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is there a debtors prison you can take lame swipes at Iowa from?

Yep!

you all act as if jordan said hes going to snap carter's leg in half and make sure he cant walk ever again. all he said was that if he were wrestling him he would target his shots to the side with a cast on it. THATS IT. moreover, he didnt say anything any coach in the country wouldnt say to their kid. you guys, just like bo, are making this into something it isnt.

Do we refer to him as Dr. Slav this year?

There's zero evidence to support that. On the other hand, Coach Poeta has secured funding for a state-of-the-art wrestling facility, signed a top ten class with three Fargo winners (two of whom wrestled in Who's #1), sat in the corner for two Final X winners for the RTC, and will lead the strongest ILLINI team in maybe ten years this upcoming season.

Dake was not on the architectural committee.

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https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/federal/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2024/ https://www.bankrate.com/investing/income-wealth-top-1-percent/ The key figures here are not only the average wealth per household but also the share held by each, especially at the top. For example, the top 1 percent of households hold 30.6 percent of the total wealth, according to the Federal Reserve. Ok, now that we have these details figured out, the top 1% have 30.6% of the wealth yet pay 45.8% of the income taxes collected. What about that isn't paying their fair share? I think you will find here that the top earners do pay their fair share and the bottom earners essentially pay nothing. Just like you said RV. Your wish has been granted. mspart

The last chance qualifier takes place this Sunday and its filled with a ton of elite HS talent. Some of the names include Anthony Knox,Jax Forrest, Joe Sealey, Will Henckel, Aedon sinclair, Cole mirasola, Bo Bassett, Aden Valencia. If we fast forward 4-8 years I would not be shocked at all to see a lot of these names as national champs or potentially world team members.

Camacho leaving may be a sign that Tallmadge from navy is transferring in he’s the 133 Santaniello cousin

"Once in a lifetime catastrophic events" seem to be adhering to the same schedule as the olympics... Kids these days are getting pretty good at seeing overwrought stupidity and pointing it out as same, and they sure are a heck of a lot kinder to one another than we were growing up...

It's OK to enjoy the freedom and the liberty that the Flag and the National Anthem symbolize without having to show the respect for the very people who afforded that Freedom and Liberty.

It's literally the definition of a free speech violation. It would be a government entity punishing somebody for their speech.

The only guy to get more mileage from assaulting Cody Chittum than Askey will be Anthony Ferrari.

Oh, good, an original thread topic.

He was ... Bob let him out.

Why would a student accept money from a government entity that they don't support?

I always liked the Illinois room, open space, no pillars, big windows on the south. Problem was older building that became academic space so access problematic. I trust that Poeta will not build a dungeon.

IntEresting. I hadn't heard that. It will Probably pay off fOr them.

My kid won co-ed intramural rec soccer tourney (3 v 3) and so far nothing on NIL - but the team did get a sweet champions t-shirt! Would like to see NIL spread downstream!

That room looks like the set of Squid Game.

I hope Scoles can make a jump this offseason I was huge on him in HS if they can maybe snag another transfer for 184 or heavy this is a podium contending team imo.

If you watch his NCAA finals match (Link) midway through the second period at about 6:40 in the video the broadcast team says he was a junior college champion at Lassen Community College in CA. Not sure if he is subject to the same exception at MSU as Williams was at Iowa...

My kid is a backup Field hockey player and gets a little NIL $.

You didn't *just* say you weren't convinced. You added, and actually emphasized your entire post, by saying people who were convinced only said that because they don't have a good reason. Hold up to what you actually said at least, especially if you're going to talk about "it all comes back to accountability" a few posts later. (kind of proving my point for me)

Carter Starocci literally said "this is little kid stuff compared to what I want" and mentioned the Olympic Trials on April 19th and 20th and "on Monday it's back to work. And just like Drake said, there's not friends in this industry." JB then goes, man, I'll tell you what, he mentioned April 19th and 20th and I know a guy who's gonna be there and I'd love to see him, and best believe I'm going for that leg. He won't disclose the injury but man he's looked great, and on a more serious note, Carter Starocci has had a phenomenal career.... And lists all of the greats and states he has to be on the mount rushmoore of Penn State. The amount of compliments he gave him were numerous. If you think that is making it about himself, then you are way too damn sensitive.

If anyone is mad at JB they should remember what Starocci wrote before his finals match. Not exactly the nicest words so why is it wrong when Burroughs says he's going to attack him. After all, "this game is a cut throat business."

Evangelical atheists are often of Marxist bent.

i'm messing with you. but it really is hard to take your posts seriously when you insist on crowbarring in awkward references to how good PSU is every other sentence.

...or....when you know you don't know all the details but have a strong belief there's something bigger than me. Why is it people who talk the most about being open to other's ideas and ways, are usually among the first to shut any idea out that they don't understand?

Just taking notes on the next ones to be given vacations.

Ah yes, David Taylor. Always most humble in victory and gracious in defeat.

Really excellent analysis and I would love to hear Seth as the play by play on a broadcast or two next year

I got so excited by the broader news that I totally missed that detail about 125. That is very surprising to me! He was not a small 133. I wondered what the heck happened to him last year. I thought he had two year of eligibility remaining.

I will guess 125- Attasauov 133- Byrd 141- Pucino 149- Webster 157- Scoles 165- Braunagel 174- Ruth 184- Connell 197- Braunagel 285- Luffman

Well....Webster is registered for the U20 US Open at 70 kg and not 65. Just sayin'....but IL is hurtin' at 125. I tend to believe Attasauov's post that he will be 125

Interesting Attasauov put #125 on this post.... He was 133 all 4 years at ISU...You would think he would go up. What was his story this year? He has no stats and isn't listed for 2024 in Wrestlestat.

Curious how the lineup shakes out for @ILLINIWrestlingBlog and his squad. Here's a guess from me 125: Ruzic 133: Byrd 141: Attasauov 149: Pucino 157: Webster 165: MiniBraun 174: Ruth 184: Connell 197: MegaBraun 285: Luffman

All of the weights are really tough. A bunch of hammers out there. No wonder there are so many using their dual citizenship. I think JB has a very good chance to win the mini tourney. I don't think he has much chance against Dake but he has been working hard, I'm sure, on figuring him out and practicing practicing and practicing. If anyone has a chance against Dake, it is JB. I think he is #2 in the weight but he might be able to do it. mspart

Of the six wrestlers who could accept a semi-final berth at the OTT due to medaling at the 2023 Worlds in a non-Olympic weight, five chose to descend, and one chose to go up a weight class: Jacarra Winchester, a 2023 World silver medalist at 55 kg, has specified she will compete at 53 kg. Jennifer Page, a 2023 World bronze medalist at 59 kg, has specified she will compete at 62 kg. Macey Kilty, a 2023 World silver medalist at 65 kg, has specified she will compete at 62 kg. Vitali Arujau, a 2023 World champion at 61 kg, has specified he will compete at 57 kg. Zain Retherford, a 2023 World champion at 70 kg, has specified he will compete at 65 kg. Zahid Valencia, a 2023 World bronze medalist at 92 kg, has specified he will compete at 86 kg. https://www.themat.com/news/2024/april/01/13-accept-u-s-olympic-team-trials-finals-berths-while-six-accept-berths-in-challenge-tournament-semifinals

Correct. There are concerns that he will be too small for 74 KG this go and that his more natural size (right now) is more towards 70 KG. By next Olympics I fully expect him to be our 65 KG rep. He'll then likely enter tweener zone again, but still be our guy at 65 KG. 2036 is when he might have to reverse the reverse because he'll probably be too small for 57 KG at that point.

He does not have to go through all these guys, though, just 3 or 4 of them.

I get that Burroughs may be too old now, but lets not pretend that he couldn't of won a challenge tournament to make a team after 2011, he just didn't have to. He sent Dake and Taylor to different weight classes. These are just the list of guys in the challenge tournament which always has multiple time NCAA champs. If JB loses it will be to to father time, not because he had to go through a bracket with Jarrett Jacques in it.

Brandvold has had a significant hand in recruiting Jager Eisch, Ethan Riddle, Charlie Millard, Wyatt Duchateau and any other AWA kids at Minnesota. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is why I don’t think the portal is “the end of college wrestling.” There have also been a fair amount of guys transfer out of some of the top schools as well.

Hamiti was lighting guys up as a true freshman and walked into the postseason with a 91% bonus rate and just one loss

Unpopular opinion: Hamiti is fine and doesn't need to transfer. His wrestling has looked a lot better this year. He was destroying just about everyone and went into the postseason with only 1 loss (Carr) and an 84% bonus rate. We all expected Hamiti to AA, but he had a tough draw in arguably the toughest weight and finished with losses to the national champion (Carr x2), the runner-up (MM), and Olejnik. No shame there. I don't think Bono or the program has failed Hamiti.

I believe they or their families had to defect from Cuba and can't go back. I don't think it is likely they rep Cuba, even if they want to

It happens all the time in other sports. In track and field, many of the top athletes attend US colleges and stay here to train before competing for their "home" countries at international events. Why all the attention on a narrow nationalism (jingoism and xenophobia) and countries? We live in an increasingly globalized world where nearly everything moves across fairly porous borders: ideas, animals, consumer goods, people, air, viruses, water, technology, pollution, etc. The movement of wrestlers likely increases the level of competition and pushes the sport along to higher levels. If guys from the US (or Dagestan) can make it to the Olympics or Worlds elsewhere and win medals, then it's clear that the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th best guys here, for example, are better than the top guys at a weight in Mexico or Serbia. If you are a fan of RBY or Gomez here, why not root for them when they compete for Mexico? They aren't taking a US spot.