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For @bnwtwg IAINWALOWTBAL but... I listened a little and thought the following were interesting statements Plaintiff's Attorney: There is no defined bench There was no ongoing contest Not sure what video the NJSIAA is relying on Discovery was not timely. Only received this morning. Due process requires a meeting with legal representation, which implies the right to cross examine. Even if it is determined the plaintiff did what is alleged, there are other penalties available. Defendant's Attorney: Plaintiff does not deny leaving the bench and joining melee or assaulting a member of the crowd There is no dispute of the facts or the conduct of the plaintiff (the Plaintiff's Attorney disagreed with this statement) Immediate relief is not required This opens the court to more broadly spend time determining student/athlete eligibility. Do they want to do that? Plaintiff was invited to submit evidence without limitation. A victim identified the plaintiff as the person who punched him. Motivation for attacking is not the issue as these are strict liability regulations, and the plaintiff cannot be allowed to decide what is reserved for the police. The judge asked few questions. The only one I remember was whether anyone was arrested. The defendant's attorney said Knox Jr. and Knox Sr. were the only ones detained and that the police were investigating to determine if charges are warranted. The judge pointed out that the plaintiff's statement of events seemed to leave out any mention of what happened between the conclusion of the bout and the defendant appearing in the stands during the melee. Not sure what any of that means for the requested injunction, but found it interesting.

I think we have @steamboat_charlie communicate to a few of us how he wants us to draft for him. He could give us a Top 15 (for him) in each weight or something?

Did the prize shared by the WaPo and NYT for reporting on Russian collusion suggest to you they were accurate?

We can all laugh at Trump (and I encourage it), but there is a real life instance of nickel missing from the London nickel warehouse that is used to back nickel futures contract trading on the London exchange. In its place was a bag of rocks.

A guy named Ramos, maybe?

Obviously not:

Rei primarily competes at 61kg during none olympic years so if anything I think this may keep ono at 61 this year. Japans best team would have ono at 57 though. Nishiuchi who he beat for the spot last year 3-2 is probably the second best guy in the world at the weight. He's a 2x junior world champ and beat Aman,Richards and cruz in 2023 at the zagreb when he was 19.

Kyle's main similarities to Bruce are that he medals a lot, while losing a lot, and is untouchable domestically. But I think their standing at their respective weight and the trajectories differ. Bruce was ambiguously the best wrestler in the world for most of his career, with a 4 year window in his 30s where he had a mini reign as the clear top guy. Snyder peaked early and had his mini reign very young. He was then overshadowed by another wrestler moving up and seemed to regress as he moved into his later 20s.

Someone on HVI asked me to calculate the odds of PSU finishing with just 1 champion. Here is what I came up with. There are a couple ways to look at this. Using odds generated from the entire field between 2010 and 2024, and assuming the current Flo rankings will also be the seeds, the most likely outcome is 3 champions. There is even an infinitely small chance of 10 champs (0.0000172%) But PSU has always performed better than the field. If we use odds generated from PSU's results over the same time frame, the most likely outcome jumps up to 5 champions. However, the odds of 9 or 10 go to zero as PSU has not had a #4 or #8 win in that window. In this scenario there is even a 32.5% chance PSU breaks the record and finishes with 6+ champions. Nuts. The big difference is the #1 and #2 seeds. For the field including PSU #1 seeds won 52.14% of the time, but PSU #1 seeds won 80.77% of the time. For the field including PSU #2 seeds won 19.29% of the time, but PSU #2 seeds won 42.11% of the time. Of course, the B1G tournament results will go a long way toward determining the actual seeds. I will update this at that time.

As always, feel free to let me know where you think I went wrong. I have no insight into starting lineups (just used wrestlestat to collect all of the data) Big 12 Interactive Brackets Interactive Brackets: use the interactive brackets using the following letters and the team score will automatically: D, M, T, F (decision, major, tech, fall). Seed changes: You can change those seeds on the 125R, 133R, 141R, etc. sheets and it will automatically update the team predictions based off of seeds with no bonus factored in. Conference Records: These are wrestlers records vs. who I have in the field at that weight Rankings: WS = wrestlestat | CR = coaches ranking | RPI = RPI (I am waiting until the final coaches ranking and RPI to add those) 125 lbs. #1 Stevo Poulin (UNCO) (17-1, 7-0 BIG 12): 4 WS #2 Richard Figueroa (ASU) (12-1, 5-1 BIG 12): 1 WS #3 Jett Strickenberger (WVU) (14-6, 7-1 BIG 12): 6 WS #4 Troy Spratley (OKST) (17-3, 5-1 BIG 12): 5 WS #5 Tanner Jordan (SDSU) (21-5, 3-0 BIG 12): 17 WS #6 Kysen Terukina (ISU) (12-1, 1-1 BIG 12): 22 WS #7 Antonio Lorenzo (OKLA) (13-7, 4-4 BIG 12): 26 WS #8 Trever Anderson (UNI) (13-9, 0-5 BIG 12): 24 WS Gage Walker (MIZZ) (10-9, 1-5 BIG 12): 34 WS Bridger Ricks (UVU) (13-11, 3-5 BIG 12): 43 WS Garrett Ricks (WYO) (6-7, 3-4 BIG 12): 38 WS Tristan Daugherty (NDSU) (8-11, 2-4 BIG 12): 46 WS Mitchell Neiner (CB) (9-16, 1-5 BIG 12): 60 WS Robert Wright (AF) (10-10, 0-6 BIG 12): 50 WS 133 lbs. #1 Evan Frost (ISU) (16-2, 9-0 BIG 12): 5 WS #2 Reece Witcraft (OKST) (9-4, 6-1 BIG 12): 15 WS #3 Kyle Burwick (NDSU) (22-10, 6-1 BIG 12): 9 WS #4 Dominick Serrano (UNCO) (17-2, 8-1 BIG 12): 18 WS #5 Julian Farber (UNI) (12-5, 5-2 BIG 12): 20 WS #6 Derrick Cardinal (SDSU) (16-12, 6-5 BIG 12): 32 WS #7 Cleveland Belton (OKLA) (11-5, 3-3 BIG 12): 29 WS #8 Kade Moore (MIZZ) (11-15, 3-4 BIG 12): 35 WS Julian Chlebove (ASU) (4-9, 1-6 BIG 12): 33 WS Hunter Leake (CB) (4-6, 2-3 BIG 12): 49 WS Kase Mauger (UVU) (16-11, 6-7 BIG 12): 36 WS Gavin Caprella (AF) (16-14, 1-6 BIG 12): 55 WS Tommy Maddox (WVU) (10-12, 2-6 BIG 12): 59 WS Stockton O'Brien (WYO) (9-17, 1-9 BIG 12): 62 WS 141 lbs. #1 Andrew Alirez (UNCO) (12-0, 6-0 BIG 12): 3 WS #2 Tagen Jamisen (OKST) (17-3, 5-2 BIG 12): 8 WS #3 Jacob Frost (ISU) (27-5, 7-2 BIG 12): 9 WS #4 Mosha Schwartz (OKLA) (11-4, 4-2 BIG 12): 15 WS #5 Cael Happel (UNI) (20-3, 8-3 BIG 12): 7 WS #6 Josh Edmond (MIZZ) (13-8, 3-4 BIG 12): 17 WS #7 Julian Tagg (SDSU) (13-9, 4-3 BIG 12): 19 WS #8 Haiden Drury (UVU) (16-6, 1-3 BIG 12): 24 WS Cole Brooks (WYO) (14-14, 2-7 BIG 12): 40 WS Carter Nogle (AF) (22-12, 1-6 BIG 12): 42 WS Eli Griffin (CB) (9-4, 2-1 BIG 12): 34 WS Daniel Miranda (ASU) (4-7, 1-3 BIG 12): 64 WS Jordan Titus (WVU) (9-13, 0-7 BIG 12): 38 WS Kellyn March (NDSU) (2-4, 0-1 BIG 12): 47 WS 149 lbs. #1 Colin Realbuto (UNI) (19-4, 9-1 BIG 12): 8 WS #2 Paniro Johnson (ISU) (20-3, 6-1 BIG 12): 10 WS #3 Jesse Vasquez (ASU) (13-7, 4-2 BIG 12): 23 WS #4 Willie McDougald (OKLA) (16-4, 6-3 BIG 12): 19 WS #5 Gabe Willochell (WYO) (16-9, 8-3 BIG 12): 20 WS #6 Carter Young (OKST) (10-10, 3-5 BIG 12): 17 WS #7 Logan Gioffre (MIZZ) (8-9, 2-3 BIG 12): 42 WS #8 Gavin Drexler (NDSU) (18-8, 4-3 BIG 12): 44 WS Paul Kelly (CB) (16-6, 3-3 BIG 12): 37 WS Benjamin Alanis (UNCO) (9-12, 2-6 BIG 12): 54 WS Avery Allen (SDSU) (19-11, 1-3 BIG 12): 47 WS Sam Hillegas (WVU) (6-12, 1-6 BIG 12): 51 WS Smokey McClure (UVU) (6-9, 1-5 BIG 12): 73 WS Alec Viduya (AF) (9-14, 0-6 BIG 12): 75 WS 157 lbs. #1 Cody Chittum (ISU) (16-3, 3-1 BIG 12): 11 WS #2 Caleb Fish (OKST) (16-7, 5-1 BIG 12): 16 WS #3 Ryder Downey (UNI) (20-3, 5-2 BIG 12): 5 WS #4 Cobe Siebrecht (SDSU) (10-7, 3-2 BIG 12): 23 WS #5 James Conway (MIZZ) (15-13, 6-3 BIG 12): 20 WS #6 Jared Hill (WYO) (20-8, 5-2 BIG 12): 24 WS #7 Vince Zerban (UNCO) (14-4, 4-4 BIG 12): 21 WS #8 Drayden Morton (CB) (14-9, 1-1 BIG 12): 39 WS Maxwell Petersen (NDSU) (19-8, 3-2 BIG 12): 38 WS Ryker Fullmer (UVU) (10-13, 0-6 BIG 12): 56 WS KJ Evans (OKLA) (12-4, 0-0 BIG 12): 64 WS Sasha Gavronsky (WVU) (11-10, 0-4 BIG 12): 65 WS EJ Beloncik (AF) (10-15, 0-4 BIG 12): 70 WS Michael Kilic (ASU) (4-16, 0-3 BIG 12): 71 WS 165 lbs. #1 Terrell Barraclough (UVU) (23-1, 6-1 BIG 12): 3 WS #2 Peyton Hall (WVU) (26-1, 9-1 BIG 12): 4 WS #3 Cameron Amine (OKST) (13-5, 7-4 BIG 12): 7 WS #4 Drake Rhodes (SDSU) (21-3, 8-1 BIG 12): 8 WS #5 Cameron Steed (MIZZ) (11-4, 4-2 BIG 12): 11 WS #6 Nicco Ruiz (ASU) (11-5, 3-3 BIG 12): 13 WS #7 Jack Thomsen (UNI) (16-8, 4-5 BIG 12): 23 WS #8 Aiden Riggins (ISU) (12-15, 1-6 BIG 12): 40 WS Tate Picklo (OKLA) (13-6, 3-5 BIG 12): 38 WS Boeden Greenley (NDSU) (18-19, 3-8 BIG 12): 46 WS Clayton Ulrey (UNCO) (11-8, 3-4 BIG 12): 41 WS Logan Fowler (AF) (12-6, 1-3 BIG 12): 48 WS Cooper Voorhees (WYO) (14-13, 2-7 BIG 12): 39 WS Daniel Manibog (CB) (16-11, 0-4 BIG 12): 52 WS 174 lbs. #1 Keegan O'Toole (MIZZ) (12-0, 1-0 BIG 12): 1 WS #2 Dean Hamiti (OKST) (19-0, 7-0 BIG 12): 3 WS #3 Gaven Sax (OKLA) (11-3, 3-2 BIG 12): 16 WS #4 Brody Conley (WVU) (13-6, 6-2 BIG 12): 21 WS #5 Jared Simma (UNI) (18-10, 7-4 BIG 12): 18 WS #6 Cade DeVos (SDSU) (17-5, 7-2 BIG 12): 8 WS #7 MJ Gaitan (ISU) (12-8, 1-4 BIG 12): 24 WS #8 Riley Davis (WYO) (13-11, 3-3 BIG 12): 50 WS Carter Schmidt (CB) (15-10, 3-3 BIG 12): 59 WS Mark Takara (UVU) (11-13, 3-6 BIG 12): 45 WS Devin Wasley (NDSU) (14-12, 3-4 BIG 12): 44 WS Jack Ganos (AF) (14-13, 2-7 BIG 12): 58 WS Ayden Rix-McElhinney (UNCO) (3-10, 1-7 BIG 12): 67 WS Maxwell Wilner (ASU) (6-6, 0-3 BIG 12): 69 WS 184 lbs. #1 Parker Keckeisen (UNI) (20-0, 10-0 BIG 12): 1 WS #2 Dustin Plott (OKST) (15-3, 7-2 BIG 12): 3 WS #3 Bennett Berge (SDSU) (22-4, 12-2 BIG 12): 6 WS #4 Evan Bockman (ISU) (12-6, 3-4 BIG 12): 15 WS #5 Colton Hawks (MIZZ) (8-4, 1-2 BIG 12): 12 WS #6 Deanthony Parker (OKLA) (15-4, 4-3 BIG 12): 19 WS #7 Eddie Neitenbach (WYO) (10-3, 5-5 BIG 12): 18 WS #8 Dennis Robin (WVU) (19-10, 5-7 BIG 12): 29 WS Aidan Brenot (NDSU) (17-13, 4-7 BIG 12): 17 WS Nathan Haas (CB) (13-12, 3-6 BIG 12): 51 WS Gage Musser (AF) (17-9, 3-4 BIG 12): 46 WS Caleb Uhlenhopp (UVU) (12-10, 2-6 BIG 12): 40 WS AJ Heeg (UNCO) (13-13, 1-7 BIG 12): 53 WS Cael Valencia (ASU) (2-8, 0-5 BIG 12): 59 WS 197 lbs. #1 Luke Surber (OKST) (18-2, 9-0 BIG 12): 8 WS #2 Joey Novak (WYO) (20-3, 8-2 BIG 12): 11 WS #3 Wyatt Voelker (UNI) (22-4, 5-3 BIG 12): 12 WS #4 Zach Glazier (SDSU) (13-5, 5-1 BIG 12): 15 WS #5 Ian Bush (WVU) (16-10, 4-3 BIG 12): 28 WS #6 Nate Schon (ISU) (14-10, 2-2 BIG 12): 42 WS #7 Bradley Hil (OKLA) (7-10, 2-5 BIG 12): 48 WS #8 Brian Burburjia (AF) (21-9, 3-4 BIG 12): 37 WS Andrew Donahue (UNCO) (9-10, 3-6 BIG 12): 38 WS Kael Bennie (UVU) (11-10, 3-5 BIG 12): 46 WS Eli Sheeran (CB) (13-14, 2-3 BIG 12): 44 WS Max Acciardi (ASU) (6-9, 1-3 BIG 12): 57 WS Tayshaun Glover (NDSU) (9-13, 0-5 BIG 12): 60 WS Jesse Cassat (MIZZ) (7-16, 0-5 BIG 12): 72 WS 285 lbs. #1 Wyatt Hendrickson (OKST) (18-0, 9-0 BIG 12): 2 WS #2 Cohlton Schultz (ASU) (19-4, 5-1 BIG 12): 5 WS #3 Lance Runyon (UNI) (16-5, 3-3 BIG 12): 14 WS #4 Daniel Herrera (ISU) (24-11, 4-6 BIG 12): 22 WS #5 Jarrett Stoner (MIZZ) (20-7, 3-2 BIG 12): 34 WS #6 Juan Mora (OKLA) (10-6, 4-4 BIG 12): 36 WS #7 Luke Rasmussen (SDSU) (17-8, 6-5 BIG 12): 32 WS #8 Sam Mitchell (WYO) (21-8, 6-1 BIG 12): 41 WS Andrew Blackburn-Frost (NDSU) (13-17, 6-5 BIG 12): 37 WS Michael Wolfgram (WVU) (11-10, 3-3 BIG 12): 46 WS Jack Forbes (UVU) (9-12, 2-6 BIG 12): 48 WS Jose Valdez (UNCO) (1-6, 1-5 BIG 12): 51 WS Tristan Kemp (CB) (9-16, 1-6 BIG 12): 57 WS Antonio Ramos (AF) (15-15, 0-6 BIG 12): 55 WS Team Score (no bonus, just advancement and placement points based on seed) 1. Oklahoma State - 145 2. Iowa State - 114.5 3. Northern Iowa - 112.5 4. South Dakota State - 83 5. Missouri - 73 6. Oklahoma - 68 7. Northern Colorado - 55 8. West Virginia - 52.5 9. Arizona State - 50.5 10. Wyoming - 46.5 11. Utah Valley - 23.5 12. North Dakota State - 17 t-13. Air Force - 4.5 t-13. Cal Baptist - 4.5

Yep, Tommy boy has a secret plan to get Ferrari on top at the Big 10 & NCAA tournament this year. Hard at work in the room teaching him new moves to get off bottom. Start with a Granby Roll & half way through do a Thomas Flair(gymnastics move) to use the legs & knock the oppenent off of him. Then a Double back flip with a half twist so he lands on his feet already facing his opponent - who is now dizzy from trying to watch the two filps - more powerful than a Flying Squirrel move. Ferrari is quick study & will be ready for the tournament. In addition, he will be wrestling 197 as well so he can beat his brother - and you guys thought Iowa had no chance.

Ah Sheldon, I warned you not to be like Menendez. But you knew better. mspart

The left cries about $5million for citizenship but supported millions of illegals coming in with the implied promise of availability of all social services to them up to and including citizenship. Do they know which way is up or down, right or left, if something is black or white etc? They are so contradictory it makes your head spin. mspart

Knowing just a little bit of the behind the scenes of coaches voting is that what happens is coach's ballots save week to week and they can go in and submit the same ballot each time. Keegan O'Toole was ineligible to be ranked two weeks ago and those 2-3 coaches who did not have him ranked I assume just submitted their same ballot as the previous week without looking to see if anybody new became eligible.

Pretty wild to leave him off three ballots given that he wrestled 2/22 and was clearly submitted by Missouri as the starter. Makes me wonder about the actual mechanics of the voting.

Good lookin' out brother. I'll help out...

Also at 133 which only has four at large spots: three allocations at 133 in the ACC for Connor McGonagle, Tyler Knox, and Ethan Oakley. On the outside looking in is two time all american and three time qualifier Kai Orine.

Between this and his current musings about the legal tricks used in the courtroom today, Minnow is a real "jack of all trades, master of none" type.

Hopefully this leads to many years of playing a fun game called Knox or Ferrari!

The lawyer has a good point about there being no bench. If that’s what NJSIAA is saying was the violation I’m thinking he’s going to get it overturned

If we get a Sunday comics out of it; its worth it.

To me Spencer did not look smaller than Ono.

Jersey shore s7 e1?

Despite your data, I think Penn State only has 2 champs this year. 165 Mesenbrink 184 Starocci Penn State will have 4 runners up though: 149 SVN 157 Kasak 174 Haines HWT Kerk 3rd place: 141 Bartlett 197 Barr

He came third at the emperor's cup in December at 65. The winner and the runner up went to Albania but neither got a medal. He posted after winning junior asians at 61 that it would be his last time at that weight class. This is after Ono beat him for the junior world spot. I think he has lost to both Tanabe and Ogino in his past two tournaments at 65.

Poor guy (dad). He simply asked them to stop lol. Then started hulk smashing people. He’s super innocent

Ghasempour techs Akturk and is into the final. He didn't rub Akturk's head this time after the match, thankfully. For what it's worth regarding Ghasempour's weight - Babak, the Iranian wrestling instagram star and UWW commentator, says Ghasempour weighs around 92kg and that he thinks it's unlikely that he could wrestle 86.

Lee did a good job fending off the leg attack once in period two... but... I wonder why Ono didn't attack more at the end of the second period. Lee looked exhausted and his positioning loosened. Ono held his positions and appeared to have plenty in the tank. Was this a sign of respect? An American likely rushes into trouble. Ono had the mental disciple to hold position and minimize unnecessary risk. There is something to be learned about calculated restraint there.

Cornell has been doing a great job recruiting wrestlers with attractive moms. I mean this entirely as a compliment to Mrs. Knox and am not looking for a middle aged MMA dad in a tank top to attack me! I've had enough bad luck in NJ!

Yeah, I wouldn't be that happy at that stage(well, I would, but I'm assuming I'm good enough to win an Olympic Gold here)... It's fine to be beaten up, take a beat and then walk out, head held high(as I think Lee did in the last Olympics). It's the process to get you there. Just a stupid little anecdote, but I was Wrestling a tournaments with some Minnesota kids in it. I tech falled this guy I'd grown up Wrestling. I'd always beaten him and I knew him. Marty Morgan is over talking to my Dad, I don't know why, but whatever. I'm in the finals. I've got another Minnesota kid. I get hammed like 7-3(but not that close)or something. Not competitive. Morgan goes up to my Dad and asks if something was wrong, was I hurt, he asks me and I shake my head, I was fine. It was actually a closer match than my last with him. I'd grown up losing to one and beating the other. The one I'd grown up beating had already won his 2nd state title and the one I got worked by had taken a 5th or a 6th. That was a hurdle I had for a long time and it's mental weakness, but if I know I can get to my shots and finish, I'm just Wrestling free, taking shots, not worried about getting scored on and it doesn't feel tough. When I'm in my head thinking how good this guy is, I'm not Wrestling free, I'm planning a shot and...you aren't as quick if you're thinking 'now shoot!' I believe the mentality I have is more the norm than the exception. LOTS of guys at all levels have these issues. What Cael has done and what these guys seem to do is just get out of these head and let it fly...and when you do that and lose...it takes the sting out...the few times I can remember Wrestling like that vs a good guy and losing. Not all of it. Still hurts, but it is easier to accept. I did everything I could. (Long way of both making it about me and saying...yup, I totally agree)

The lack of respect for Snyder...drives me nuts. He won an Olympic Gold, 3 WCs and then he wrestled much of his career with...IMO, the greatest Wrestler ever, but...conservatively, a top 5 in MFS...and his career is talked about as though he's..Dustin Schlatter or someone. And that is NOT a knock on Schlatter, that dude last just TWO matches his first two years and won...I think 85, won it as a True Fresh and took a 3rd, then injuries mounted. He did make a World Team in College and his only loss was to the Bronze Medalist. So I'm not picking some guy who did nothing, but the's talked about A-like a guy who is done and he's not. Bruce is a legend, but...is Snyder's Gold and Silver really less impressive than Bruce winning a Gold in 1984 when MOST of the talent in that field was out of it and then a Gold when he was older than Snyder is now(meaning both it's impressive what he did, but we're closing the book on Snyder too early). I HATE these discussions when you detract from what someone else did, but...C'mon, winning it in '84 is not the same as any other year. He lost to the Russian the year before, the Russian had won the WC surrounding '80, another Russian won it in '80. He beat a Canadian. And now...I respect our 51st state, but...not quite the same as the Russians. It's just...the tone in which we talk about him, like a disappointment. And yet, David Taylor...who deserves ALL the accolades and "flowers" as they say, he couldn't beat the top 2 guys in front of him and had to change weight and then accomplished what Snyder did, but we talk about him like he was untouchable. No...do people not remember I think one year he lost to Howe before getting to Dake and Burroughs(or maybe had had an epic match he beat Howe, either way). Nobody has even challenged Snyder at 97KG. And not for nothing, but the guy who has stopped Snyder from winning a few more of the San Francisco-ie Medals, he did Wrestle Taylor. It was a dominating win for Sadulaev. Which is just worth noting. But Snyder can't gut Sadualev? Oh my...let me show him how it's done AND...I'm going to mention that there are 6 weights now and 10 when he Wrestled. I think it's likely we talk about a dream matchup with Sadulaev and Snyder if 92KG was still an Olympic weight as I think that's where Sadulaev Wrestles. He's where he looks the best and then Snyder has another Olympic Gold and a couple more World Titles. If THAT happens, then Taylor(all of 29 years old now) would have dominated the weight for 7 years with two Olympic Titles and 5 WCs. That's all hypothetical though. What I KNOW is Kyle Snyder came into Ohio State as one of the most high touted prep recruits, he got to campus as a True Freshmen and probably joins Logan Stieber as a 4X National Champ, but Ohio State needed him THAT YEAR to win a team Title...and Snyder, Wrestling J'Den Cox, the #1 seed and defending National Champ, he pulled off the upset over a Mizzou team that was RIGHT there with Ohio State, helps them bring home the team title. Then wins 3 more title and in the process, becomes the first College Wrestle to win an Olympic Gold and then come back and Wrestle in the NCAAs again beating a guy going for his 3rd title giving up 40 pounds before winning his 3 title giving up the most weight a HWT had given up in I thought it was like 50 years. Snyder peaked just fine, he's had a GREAT career, one of the most accomplished Americans ever and he's not done yet. Anyway, that Ono is something special, but I was impressed with Lee in that match. I actually feel better about his chances to win a Gold AFTER that match. (I wanted to stay on topic and not get into some off-topic tangent!)

Not related to Spencer at all, but you've seen it from the Japanese wrestlers.. I think it was Takatani who went into the bleachers to celebrate his silver medal finish at the Olympics. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Competing to the best of your ability and accepting the outcome should be celebrated as well. Results will fall as they do, but you can only control what you can control.

Guess which news agency the British government secretly funded through the BBC, hiding payments as subscription fees? Reuters! It’s a division of Thomson Reuters, not separate, reporting to the same parent company as its other units, pooling funds and resources. Could the U.S. government pay Amazon Web Services (AWS) and influence Amazon Retail, or fund Retail and sway AWS? Yes! Cash to one division boosts the whole company, like I’ve seen with two-way influence at my own workplace. Has the U.S. done covert media funding? Yes! Operation Mockingbird had the CIA planting stories in U.S. newsrooms. Stuff can hide in plain site for years like Air America... some of this gets leaked years later...

This was a nice event, well packaged and presented by Flo, putting aside Bader, who does great work in the documentaries but just isn't good at announcing at live events. Gross and Gomez - terrific wrestling. Carr - he is really, really good and knows how to win big matches vs top opponents, tonight reminded me a little of the Mesenbrink final. I'd love to have his future and wonder what Dake is thinking. Lee - don't know what to think. Up five pounds, which is a lot at his size, he lost by only one point to maybe the hottest wrestler in the world. But Ono did control the match and it didn't look like Lee could have taken him down if they wrestled all night. I'd be curious what others thought, but it looked to me like Lee made a mental mistake on the third pushout, it looked like he was grounded near the edge and then chose to come off his knees, exposing himself to the risk (although he might have been thinking he had to because of the way the ref called that prior one). Last thought - boy, is folkstyle king in the U.S., the amount of traffic on this and the Iowa board for these high level, well promoted matches was tiny compared to even a solid top 10 college dual meet.

Random thoughts: Spencer looked huge compared to Ono, but Ono just too fast. He did give Ono his closest match of the past year though. Carr did a nice job but exhausted at the end. Japan's sportsmanship is 10/10. Bassett is annoyingly well-spoken and likable. Frustrating to not see Bryce pull the trigger. Gross is just a bad matchup for DeSanto, but I respect how much DeSanto has matured. Flo's videos leading up to the event were awesome, and it looks like they really filled the arena, which is great too. Thanks for doing this Flo.

To be fair you and I were loaded before 7:30...

the fact that the discourse is that this team "had Anthony Knox thrown out" is ridiculous. Anthony Knox (and his father) are the ones responsible for themselves getting thrown out. Imagine a wrestling tournament (or any sporting event) where the concept is that if a fan in the stands is talking trash, you and your family members have the right to go fight them. NCAAs could be even more exciting this year when you think about all the parents in the stands starting fights, and wrestlers running up to join in.

Career results college through international. Snyder - College/International Baumgartner - College/International 30 Gold, 5 Silver, 7 Bronze 14 Gold, 7 Silver, 4 Bronze (Not sure if Bruce had conference tourneys) Not looking for a pissing contest, just throwing it out there...

Seems like a stretch, what with Bo having his senior high school season next year...

I didn't think anything of it. Before I even saw his response, I was almost certain that he'd pick Spencer. I think it's just the culture of senior level wrestlers in the US. If you're American, you back the American publicly. It's still not that rare for senior level wrestlers to call their opponents "the Russian" or "the Turk". Not exactly a mindset that lends itself to heaping praise on foreign opponents.

I was rewatching this dual again today (as I may do many times until B1Gs), and have we talked about Teemer getting robbed out of backpoints on his second TD? That was a Peterson and the ref is trying to count neutral danger. Should have been a 7 point move for Teemer.

@scourge165 said it above. Sinclair is a brilliant wrestler but was able to reach extreme heights of success in high-school without cutting weight. He's looked outmatched physically against everyone he's lost to this year. Him finding a nutrition plan/weight that is ideal for him will be very important for his success in college. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a 174 next year.

Sinclair beat Josh Barr twice in FS last year. Just FYI.

I have mixed feelings on the issue. There is a lot of pressure (from media and fans) on Iowa and their role in college wrestling when they already take on arguably two of the biggest out of conference duals with Oklahoma State and Iowa State (as you mentioned). Obviously UNI and Iowa would be good for the sport, especially considering the in-state rivalry, but it's not Iowa's job to wrestle every top program in the country. PSU wrestles essentially nobody outside of the conference schedule and they don't receive nearly the criticism of Iowa.. Cael just gets credit for creating a schedule that helps his athletes peak for March.

The content has been fantastic, especially the drilling/sparring footage. It has done it's job in getting me hyped and resubscribed. My annual sub lapsed at the beginning of February and I was waiting until the US Open before renewing. This cute little event got Flo several months more of my money. Bastards (keep it up though)

He wrestles Oklahoma State and Iowa State every year. He's not afraid. He's, IMO, being petty about Schwab leaving, and sees wrestling Iowa as giving benefits to most programs, and doesn't want to give shine to YNI, again because the petty.

Too bad Brands refuses to wrestle UNI, or else maybe we could’ve seen him against Keckeisen

I've seen it a hundred times, guys proclaimed as the wrestling equivalent of Jesus. It wasn't that long ago that Carter Young was being touted because he beat Gross in a FS match. Carter has had an average career and is an R16 guy. Not bad, but much worse than anybody would've guessed he'd do. If Bo beat a D1 champ in a folkstyle match, then I'd be super impressed at his D1 potential, but beating a folk champ in a FS match? Still impressive, but not nearly as much.