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Charlie would have been part of their Murderers row!

Everybody is getting what they deserve here. The AINs were the IOC's silly solution to the harder decision they wanted to avoid - whether to exclude an entire country from the Olympics due to non-sporting/political events, in this case Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Thus, the ridiculous concept of Russia and Belarus sending wrestlers to the Euro qualifier with a wink and a nod that they were from Russia and Belarus but wouldn't actually be representing Russia and Belarus. On the flip side, the AINs allowed Putin and Lukashenko to act like everything was normal and that they could send their best athletes with the assumption that would all be cleared after qualification. Then, Ukraine called the IOC's bluff and demanded Sadulaev's exclusion from the Euro qualifiers. I doubt Sadulaev is more or less invested in the invasion of Ukraine that any of the other Russian wrestlers despite his friendship with Kadyrov - the Chechen wrestlers seem to keep their focus close to home, and if Putin calls you probably respond because you don't want your family to be thrown off of the top of a skyscraper - but Ukraine knew they would put a spotlight on the issue with the callout for Sadulaev. So here we are. All of this nonsense when the easier decision would've been for the IOC to expel Russia years ago given the rampant state-supported doping program uncovered during the Sochi games - a ban that would've put the focus on the sporting competition and not world politics. How do people this stupid get to be in charge of anything? At the end, I hope Bey gets a shot at a quota.

Millers to Iowa Remaining are Ronnie, Olivarez, Zinkin, and Botello! @Husker_Du

RL definitely is BB. Not only are his post crap, but they are hilariously stupid...all one has to do is claim WKN is a mega to show how stupid you are.

I don't think he's talking geographically. He's talking relationship-wise. Brooks Black is a coach there and they have had numerous Union County wrestlers, like the Ervins. The Raneys also compete with their RTC.

this is like when i had to explain to you that muscles are under fat....

Damn...

Sweet shit.

Not AJ Ferrari

Is it true rock lobsters are nasty creatures and know nothings know more than you think?

To be clear, I am saying use farmland to raise food for people. Using arable farmland as manufacturing sites seems very short sighted to me. mspart

Jimmy Knows Diddly

He is like a leaner, longer version of DT. I could see him getting as big as 86 KG with that frame.

Yes he is. Like I said before...he is the type of person who doesn't blame the perpetrator, but rather the victim.

Grand View

Are we sure he has three years left? Are we willing to take his word for it? It is not like he has been working with a school compliance officer for the past several years. And it hinges on whether last year was considered an Olympic RS by the NCAA or just by AJ. I am very curious if that is the case. The way the rule is written implies that it is not the case. The rule requires a vote of the "Committee on Student-Athlete Reinstatement, or a committee designated by it". Was AJ's case voted on? Can it be voted on retrospectively? Or is this like Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy?

Jax feels like he could be anywhere from 133-165 he has the frame to be a lot bigger, but I don't think he cuts much weight to even hold 57kg right now (purely an assumption he could be cutting a lot).

It sort of seems like a no-brainer. For starters, Taylor is one of a very small handful of people who is skilled enough to break down his style and find a bunch of subtle ways he could improve. But more than that, he knows inside and out the styles of the 2 guys who Yianni has been stuck behind, Lee and Zain. Short of joining the NLWC, which probably isn't an option, it's hard to imagine who would be better suited to pushing Yianni to the next level.

Whenever this happens to me (somewhat often), I DM Bob and he clears out my old attachments.

Anything on Powe (Chattanooga) and Chris Cannon? Those seem like the biggest fish in the transfer portal so far.

still defending hamas

Man, idk. To me Bo Basset's wrestling style is like Tom Brands 2.0. He is very much in the Metcalf/Desanto mold. High pace and forward pressure.

I don't think they should allow substitutions at all. Let's not forget that Russa and Belarus are banned. You can disagree with them being banned, but as a matter of principle, when a country is banned from the Olympics, they don't have any rights. That includes the right to swap in some other athlete if the athlete they put forth isn't accepted as an AIN. The *only* ones with rights are the individual athletes -- specifically, the athletes that would be attending from that country, except for the ban on the country. The second, third, fourth and fifth alternates of that country don't have any rights, since they didn't lose an opportunity to compete that they otherwise would have had. If you allow Russia/Belarus to keep on swapping in other athletes, that is tantamount to saying they are allowed to assemble a "team." But they don't get to have a team. That's the point of the ban. If Russia was smart, they would have done their own vetting, not allowing athletes who were knee-deep in Russian pro-invasion propaganda to compete for an Olympic spot. Instead they're acting like they're still in the Olympics, putting forth invasion apologists in the hope they'll get to keep putting alternates forward until the IOC deems someone acceptable. But why should they? It is totally inconsistent with the ban. As a wrestling fan, I'd selfishly like to see Russia's best on the mat so we can beat them, but logically I can't justify it. Next time, don't grab other countries' land or, if you do, only serve up AINs who aren't connected to or defenders of governmental misdeeds.

we call that a ploy

Agreed. Or just take the whole 8+ hour drive to Blacksburg that would work too.

Oh, I get what you were claiming to attempt to do, but your last sentence reveals the lie. Shit is shit. You can polish the turd, make it shiny and pretty, but it is still shit.

Also, Indiana (Bloomington) is an hour closer than Illinois (Champaign) isn't it?

I cannot imagine how good he could be offensively if he could shoot from ties rather than 3 feet away from someone. He has an unreal ability to pull shots in but against the best guys he seems to get stuck or countered there about as often as he scores. he started to utilize elbow control a lot more around that 2022 world run but it seems like he's gotten away from that, he had a really nice outside step as well as a duck/boot scoot from elbow control that he hit on amouzad twice. Ultimately, I would just like to see him get in more positions where his hips are under him when he's shooting, as well as like you said get more reactions out of people.

Every Time.

seem like very good and normal kids

Man he is big, I am not saying he won't compete at 125 this year, but it is gonna be a cut. For the record, Frost struggles to make 133. If Ech goes to 149, I could see Evan go 141 and then the Cuban slide in at 133. ALL speculation on my part...I will know more later, right now they are just running these camps.

If Grice decides to go 125, he will push for the starting position. Swiderski is RS this year. Chittum good chance of RS as well.

You would be wrong yet again dipshit, didn’t vote for either in 2020 as well. You’d probably be surprised to learn that we are on the same side of the park on a lot of issues. Difference between us is I’m not an asshat who thinks anyone who differes from my opinions doesn’t deserve to think. Well, and another difference is I’m not a blind sheep following the herd no matter where they go to chow.

are you a real fuking person? neither one of those things has anything to do w/ Russia and everything to do with being an idiot. the only thing obvious is that when the left barks 'russia' all you morons bite.

They can go on strike and collectively bargain for more salary or specific revenue distribution policies, but it's not going to work to sue and say the university has to cut other sports to pay football players more. That will happen anyway to stay competitive though.....Non revenue sports are screwed unless there is some type of federal regulation to protect them.

Do you think the Athletic Directors and athletic departments cared about the educational mission of the member schools? The people making decisions 20 years ago cared exactly as much about money as the people at Allstate do.

I'll just repeat what I said before, because I hadnt thought of it before but think I'm on to something...the whole "russian" affect of Yianni's stance and style might be the problem. He'd commented in college that he could beat guys but not "break" them like Gabe Dean was doing, and it seemed like a lot of that is down to the Gabe's fakes and hand fighting got a lot more reactions out of his opponents, i don't think Yianni is ever gonna handfight like that, but he could get a lot better reactions our of opponents if he switched his stance up...

I don't know how anyone could look at Yianni's post-collegiate career trajectory and think he needs to do anything other than make a dramatic change.

I offered to pay, but he doesn't accept cinnabux

how many lives does this cat have left?

I'm betting OSU is still paying him thus technically employed. How much do you want to bet ... two life time bans from the forum?

Weather gorgeous here the last couple weeks, did a couple 2" NY Strips on the grill & ate on the outdoor patio last night. Forgot to take a pic ... guess it never happened. Well there is this: we were celebrating an engagement.

You are a pathetic POS! You best hope you never need a cop in your future.

russia!!!