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NHS, I take no pleasure in crucifying the most beloved poster on this forum. It will hurt me as much as it will hurt Fly.

Cassioppi rips off his clothes and runs down from the nosebleeds in a surprise return! The crowd goes wild for the male supermodel! Carver Hawkeye Arena is more electric than Caitlin Clark senior night! PSU wins by 40.

Neutral offense: Brett Ungar Baseline defense: Nick Stemmet Scrambling: Ayala Speed: Nelson Brands Pace: Amine Top: Luke Lilledahl Bottom: Joey Cruz Mental: Poznanski

Just to ruffle some feathers...

Iowa/PSU week is upon us. #1 vs #2 Anything can happen. Throw out the record books when these two meet. But before you throw it out here are a few tidbits from it: Iowa leads the all-time series 28-13-2, though PSU is on a three dual winning streak. Largest Iowa Margin of Victory = 33 (1990 @ Iowa City 36-3) Largest PSU Margin of Victory = 23 (2024 @ Iowa City 29-6) I took a look back and was surprised to see this is year four of aggregating predictions on the Iowa/PSU dual duel. As in years past, post your match by match predictions here. I will aggregate the results along with predictions I find on HVI and HR to come up with a "wisdom of the crowds" prediction as well as a closest to the pin prediction. Iowa/PSU Prediction Hall of Fame: 2022 - @flyingcement while only getting 8 of 10 matches correct (9 was the highest @Plasmodium, and PSUNatChamps) cement defied gravity and all others in nailing the final score PSU 19 - Iowa 13 2023 - @Barracuda141 & @PortaJohn both failed to live up to concrete's level of perfection, but did come within 2 points of nailing the final score. Meanwhile @Mr. PeanutButter and @Holtfan went a perfect 10 for 10 picking individual match winners. 2024 - For 2024 I got a little carried away with scoring, but lets just focus on team score and correct matches for now. Come on down @MLB9 & @Dogbone and accept your nomination to the HOF for closest to the pin final score within 1 point. Getting 9 of 10 was so easy that even your author achieved it (without any actual knowledge of wrestling) along with @Interviewed_at_Weehawken, @CHROMEBIRD, @Truzzcat, and @Perry Prediction Tie Breaker: What weight does Gabe "Head Hunter" Arnold wrestle? 174? 184? No weight at all?

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I predict we see the return of The Shoe Tongue tommyshoe.mp4.73c495107e43793db58ce14b27cd4928.mp4

You missed out on the most important categories. Beard - Amine Headshine - Brock Hardy Most traditional looking nerd complete with nerd glasses - Mesenbrink

Tie break Prediction: Brands does the TD 3 hand signal rotates his wrist and says to the ref "read the first line only!"

Ayala is wrestling.

The way to win this competition is by being bold. But there isn't really anything bold about a PSU blowout. The only "bold "picks I can make are Davis beating Ayala if he wrestles, Starocci majoring rather than a straight decision, and Barr with the upset (if you can call it that). If Ayala doesn't wrestle then Davis might be in the hunt for a major or tech. SVN and Parco feel like a coin toss and I wouldn't be surprised to see flip-flopping back-and-forth results this weekend/B1Gs/NCAAs. Wt Winner Method PSU Iowa 125 Lilledahl Dec 3 0 133 Davis Dec 6 0 141 Bartlett Dec 9 0 149 Van Ness Dec 12 0 157 Teemer Dec 12 3 165 Messinbrink Major 16 3 174 Haines Dec 19 3 184 Starocci Major 23 3 197 Barr Dec 26 3 285 Kerk Major 30 3

125- LL dec Cruz: PSU 3 Iowa 0 133- Ayala dec Davis PSU 3 Iowa 3 141- Bartlett mdec Block PSU 7 Iowa 3 149- Parco dec SVN PSU7 Iowa 6 157- Teemer dec Kasak PSU 7 Iowa 9 165- MM mdec Caliendo PSU 10 Iowa 9 174- Haines dec PK PSU 13 Iowa 9 184- Starocci dec Arnold PSU 16 Iowa 9 197- Buchanan dec Barr PSU 16 Iowa 12 HWT- Kerk dec Kueter PSU 19 Iowa 12 Takedowns: 26 Bonus prediction: Starocci has over 4 minutes of RT.

My worst nightmare; And Cael wins the Bo Jax lottery

Because 333 is half of 666.

LOL, that reminds me of a personal anecdote. My Fr year I wrestled 145. The coach released us for Christmas break. I watched my weight and ate responsibly and came back from the break still weighing about 145. Our 115 pounder walked up to me in the hallway between classes and told me "well I guess you have to move up to 157 pounds this week". I responded "why would I do that?". He replied "oh, well Dale (the 125 pounder) ate too much over the break and weighs 147 pounds now. I responded "screw Dale, let him wrestle 157 pounds, he's fatter than I am". 115 replied "I guess that means you'll have to rank him!!", and I said "yeah, that's how it works". That Friday I pinned Dale in about 45 seconds and he was the 157 pounder for a couple weeks, until he got down to 135 (he could beat the 135 pounder).

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I want to step in here with you, but SVN - Lovett was 2-2 with a minute left in the match, so basing this off of a 10-2 Major isn't really that good, man... and it was in Nebbie! SVN has destroyed everyone else this year and between his first and second match with Parco, the gap widened. SVN is in the better room. The maths is mathing the wrong way, here brada. I want to help you and take one of the bettors off your hands, but I feel the need to tell you that Iowa-Penn State is also in Penn State this year. Pleeeeease don't go through with it. I don't want to see you hurt! Also, I don't want to have to change my avatar to mirror yours again (in to something silly... because I'll do it!).

He didn't get bonus last year, wrestling a smaller Kueter who was coming off of football season. No reason to think he would this year. Multiple people on this board were picking Feldman to major Kueter too. He hasn't been what I had hoped, but how about a little respect.? One time U20 World champ, two time finalist.

Yeah, history tells us to doubt a superstar freshman upperweight at Penn State. Those guys never make a run, as opposed to upperweights from Iowa and Michigan, who always live up to expectations at nationals. *jerkoff motion*

@Wrestleknownothing, Lots to consider for these picks. They start at 197 and I might pull the trigger for Josh Barr. People throwing out the idea Ferrari goes 184. Doubt it, but have to wait. One thing I am confident about is Davis will once again notoriously walk in to a takedown at some point during the Ayala match. Have a mental breakdown and lose close

Gophers start backups at 125 and 133 who lose but upper weights dominate. #7 Minnesota 29, Northwestern 12 165 #11 Andrew Sparks (Minn) MD #20 Maxx Mayfield (NU), 11-3 | MINN 4, NU 0 174 #25 Clayton Whiting (Minn) MD Aiden Vandenbush (NU), 18-4 | MINN 8, NU 0 184 #4 Max McEnelly (Minn) TF Jon Halvorsen (NU), 19-4 (6:17) | MINN 13, NU 0 197 #9 Isaiah Salazar (Minn) dec. #12 Evan Bates (NU), 10-3 | MINN 16, NU 0 285 #1 Gable Steveson (Minn) TF Dirk Morley (NU), 19-3 (1:51) | MINN 21, NU 0 125 Dedrick Navarro (NU) fall Quincy Hulverson (Minn), 4:22 | MINN 21, NU 6 133 Massey Odiotti (NU) dec. Blake Beissel (Minn), 14-7 | MINN 21, NU 9 141 #8 Vance VomBaur (Minn) TF #27 Chris Cannon (NU), 20-4 (6:26) | MINN 26, NU 9 149 #24 Sam Cartella (NU) dec. #23 Drew Roberts, 6-3 | MINN 26, NU 12 157 #8 Tommy Askey (Minn) dec. #9 Trevor Chumbley (NU), 3-2 | MINN 29, NU 12

15 - 15 all dec. PSU TD 12 / Iowa TD 8

125 Lilledahl DEC 3-0 133 Ayala DEC 3-3 141 Bartlett DEC 6-3 149 Van Ness DEC 9-3 157 Teemer DEC 9-6 165 Mesenbrink MD 13-6 174 Haines DEC 16-6 184 Starocci MD 20-6 197 Buchanan DEC 20-9 285 Kerkvliet MD 24-9 TB: 28 takedowns

Before I threw those last two reactions at you, I thought you might appreciate this...

Iowa @ 125, 133, 149, 157 & 197 PSU @ 141, 165, 174, 184 & 285

L.L. 3 Cruz 0 2td 1td Davis 0 Ayala 3 0td 3td Bartlett 3 Block 0 3td 0td SVN 0 Parco 3 1td 2td Kasak 0 Teemer 3 1td 2td MM 4 MC 0 5td 2td Haines 3 PK 0 3td 0td C Star 3 Arnold 0 2td 0td Barr 0 S. Buch 3 1td 3td Kerk 3 Kueter 0 2td 0td PSU 15 Iowa !2 PSU 20 td Iowa 13 td Good chance Bartlett gets a major

Screw it, let's have some fun. There are always some BS calls that happen in this dual every year. 125: Cruz dec Lillendahl 3-0 Iowa to make Big Ten announcers go "wow, what a start from Cruz!" 133: Ayala dec Davis 6-0 Iowa and Davis pouts about it. Who knows what that whole "injury" thing against Ohio State was. 141: Bartlett dec Block, 6-3 Iowa. The most mild mannered match of the night. 149: SVN dec Parco 6-6 Tied. Part of me wanted to play devil's advocate and give it to Parco, but I just think SVN is too good, and Parco ain't no Ridge Lovett on top. 157: Teemer dec Kasak 9-6 Iowa. This is the one I think will piss off a lot of people in attendance, but it has to happen somewhere. I don't have Jacori winning it in March. Hell, I don't even think he wins this match at B1Gs. But there will be some last second TD in his favor here. 165: Mesenbrink dec Caliendo 9-9 Tied. Not much to say here. 174: Haines dec Kennedy 12-9 PSU. Again, not much to say here. Two back-to-back hammers for Penn State. 184: Starocci m. dec Arnold 15-9 PSU. I am also taking this chance to predict that Carter will make the most spiteful of posts after this victory, which will proceed to make half the wrestling community dedicate a week of their posting energy to call him a douche. 197: Buchanan dec Barr 15-12 PSU and the Cael tax is paid. 285: Kerkvliet dec Kueter 18-12 PSU. I would've had Kerk by at least a major decision here until I saw him wrestle Slavakouski on Friday night. Perhaps he had disinterest in going too hard for a dual against Rutgers, but I just can't say he looked like the Kerk we see in March. Final Score 18 - 12, PSU. It should be a fun one here.

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If I had to guess Rutgers is tied for third most likely with Ohio State, but behind OK State and Iowa.

I just don't see it for Rutgers with Bo. Never have, never will.

How many entire cows can AJ Ferrari eat?

it was Iowa State's idea to do an RTC exhibition and kudos to Gilman for stepping up while the Cowboy RTC guys are overseas

Porta go with Dave's Chicken for lunch for a month.

It was the year of our lord 2021 and no 197 had separated from the pack to lead the tribe to the promised land. The false prophet known as Buchanan was the favorite going into the season against the babe swaddled in orange and black freshman cloth. But lo he was defeated many times for the babe fired on all pistols and brought forth a six hunnid sixty five pound deadlift baby. And now the prophecy is doomed to repeat itself for 197 is the forbidden wasteland of unrecognized heavyweight talent.

Hello haters. Two championship football games and a major tennis final today but the best part of the sports day was watching Gable Steveson wrestle for 111 seconds and sign autographs and patiently pose for selfies for at least a couple of thousand seconds with hundreds of kids. How anyone can think that him coming back is anything but amazing and a blessing for wrestling is beyond me. I so hope he sticks with it for worlds. He lit up the arena with his presence.

Kansas City Chiefs starting left guard is Mike Caliendo. 6'4" 301. Not sure how he will make weight this week. https://www.chiefs.com/team/players-roster/mike-caliendo/

Let me update the correct data; Cleveland State is sending two wrestlers to the 2024 NCAA Championships, 197: Ben Smith - 285: Daniel Bucknavich. The Vikings wrapped up the 2022 MAC Championships on Saturday, with Marcus Robinson (149), Riley Smucker (165), and Ben Smith (197) qualifying for the NCAA Championships. The Cleveland State wrestling team wrapped up action at the 2021 Mid-American Conference Championships Saturday, with Marcus Robinson (149), DeAndre Nassar (184) and Ben Smith (197) all qualifying for the NCAA Tournament.

Absolutely. Van Ness just got majored. As far as I can tell these guys have only faced off once and it was two years ago. Since then, SVN had a major injury, and Parco transferred to a better program. I'd put a sig or avatar bet on it.

125: Lilledahl dec Cruz 3-0 133: Ayala dec Davis 3-3 141: Bartlett dec Block 6-3 149: Parco dec Van Nes 6-6 157: Kasak dec Teemer 9-6 165: Mesenbrink dec Caliendo 12-6 174: Haines dec Kennedy 15-6 184: Starocci dec Arnold 18-6 197: Barr dec Buchanan 21-6 285: Kerkvliet dec Kueter 24-6 (Penn State) I predict it will be ten matches decided by decision, but that the overall dual score will not be close.

125 Lilledahl maj Cruz - Lil Luke comes off a loss with guns blazing in front of a home crowd. 4-0 PSU 133 Ayala maj Davis - Home cookin' won't save Davis, gets sloppy and Ayala turns him for backs. 4-4 141 Bartlett dec Rhodes - Rhodes will be way overmatched, but I think Bartlett will lowkey wrestle an even-keeled controlled match. 7-4 149 SVN dec Parco - Parco wrestles tight and doesn't take a shot, SVN wins the scrambles. 10-4 157 Teemer dec Kasak - Teemer's physicality will be a problem for Kasak and the refs will force action from Jacori since this won't be at CHA. Gas tank will be tested. 10-7 165 Mesenbrink maj Caliendo - I'd like to see Caliendo narrow the gap, but how do you even pull together a match strategy against Mes? MM wins on pace and blows it open in the third period. 14-7 174 Haines dec Kennedy - Rooting for PK, but Haines' style will give him problems. 17-7 184 Starocci dec Arnold - Gabe's explosiveness will be a non-factor and I expect more of an old school Kemerer-Starocci style grinder. 20-7 197 - Barr dec Buchanan - Barr wins this one by a takedown at BJC but Buchanan wins at Big Tens. 23-7 286 - Kerk dec Keuter - Expecting a snoozer, not that it will matter at this point. 26-7 PSU final TB: 184

125 Lilledahl dec Cruz, 3-0 PSU 133 Ayala dec Davis, 3-3 141 Bartlett maj Block, 7-3 PSU 149 Van Ness dec Parco, 10-3 PSU 157 Teemer dec Kasak, 10-6 PSU 165 Mesenbrink tech Caliendo, 15-6 PSU 174 Haines dec Kennedy, 18-6 PSU 184 Starocci dec Arnold, 21-6 PSU 197 Buchanan dec Barr, 21-9 PSU HWT Kerkvliet dec Kueter, 24-9 PSU I'm assuming Mesenbrink is going to be a man possessed trying to keep that tech streak going.

HOT TAKE: Penn State at home = a smackdown 125 Lilledahl dec Cruz, 3-0 PSU 133 Ayala dec Davis, 3-3 141 Bartlett dec Block, 6-3 PSU 149 Van Ness dec Parco, 9-3 PSU 157 Kasak dec Teemer, 12-3 PSU 165 Mesenbrink tech Caliendo, 17-3 PSU 174 Haines major Kennedy, 21-3 PSU 184 Starocci major Arnold, 25-3 PSU 197 Buchanan major Barr, 25-7 PSU HWT Kerkvliet pin Kueter, 31-7 PSU

125 - Lilledahl dec Cruz - 3-0 PSU 133 - Ayala dec Davis - 3-3 141 - Bartlett MD Block - 7-3 PSU 149 - SVN dec Parco - 10-3 PSU 157 - Teemer dec Kasak - 10-6 PSU 165 - Mesenbrink dec Caliendo - 13-6 PSU 174 - Haines dec Kennedy - 16-6 PSU 184 - Starocci dec Arnold - 19-6 PSU 197 - Buchanan dec Barr - 19-9 PSU 285 - Kerkvliet MD Kueter - 23-9 PSU

125 Lilledahl dec Cruz 3-0 PSU 133 Davis dec Ayala, Brands loses team point 6 - -1 141 Bartlett dec Block 9 - -1 149 Van Ness dec Parco 12 - -1 157 Teemer dec Kasak 12-2 165 Mesenbrink dec Caliendo 15-2 174 Haines dec Kennedy 18-2 184 Starocci dec Arnold 21-2 197 Buchanan dec Barr 21-5 285 Kerk dec Kueter 24-5

125: Joey cruz stays hot 3-0 Iowa 133: Ayala hits a slide bye 6-0 Iowa 141: Beau gets a cradle with 40 seconds left in what was a one score match and gets the fall 6-6 149: Parco loses the takedown battle but snags a tilt to win 5-4 9-6 Iowa 157: Kasak gets a lot of stall calls 9-9 165: Caliendo gets the first two takedowns and then the wheels fall off, but the early action was enough to keep it to a decision 12-9 174: Haines actually wrestles Arnold but it makes no difference 15-9 184: starocci wrestles Angelo and pushes for the major but cannot get it 18-9 197: Buchanan slows down the train of momentum in the dual and for Barr (its not very competitive but a decision) 18-12 285: Kerk decision 21-12

How long was the Suriano vs Fix match ( I'm not sure it was fix). I believe it was at Rutgers. That has to one of the longest matches I've ever seen. 35 minutes.

There are bad youth coaches are in every sport. Fortunately your friend's kids didn't have them...

Colleges are being advised by management consultants who share a similar background and philosophy as their private equity friends: 1) Identify core revenue sources 2) Strip away everything else 3) Lever up

Good interview on the Bader show. Seems to imply there’s a “good chance” he’ll try to go to Worlds this year. Spoke pretty highly of his time with the Bills, but didn’t get much into the WWE stuff.