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Just saw Dunia Sibomana from New York won Fargo juniors at 113. If you do not know his amazing story, you should. The young man is inspiring.5 points
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This thread is heating up nicely. Great off season topic, @Kerouac4 points
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Tech had 3 finalists at fargo for their 2025 class in Ryan Burton, Aaron Seidel and Drew gorman the two former won the entire thing. Add that in with top recruits from this year like Gage Wright and Dillon campbell and things are looking good for the Hoakies.3 points
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We don't deserve you.3 points
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He was searching “boobs” and that’s what came up.3 points
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I dunno. Given that Jordan won worlds in 2017 and 2022, it feels like a cop-out to say his one-point losses to Sidakov in 2018 and 2019 were because he was "past his prime." But I wouldn't put Sidakov ahead of JB either. He may be on JB's level but hasn't matched his longevity and accomplishments. The "past his prime" argument is that he was basically untouchable 2011-13, and was at his athletic peak then. Fair enough. But he was also super raw. His lace didn't develop until later. He got a lot savvier as he got older, IMO, mentally stronger. Personally I think his peak ran the full decade, with peak JB being represented by varying versions of JB, his reduced athleticism over time being offset by improvements in other areas. His losses in the latter half were more from guys finally figuring him out. And because his peak ran for such a long time, I'm reluctant to credit Sidakov's career over JB's for beating him in just one small sliver of it, in matches that came down to a last-second score, with a near-decade's worth of Russian intel on how to beat JB. What I feel like people forget is that when Jordan hit the scene in 2011, it was something the world had never seen. Not just his athleticism, what he did with it: His low double and reshot was revolutionary. After 2011 worlds, there were so many interviews of Russians, normally disparaging of US wrestling, raving about how exceptional Jordan was. Seeing how Russia tried so hard to come up with ways to figure him out is so interesting, you could probably make a move out of it. One of my favorite matches is the Tsargush-JB rematch in the 2012 Olympics, where Tsargush had this incredibly clever way of sweeping JB's foot to a single. Watch it: its amazing. Didn't quite work. But fast-forward to 2014, and Tsargush finally figured him out, beating JB at worlds 9-2. But Tsargush's career was sunsetting. Enter Geduev -- who was this immovable tank that JB couldn't move around. All those matches were close, JB winning by a point in '15, losing by a point in '16. Then Tsabalov in '17, who also was strong as an ox and better technique, but lacked JB's stamina and faded. So by the time you get Sidakov in '18, Russia had this huge bank of knowledge about what works against JB and what doesn't. Sidakov, to my eye, used an attacking style closer to 2014 Tsargush, but choosing only attacks that don't leave himself open to the reshot, and had the stamina and mental strength that others lacked. The '18 semis match is a classic, with JB getting a go-ahead TD with 10 seconds left, then Sidakov does the same thing with a few ticks on the clock. Then in 2019, Sidakov does the exact same thing again, winning on a last second score. Clutch vs clutch. But technique-wise, no real separation. JB's blast double and reshot wasn't what it once was, but he had other things in his arsenal he didn't have before. Then comes the pandemic, father time, Dake, and a new weight class, so it isn't fair to compare anymore, except that JB showed he can still win with his '22 title. When the dust settles, JB and Sidakov have the same number of Olympic titles, but Sidakov has less than half of JB's world titles. He showed he could beat the '18-19 version of JB, but they were as close as it gets, and who knows about other years' versions of JB, without the reservoir of Russian scouting. Not sure Sidakov would even have been the 2020 Olympian if Covid didn't happen since he lost to Tsabalov that year. To put Sidakov ahead of JB I'd need to see him holding that same level for as long as JB, and getting it done as long as JB has. Sorry to ramble!2 points
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With the exception of Andor, the Disney Star Wars stuff is mostly crap.2 points
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It's more likely God blessed him with the strength of 1000 men to solely strike down Yazdani and the false prophets he represents.2 points
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I don't know if any of you guys are betting men like me but I would be remised if I did not inform you all that you can get spencer at +600 Amouzad at +700 and Ochir at +1300 on betrivers.1 point
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Depends on the meaning of say. Rasta says you do (see term limit discussion). I say there are too many folks who haven't a clue (see red viking discussions) and will overwhelm anything you might have to say.1 point
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Wow!! That is interesting. The local morning talk host said he figures Biden will be gone before Monday. This seems to suggest that as well. Very interesting. If this happens, I would be very surprised if Joe doesn't support Kamala. He would really have to because she is the VP. But that doesn't mean the delegates have to vote for her, it only means Joe thinks she should be the new candidate. Her poll numbers are worse than Joe's so that would be democratic suicide. I think he'll support her but the DNC won't. mspart1 point
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Lots of guys dropping from teams into the Unattached category. Latest is Drexel heavyweight Billy Brosko1 point
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Have they checked Bob Menendez's sock drawer?1 point
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It just got misplaced, I'm sure they'll find it soon...1 point
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He sounds like the folks in WA. Money missing? No problem. Just ignore. mspart1 point
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What happened to your "not going to insult" approach you were so high on. I guess that went out the door. Of course it never stopped but you wanted us to think so because you said so. mspart1 point
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Pretty stoked at their recent recruiting hauls. Add in that NC State has a good couple classes as well as UNC & Stanford having excellent hauls and the ACC looks great right now. There is Pitt as well that just nailed the portal, too. Be nice to see another team in the ACC to get to 8, but I am okay with whoever earns the 1 seed at ACCs getting that bye. It ends up being an advantage earned by badassery.1 point
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y'all are picky eaters1 point
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screw that! I've got it! Megan Markle! Her and camel are both black women or whatever, they've both defied massive massive impediments based on their race and sex that would have crushed any other people, they have a great command of language and WIDE breadths of general knowledge, they lie really convincingly...this is the perfect ticket!1 point
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it was such an obvious place to end the series.1 point
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Andor was great. I've enjoyed the Mandalorian. The Vader vs Obi -Wan battle in the tv series was well executed1 point
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Yeah I think it’s finally over.1 point
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Catastrophic failure on all levels. The amount of time the shooter had and all the encounters with security detail is difficult to believe. This should have never happened.1 point
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And it sure is looking an awful lot like the shooter was allowed to shoot.1 point
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His son said no stitches and one of the earliest reports said the injury was actually from shattered glass from the teleprompter. That seems much more consistent with the picture we saw of his ear right after. https://x.com/grasshopper2049/status/1812407160003006485?s=46 it doesn’t really matter if he was hit or not anyway. somebody tried to kill him all the same.1 point
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The answer should be the same either place, but rumblings are that Mayorkas is trying to block the subpoena and she’s being told to keep her mouth shut.1 point
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She certainly needs to answer to this.....a lot. But she said she is complying with the subpoena, in the proper forumn. They are acting like paparazzi, not US Senators.1 point
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Yo some of you people need to go outside. Let Bo do his social media and be a kid. Having good social media figures is good for the wrestling community.1 point
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That fits the mode of a lot of the mentally depressed crazy shooters.1 point
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So if the info in that tweet is accurate…it would sound almost like he was just ready to do someone in government, and Trump just happened to be coming to town.1 point
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He’s still working on his theory of how Trump tricked the guy to shoot him in the ear.1 point
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Junior Men’s Freestyle Final Results Team Race 1. Pennsylvania 2. New Jersey 3. California 4. Minnesota 5. Illinois 6. Arizona 7. Oklahoma 8. Ohio 9. Iowa 10. Indiana 100 lbs Championship: Michael Rundell (Illinois) over Xavier Diaz (Pennsylvania) 8-5 3rd Place: Ethan Powell (Ohio) over Kacen Jones (Utah) 10-0 5th Place: Jason Foutz (Pennsylvania) over Brock Goebel (Nebraska) 16-5 7th Place: Kaiden Belinsky (Iowa) over Chase Dubuque (New Jersey) 15-4 106 lbs Championship: Christopher Swann (Georgia) over Antonio Quiroz (Nevada) 8-7 3rd Place: Jarrett Smith (Michigan) over Carter Chunko (Pennsylvania) 6-2 5th Place: Cason Craft (Oklahoma) over Brady Byrd (Indiana) 11-10 7th Place: Charles Esposito (New Jersey) over Daniel Alire (Arizona) 10-0 113 lbs Championship: Dunia Sibomana (New York) over Ayden Dodd (Ohio) 8-2 3rd Place: Abdi Unle (Nebraska) over Revin Dickman (Indiana) 8-6 5th Place: Nicolas Enzminger (North Dakota) over Brayden Teunissen (Illinois) 10-0 7th Place: Caleb Noble (Illinois) over Oumar Tounkara (New York) 13-3 120 lbs Championship: Gauge Botero (Pennsylvania) over Brock Rothermel (Pennsylvania) 11-2 3rd Place: Blake Beissel (Minnesota) over Davis Motyka (Pennsylvania) 7-6 5th Place: Nicolas Garcia (Illinois) over Dom Deputy (Pennsylvania) 4-4 7th Place: Dru Ayala (Iowa) over Antonio Mills (Georgia) 13-11 126 lbs Championship: Aaron Seidel (Pennsylvania) over Koufax Christensen (Iowa) 10-0 3rd Place: Christian Castillo (Arizona) over Gavin Jendreas (Indiana) 10-0 5th Place: Nathan Desmond (Pennsylvania) over Edwin Sierra (California) 5-3 7th Place: Billy Townson (California) over Jace Hedeman (Iowa) 6-0 132 lbs Championship: Jax Forrest (Pennsylvania) over Seth Mendoza (Illinois) 10-0 3rd Place: Jake Hockaday (Indiana) over Matthew Botello (Massachusetts) 8-4 5th Place: Tyler Dekraker (Pennsylvania) over Moses Mendoza (California) 9-8 7th Place: Logan Swensen (Minnesota) over Manuel Saldate (Nevada) 12-3 138 lbs Championship: Sergio Vega (Arizona) over Drew Gorman (Georgia) 10-2 3rd Place: Alex Braun (Minnesota) over Hunter Hollingsworth (Oklahoma) 6-4 5th Place: Sam Herring (Pennsylvania) over Carter Freeman (Iowa) 10-0 7th Place: Kellen Wolbert (Wisconsin) MedFFT Blue Stiffler (Georgia) 144 lbs Championship: Daniel Zepeda (California) over Smokey McClure (Washington) 13-4 3rd Place: Tyson Charmoli (Minnesota) over Pierson Manville (Pennsylvania) 3-2 5th Place: Zeno Moore (Florida) over Jace Roller (Oklahoma) 14-7 7th Place: Gabriel Bouyssou (Rhode Island) over Gus Cardinal (Arizona) 12-0 150 lbs Championship: Landon Robideau (Minnesota) over Paul Kelly (California) 10-0 3rd Place: Maddox Shaw (Pennsylvania) over August Hibler (New Jersey) 6-4 5th Place: Blake Crosby (Michigan) over Daishun Powe (Alabama) 13-2 7th Place: Matthew Martino (Idaho) over Brandon Dean (Colorado) Fall 2:16 157 lbs Championship: Melvin Miller (Pennsylvania) over Isaias Jimenez (Arizona) 8-7 3rd Place: Kody Routledge (Oklahoma) over Ishmael Guerrero (Oklahoma) 11-5 5th Place: Ben Weader (Virginia) FFT Vince Bouzakis (Pennsylvania) 7th Place: Claudio Torres (Florida) over Caleb Olson (Iowa) 10-0 165 lbs Championship: Alessio Perentin (New Jersey) over Elliott Humphries (Massachusetts) 10-0 3rd Place: Charlie Millard (Wisconsin) over Clay Giddens (Oklahoma) 5-3 5th Place: Israel Ibarra (Arizona) over Travis Grace (California) Fall 2:54 7th Place: Gunner Holland (Florida) over Dante Hutchings (Colorado) 13-8 175 lbs Championship: Ryan Burton (New Jersey) over Will Henckel (Connecticut) 4-2 3rd Place: Adam Waters (Pennsylvania) over Caleb Dennee (Wisconsin) 12-1 5th Place: Waylon Cressell (Indiana) over Keenan Sheridan (South Dakota) 10-0 7th Place: Mason Ontiveros (California) over Matthew Jens (Illinois) 11-1 190 lbs Championship: Harvey Ludington (New Jersey) over Cade Ziola (Nebraska) 10-0 3rd Place: Carson Thomas (Ohio) over Gage Yackee (Ohio) 5-5 5th Place: Anders Thompson (Montana) over Elijah Diakomihalis (New York) 15-2 7th Place: Peter Snyder (Maryland) over Aidan Ysaguirre (Arizona) 2-1 215 lbs Championship: Angelo Posada (California) over Anthony Harris (New Jersey) 5-2 3rd Place: Austin Johnson (Pennsylvania) over Melvin Whitehead (Nevada) 10-0 5th Place: Evan McGuire (Minnesota) over Mikey Calcagno (Illinois) 11-6 7th Place: Ian Smith (Wisconsin) over Antonio Palmer (Nebraska) MedFFt 285 lbs Championship: Rocco Dellagatta (New Jersey) over Daniel Herrera (California) 8-7 3rd Place: Parker Ferrell (Virginia) over Cash Henderson (Utah) 15-4 5th Place: Rylan Kuhn (Missouri) over Dean Bechtold (Pennsylvania) 6-5 7th Place: Ricky Thomas (Oklahoma) over Jackson Barnhart (Illinois) 6-01 point -
Reports are….there are absolutely no reports to the extent of injury. I did hear no stitches, and was actually glass that got him and not the bullet. But have no idea what to believe, so take it with a grain of salt.1 point
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Bishop Mccort put 7 in the quarters without 4 nationally ranked wrestlers Bassett,Magro,Slezdionowski,Rodriguez. This teams absolutely insane.1 point
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Thanks for sharing this story and finding the match! Wow what a battle1 point
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I still think Metcalf VS Schlatter Round 1, which was at the Medina tournament in Ohio is the best High School wrestling match this side of Y2K... maybe on either side of Y2K. Being a Michigander and having my kids get their asses handed to them repeatedly by that era of Roy Hall's boys (and Metcalf was by far his best product ever), I went in very naive. The buildup for that finals match was intense. Everyone knew it was going to happen and every round it got closer, everyone started whispering a little more loudly about it. Finally it was going to happen and I couldn't believe my ears - Everbody (okay not EVERYbody... but most everybody that I talked to about it) wanted the match. They were all saying that Metcalf couldn't handle his pace or his power and it completely blew me away because Metcalf hadn't wrestled anybody in nearly a decade who couldn't handle his pace and Schlatter was actually coming up to 145lbs,whereas Metcalf had been there a couple of years now and had always been the larger wrestler. I came away awe-stricken at this match. I then remember when Senior Nationals came along and they were both entered and the same sort of energy was in the air. Everyone knew it was going to happen again. Metcalf was still considered the underdog because many considered that Metcalf was gifted that first match. https://www.flowrestling.org/video/5155124-145lbs-brent-metcalf-vs-dustin-schlatter-05-sr-natls1 point
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Sounds like I hit most of them... Wrestled with Al on an Ohio Team that went out west, he is a couple years younger. We wrestled all the same tourneys growing up. He was a stud as a little dude too...1 point
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At least they should find it's a "screen" name instead of a "chart" name or "bird" name.1 point
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sounds like a french lamb dish in which red wine reduction and chopped shallots are used1 point
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https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/nine-old-wrestler-bench-press-more--mma.html#:~:text=Yes%2C Aaron Brooks is 9,to lift 90-100 pounds.1 point
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Honest to God, I do not understand the whining about this, lol. This doesn't enthuse me, either, so I just don't watch. He'll announce when he announces.1 point
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Its been said (at least once) that even before Uetake came over to the states, etching had been found in a cave in the Glass Mountains describing how he would never be challenged.1 point
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Tracy McGrady once told a story about Kobe. One offseason, apparently at a hotel, McGrady told Kobe that he was going to go work out. Kobe responded by acting like he was crazy. “What are you going to work out for? We’re in the offseason. You don’t need to work out.” McGrady eventually accepted that idea, went back to his room, changed, and relaxed for a bit. But after a short while he got antsy and decided to go lift. And once he got in the weight room, he saw Kobe lifting.1 point
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