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There are only two of us on this forum that if a person said back in October "Illinois is going to have 1 Big Ten champion, 2 finalists, and at least 8 qualifiers" that we would have nodded our head and said "Poeta 1, Jombo zero. See ya in March." This one was for him.

Strickenberger is going to be a tough out. Weird he just got majored by Figueroa - I think the best chance against him is right off the scale with the enormous cut he must have

"Deep dish pizza at Pequod's in 30 mins, LFG"

Byrd has such a Gable-era Iowa vibe. His semifinal match was fun, too. Wrestles with a big chip on his shoulder.

Wow. That was freaking awesome. Byrd let it fly!

I am enjoying the Lilledahl Champion era right now.

If it’s so severe how do you not even know what he injured ?

Danny Braunegal got robbed.

Our late friemd @ILLINIWrestlingBlog has got to be happy with that last one.

Honestly Hamiti looked like the better guy throughout most of it but KOT just finds a way man. Only KOT doesn't give up those scramble points or that escape at the end. Great match by both guys, I think KOT had the mental edge to tie it and win it late.

Lilledahl will be higher than Ramos. I can't see Bartlett as a #1 with a 3rd place finish in the conference tourney. Remember, the seeding process follows the same guidelines (criteria/formula) as the allocation process.

Wow I thought WV was dead to rights but somehow turned it around. OSU needed that one for seeding

Need to hire Peter dinklage to do the interviews

McEnelly’s really good, I’d definitely take him over Ferrari right now. They’d all be close matches for sure. He’s a RS Fr.?

That was a sweeeeet TD

started trying to get around Kasak's acne!!!!

Why are they doing the interviews at this weird angle

Yeah, I miss the pre-NIL days when our beloved sport was steroid free, and guys just got strong growing up on farms milking cows.

These are horsecrap. Caliendo was in there and fighting, taking attacks. Mesenbrink is just a monster.

No I don't think he is taking steroids and I think you and @pokemonster are losers for making accusations without any founded evidence

That's a common, but not universal symptom. Pizza face and excessive flushing are 2 others and Kasak has that in spades. In addition, you don't think it's a little suspicious that he went from a 141lber to a hulking 57 in one year? Yeah, he might have supreme genetics but color me skeptical. To be fair, I'm a cynic and assume that PEDs are widespread in high level athletics. For example, I'm suspicious of Cass' multiple body transformations and am a little dubious about Spencer Lee's upper body mass gain between March 2023 and Oly trials 2024 (but really, really hope it's all natural)

The wrestler who asked for the review should have to do burpees during the review.. If its an official review then both wrestlers should have to do them.

‘They call him the hurricane for good reason…because he’s a hurricane on the mat’ JFC

It is what it is.

Man, this weekend has kinda sucked for me. Good thing I decided to adopt Illini as my secondary team

Braden Davis just got pinned

@Wrestleknownothing any chance you can compile the data and do a ranking of Worse to Worst for Jimmy Cinnabon threads? Just for the 24-25 Season. Not trying to bury you with a project that could take decades

Cruz getting stomped right now by mccrone … he didn’t look good this tourney mccrone with approx 3 hours of riding time too

Oh fooching fantastic. Now I'm forced to watch Bartlett wrestle on all 3 mats

On the PSU board there is some speculation that he’ll eventually be a 133. He was dwarfed by Ramos; unless he starts hitting the weights hard and regularly or gets significantly taller, I don’t see that happening. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is Beast out on that limb again...

Carroll finds a home?

Hopefully Hopke for Minnesota.

Well I would say Younger Bastida should be the favorite. Ghadiali also comes back next year. Feldman will also be in the mix. Heavyweight does significantly clear out though.

Agreed… Nebraska coaches should have probably gotten a team point deduction too

If they don't want guys to ride for riding sake, they shouldn't incentivize it by awarding a point, or making it a way to win in overtime

So today removed: Ramos, Alirez, Bartlett, and Miller. Also Figueroa's only previous loss was INJ Sunday's matchups of undefeateds: Hamiti - O'Toole Starocci - McEnelly Steveson - Kerkvliet

His mat wrestling is going to keep him in matches with anyone. He’s tough.

Jimmy you know better than this. PSU clearly wrestled with half effort at best so they'll be well-rested after the Daylight Savings time change tonight. 4-D chess move by Cael.

before going to sleep tonight!

I vote McMax?

Braunagel should have sprinted off the mat. He would have won.

True freshmen teammates at Minny, Vombaur and Jamison both knock off top guys.

Coach complained after they raised Ryders arm

Jamison over Alirez?

But fortunately not as bad as Flo, track and BTN/+.

Man, the shots being taken at a RS freshman for not being a dominant force is crazy. He is a freshman and lost a match to a very tough Jaxon Smith. Relax.