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My favorite part was where AJ Ferrari boasted about getting his “vanity” under control… while wearing an AJ Ferrari shirt.

I always remind myself, we are all dealing with something. Empathy is a good thing.

No matter who he wrestles for, he is and always will be a douche.

Are you talking about AJ Ferrari or my sister-in-law?

I like his rebranding of clinics to “seminars.” Sounds more high class

Nebraska 125 15 133 8 141 17 149 20 157 15 165 15 174 12 184 12 197 5 285 3 Nebraska beats Penn State.... thats not even Nebraska's full potential of points either ^^

Any know what Palumboism is? Distended stomach, associated with HGH abuse....

Sounds like your average Penn State wrestler to me.

Jeez, another Anthony Knox, Jr. thread. Oh, never mind.

I was going to chastise you that there was already an open Ferrari thread for this but then clicked the link and saw what your (good) topic really was.

True 2nds at HWT, 125 and 133

Time for someone to remove Jimmy after this clown post.

Transferring? As a former coach, I can only say I'd avoid this kid like the plague. Talk about someone that would compromise your program? Me, me, me, I, I, I. Kinda sounds like someone else constantly in the news these days.

I have cranked up the gonkulator and asked it to work out Nebraska's ceiling 125 30 133 30 141 30 149 30 157 30 165 30 174 30 184 30 197 30 285 30 I don't know. Seems a little low to me.

Not necessarily in an attempt to defend him, but 665 and 675 are both insane deadlifts. I know it's been four years, but we all know it has been a tumultuous four years. Improvement in that regard, hell sustainability in that regard, while also staying at a competition weight of 197lbs is impressive.

Yes. I have updated all of the brackets now with pre-seeds except for the Southern Conference Big 10: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jT_hF3IskgPqukIIgUMAq48OEkUOBaCO/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114338098571770399601&rtpof=true&sd=true Big 12: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18nEUOyIlkpUNvH6YUo46OPE0hHdpMYYz/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114338098571770399601&rtpof=true&sd=true ACC: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vcKJtjKlGTkUklO14T45ZmYfxww5-Gj3/edit?gid=1385118526#gid=1385118526 EIWA: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k5uT_si9Yvk6I439L7FjblUfHnDjjPGR/edit?gid=648576163#gid=648576163 IVY: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OdkcElKLXNzwsy6Im5Esp2klyP_iyR5I/edit?gid=1374878820#gid=1374878820 MAC: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VADtsVfC_KtR2TbJkxb9jHxlU5rZL7_e/edit?gid=118361098#gid=118361098 PAC 12: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XLvodBSJ_vU0lSTFiQJirBmrli0sD87r/edit?gid=1195729550#gid=1195729550 SoCon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XgaeOSZbTc2RLIMaK0Q0Bdjxmds_89SD/edit?gid=921301083#gid=921301083

Yeah, not a very big conference, not a lot of big name, but should see some good matchups nonetheless . 4 man bracket. Action starts at 12:30 PT on Flo. A couple interesting ranked first round (semi) matches: 149 - Williams vs Lamer 157- Hamblin vs Lamer 197 - Munoz vs Little HWT - Mower vs 6'7" Tinker Potential Finals with ranked wrestlers 125: Renteria vs Holman 133: Bailey vs Romney III 149: Stiles vs WIlliams/Lamer 157: Bianchi vs Hamblin/Lamer 197: Ferrari vs Munoz/Little Hwt: Andrews vs Mower/Tinker BRACKETS: https://pac-12.com/documents/2025/3/4//Pac_12_2025_Brackets_final.pdf

Williams has been both good and inconsistent. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that DT had a role in him going to LR. He couldn’t stay at OSU, but he landed at a good school with a good coach, who has connections to OSU.

FWIW, for all the talk of Focus gassing... he looked to have little gassed in the first...

also the ferrari reality show is really not what it used to be....fire the writers

Williams dec Lamer

This is all assuming pre-seeds are accurate and wrestlers wrestle to seed. 125: Ramos vs Lilledahl (semi) 133: Ayala vs Davis (semi) 141: Mendez vs Hardy (semi) 149: Parco vs Lovett (semi) 157: Teemer vs Miller and Kasak vs Taylor (both semis) 165: n/a 174: Haines vs Kharchla II (finals) 184: Starocci vs Arnold (grudge match semi) 197: Barr vs Cardenas II (semi) HWT: N/A

Bartlett vs Vombaur.

Wow, completely unnecessary comment.... Do better

i alluded to this on a few shows but didn't get specific as i didn't feel it was my place. tom said what he had to say to protect gabe.

Honestly they get a bad rap on certain things. Not on all things, but as far as the athletes on their squad, they seem to care DEEPLY about them. They seem to struggle with if/when the relationship ends.

3 point stance = bad. 4 point stance = good lol

Schools in Lehigh's conference (CAA) that I believe are good geographical fits for wrestling; Villanova, University of Delaware, & Albany. Hard to imagine either of the Boston schools picking it up. Would realignment be better for Edinboro, Lock Haven, Bloomsburg, & Rider to join the EIWA? Also, Temple and Syracuse should resurrect their programs.

takedown review doesn't go his way. He punches the ref

Yep. A judge who really wanted his own way.

Zeke has two more years on his contract...they just moved conferences.... He's not going anywhere until after the 2026-27 season. Two yeas is a long time in NCAA years... a lot could happen. The loss of Sunkist and the money hits hard at ASU. I don't know about their current donors or money situation, but it may be harder for them than an Ok State to go the same route with a Dake, Burroughs, Snyder, etc. Not only do. you need the money to get the coach, you need the money to then bring in the team they want to build.

Have you seen the video of him wailing on the kid in the stands with his mom trying to break it up? He's lawfully an adult, punching a minor 3-5 times on video that was also witnessed by a police officer.... not sure why he wouldn't be charged.

But during Prohibition correct?

I feel like my IQ is dropping to 82 listening to this. Also he's had 4 years since the 665 deadlift - how has it only gone up 10lbs.?

If we're still talking Crookham- twice.

Couldn't disagree more. Having the Ivy League schools in their own (home) conference makes it less likely, not more, that those schools will drop, and the EIWA dropping down to a more manageable number will make it more likely (moves the 0.01% over a decimal) that programs in the northeast region of the country will be able to start a program and find a conference immediately, something that (you probably recall) Morgan State had to wait a year to do.

Wait until you get his Nebraska predictions. It isn't so much trolling as putting it into the universe to see if it happens.

thanks for your support...i tried to be as honest as I could with the Crookham situation. From what I've been told, Ryan was optimistic about being able to wrestle in the post-season and did everything he could to try to get back. The coaches left the decision up to him on whether or not he wanted to compete and he literally made the decision yesterday.

This is all incredible. Thank you very much!

If you only reference expected champions, like you seem to have largely done, then upsets can happen easily. But you didn't look into the number of PSU wrestlers that will do well in the brackets, all american or better, and that's where the points are. PSU will win by an unsurmountable spread. Even if NO CHAMPIONS.

Won't be long until this epidemic spreads to the US from our great comrades and allies in Russia.

1 champ everyone knows the rules.

SoCon still stands alone, MAC and EWL merged a few years back.

No doubt. I'm actually quite shocked he was allowed to wrestle after going into the stands and assaulting someone. That is wild.

Bo is jealous of Taylor. Despite Bo's unreserved devotion to the cult of Cael, David Taylor is the first name people think of when they think of the Cael era. David had the international success that Bo probably dreamed of all his life. He even blanked him in back-to-back matches and retired Bo from the sport. And then he did something unforgivable in Bo's eyes, he left the cult. Bo's a great athlete, but he's a weird dude.

I don’t know if I believe that Brands is #2. Iowa, the name, draws in recruits. Most of the recent top-level success on the mat, minus Lee, is from transfers. I just don’t see the development there.

Yeah, but more likely to do well fully healthy against a tougher field than less than fully healthy against a weaker field, no?

It’a a shame for Crookham. After a year in which he had to deal with Arujau and Fix at his weight 133 this year is not only the weakest weight this year but one of the weakest weights I’ve seen in many many years. This would’ve been a great year for Crookham if he could go.