets an example for others in his community. A sampling of character is being present, supportive, awareness, admitting faults, continuously learning, giving, patience, respecting, and financial responsibility.

You are not wrong about NU being one hiccup away from not having a men’s wrestling team. They provide the bare minimum to all of their sports as it stands. Although they do know that Football pays the bills. As for all others they( coaches)are treated like a step child. And athletes alike. As far as IU, as bad as the program got it still resonated with AD to finally change coaching and is starting a comeback of sorts from the dumpster fire. I’m here to say there is a pretty good following in Bloomington indiana. Don’t think is going to get dropped anytime soon.

And Dave Schultz, Gary Bohay (aa ASU and world fs silver), the older Kistler brothers (multiple aa, ASU and Iowa), Pat O'Donnell (aa Cal Poly). A very strong team, then the program was cancelled after the 1980 season

It's a combination of factors. Several new faces in the lineup, a couple of veterans growing into their weights, Coleman as coach (if you watch the duals he's got a notepad and is making notes), Caldwell promoted to coach, RTC and NIL started rolling this past offseason, changes to training methods, new facilities, two sets of warring brothers (Ferraris and Mastros) gone. Personally I'm just happy to see them doing well again - top five is definitely where the Cowboys like to be. 3rd in 2019, 2020 lost to covid, 3rd in 2021, and then a couple of rebuilding/ohnowebetterchangesomethingsquick years in 2022 and 2023. People were mad about the money but now they're mad about the timeline: it appears that PSU was doing the RTC and fundraising years before it was actually allowed by the NCAA. So teams like the Cowboys/Hawkeyes/everybody else were still leaning on the allotted 9.9 scholarships per season while PSU was using millions of private dollars to bring in elite college & HS wrestlers, train them with Olympians, and promise them jobs after graduation. The NCAA did eventually change their rules to allow all teams to do this, but PSU essentially got a several year head start and then also avoided sanctions when their actions came to light. This is just what I've gathered as a casual and interested fan of D1 wrestling, not trying to drum up rage or anything.

I was impressed by Purdue’s crowd, good size and loud

i know i already posted that i thought Biden indeed wanted to create a one party state, but then I thought it over again and i'm pretty sure he doesn't know, in his current condition, what a 'one party state' means. probably something to do with ice cream.

Matt Storniolo, Zach Tanelli, Jason Borelli, Tom Borelli, Keith Ferraro, Mike Poeta, Pat Popolizio, Pat Santoro, and Chris Bono

I didn’t know just how hard his recovery has been. It would be a real disappointment to not see him back on the mat and successful. Ohio State is not my team but I cannot help but to root for this guy to be successful.

Good to see #1 Ramos beat #1 Patrick McKee. We just saw #1 Braeden Davis lose to #1 Ayala, so it will be interesting to see how these #1 125 pounders shake out over the next few weeks.

Imo, the whole "get out of the Iowa bubble" thing is about folks escaping the grinding beatdown "everyone's got it in for us" culture. It even permeates a good portion of the Iowa fanbase... PSU gets all the breaks, Carl cheats, our guys are afraid, the refs hate us, everyone we wrestle is stalling. It gets tiresome. You can't fuel a program on hatred and blame.

Thanks for the update. I hope he continues to heal well. I like what he said about enjoying the break from the B1G grind. Hope he’s eating all the food.

I meant the part where I have to read your comments and I temporarily get dumber. As does anyone else that reads it.

Nice update from Sasso and Tom Ryan yesterday. He's recovering and feels like he's at about 60%, has had surgery on his back, leg, intestines, who knows what else... patched up with screws and other hardware. Working his way back to a possible return to the lineup next year. The neural pathways from his brain to his left leg aren't what they used to be, so Sammy's figuring out how to wrestle with one leg while he works on regaining responsiveness in that limb. Bigger picture, you can see how this whole ordeal has shifted his perspective on things. Dude is full of positivity and gratitude and determination to not let it bring him down. He'll go pretty far in life with that attitude whether he returns to the mat next year or not.

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

Got it! you're pyles...

Whoa, I've interacted with you before. I think they have medication for that. Get medicated. You can't afford to get any dumber.

1032004 you are incredibly off the mark. let's just leave it at that.

Top 5 Possible German Heritage by Wrestle Stat Rank 125 lbs: Rank: 15, Jore Volk (Wyoming) Rank: 29, Jett Strickenberger (West Virginia) Rank: 44, Joseph Fischer (Clarion) Rank: 53, Troy Hohman (NC State) Rank: 60, Logan Agin (Duke) 133 lbs: Rank: 2, Daton Fix (Oklahoma State) Rank: 14, Julian Farber (Northern Iowa) Rank: 23, Brody Teske (Iowa) Rank: 25, Mason Leiphart (Franklin & Marshall) Rank: 34, Cullan Schriever (Iowa) 141 lbs: Rank: 5, Joshua Koderhandt (Navy) Rank: 8, Cael Happel (Northern Iowa) Rank: 22, Mosha Schwartz (Oklahoma) Rank: 23, Vance Vombaur (Minnesota) Rank: 39, Koy Buesgens (NC State) 149 lbs: Rank: 35, Caleb Rathjen (Iowa) Rank: 36, Dylan Gilcher (Michigan) Rank: 48, Brock Herman (Ohio State) Rank: 54, Thomas Deck (Army West Point) Rank: 57, Derek Raike (Ohio) 157 lbs: Rank: 13, Vince Zerban (Northern Colorado) Rank: 15, Brock Mauller (Missouri) Rank: 18, Peyten Kellar (Ohio) Rank: 32, Cobe Siebrecht (Iowa) Rank: 52, Mason Shrader (Central Michigan) 165 lbs: Rank: 7, Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) Rank: 14, Bryce Hepner (Ohio State) Rank: 16, Derek Gilcher (Indiana) Rank: 23, Holden Heller (Pittsburgh) Rank: 33, Blaine Brenner (Minnesota) 174 lbs: Rank: 8, Gabe Arnold (Iowa) Rank: 11, Edmond Ruth (Illinois) Rank: 13, Travis Wittlake (Oregon State) Rank: 17, Danny Braunagel (Illinois) Rank: 24, Gaven Sax (North Dakota State) 184 lbs: Rank: 1, Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa) Rank: 6, Will Feldkamp (Iowa State) Rank: 10, Bennett Berge (South Dakota State) Rank: 11, Reece Heller (Pittsburgh) Rank: 13, Ryder Rogotzke (Ohio State) 197 lbs: Rank: 11, Zach Braunagel (Illinois) Rank: 25, Evan Bockman (Utah Valley) Rank: 28, Wyatt Voelker (Northern Iowa) Rank: 30, Christian Knop (NC State) Rank: 41, Jack Wehmeyer (Columbia) 285 lbs: Rank: 11, Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State) Rank: 25, Dayton Pitzer (Pittsburgh) Rank: 28, Grady Griess (Navy) Rank: 30, Keaton Kluever (Hofstra) Rank: 41, Nate Schon (Iowa State)

Only the top secret boxes at this point.

At this point I feel we all just need to copy and paste our ancestory.com profile.

Top 5 Possible Irish Heritage by Wrestle Stat Rank Weight: 125 Rank: 13, Cooper Flynn, College: Virginia Tech Rank: 27, Max Gallagher, College: Pennsylvania Rank: 46, Vincent Kilkeary, College: Ohio State Rank: 57, Jacob Moran, College: Indiana Rank: 78, Tristan Daugherty, College: Buffalo Weight: 133 Rank: 59, Dylan Coy, College: Wisconsin Rank: 75, Andrew Fallon, College: Sacred Heart Rank: 78, Jaxon Maroney, College: Drexel Rank: 118, Aidan O'Shea, College: Franklin & Marshall Rank: 126, Caden McCrary, College: North Carolina Weight: 141 Rank: 21, Connor McGonagle, College: Lehigh Rank: 27, Blake Cushing, College: Nebraska Rank: 38, Ryan Sullivan, College: Clarion Rank: 44, Jimmy Nugent, College: Central Michigan Rank: 77, Richard Treanor, College: Army West Point Weight: 149 Rank: 30, Kelly Dunnigan, College: Pennsylvania Rank: 77, Kaleb Larkin, College: Arizona State Rank: 100, Kaden Cassidy, College: George Mason Rank: 108, Kelin Laffey, College: Pittsburgh Rank: 113, Matt Ryan, College: Kent State Weight: 157 Rank: 14, Ryder Downey, College: Northern Iowa Rank: 23, Paddy Gallagher, College: Ohio State Rank: 34, DJ McGee, College: George Mason Rank: 38, Caleb Dowling, College: West Virginia Rank: 58, James Conway, College: Missouri Weight: 165 Rank: 1, Keegan O'Toole, College: Missouri Rank: 2, David Carr, College: Iowa State Rank: 24, Noah Mulvaney, College: Bucknell Rank: 34, Hunter Garvin, College: Stanford Rank: 37, Connor Brady, College: Virginia Tech Weight: 174 Rank: 5, Patrick Kennedy, College: Iowa Rank: 22, Austin Murphy, College: Campbell Rank: 31, Michael O'Malley, College: Drexel Rank: 39, Tyler Brennan, College: Little Rock Rank: 42, Brody Conley, College: West Virginia Weight: 184 Rank: 18, Jacob Nolan, College: Binghamton Rank: 26, Nate Dugan, College: Princeton Rank: 35, James Conway, College: Franklin & Marshall Rank: 44, Gavin Kane, College: North Carolina Rank: 57, Dylan Connell, College: Illinois Weight: 197 Rank: 44, Martin Cosgrove, College: Pennsylvania Rank: 72, Patrick Brophy, College: The Citadel Rank: 74, Jackson McKinney, College: Oregon State Rank: 78, Thomas Dineen, College: South Dakota State Rank: 82, Lucas Daly, College: Michigan State Weight: 285 Rank: 22, Jim Mullen, College: Virginia Tech Rank: 34, Boone McDermott, College: Oregon State Rank: 61, Xavier Doolin, College: Northern Colorado Rank: 71, Bowen McConville, College: South Dakota State Rank: 83, John O'Donnell, College: Rutgers

Top 5 Possible Italian Heritage by Wrestle Stat Rank Weight: 125 Rank: 4, Anthony Noto, College: Lock Haven Rank: 7, Michael DeAugustino, College: Michigan Rank: 24, Nico Provo, College: Stanford Rank: 26, Jack Maida, College: American Rank: 40, Jeremiah Reno, College: Little Rock Weight: 133 Rank: 12, Michael Colaiocco, College: Pennsylvania Rank: 20, Sam Latona, College: Virginia Tech Rank: 22, Vince Santaniello, College: Pittsburgh Rank: 33, Angelo Rini, College: Columbia Rank: 37, Domenic Zaccone, College: Campbell Weight: 141 Rank: 28, Joey Olivieri, College: Rutgers Rank: 29, CJ Composto, College: Pennsylvania Rank: 32, Danny Fongaro, College: Indiana Rank: 36, Danny Pucino, College: Illinois Rank: 48, Jack Gioffre, College: Virginia Weight: 149 Rank: 3, Kyle Parco, College: Arizona State Rank: 14, Dylan D'Emilio, College: Ohio State Rank: 25, Michael Cetta, College: Rutgers Rank: 49, Sam Cartella, College: Northwestern Rank: 52, Logan Gioffre, College: Missouri Weight: 157 Rank: 30, Max Brignola, College: Lehigh Rank: 41, Matt Bianchi, College: Little Rock Rank: 79, Danny Nini, College: North Carolina Rank: 89, Joseph Cangro, College: Harvard Rank: 100, Luca Frinzi College: Lehigh Weight: 165 Rank: 5, Michael Caliendo, College: Iowa Rank: 11, Andrew Cerniglia, College: Navy Rank: 21, Giano Petrucelli, College: Air Force Rank: 22, Brevin Cassella, College: Binghamton Rank: 29, Joseph Bianchi, College: Little Rock Weight: 174 Rank: 1, Carter Starocci, College: Penn State Rank: 7, Nick Incontrera, College: Pennsylvania Rank: 9, Phillip Conigliaro, College: Harvard Rank: 14, Peyton Mocco, College: Missouri Rank: 32, Lucas Uliano, College: Appalachian State Weight: 184 Rank: 3, Chris Foca, College: Cornell Rank: 11, Brian Soldano, College: Rutgers Rank: 28, Brock Delsignore, College: NC State Rank: 49, Anthony D'Alesio, College: LIU Rank: 67, Josh Cordio, College: Air Force Weight: 197 Rank: 22, Sonny Sasso, College: Virginia Tech Rank: 40, Logan Deacetis, College: Bucknell Rank: 71, Ben Vanadia, College: Purdue Rank: 99, James Araneo, College: Brown Rank: 142, Max Agresti, College: Harvard Weight: 285 Rank: 44, Jack DelGarbino, College: Princeton Rank: 68, Jacob Sartorio, College: Appalachian State Rank: 93, Sebastian Garibaldi, College: Princeton Rank: 110, Larry Vola, College: Maryland Rank: 132 Max Vanadia, College: Michigan State Nope Rank: 12, Colin Realbuto, College: Northern Iowa (redshirt) Rank: 1, Sammy Sasso, College: Ohio State (injured) Rank: 4, Anthony Cassioppi, College: Iowa (suspended)

I'm going to provide the HR/GIA perspective. You see, Carl is only a great recruiter but not so much a great coach. He's clapping because he doesn't realize his wrestler actually lost. F*** State, Jerry Sandusky, Slush Fund.

Caliendo Doesn’t win one time if they wrestled 10 times. They are not in the same league

Time for Anthony Cassar's documentary: how being juiced prevails

There were a bunch of knuckleheads like @nhs67 @ionel & @Jimmy Cinnabon who thought Caliendo had a chance. I told them they were absolutely nuts

I don't think that is accurate at all.