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Wishing someone would be outraged so you can be outraged at their outrage has to be the most internet thing ever

In the past... the Midlands were highly concentrated! (... just like concentrated frozen orange juice. ) D3

I am taking my talents to South Beach...and hoping you are there.

3 head of Japanese Brown (each just over 1500lbs), 46 barrels of El Dorado (rum) and 12 hookers (all utd on shots and tested clean). Also, a 150 count coupon booklet that includes goodies such as 'one free left foot massage,' '24 hours of honesty,' and 148 others of the golden variety.

Depends on the school and when their first term ends. For example, Foca and Ramirez both wrestled last weekend after taking the first semester off, because finals ended before that dual. "Second semester" really means "after first semester ends."

He's priceless...

First off, love wrestlestat, best wrestling website in history IMO. And yes, I know “they’re ratings, not rankings.” But that doesn’t mean the algorithm can’t be improved. I’m not sure if anything’s changed but the preseason rankings don’t seem as bad as before last season when IIC like 3 multiple time returning champs we’re not ranked #1. But I present the 2 “ratings” that stick out to me the most: 1. Hendrickson over Kerk 2. Redshirt freshman Garrett Grice #11 at 133. Hope he proves me wrong but he has done nothing to be that high. 13-2 as a redshirt, best win was over #57 (last year) Brendan Ferretti, losses to #25 Zaccone and #47 Carter. Huh? Honestly 133 does look a little shallow but still. Wrestlestat guys if you’re reading this, love you but it seems there are 3 main areas for improvement IMO. 1. NCAA tournament performance should have a higher weight 2. Bonus wins should have a lower weight 3. Results from several years back should have a lower weight

I only made five of them, and I was going to gift one to my BFF! These booklets are going places, man.

Maybe Stevenson? 197 looks interesting.

He appointed activist anti choice judges and his tax cuts disproportionately benefited the rich. Checkmate.

I get pointing out the hypocrisy, I would make the distinction that I doubt Yianni was being a conscious hypocrite. It is gauche to lament the practice of an institution you belong to without acknowledging it, but its hard to fault the guy for registering his disapproval at all.

While I usually find Yianni’s sanctimonious comments about recruiting a bit much, in this case, good for Correa. Both he and Sahakian were slated to go 285 at UM. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I loved Jiro Dreams of Sushi. I love sushi even more. I used to be a non-sushi guy, now I get sushi cravings. And for any western suburbs of Chicago denizens Sushi by Chef Soon is the place to scratch any sushi itch.

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I was at CKLV sitting mat side watching Poeta. Had to be mat side. He was so fast if you tried to watch from the stands you just saw a blur, that speed of light/distance issue.

What on earth does a comparable weight class have to do with a 4th stringer..?

maybe pinfoolery!!!

Your theory fails because diaper donny is against the avg American.

You should adopt this guys attitude…. he’s on your team so it’s ok. Fetterman is not going to root against Trump because it’s rooting against the country. Do you want to root against the country? your gonna have a long four years of whining if you don’t.

Have you listened to yourself lately? You guys are a South Park episode. "Member when the Six Million Dollar Man wrestled Bigfoot as Journey sings "Don't Stop Believing?" "I member."

One bourbon, one scoth and one beer!

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If only there was a comparable 97 kg weight class. Oh well, who needs a kid who can make a world team in college when we can have more 4th string 141 pounders in the room who will never sniff the starting lineup!

Amos 220lber in HS. Committed to Wiscy in 2019. Deferred his enrollment till 2020. 2021 wrestled FS/GR only at 97kg. Wisconsin 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 197lber behind Hilger. 2024 OLY RS. 2021 Junior World Champion gold medal in freestyle at 97 kg. 2021 bronze medal in Greco-Roman at 97 kg. 2022 Sr. World Team member, Greco-Roman at 97 kg. I always wanted him to just go get bigger and wrestle 285 but there was Hilger (who was there an extra year/COVID) and yes, I understand that Amos was wrestling 97kg internationally. I believe making 197lbs and injuries just beat him down.

Not only were they listed, but it seemed like everyone was listed up a weight, Rivera at 33, Fugitt at 41, Bobzien at 49, Zargo was even listed at 57.

Red flag on IWB. You have been DQ'd in your review of this movie. If you don't like sushi, and you don't like the idea of sushi, you are exactly the small-brained mammal that is incapable of wrapping your head around the importance of the pursuit of sushi perfection. It just takes hours and hours of learning, hours and hours of repetition, hours and hours of dedication and sacrifice. After all, perfection in one arena isn't really much different than perfection in any other arena.

You can add some comments or theory as to why musk is going to offshore everything in IT. When they’ve been offshoring stuff in IT for a quarter century though. What thoughts do you have of relevance on the topic ?

Imagine how great life as a spectator could be if TrackWrestling and FloArena had a merger of sorts. Probably pretty sick I bet. We can only hope that one day they join forces for the betterment of the wrestling community and they promote the best of both worlds while leaving all the pain points behind.

This blog is the simpler answer to your question. Business intelligence is my bread and butter so I feel qualified to field this question with tenacity. The tl;dr is because quality algos are really difficult and anyone can prompt ChatGPT to get middling results. Real algos are essentially binary and like all things automated, don't always pass the eye test. https://craftofcoding.wordpress.com/2019/09/20/why-designing-algorithms-is-hard/#:~:text=Algorithms are hard because humans,something a machine can do. Why designing algorithms is hard The hardest part of developing software is of course the algorithms. People often think that it’s possible to write a program to do just about anything – but that is just not the case. There are things that humans can do that machines just can’t, and likely never will be able to do. Algorithms are hard because humans don’t think in the same black-and-white manner as machines do. Writing an algorithm to filter an image in a way similar to an Instagram filter is something the human mind cannot do, but interpreting the aesthetics of the filtered image is not something a machine can do. Nor should it. It is too hard to try and frame the complexities of the human mind in a series of steps which can be translated into a program. Even weather predicting models can be flummoxed by the fact that weather is unpredictable, and can change. Anything with some level of randomness in it is more challenging to pin-down, and hence more challenging to write algorithms for. We take algorithms for granted because we think that things that are inherently simple for humans, should be just as easy for machines. Millions of years of evolution have provided us with eyes are able to process visual imagery in a spectacular fashion, yet translating this to algorithmic form for the machine to mimic is almost impossible. Machines are able to easily store imagery, and manipulate it in ways the human visual system cannot, and yet they are not able to instinctively identify objects in a generic manner – although they have made inroads. A human is able to identify a tree species from a distance, a machine is not. Being able to write programs is one facet of software development, but being able to decipher the logic underpinning those programs relies on individuals who can realistically think outside the box, push the envelope so to speak. Look at sorting algorithms. When was the last time a really effective, new sorting algorithm was developed? Most “new” sorting algorithms are usually an extension of an existing algorithm, wringing out a few extra milliseconds of speed. But truly new, transformative sorting algorithms? They just haven’t appeared.

Looks like Gavin Hoffman to Lock Haven has been approved (?) since he has been added to their roster

Is it a shame for Steveson, or is it a shame for you? He is his own person who has given decades to the sport beginning global travel and a singular focus beginning as a young child at the sacrifice of other arenas of his life and owes nothing. People display their jealousy and envy in the ugliest ways.

You mean Jad don't you? I'm sure @MedicineMan has a pic.

if you don't see that the US culture/establishments continue to lower the bar in both their systems and rhetoric, i don't know what to tell you. i guess you're just bad at paying attention. you're going to sit there with a straight face and tell me that the current trend is one in which meritocracy is increasingly valued?

The FALL is CALLED... ... when the ref SAYS so! D3

One time. At band camp. I saw something bad. I know this one guy. Who saw this thing. It was on tv.

I believe there’s a photo of Yianni wearing an Iowa headgear as a youth

Minnesota is sending the big guns: "The Gophers are scheduled to send 26 wrestlers to the Salute, including all 10 who appear in the latest Intermat rankings: No. 1 Gable Steveson (285 pounds), No. 4 Max McEnelly (184 pounds), No. 5 Isaiah Salazar (197), No. 6 Tommy Askey, (157), No. 6 Vance VomBaur (141), No. 9 Cooper Flynn (125), No. 9 Andrew Sparks (165), No. 11 Tyler Wells (133), No. 21 Drew Roberts (149) and No. 23 Clayton Whiting (174). https://gophersports.com/news/2024/12/27/wrestling-gophers-return-to-action-at-soldier-salute

Bassett and Forest had Ohio State headgear on...

I few of my best memories of Midlands include....Owings getting beat by Clyde Smith to eliminate the rematch of Owings vs. Gable in 1970, Jimmy Carr vs. Don Behm in the finals...Behm RD. , watching Cary Kolat take 3rd as a high school junior if I'm not mistaken, watching, Ben and John Peterson, Gable, Hellickson, Schalles, Chris Taylor, how about the Gibbons vs. Lewis match which was a prelude to the rematch where Randy got hurt so bad, a young John Fisher tech falling Olympic Silver medalist Barry Davis in an early round. I just looked at some older brackets, and many weights had 3-4 eventual NCAA Champions in it. Those were some special years at the Midlands. Here is a link to past brackets for your viewing enjoyment.....you'll probably have to zoom in on each bracket and the weights are out of order in all of them. https://nusports.com/sports/2015/6/26/MIDLANDS_0626155320

... them was the good ole days ...

From WIN Magazine Year by Year at the Midlands The following is a chronological look at the 49 past Midlands tournaments which have been hosted by Northwestern University. Year Team Champ / Runner-up Notes 1963 Michigan / Southern Illinois Wolverine Mike Palmisano (115) earned an overtime pin as first Midlands champ; both Michigan and SIU featured three champs each in LaGrange, Ill. 1964 Michigan / Michigan State Former Oklahoma State champ Masaaki Hatta defeated eventual Michigan State AA Don Behm, 8-5, for 130-pound title 1965 Iowa State / Michigan State Former NCAA champ Larry Kristoff claimed third title; Team champ Cyclones featured three champs, including Buzzard brothers Bob (152) and Don (191) 1966 Michigan State / Mayor Daley WC Iowa State freshman, not yet NCAA eligible, Dan Gable (130) defeated Masaaki Hatta for first of six Midlands championships 1967 Iowa State / Michigan State In a battle of eventual NCAA champs Gable needed OT to beat Michigan State’s Dale Anderson at 137; Behm beat Hatta, 8-3, to avenge 1964 Midlands 1968 Michigan State / Iowa State Chuck Jean beat his Iowa State teammate Jason Smith for 177-pound title; Toledo’s 115-pound Dave Keller won second title in three years 1969 Michigan State / Michigan Six Spartans met in three finals; Mike Ellis over Tom Milkovich (134), Lane Headrick beating Ron Ovellet (150) and Pat Karslake over Gerald Malecek (167) 1970 Iowa State / Michigan State OSU brothers Dewayne and Darrell Keller each won at 126 and 134; ISU’s giant HWT Chris Taylor needed OT to beat Toledo’s Greg Wojciechowski 1971 Iowa State / Michigan State The Peterson brothers — Stout’s John (177) and Iowa State’s Ben (190) — each won; Gable’s last (31st) Midlands win over Clyde Smith for sixth title 1972 Iowa State / Oklahoma State Clarion’s Wade Schalles earned 158-pound title and O.W. honors with four pins; Michigan’s Jim Brown beat Midlands champ Dan Sherman (118) of Iowa 1973 Oklahoma State / Michigan Olympian Jimmy Carr (126) was named OW with title; Michigan’s Jerry Hubbard needed OT to beat Wisconsin’s Rich Lawinger at 150 1974 Iowa / Iowa State Former Wolverine Don Behm beat Kentucky’s Jimmy Carr on referee’s decision to claim 134-pound title and OW honors 1975 Iowa / Iowa State Minnesota’s Larry Zilverberg beat Olympian Stan Dziedzic in 167 final for OW honors; Wisconsin’s Lee Kemp (158) claims first Midlands championship 1976 Iowa / Oklahoma State OW Harold Smith of Kentucky beat OSU’s Jimmy Jackson at HWT; 126-pound Jay Swanson (South Dakota State) earned Midlands’ record fall in 0:12 1977 Iowa / Hawkeye WC Two unattached wrestlers won titles: Mike McArthur (OW) at 118 and Willie Gadson, who won in overtime bout in 190 final 1978 Iowa / Hawkeye WC Schalles recorded four falls to earn OW award and 167-pound championship; former Hawkeyes Chuck Yagla and Chris Campbell won for Club 1979 Iowa / Hawkeye WC Ben Peterson (190) tied Gable’s record of six titles; Schalles beat Dave Schultz in 158-pound final; Iowa’s Randy Lewis named OW after beating Cysewski 1980 Iowa / Wisconsin WC Iowa’s Lennie Zalesky (142) was named first Champion of Champions; Indiana State’s Bruce Baumgartner pinned Iowa’s Lou Banach in 1:59 at HWT 1981 Iowa State / Hawkeye WC Iowa State’s Joe Gibbons beat Iowa’s Mark Trizzino on ref’s decision at 126; ISU’s Nate Carr (177) and Mike Mann (190) also won to break Iowa streak 1982 Iowa / Oklahoma State Nebraska’s OW Al Freeman upset Randy Lewis and Lehigh’s Darryl Burley at 142; future Michigan coach Joe McFarland beat Gene Mills, 7-6, at 126 1983 Iowa / Hawkeye WC First time four brothers placed at Midlands: Jackson, Harlan, Lindsey and Marty Kistler; Scott Trizzino (167) first to place at four different weights 1984 Sunkist WC / Iowa Bill Scherr (190) named Champ of Champs to claim four titles for Sunkist; joining brother Jim (177) as well as Charlie Heard (126) & Gary Bohay (134) 1985 Iowa / Sunkist Kids WC 142-pound Gene Mills (NYAC) named OW; Michigan frosh Brandon O’Donahue had five pins , including tourney fastest in 31 seconds 1986 North Carolina / Sunkist Kids WC Baumgartner broke Midlands record with seventh championship and 35 straight wins; Current Cornell coach Rob Koll won 158-pound title for Tar Heels 1987 Sunkist Kids WC / Wisconsin Champ of Champs Mike Sheets (177) led Sunkist to title; Ed Giese of the Gopher WC named OW with 118-pound title; Wisconsin led by Jeff Jordan (150) 1988 Sunkist Kids WC / Iowa Lock Haven’s Mike Lingenfelter (134) captured OW and Gorrarian awards, pinning five foes in 8:13, including one in 19 seconds 1989 Arizona State / Sunkist Kids WC Zeke Jones (118), OW Andy McNaughton (134), Thom Ortiz (142), Ray Miller (158) and Dan St. John (167) won titles for Sun Devils 1990 Iowa / Sunkist Kids WC For the first time since first tournament there were 10 first-time champs, including Iowa’s Tom Brands (134) and Tom Ryan (158) 1991 No Team Scores Oklahoma State’s Alan Fried beat Tom Brands to earn OW and Champ of Champs honors; HWT Tom Erikson broke his own record with fall in 0:08 1992 Iowa / Sunkist Kids WC Mike Schmidlin (150) did not place but tied Midlands record with 51st career match and set weight record with 32 wins 1993 No Team Scores Penn State’s Cary Kolat avenged ‘93 NCAA final loss to North Carolina’s T.J. Jaworsky with 134-pound title and OW honors 1994 No Team Scores Iowa frosh Joe Williams (158) won first of 10 titles; current Maryland coach Kerry McCoy (Penn State) beat future Olympic champ Rulon Gardner at HWT 1995 No Team Scores Iowa’s Jeff McGinness pinned four of five foes to earn 126-pound title as well as OW, Champ of Champs and Gorrarian Awards 1996 Iowa / Edinboro Iowa had three champs (Mark Ironside, Lincoln McIlravy and Williams); just one more than Bakersfield’s Cody Wright (126) and HWT Stephen Neal 1997 Iowa / Illinois Edinboro’s Jason Robison (190) beat Iowa’s Lee Fullhart to claim Champ of Champ honors; Joe Williams beat Brandon Slay in preview of NCAA final 1998 Iowa / Iowa State Central Michigan’s two-time titlist Casey Cunningham (157) named Champ of Champ; three-time champ Stephen Neal also had most pins in least time 1999 Iowa / Illinois Iowa State’s Cael Sanderson (184) beat Illinois’ Nate Patrick for first Midlands title; six weights won by non-collegiate club wrestlers 2000 Minnesota / Iowa State Team champ Gophers featured just one champ: Jared Lawrence, who won 149-pound title as a No. 4 seed 2001 Iowa / Iowa State Cael Sanderson joined Gable as only four-time Midlands champ without a loss; current Clarion coach Troy Letters became 7,500th Midlands entry 2002 Iowa / Ohio State Joe Williams (174) breaks Baumgartner’s record with ninth championship; Cornell’s Travis Lee (125) was named Champ of Champs 2003 Illinois / Iowa State In addition to 10th Midlands title, Williams set records for most (55) and consecutive victories (51); Tommy Rowlands (Hwt) joins “20 wins in 4 year” club 2004 Illinois / Iowa Stanford’s Matt Gentry (157) became just the 7th wrestler to win OW and Champ of Champ honors; Jake Herbert claims first Northwestern title in 30 years 2005 Illinois / Central Michigan Herbert beat Iowa’s Mark Perry, 5-4, in 174-pound final; Bakersfield’s unseeded Tommy Vargas upset the No. 1 seed and claims 133-pound title 2006 Iowa State / Iowa ISU mentor Cael Sanderson joined Dan Gable as only men to win Midlands titles as wrestlers and coach; MSU’s Nick Simmons joined “20 in 4” club 2007 Iowa / Iowa State While Mark Perry captured Champ of Champs and Gorrarian awards, Iowa State’s Jake Varner upset Jake Herbert in overtime of 174-pound title bout 2008 Iowa / Iowa State Wisconsin’s Zach Tanelli upset Harvard’s No. 1-seed Corey Jantzen and eventually won title at 141; Maryland’s Hudson Taylor recorded five falls at 197 2009 Iowa / Iowa State In a preview of 125 NCAA final, Iowa’s Matt McDonough beat Iowa State’s Andrew Long; Maryland’s Alex Krom beat #1 Jimmy Kennedy (Illinois) at 141 2010 Missouri / Wisconsin Without an individual title, Tigers win first Midlands team title; No. 8 seed Chase Nelson (Oklahoma) upset No. 1 seed and wins title at 157 2011 Iowa / Northwestern Oklahoma’s Kendric Maple (141) named Champ of Champs after beating Iowa’s Montell Marion; Former Boilermaker Jake Patacsil claims title at 149

"pinfall".....is that the same as 2 pins or 2 falls????

I agree!!!

Merry Christmas Medicine Man!

As always a seasonal favorite, but Jadidi really should be enjoyed year round.

Well, now she will. Sakurai vs Fujinami and their last match at 59kg this year wasn't particularly close with Fujinami winning. Sakurai never threatened at all because Fujinami is just way too fast for her-just like she's too fast for everybody at 53kg. Kiyooka vs Fujinami has just been utter ownage and Kiyooka is just completely outclassed by Fujinami. It's just not even close. Like I was also speculating earlier this year if Fujinami bumped up to 57kg, Susaki might bump up to 53kg since she's been at 48/50kg since she was 16 and now 25. Remina Yoshimoto(Olso 50kg WC) will slide into the 50kg spot if that does happen. Yoshimoto just beat Umi Ito yesterday in another very close Emperor's Cup finals match, 3-2. Susaki vs Moe Kiyooka(or possibly past 53/55kg WC Haruna Okuno) is going to be very, very good. Yoshimoto is better than Kiyooka, but this will be fun to keep an eye on. Mainly because Kiyooka and Sakurai are teammates, normal training partners, Olympic training partners and Moe Kiyooka's brother won the 65kg gold in Paris. Moe Kiyooka is the hungry dog here and just won the 53kg tournament. Haruna Okuno won the 55kg tourney(will eventually drop to 53kg, but probably not next year) with a come from behind win in the finals against high schooler Sowaka Uchida(1x U20 WC, 2x U17 WC). Okuno was up by 1 toward the end of the match. Uchida scored 1, Uchida had criteria and Okuno's corner challenged and lost. 3-2 Uchida with VERY short time left. Okuno kept the pressure on and got a feet to back for a 6-3 win right before the buzzer. PAST MEETINGS: 2024- Moe Kiyooka beat Haruna Okuno in the 55kg playoff finals, 3-2 and Kiyooka won the 2024 55kg Senior World title(teched Zhang of China in the finals). 2023- 55kg playoff tournament, Okuno beat Kiyooka 2-2 on criteria in the first round and Okuno won the 2023 55kg Senior World title(beat Jacarra in the finals, 4-2). But as far as making the National team goes, you have to win both tournaments (Emperor's Cup and Meiji Cup) to make the team. Susaki and Fujinami will most likely enter the Meiji Cup, try to win that tournament and force a playoff with Kiyooka at 53kg and Sara Natami at 57kg. Fujinami will dominate Natami pretty easily. Susaki and Kiyooka could be a very close match because although Kiyooka is really fast, Susaki is way faster and technically, much better.