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4 hours ago, jackwebster said:

Real Etymology/Usage Question: I went to an ACC school, and the frat/srat crowd would add a little "THE" sticker to the front of their " University of [XXX]" window stickers. This was in 1994. How long has tOSU been doing their schtick? Were they first or just the most persistently demonstrative? Was "THE Ohio State University" an athetics' dept. marketing directive dreamt up once they started having NFL players introduce themselves on telecasts?

University of Miami football players have been saying they're from "The U" for a long, long time. My armchair attempt at psychological etymology is that both OSU and Miami have premier state-school envy. Ohio State can never be the University of Ohio--that dream is dead--so they've added the "The."

Miami is the university of a city, which is a big step down. 

There was an ILLINI all pro football player who was introduced during the Super Bowl or a conference championship, and he almost started a state-wide riot when he said he was from "The university of hard knocks." Simeon Rice? 

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5 hours ago, TNwrestling said:

The ESPN special "The Streak" added to his lore. He was demolishing kids in that show. 

That was a great documentary! I tried to find it on YouTube but only found this trailer/advertisement for the dvd on Amazon. Well worth any wrestler's time. Cheers!

Abraham Lincoln was a senior at Carl Sandburg High School with a record of 36-4. He dreamed of a wrestling scholarship from the University of Illinois, but he was only #98 on the senior big board. So, the lanky rail-splitter hopped a wagon train to the Northwest Territory to wrestle in the 9 stone 7 pound weight class at Fargo.  

Old Timers say he wrestled like a furious shaved bear.

The young railsplitter teched his way to the finals, setting up a match with the champion from Virginia, Robert E. Lee. Well, my friends, that was a sight! Over 40,000 fans dressed in their Sunday’s best watched on a nearby hillside while picknicking on boiled squirrel and pumpkin sandwiches.  

In the first period, Lincoln emancipated and proclamated for the full three hours, building up a sixty-point lead. During intermission, though, his corner had to reattach a finger, which had been chewed off by the Virginian. 

Forty minutes into the second period, his reserves exhausted, Lee surrendered.

A table was set up in the center of the mat, and Lee formally signed the “Articles of Agreement Relating to the Surrender of the Wrestler Robert E. Lee.” You can see this document displayed on the second floor of the National Archives building in Washington, D.C.

This article was brought to you by The Society for a More Interesting Though Dubious History and because of donations from viewers like you. Also, Mike Poeta was the #1 recruit in the land coming out of high school and was said to be faster than a stalling call in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. 

14 hours ago, ionel said:

Fly made the comics, great stuff, he's big time now!

I hope Flying Cement's not a Michigan fan. Cheers! 

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16 hours ago, MPhillips said:

My stance on Ohio State has always been clear. Not a fan of, "the", never have been. I remember before there was such nonsense...

I bring this all up for three reasons:

1. Because I want to seem normal, and normal fans of teams hate other teams.

2. It doesn't seem right for a university to acquire an entire article for their own use. Not even the Mona Lisa is known as the "The Mona Lisa," and the Great Pyramid of Giza is not "The Great Pyramid of Giza." The absolute only reason to capitalize the "T" in a "The" is to start a sentence or for "The Batman." 

3. Because you can't give yourself a nickname. It's against the Man Rules and the dictates of a civilized society. 

10 hours ago, ionel said:

I'll pass it on to wOSU.  They can then officially be know as:  The West Coast OSU or TWCOSU.  

This particular Davebert was created with you in mind. The fact that you dragged in poor @MPhillips is pretty cool. Whenever I do a preview of an ILLINI/OSU dual, I always make sure to call it an Ohio State University. Because fans of one school are always mean to fans of other schools. 

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We boycotted the BRICS Games as well. USA! USA! USA!

5 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Quite possibly the worst website ever, but the results can be found here with much effort:

https://results.bricskazan2024.games/schedules

 

Amazing find! 

I've never tried one of those "Escape Rooms" they have for tourists in Myrtle Beach, but I imagine these are the types of puzzles that you have to figure out to escape. When I hit translate on the link you provided, the first sport that came up was "Acrobatic Rock 'n' Roll." 

On other days, they had "Football biathlon" and "Chess." 

On June 22 and 23, they held "Breaking" competitions. So, the BRICS Games are as corrupt and indolent as their capitalist-pig Olympic Games counterpart! And what is this on June 14: "Synchronized swimming. Solo - free program"?

The Russian wrestlers competing at Olympic weights included Anzor Zankuev at 74kg, Malik Shavaev at 86kg, Bady Maadyr Samdan at 97kg, Abasgadzhi Magomedov at 65kg, Ramiz Gamzatov at 57kg. Looks like a "B" team to me. 

Thanks!

I know that the ILLINI RTC has deep ties with wrestlers in Russia; Ermak Kardanov is a former Russian training there, and Coach Medlin has come out opposed to the decision to block Russia from the Olympics. Heck, there are old social media pictures of IRTC guys hanging with Sidakov and other Russian champions. But, when you threaten nuclear holocaust to the organizing city, you might not get invited.  

13 hours ago, nhs67 said:

I think the only danger to Lee is if he runs in to a big 57 KG guy that he can't turn early.  I know saying Abakarov is a copout because he is a shit matchup for anyone, really, but that is honestly the only tough match I see him having.  I don't think there is another 57 KG that can stop his early turn.  His tank is his only question right now and hopefully before the Oly Games injury doesn't rear it's head again.

Not counting Abakarov, Russia has been a medalist at four of the last five Olympics at this weight. They won Gold in three of the last five events. The absence of Russia this year makes Spencer's statistical chances for Gold even better. 

In my mind, he will be a very solid favorite in every matchup. 

I've tried to locate information about the recent BRICS games and it's wrestling tournament. So far: I know there was a BRICS games, and I know some people wrestled. 

From what I've read, it was staged in Russia, the Russians sent an army of athletes, and about 79 countries sent at least one participant, with ally Belarus sending a bunch. Brazil as well.

It seems that their challenge to the Olympic Games went about as well as their challenge to the US dollar.

On 6/30/2024 at 8:37 AM, ionel said:

Played pickleball with Zane Richards on Wednesday, he said nothing about the Red Ape war.  I failed to ask him but like I said he volunteered no information.   

I'm a big fan of Zane as a wrestler and a person. Got to talk to him a little bit at Midlands where he was coaching the unattached wrestlers. Very smart and sociable. I'd hate to play him in pickleball, though, as his reflexes are probably pretty good. Cheers! 

3 hours ago, 1032004 said:

The ref is an attorney.  I’m guessing he knows the law.

This is why it is funny to me: News editors, reporters and apparently North Carolina get it wrong all the time. This is what North Carolina attorneys have to say about the distinction. 

By the way, I put "Judo Chop" in quotation marks and searched Google. There were 18 pages of results. Hilarious! 

A couple of observations and questions:

1. Is that Eric Trump reporting local news in North Carolina? 

2. "Assault" is when you fear somebody is going to attack you. That couldn't apply here because the perp struck from behind with no warning. "Battery" is when somebody touches you in an inappropriate way. This was a battery. I agree that it's confusing. Though not as confusing and funny as "Judo Chop." 

3. I'm going to suggest to my friend Mad Ivan that he do an intensive camp for wrestling parents. 

OPERATION PSYCH-OUT ON THE FOURTH OF JULY:

If you can't get to an official ILLINI intensive wrestling camp, or at least a camp staffed with ILLINI coaches or wrestlers, let me suggest Mad Ivan's Intensive Wrestling Camp (Ages 2-4):

And, yes, Stevo is the model for this video.