VakAttack

No sound to start the 157 match, and suddenly the volume is up to 11.

The clock is not working, lol.

This event is not being produced by Flo. Spey has been (extremely) vocal about this on Twitter, lol.

Wait, Yianni isn't wrestling either? Wtf? Isn't this Cornell's event? Now I'm glad I didn't drive down for this.

It's weird that they have Sparks in the building, but his broadcast partner is coming to us from the bottom of the ocean, but what do I know?

Is something going on with the audio?

I'm so annoyed. At myself.

ANybody ( @Husker_Du ?) have tickets for this thing? I didn't even know it was happening, then today I tried to confirm if any of my buddies wanted to go with me and...they sold out. Apparently it's only like 350 people. FML.

It's a little different because Russia is actively trying to annex parts or all of another country. That said, I would agree that penalizing the athletes for the conduct of the leader sucks; the counterargument being that the athletic organizing bodies don't really have the ability to affect Putin in anyway other than this, given his known love of sport. And yes we have blood on our hands (as a country) as well. Bottom line, I believe that there is some logic behind shunning a country currently engaged in extraterritorial wars trying to annex them in violation of international laws, and there is a difference in that vs. other military conflicts. I also think it's inherently unfair to the athletes involved. If forced to choose, I think the negative affect it has on Russia is marginal, and would side with letting the athletes compete.

I think the perception around the Gomez-Yianni match up is that it was more flukey in that the 4 point move is more difficult to replicate, where as here Carr just seemed a class above KOT. Also Gomez didn't score offensively until over halfway thru the second period, whereas Carr was in control throughout. Pure eye test in this one, to me, is that this was the best performance, so I agree with CP. Great from both winners, though.

Carr was flawless, incredibly impressive.

Carr with a beautiful match, wow.

Man that was brutal, Mauller did nothing while Johnson worked his ass off.

Oh, so it's multi-day? Do we know which ones are which days? Nothing on the website shows anything other than 4/26.

I was thinking, since I can't make the NCAA tournament, I might try to hit Vegas for the event. For those who have attended, do you recommend it over an actual Final X event? I like the idea that I get U20, U17, and WFS as well. Also, am I reading it right, it's on a Wednesday?

You. I was under the impression you were a male. My apologies if I was incorrect.

...he said about literally the most watched thing in the country every year, by a lot.

Congratulations to the 4 time NFC Champion Philadelphia Eagles. Helluva season.

A lot of 80s movies had some homoerotic overtones. I blame it on all the cocaine.

An interesting thing about Parris is that against Kerk and Cass, he appeared gassed both times, but it never affected his actual wrestling, which is an impressive trait. This match reinforces my belief that Tone needs to do more upperbody work against Kerk and Parris. Tone is proficient there and both guys are clearly uncomfortable. He should obviously not do that against Schultz, lol

Parris' first TD, the ref immediately called for a stalemate. The announcers even commented on it. He had 2 seconds of RT. Then, after his last TD, Parris laid on Cass' hips for the last 45 seconds. It was inconsistent just within the same match. That said, I can't complain overall, Cass' first TD was flukey. He just doesn't have the juice to deal with Parris' power. EDIT: Yeah yeah, I see the typo now, lol.

....I can't believe the ref called a stalemate 2 seconds after a takedown, and also just watched as Parris layed on top of Cass for 45 seconds later in the same match. Parris is the better guy, but yeesh.

Watching guys panic when Siebrecht goes upperbody has been a small joy this year.

Big Tone, Spencer, Woods, Siebrecht, and Max for me. Max....I love him, man, but he can be very frustrating.