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Sadulaev's singlet fits like a Halloween costume. 6-0 for Sad with a low single, two guts.

Haha! He stopped at the end of the mat, reached down to his feet and ... pulled up his sock.

Kazakhstan and Georgia win back to back medals. Wow. And the Georgia wrestler looked like he was an old man who just returned his soup at the deli because it was too cold. Taylor up now. Better see some ankle picks!

The feed goes down again. "Exquisite timing." LOL!

The collar tie was there all match ...

This was the ultimate betrayal of Sanderson. Taylor steadfastly refused to try a single ankle pick. I thought for sure with his reach he'd be picking ankles all match. Instead, he snubbed that favorite Sanderson technique. Anyway, that's my theory. How else do you explain: High crotch. Squash. Go behind. Two. Repeat? Also, I like Brits and Scots when they do comedy but not so much wrestling commentary.

I used your notes here in our Preview of the November 2nd dual between the ILLINI and SIUE. I also gave you and Intermat Forums credit. SIUE is on the up. A good young nucleus, and Daryl Thomas is a great recruiter and coach. Cheers!

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ILLINI WRESTLE-OFFS 125 Ramazan Attasauov D Caelan Riley (8-1) 133 Anthony "Joey" Ruzic D Brian Beers (4-3) 133 Lucas Byrd MD Brian Beers (15-3) 133 Lucas Byrd TF Anthony "Joey" Ruzic (19-4) 149 Jake Harrier D Hudson Goebel (6-4) 149 Kannon Webster MD Jake Harrier (10-2) 157 Logan Swaw D Charlie Fifield (7-3) 157 Antonio Alvarado WBF Tegan Chumbley 157 Jason Kraisser WBF Logan Swaw 157 Jason Kraisser WBF Antonio Alvarado 165 Braeden Scoles TF Caden Ernd (19-4) 165 Braeden Scoles MD Chris Moore (16-5) 174 Danny Braunagel MD Cooper Wettig (16-4) 184 Edmond Ruth D Dylan Connell (4-1; SV) 197 Zac Braunagel TF Isiah Pettigrew (25-9) 285 Peter Marinopoulos MD Marko Ivanisevic (19-7) 285 Luke Luffman TF Marko Ivanisevic (16-1) 285 Luke Luffman MD Peter Marinopoulos (10-2) The BIG MATCH was All American Edmond Ruth over National Qualifier and 4x ILLINOIS State Champ Dylan Connell. Lot's of respect shown in that match. Lucas Byrd was mean against his own teammates. Wait'll he gets ahold of your favorite 133er! Kannon Webster versus Jake Harrier was a one-point match last year. Jake was the starter the year before. A match that I really wanted to see was Zac Braunagel versus Isiah Pettigrew. Isiah started last season while Zac was on his Olympic redshirt. The match did not disappoint! Luke Luffman is somehow quicker than he has ever been. He's always been agile, but WOW! I would give outstanding wrestler awards to two ILLINI: Jason Kraisser and Braeden Scoles. Scoles convincingly beat last year's true Freshman starter and National Qualifier Chris Moore and a really tough spot starter in Caden Ernd. Jason Kraisser pinned both his opponents, including Logan Swaw who got the start at B10's after the injury to Joe Roberts. I expect both to shoot up the rankings once the real matches start. The Most Improved Award goes to Antonio Alvarado. Kid's got moxy. He'll be a starter and win some matches one day. For match-by-match descriptions and video, check out this link.

I've always been partial to the folks who had the neck-brace harmonica and a guitar in their hands. Give me Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. That's just so bad ass. Maybe the most talented harmonica player in a rock band is John Popper of Blues Traveler. But he did that and vocals, and never did both at the same time. Cheers!

I forgot to drop this in a previous comment:

This is exactly what this thread is about. Fantastic! Haven't seen the movie, but I like your description. Love the personal touch as well. Cheers!

Great choice! Within the last week, I saw a video in which Quentin Tarantino gushed about this movie. I like it as well. Cheers!

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A new strip next week. Until then, more of that sweet, sweet classic JOMBO™ that everybody loves. This is one of my favorites:

D3 for LU is a HUGE wrestling fan. Love the posts. Always there for international tournaments with updates and, yes, some comic relief.

In my opinion, your best post ever. Your BPE.

Mendoza is a year older, and Medlin's just now approaching his adult body weight. Seth goes to college next year, while Wyatt has a couple more IHSA State Championships and Fargo titles to win. Medlin is listed at 158 for some upcoming duals. He's a growing boy. Reminds me of Jesse Delgado and IMAR. We had to ask them about their matches against each other, and they both got real animated about that rivalry! They wrestled at the Cali state championships and in at least another high school tournament. They both won matches.

I don't know much about the rest of the OU lineup. I do know Parker is a quality wrestler, but he's 0-14 against Top 15 guys. That's not a record you want to bring to a match with Edmond Ruth. I've seen Bradley Hill wrestle, and he's pretty obviously a hard-working over-achiever. Down at 197, I believe the Brawlnagel would have speed, technique and conditioning advantages against him.

Thanks for the interesting topic! As the most fair and impartial reporter in wrestling, I can safely say death and destruction await the Sooners in this hypothetical match. Seriously, I don't know enough about the Oklahoma wrestlers to provide any relevant information, but that has never stopped me in the past: 125. Oklahoma shored up with some nice Cal Poly and NDSU transfers. Lorenzo is one of them. He lost to ILLLINOIS' Justin Cardani a couple years ago in the Matmen Open in SV. That tells me he is a very solid D1 wrestler but maybe not spectacular. Ramazan Attasauov is a mystery. He could be very spectacular. 133. In a recent podcast (not mine, I wish), Lucas Byrd mentioned that of all the wins and losses in his career, the match that sticks out most in his mind is his last NCAA quarterfinals loss to Daton Fix. He wants that match back. It was a coin flip and very controversial. He is extremely motivated, and this may be his last year on the mat. He's left that question open. I think NHS makes a great point with his Ragusin comparison for length. Byrd is 3 of 4 against him, and, in my mind, that one loss was a shock. Another comparison that might be helpful is Byrd versus 3x All American Michael McGee. Lucas is 2-0 against his quickness, including a pinfall at the Big Dance and a close win in their All-Star meetup. Interesting at least to me is that Byrd is the Wyrd said he most looks forward to a rematch with Ryan Crookham, who he beat in the 2018 Ironman tournament 4-3. 141. Danny Pucino and Mosha Schwartz have wrestled. That match was brutal. Danny was simply over-powered and pinned. What led to the pin was an injury that forced Pucino to forfeit out of the rest of the tournament and miss a couple weeks of the season. Danny has had the luxury of growing into the weight since then, getting stronger and bigger. Schwartz at the time looked like he was fed one cucumber per week to make weight. I would really like to see them run this one again.

Tony Stark, also known as Ironman, was born on May 29, 1970, making him 54 as of today. Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, is 104 years old having been born on July 4, 1918. Bruce Banner, who sometimes turns into the Hulk, and, lately, Smart Hulk will turn 55 on December 18th. Carol Danvers as Captain Marvel is believed to be in her 60s. Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) is said to have been 39 when she gave her life for the Soul Stone. Thor Odinson is somewhere between 1,059 and 1,500 years old.

I talked to Alex Tirapelle about the Stanford situation just a short time ago. He is still emotional about what happened. I would suggest that Campbell coaches and the person leading the alumni charge against this disaster contact him where he is coaching now: American University. Not only is he whip smart, but he's also been through this particular situation. Yes, I know that the endowments are different and there is likely no Shane Griffith at Campbell right now, but there was more to that in saving Cardinal wrestling.

I don't know about their other social media accounts, but I saw so many ******* hilarious tweets from their Twitter account, that I up and followed them. Best in the country on Twitter. This is awful, and I hope the athletes sue. I can't imagine scholarship athletes told that they can't wrestle for their team. It sounds impossible.