VakAttack

You guys never fail to overestimate our sport's importance.

Lol. "I didn't like this thing I perceived as arrogant, so I will now root for notoriously humble Csrter Starocci."

As I recall, Gabe got full on smacked in the face.

I meant overall, not just for his very first competition.

Sigh. This appears to not be over.

Gross got arrested for a series of burglaries.

AJ shouldn't be allowed to compete for Iowa against anybody, let alone Brooks. That said, it's his first competition in 2 years. Thinking he'd just be this same guy in March is folly. Again, I hope he doesn't get the opportunity, and if he does, I would predict Brooks to win, but Ferrari would have a legit shot.

Respect is earned. Don't dish it out if you can't take it. Also, welcome to sports.

This is wildly overdramatic. They're the second most successful program in the current Era. They're not as good as Oenn State, and that sucks as a fan, but every year they're as good or better than everybody else.

There was some extracurriculars in that one from the opponent which lead to that.

The Anthony stuff was a nothingburger. The Albert Jr. stuff was fine up until the punch. Clearly he needs to be done. Personally, I would like Anthony to not be there either, but not because of anything today. I'd love for Angelo to still come. This was my position all along and it remains the same.

Bitter, bitter vindication, lol.

This stuff i don't care about. I dug this when he was at Okie State. He was clearly pissed off at the guys corner and the eye poke. This is all a show, as far as I'm concerned. It's the other stuff, the off the mat stuff, that makes me not want him on my team.

I choose to interpret this as an explanation of an earlier point and not any new argument on behalf of Albert Jr.

100%. But there's also something to be said for NOT being ground down by the grueling college schedule. I think he's likely to be a bit rusty, but unchallenged at first (I say this not having looked at the schedule, so I'm not totally sure about this) outside of the dual with Penn State, and fine by the time NCAAs gets around. Is that enough to beat Brooks? Yes, because Brooks has lost to worse wrestlers, but Brooks is also the rightful favorite. Basically, there a ton of variables and. I think people overestimate their abilities to account for those variables and how they will affect individuals.

I don't. But either way, this is the farthest I can extend myself on behalf of Albert Jr. I'm out.

You're assuming he hasn't wrestled for two years.

Pascal's Wager, baby!

I think you're underselling Ferrari hugely. Firstly, on the OTT stuff, Ferrari was wrestling 97kg, which is significantly bigger than his college weight. Brooks has been competing at 86 kg, which is much closer to his college weight. He was a true freshman NCAA champ at 197 lbs, which I think is a first. He's a year YOUNGER than Brooks. You're assuming regression, whereas I think stagnation is far more likely, but even then, you're basing that in lack of competition, but the Ferraris were notorious for not competing much. I think he's clearly a threat to Brooks. I wish he wasn't wrestling for Iowa, but I think you're crazy for dismissing him. I'm picking Brooks, though.

No offense taken at all, it's a fair joke.

It's been happening to me way more lately than ever in my life. In a related story, I have three kids.

To you and yours as well.

A fundamental misunderstanding of the bit. I've said it a million times. He's a PSU fan pretending to be an Iowa fan who's pretending to be a PSU fan.

My understanding was that Jimmy Carter murdered America. Which was it?