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That was a funny visual.

Disagree on this characterization. Swiderski clubbed the shit out of Woods twice after the whistle. Now I don't mind stuff like that, but I've seen the reactions whenever an Iowa guy does similar stuff, so I just find it funny. I thought it was awesome, and Swiderski is TOUGH!

Crackerjack analysis. After today's results, the words on everybody's lips are definitely "Penn State is in trouble, the Hawkeyes are coming for them."

Fair, but I'm also accounting for level of opponent. I rate Schuyler more highly than Gaitan at this point.

Oh shit, ban basketball is back? Good dual meet. Spencer likely gets the tech if the ref doesn't stop him for potentially dangerous, but no doubt he didn't look great after that. He did dig deep for another nice TD in the third. The standard Lee is held to is incredible, though. He did still major his opponent in a big spot in his first match in a year in CTver after double ACL surgeries. Maybe calm down, as has been pointed out, Lee historically has not had the greatest tank early. I loved all the pageantry and shit talk, but I do get a kick out of one guy calling Woods a douche (and others expressing similar feelings) for....not liking getting clubbed multiple times after the whistle, I guess, but not much consternation over Bastida's theatrics. Either way. Good dual, never really in doubt even with Iowa State winning all the tossups (pr semitossups.) Most impressive Clone (other than Carr) was Paniro Johnson. Most impressive Hawk was Cass, but after that Nelson Brands looked really good, as did Real Woods. Warner, in a loss, showed more juice from neutral so hopefully he can build from that.

Spencer is on the bout card.

Nah. He probably even gets put on his back boringly.

Ed Scott, how do you walk into a slide by with 12 seconds left?

The beautiful thing about Will Lewan wrestling in a semifinal is that I know to watch the other semifinal if I want any shot at seeing something exciting.

https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/10063879-two-time-all-american-stephen-buchanan-transfers-to-oklahoma Officially announced, but for all the chatter last year, this one gave me a chuckle:

I believe that's what the insinuation behind the rumor is, but I just don't think there's any reason to believe that. If there were even a scintilla of proof backing this up, we'll find out when Patrick Minnow pretends he's got the scoop 3 days from now.

Brands said in an interview a few weeks ago that Teske wasn't certified at 125, so, if that is true, he can't be going down to 125 lbs.

Maybe we'll find out Sooner rather than later.

Drake Ayala, Nate Jesuroga, Cody Chittum are the most likely. Tony Cassioppi and Jacob Warner are possibilities this year, as is Real Woods.

I think Lee will be used sparingly, but I believe (with no inside info) that his final Cy-Hawk Dual will be one of those moments.

I...disagree. But would love to be wrong. If Carr can be bullied, Kennedy is one of the few guys who can do it, but Carr is just a more skilled guy IMO. I think Carr wins something controlled like 5-2.

Oh, I wouldn't be shocked if Swiderski wins. He's a big time talent. I just don't think it's a tossup as of now. A semantics debate.

I don't think 184 is a toss up, I think ISU is a favorite; I just could see Assad winning it. I don't think 149 is a tossup either. Johnson's one good result isn't enough to overcome everything, including squeaking by the Grandview. 141 not a toss up either, Real Woods is a top 3 ranked wrestler. I have no idea what to make of 157. Siebrecht is a wild man. He'll be the favorite on paper, but I think that's a toss up.

125: Lee TECH Terukina 133: Teske/Schriever DEC ISU 141: Woods DEC Swiderski 149: Murin DEC Johnson 157: Siebrecht DEC Kraisser 165: Carr DEC Kennedy 174: Brands DEC Broderson 184: Coleman DEC Assad 197: Bastida DEC Warner (toss up, but Warner, after my positive posting earlier this month, has looked down, plus it's a tough stylistic matchup for him) 285: Cassioppi MDEC Schuyler Bottom line, if Iowa wrestles it's best lineup, the dual shouldn't be that close. The above results that have a decent chance of getting flipped are 141, 149 157, 184, and 197.

Let's let him become the starter first.

Iowa's injuries get held out more because of the perceptions about the Brands style. As mentioned, lots of injuries in this sport, including at Penn State. It's a tough sport.

What did Iowa and Brands have to do with the topic? They were 879 miles away, lol. That's not a persecution complex, that's a factual statement.

Ahhh, yes, now the forum is for real where Iowa gets attacked very quickly in an unrelated thread. Now we're cooking with gas. Seems like Iowa just lost two high profile matches without incident.

$10 trillion.

I disagree. By and large, it goes to the most dominat wrestler. For example, Retherford won it as a junior and senior, and there were more accomplished guys in the field. I think you're relying mostly on Dieringer winning it over Retherford (total supposition on my part, I know) but Dieringer was also dominant and a senior, with a bunch of bonus. Neither Brooks nor RBy no Starocci are big bonus guys against even low AA type guys on the regular, with Brooks ebing most likely there. O'Toole is going to have better numbers then them this season and is a prior champ. Unless one of those guys makes a bonus jump, I think we'll just have to wait and see.