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Coach Robie exenmplifying the VT motto “This is Home”.

Hope both men have successful surgeries. Prayers up. The Latona's have been a part of VT wrestling for nearly a decade. Everyone knows Sam, but his older brother Dom started wrestling at VT in 2016. The Brothers have always been hard working, humble and selfless. Sam sacrificed a couple years with a severe cut to help VT get the best lineup on the mat. Nice to see the family receive a wonderful gift from Coach Robie. VT Wrestling Tweet

I'm not surprised that Penn State isn't doing this. I'm a little surprised at what salty b I t c h e s some of the fans are being about the event daring to exist.

Shut up, virgin.

Jagger off the top rope with an all-timer

its because he's an arrogant, overhyped and overrated fighter. Nothing to do with where he went to college

The likelihood of me trying to wrestle goes up 10% with each .01 increase in BAC after .10

I don't think it is good for the sport for UVU to be pillaging other schools like this. After PSU invests in them UVU just swoops in and takes them. It aint right.

It isn't mentioned but the Willie figurine is actually life sized.

Medical certificate? I need a defibrillator and an oxygen tank in my corner.

Matt Ramos added to the staff at Purdue

If prostitution wasn't joined at the hip with human trafficking and women being used against their will, then you'd have some really great points here about the moral differences in paying for it directly or not paying for it directly.

No.

Thank you wkn. My wife’s 5’11” and comes from a basketball family. I hope to get my way with that. Here he is

Sounds like a transfer to Ohio State is in the works because they don't work on escapes in high-pressure situations

As a Penn State fan and alumni, I really don't understand the hatred towards this event. I get why Cael will say no, the timing of it doesn't really make any sense, but the current wrestling season calendar doesn't either. If you have a team full of kids attempting to make world teams throughout the fall, they likely aren't "optimized" to compete in early November. This being said, as a wrestling fan, why would you not want to see at least most of the nations top teams compete. Particularly in a dual meet setting.

Embarrassing for PSU, to be honest.

Welcome to the most elite, high-tier bbs forums on the interwebs Mrs. Thompson.

I want to just let this year soak in first....enjoyed watching the Masters this weekend. Watching McIlroy sink that last put on 18 and then the very iconic walk to the club house to sign his scorecard.....embracing his friends, wife, daughter and more after 17 Masters and 11 attempts to complete the Grand Slam....the EMOTIONS....wow. This has to be in my top 15 most iconic sports moments/finishes of all-time....one of those was actually the state volleyball championship my daughter's senior year in high school. It's great to be alive in my lifetime to be able to have witnessed the likes of Nicklaus, Woods, Ali, Jordan, S. Williams, Sampras, Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Brady....enough of those guys.....Medved, Belaglozov, B. Satiev, Tediashvili, Saduliev, Fadzaevand more. Add to that all the great music/genres......W. Nelson, Brooks, Jackson, Brooks and Dunn, McIntire (more of those where they came from), then there's the Beatles, Chicago, Journey, Foreigner, Beach Boys, Four Season, Lionel Ritchie, Four Tops, Temptations,....the list goes on and on. Then top it off with attending 46 NCAA Wrestling Championships, 40 in a row, and countless other events, World Cups, World Championships, Big Tens, State tournaments. Great to be alive. Next stop.....I'm going fishing!!

Thoughts: --It's just so stupid that this is even illegal. It happens legally thousands of times a day in the porn world and the OnlyFans world (and in parts of Nevada and Maine), and thousands more a day in the "arrangements"/"sugar daddy" world, and it's barely a rounding error a way from what happens millions of times a day, e.g. men buying dinner and sort of getting something in return, and women seducing wealthier men for access to his wallet. Much of human history is built on men who provide best being the ones who get ass. Where, as here, there's no indicia the person lacked the capacity to consent, it is a simple business transaction, morally indistinguishable from paying someone to mow your lawn. So I'm sorry, but I just can't bring it upon myself to be even remotely troubled by this as I don't see it being in any way wrong. It's a crime, but right up there in seriousness with jaywalking and loitering. The people acting all butthurt about this are ridiculous. --I'd always happy to make an exception for the religious preachy types when they're abject hypocrites, but does it here? Not that I can see. I don't doubt that he's a devout Christian, and trying to live a Christian life, doesn't mean he's criticizing the lifestyles of others who aren't devout Christians and saying we're all going to hell, nor is he out there trying to jack up the penalties for prostitution or preaching against it. I'm only bothered when the religious right tries to shove morals down my throat that they themselves won't adhere to. Maybe he violated his own professed beliefs, but that's between him and himself. I just have no reason to care. --He's probably in hot water with his wife, but truthfully, we don't even know that. For all we know, she signed off on it or agreed to look the other way, as maybe there's things she can't or won't do. Or maybe not -- maybe she's furious and ready to rip his nuts off, but once again, that's solely between them. I'm not willing to make any judgments about his marriage any more than I will about his morality. --I'm sure his PR people will help him write up some big public apology, talking about how he let down his wife and kids and his God, how he'll try to do better and live his life according to God's plan, blah blah blah, but none of that changes the above. That's understandable, as the sponsors will expect it. But it won't change what I said above. Bottom line: For his own mental health and personal happiness, I hope he's able to conform his conduct to his beliefs and his commitments to his wife, but it makes zero difference to me if that entails changing his conduct or changing his beliefs/commitments.

more like Final XXX

^^^ best post ^^^ in decades.

And when they added multiple turns and when they added step outs. Techs are a lot easier to come by in Freestyle. I love almost everything about the current freestyle rules, but I would personally like to see us go back to one turn and then you have to change holds. We got to see a lot more great wrestling IMO

F'n Davis, still can't hit a leg attack when he needs to: "After a struggle, Davis was subdued by police. Police noted that after the struggle, Davis broke the officer’s wristwatch and radio earpiece, and ripped the body camera out of the officer’s vest."

It's a lot of fun to do if you are thinking about it Rodent. I can't say I did good, but it was fun. I was bound and determined I would not lose due to passivity, so I initiated action and my inexperience and lack of ability got me in trouble from there. But I had a blast doing it. mspart

Here's the best one.

@flyingcement I respect your commitment to reporting the transfer news here. I'd miss a lot of info without this thread.

Lol no - Mineo would want the credit and isn't afraid of breaking the news before athletes himself

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Because freestyle is stupid.

Davino, Forrest, and Blaze - we have three out of four semifinalists at 57 KG with all four years of eligibility remaining. could be a golden age at lightweights if they all stay down

In spite of the fact that it ended with the biggest upset of the tournament, 285 was the most chalk weight. The sum of absolute deviations from seed was 77, just ahead of 125 at 81.5. This also made the heavies the second most chalk weight since the 33 seed era began. Only 165 in 2019 was more chalk. At the other end of the spectrum 141 was the most busted bracket this year (but only sixth most in the 33 seed era). A lot of the "bust" came from five of nine guys seeded to go 0-2 finishing with win(s), and three higher seeded wrestlers doing the opposite.

2011: Burroughs beat Nick Marable at the 2011 US Open immediately after NCAAs then beat him again at WTT. Dake chose to go to Univeristy Natl's where he got 2nd to Howe, then DNP at WTT. 2012: *Burroughs ran through the 2012 Olympic Team Trials where there were no byes 2013: Burroughs beat David Taylor at the 2013 US Open (Dake didn't compete) and then beat Dake at WTT. 2014 Burroughs won the US Open over Taylor then beat him 2x more at WTT. Dake did not compete at either due to injury. 2015 Burroughs got a bye to the finals and then beat Dake 2x under new direct bye rules. 2016 Burroughs became the real Magic Man when everyone disappeared from 74kg. He won the olympic spot, Dake fell short at 86. However Burroughs did not medal, therefore no direct bye in 2017. 2017 Burroughs once again beats Dake at the US Open, gets a bye at WTT, and then stop me if you have heard this before but JB beat Dake to make the world team. 2018 UWW creates a new 79kg weight class and Dake finally gets a chance to make his mark as he makes his first world team and first world championship. Both win medals. 2019 Dake and JB both enjoy byes to the finals, win spots and world medals 2020ne OTT JB gets the direct bye as the returning 74 medalist, Dake gets a bye to the semis as the 79 medalist and proceeds to snatch Nolf's soul on live television. Dake finally wins. JB and Dake switch weights for a couple years until 2024 OTT where Dake gets the finals bye, JB gets a bye to the semis and loses to Nolf meanwhile NLWC/PSU fans show their true colors. Dake had plenty of chances over the years, he just didn't capitalize on them.

This actually makes the kid more likeable. Not one of those Jesus-crazed robots that fill out the rest of the PSU roster. What's more concerning is that he was taken down and ridden out by a cop.

You can take all the action you want.... but you're the last guy that should be making bets.

Dake losing fantasy matchups is a tale as old as time.

Big downgrade for Iowa to go from Angelo to Anthony.

After the Stanford dual, Ethan said that 149 was a 1 year deal. However, if you are offered a bag of money to stay at 149, you may make that sacrifice and stay down. The reason he went down was because we had two good 157 in CJ Hamblin and Stiles and we were struggling at 149 with injuries. Stiles was actually losing to Hamblin in the Orange/Black wrestle-off and had to come back and get the win in OT. So everyone decided with the team lineup and the landscape of 149, that Stiles should go down. 149 was very tough cut for him to make. His first time down he was up on Gabe Willochell by 6 or 7 points and gassed hard and lost. After that he seemed to manage it ok.

I wouldn't redshirt him. You redshirt him and he's somewhere else the next year.

The top teams was invited. If a wrestlers is called to the mat but doesn't show up its a forfeit, you don't change the name or invalidate the guy who ended up winning. PSU doesn't want to put their foot on the line,fine, but they don't then get to say the name should be changed. If PSU wants to be the National Duals Invite champs then they can show up, but they are choosing to let someone else win that title.

When guys get hurt in January and February and have to miss the postseason, we can say they don't have their real roster, and we can also dismiss what happens at NCAAs, right? Lucas Byrd doesn't get to call himself champion because Ryan Crookham wasn't in the tournament, right? No. Like any other time, you go with the best guys available and the results are the results. Lots of guys are worn down by March and aren't the best version of themselves. Again, we don't discount the NCAAs because of it. There is no utopian scenario to get a perfect outcome. You can quibble with things like the date, or the selection criteria, or name of the event ... Or you can appreciate that there are people trying to make this sport bigger and putting their money where their mouth is to make it happen. And appreciate the fact that all these teams want to show up and COMPETE and put on a show for the fans.

Bartlett and Hardy if they gained superpowers

cult-like behavior - their lord and savior Ca-El Sanderson didn't sanction the event so they must trash its mere existence

Psu fans are bad for the sport.

Guys who get hookers are more relatable to the non religious crowd. Lol. That’s laughable. Most humans don’t get hookers. Nothing to do with religion.

How long were you in for?

Not a fan of tossing or sliding equipment being a unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Intent is the key there and I am struggling to see how sliiding something is unsportsmanlike.

it's a tough call, imo. working on the final report/rankings now. thought i'd take it to the boards Penn State: #1-PJ Duke (NY/157), #2-Marcus Blaze (OH/141), #18-Will Henckel (CT/184), #22-Asher Cunningham (PA/174), #39-Nathan Desmond (PA, 125-133), #54-Dalton Perry (PA/149) Oklahoma State: #3-Ladarion Lockett (OK/165), #5-Landon Robideau (MN/157), #6-Sergio Vega (AZ/149), #24-Kody Routledge (OK/157), #26-Ronnie Ramirez (CA/133), #50-Austin Johnson (PA/197), #62-Ishmael Guerrero (OK/165), #63-Kruz Goff (OK/285), #72-Beau Hickman (OK/157), #205-Ethan Teague (OK/174)

Penn State Oklahoma State Iowa Ohio State Michigan 125 Luke Lilledahl Troy Spratley Dean Peterson Nic Bouzakis Diego Sotelo 133 Braeden Davis Richard Figueroa Drake Ayala Ben Davino Dylan Ragusin 141 Aaron Nagao Cael Hughes Nasir Bailey Jesse Mendez Sergio Lemley 149 Shayne Van Ness Tagen Jamison Jordan Williams Ethan Stiles Lachlan McNeil 157 Tyler Kasak Casey Swiderski Mikey Caliendo Brandon Cannon Cam Catrabone 165 Mitchell Mesenbrink Ladarion Lockett Patrick Kennedy E'Than Birden Beau Mantanona 174 Levi Haines Alex Facundo Gabe Arnold Paddy Gallagher Brock Mantanona 184 Rocco Welsh Zack Ryder Anthony Ferrari Seth Shumate Jaden Bullock 197 Josh Barr Cody Merrill Massoma Endene Luke Geog Hayden Walters 285 Cole Mirasola Konner Doucet Ben Kueter Nick Feldman Taye Ghadiali HC Cael Sanderson David Taylor Tom Brands Tom Ryan Sean Bormet AHC Cody Sanderson Jimmy Kennedy Terry Brands Jay Jaggers Josh Churella AC Casey Cunningham Tyler Caldwell Ryan Morningstar Logan Steiber Kevin Jackson AC Nick Lee Bryan Pearsall Bobby Telford Bo Jordan David Bolyard RTCC Thomas Gilman Lee Roper Dan Dennis Coleman Scott Alex Dieringer RTCC Jake Varner Zoheir El Ouarraqe Kollin Moore RTCC Mark McKnight Daton Fix

I didn’t start wrestling until 9th grade. Got better over the years and won a HS state championship my senior year of HS. In college, I had only one varsity college match. Freshman year at a NAIA/D3 school. I’m the backup 134. Last week of 1st semester. Coach says 142 has a 0.8 gpa and cannot wrestle. Off the team. Tells me I’m going to start my first match against WVU in 2 days. But…We’re putting the starting 134 in to win at 134/142 so I need to weigh in at 134. Match day. I get bumped to 142 against WVU starter. First period, I shoot a takedown in first 30 seconds, but WVU hits me in a cradle and I fight/flop for 2 ½ minutes to end the period down 0-5. 2nd period, I take bottom. I reverse WVU kid and throw in legs. Force a power half for 2 back! I’m only losing 4-5! Then… I get too high, WVU catches my head, pulls me over, and pins me. I come off the mat. Coach grabs me and says, “You scored! You scored!” and he's all excited. I’m pissed at coach. What the hell did he expect? Why is he so surprised? I’m supposed to score and try to win. But…I’m stupid and naïve. Find out later, my opponent: Scott Collins, WVU’s first National Champion. He was only a freshman that year and didn’t win D1 until his senior year, but I can say I scored 4 points against him