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In response to my returning points thread, someone on 34andcounting asked what kind of points could a freshman be expected to score at the NCAA Tournament. Using Willie's Big Board data I decided to take a look. One huge caveat is that the numbers below are fitted lines through some VERY noisy data. The first thing I looked at was the odds of qualifying for the tournament based on BB rank. There are 12 years worth of graduating classes in the data (2013 - 2023) that have completed true freshman and redshirt freshman years. For these calcs I am including true freshmen and redshirt freshmen for each high school graduating year. For example, for 2022 grads I include 2023 true freshmen plus 2024 redshirt freshmen. 80% of Success is Showing Up 100% of #1 Big Boarders qualified for the tournament as either a true freshman or a redshirt freshman. These are your only sure things. By the time you get to the #10 BB it is a 50/50 proposition whether they even qualify for the tournament, never mind score once they get there. No Participation Points But you can't just show up. Once a freshman makes the tournament they still need to score. Combining scoring with probability of making the tournament steepens the curve somewhat. At almost 18 points per, #1 BB can be expected to score in the high teens in their freshmen year (true or redshirt). But that is it. No other rank cracks double digits. And by the time you get to the #10 ranked freshman recruit you are looking at about 4 points. Bring in da' Noise, Bring in da' Funk That really should be Mitchell Mesenbrink's walk out music. Remember what I said about the noise in the data? Mesenbrink is the physical embodiment of that noise (and he was trained by the Master of Funk). As the #59 ranked wrestler in his class, the line above suggests he is good for about a half a point in his freshman year. Well, at 19.5 points he is what we would call an outlier. And the reason you should take this with a grain of salt.

Iran is vastly different from other Islamic Middle Eastern countries being that it has the strongest and most educated secular group that is itching to rid itself from fundamentalist. If the CIA and Mossad can engineer a revolution than we should be all for it. In the meantime send the B-52's, drop the bunker busters, call it a day, and walk away. I know this is hard for many of you anti Israeli death cult supporters but there are a lot of people in the Middle East that don't want to live under fundamentalist extremism

Jordan will make a public announcement to clear this up right after his committee holds public hearings on how Joe Biden caused the Civil War and is responsible for Rabies and disease carrying Mosquitoes.

His ordeal is a good reminder to check the donor box on your driver's license and/or your health care directive. You never know when yourself or a loved one will need a transplant.

Vent=ventllator. It's a device that moves air into the lungs. Used when the lungs are unable to take in enough air on their own. ECMO=extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. It's an external device. Blood is pumped from the paitient into the ECMO machine which ooxygenates its and then pumps it back into the patient. It's like a set of external artificial lungs/heart. Could also be used if the heart is too weak to move the blood on its own.

They believe there is a chance he has some eligibility left, how? I don't know. There is a chance he has a minimum of a year left, maybe 2.

You morons DO realize I said HIS TARIFFS would cause one... and TACO Man DID what? He walked them back less than 3 days in as he caused a market crash and the 10 and 20 year yields to crash. So yeah...I'm pretty sure if he hadn't done an about face on the entire basis of his economic plan, we'd be headed off a cliff. But how genuinely stupid do you have to be to ignore the ENTIRE context of that "90 day pause?"

We all know he did nothing wrong - which is why he was released shortly thereafter. That, and the fact that he was a notable figure who couldn't simply be stashed away somewhere conveniently. Just as Husker just admitted, the current administration is crooked. Their agencies round up people without warrants on a regular basis. Some are "disappeared", and nobody hears from them - just as they do in Russia and China. Others are transferred to holding facilities far from where their support system could help them. This is the type of cruel behavior that the US Constitution doesn't allow. Yet, it is exactly what the Trump administration is focused on doing - and they are accelerating this crookedness.

Was it a good idea to pretend to negotiate to lure Iran into thinking there was a deal on the table just to lull them into a galsnssnes of security so Israel could offensively bomb them with our sanction and then threaten to assassinate the leader of the country? Of course, otherwise his Infallible Donaldness wouldn't have done it! Statecraft 101! War is peace! Freedom is slavery! Ignorance is strength!

The link below contains the trailer to the documentary, which for some reason doesn't mention the living stain on earth, Gym Jordan, a liar, con man, and complicit abuser still at large and doing all sorts of damage in Congress because his district is gerrymandered like a jigsaw puzzle piece to keep him in power. https://press.wbd.com/na/media-release/hbo-original-documentary-surviving-ohio-state-debuts-june-17

Our Dear Leader, and the most esteemed statesman, has let the world know that we (and he) know exactly where the leader of Iran is, but we are not going to kill him....not yet, anyway. The Peace keeps rolling in! https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/114699610769479275 https://www.npr.org/2025/06/17/nx-s1-5436819/trump-iran-israel?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwY2xjawK-g79leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFTdnI4am85UWNJc28yc1hQAR4cS7teTiVHoP-oqak2bdE6nQ_Ja08yj7SowD1N5txdGuh8N5rzYpLryT_wfg_aem_FojicS2o7yV8ldEpsqDQTA

Not a stupid question. There are lots of people who have to have a lung removed for a list of different reasons (cancer, trauma, infection, birth defects, etc). You can live a semi normal life with one lung. "The average lungs can hold about 6 liters of air. Living with one lung reduces this capacity by about 30 percent. That said, 70 percent functionality is still enough to oxygenate the body properly." https://integrishealth.org/resources/on-your-health/2024/november/can-you-live-with-one-lung

Mass illegal immigration is dangerous, unaffordable, and unfair to those who are going through the legal process, as well as those who are being displaced by them in the workforce. Don’t agree with it, change the law. Good luck, the consensus against you is strong.

Based on our Constitution who is able to give the POTUS a direct order? I'll ask again, do you live in the USA?

I would have said, I don't agree with this you jerkface of a troll, piece of anchovie pizza, woman beater. Cav, you are a much better man than I. mspart

Watch. I don’t agree with this.

Absolutely wrong. Conservatives love the rule of law and personal freedom as outlined in the Constitution. What looks like authoritarianism to you is the government finally enforcing the law. Conservatives do not like anarchy. The issue conservatives have with communism is the lack of personal freedom and government in everything business and personal. That is borne out by the dismal record of communist governments. What you see as authoritarianism, (ICE going after illegals, Feds calling out the Nat guard for ICE riots, etc) is the government enforcing law and order. mspart

Sure. They don't need to respond to protestors unless they are arresting protestors. Do you actually live in the USA?

So, punctured lung, staph, pneumonia, sepsis, ventilator, ECMO, lung transplant. This really sucks.

The fact Jim says he had no idea this happened and that it was a political hit job by the democrats is absolutely abhorrent.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/6-times-trump-administration-clashed-opponents-court-orders/story?id=120846599 6 in here: 1) Deported 100 alleged gang members using Alien Enemies Act. Judge ordered the deportations be stopped. Order came when flight was still in the air. Trump admin first rushed the flight to try to beat the court order, then refused to turn the flight around once the order had been issued. 2) Kilmar Abrego Garcia - illegally deported despite court order (which Trump admin acknowledged) then declined to secure his release and return against the orders of the supreme court 3) Continuing to deport immigrants to third country not of their origin (El Salvador) after Judge issued a restraining order banning this practice until they had their due process right to raise concerns 4) Freezing federal funds and not dispersing to states despite clear court orders to do so 5) Blocking FEMA grants against direct court orders 6) Freezing foreign aid against direct court order

50 years old, originally from Indiana but now residing in South Florida. I've worked in athletics my whole life, in administration the past 16 years and have been coaching wrestling at the HS and college levels for the past 28 years. Next year my youngest graduates HS and will be my last year coaching. I've enjoyed every bit of it and owe a lot of my philosophy in life to the sport, as well as the ability to get through a lot of life's challenges. The biggest being the beginning of '24 when I lost my wife to cancer. It was a very rare and aggressive form that she battled with a spirit and determination that was truly awe inspiring, constantly with a smile on her face. But in the end it only took about 18 months to be too much. It was during those days of sitting next to a hospital bed or laying in our bed while she slept that I came across this board, and started posting, in a manner that probably was more of a vent for me than anything else. But from the day we got the diagnosis I made a point to choose grateful over anger, and it's still something I hang onto a year and a half later as we continue to move forward. Kayaking is probably my most enjoyable activity. Lots and lots of options here along the coast, absolutely beautiful scenery. This time next year will be interesting as for the first time in in 23 years I will be neither a school dad or a wrestling coach. I took a job with my City's athletics department about six years ago to finish out my career into retirement. Have lived in this town for 20 of those years and plan to move out of town at that time while keeping my role with the city. It's truly going to be a completely new phase. As for my principals....well......around here at the beach things have really changed. These days you look around and women are walking around exposing 95% of their bodies. I try to remain a gentleman, and only focus on the covered parts.

Facts

It's the only logical explanation. A person might say that, alternatively, the whole thing was a lie and the feds story was BS, and they arrested him just to score a headline and then quietly let him go without filing charges. That person is clearly an idiot, because the more likely, and clearly 100 percent true explanation is that the governor of New York controls a federal law enforcement agency

100%, I'm sure federal AG Pam Bondi was strong-armed by state Governor Hochul.

Of course not. Once we set a timeline, if you don't follow it you die. #Statecraft Nope. This is the only thing I've ever posted about, please don't look at my posting history and tell the thought police I've talked about anything besides the Glorious Leader.

there's an inherent problem with a card right before Worlds. there will still be good talent on card 1 but mostly domestic. second card will have more international flavor.

Between both Frosts, Echemendia Johnson, and Zerban, it's only Johnson who has failed to AA. I could see a scenario where Echemendia starts at 149 over Johnson who would possible transfer out the following year

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Ziegler was aware of the team selection critera criteria. Ziegler was welcome to enter the Senior US Open. Ziegler was welcome to qualify for Senior World Team Trials. Ziegler was welcome to outplace everyone ahead of him. Ziegler is not welcome to claim "moving goal posts" when a 19 year old outperformed him at a superior tournament against superior competition to select the most superior team possible.

You just described constitutional government. Not monarchy. Big time FAIL there RV. mspart

He never shuts up...

I really don't see what the guy did wrong. You need a Warrant to just take someone. Asking for the Warrant is... pretty standard. We're not just going to accept Govt' agencies coming and rounding us up now without a warrant, right? The agent saying, 'oh, we've got it.' Well...then provide it!

I like how Cav/JimmySpeaks gets so mad about this. But then turns around and insists that Trump supporters and Trump himself are definitely not racist.

Just watched. (spoiler) I wouldn’t say it was “very political.” Politics weren’t mentioned until the last 25 minutes or so, and only about Jordan, I don’t think there was anything about the “GOP in general.” Towards the end was definitely anti-Jordan, but it was based on the stories of the multiple wrestlers (and referee) that were interviewed. They said Hellickson had told them he would support them, but then ghosted them, and they blamed Jordan for that, since they said Jordan also called them asking them to publicly support himself. But I think the bigger “hit piece” was more against Ohio State, rightfully so. Jordan was of course also mentioned earlier in the doc, but usually in conjunction with Hellickson. There was definitely the implication earlier on that they blew off allegations at the time. Which then was contrasted to the female fencing coach actually making complaints. One thing I don’t recall reading about previously was the steroid allegations. I thought the story of Dan Ritchie, as well as the hockey player were particularly sad.

Thanks for that - now we know who owns you and your stooge posts.

$10 and I gotchu

Can we all just agree it's good to have Vak back from hiatus?

Hey, @Tripnsweep and @VakAttack... no matter how many times you point out this was the Federal Government, they're still going to keep pushing the "it was the Governor" angle. This is what happens when you don't understand basic civics.

Yes. We broke the agreement, not them.

Remind me, who unilaterally pulled out of the agreed nuclear treaty despite all its conditions being met?

When I am King of the World, that will be a flogging offense.

He's definitely willing to take a gamble. But if a wrestler gets too lost in the sauce they could be looking at an eagle but seeing double birds

It reminds of the old entry into Wide World of Sports. "The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat".

Damn, might have just pissed a lot of money away.

Sleepy Don enjoying the parade...

No secret around here that I’m no Trump fan (even though the majority of my policy likings fall on the conservative side) and my thoughts on the motivation for this were certainly suspect. But I dug it. It was nice to see the honoring of all the soldiers of the past and to celebrate what they have done for us all….even the RedViking. We watched from the comfort of the badass gift mi lady, who herself is a badass decorated combat Marine, got me for Father’s Day. Hope all you Dad’s out there have a fantastic day!

heard it was a perfect crowd .. GWN is proud.

It’s against Jim Jordan and the gop in general,not much about the wrestling and it’s very political..basically to the random non wrestler watching you’ll think JJ was the real bad guy not Strauss I think JJ is a clown and not very serious person , but he didn’t physically hurt anyone so I think this more hit piece then informative