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Are the brackets out yet? Link?

What's the hold up? I thought it started at 9:00.

Nolf says:

RIP Coach. One of the legends of our sport and a great man. His 2001 NCAA title may never be duplicated. No finalists but 10 All-Americans. Three guys finished 3rd, three more finished 4th, two finished 8th, one each finished 5th and 6th, respectively. The Gophers' # 1 seed at HWT lost a heartbreaker in the semis by one point in OT, but came back to pin his opponent in 42 seconds for 3rd place, to win that year's Gorriaran Award. https://rememberinglegacyobits.today/j-robinson-minnesota-wrestling-death-obituary-legendary-gophers-head-coach-died-at-79/

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They need a means for challenging controversial calls. Since they're sometimes a little over the top (which doesn't bother me) they should use actual bricks. Also, the RAF ring girls are a nice touch. The NCAA needs to do likewise.

He will be facing...

Thanks - I accidently clicked on some highlights from RAF 6 instead of RAF 7. Duh! (That's why I edited my post, but it was too late! ha!)

I'm watching, Why are there no announcers calling the play-by-play?

^ I did some googling using the wrestlingstats.com website as it lists the All-Star Classic results from 1967 (the first one) through 2009 and each of the NCAA championship brackets. A quick comparison of results from those two sources reveals some interesting stuff, such as: In the 1970 NCAA finals # 1 seed Mike Grant (Ok State) beat # 3 seed Bob Ferraro (Indiana State) by a 6-1 score. Less than two weeks later, Ferraro pinned Grant in 4:56 at the All-Star Classic. Both matches were held in the 150-pound weight class. At HWT in 1967, #2 seed Curley Culp won by fall over # 8 seed Nick Carollo. Carollo made the finals by knocking off the # 1 seed Dave Porter in the semis by a score of 5-4. Porter bounced back to take third. A couple of weeks later at the All-Star, Porter pinned Culp in 3:38. https://www.wrestlingstats.com/NWCA/PDF/NWCA All-Star Classic.pdf https://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/brackets.htm

IIRC many years ago the All-Star was wrestled a week or two after NCAA finals and I think some rematches may have occurred then. My memory is really slipping with age though. Hopefully, someone can fill in with details and any interesting results (especially revenge matches) that may have occurred. (I seem to remember there was one such case, but - as indicated - my memory is tty.)

Thanks for the info. Hope he makes a full recovery and can return to action.

Great post by his mom. What type of surgery did Kueter have?

AJ responded by declaring war, but says he needs time to heal from his torn knee. I'll be surprised if this match actually comes to fruition, but hope it does. Yonger smashed Mr. Fast Twitch in folkstyle and, as Mr. Stuclone suggests, it'd be an even worse beat down in freestyle. (I'm suspecting that AJ comes up with an excuse to avoid facing the Cuban again.) AJ Ferrari @mrfasttwitch @RAFWrestlingUSA Give me time to heal up. This time I won’t be wrestling with a torn knee. I declare war

My wife says that the Bob Dole emoji is definitely a big thumbs up!

Here's the latest - copied and pasted from WIN's site: Live Fan Vote Standings 27,832 total votes cast LEADING Mitchell Mesenbrink, Penn State, 165 67% 18,550 votes #2 Jax Forrest, Oklahoma State, 133 13% 3,576 votes #3 Sergio Vega, Oklahoma State, 141 7% 2,067 votes #4 Issac Trumble, North Carolina State, 285 5% 1,438 votes #5 Levi Haines, Penn State, 174 5% 1,366 votes #6 Josh Barr, Penn State, 197 3% 740 votes #7 Luke Lilledahl, Penn State, 125 0% 95 votes

I screwed MM out of 10,000 votes - I dropped a digit and only gave him 7,598 votes when it should have been 17,598. That's why the percentages appeared off, but they're actually correct. All I can say is oopsy daisy, Mr. OopsyDaisy1. Good catch on your part.

Latest Stats: Mesenbrink: 7,598 (66%)----Jax: 3,457 (13%)----Vega: 2,004 (8%) Trumble: 1,397 (5%)----Haines: 1,306 (5%)----Barr: 197 (3%) Lilledahl: 125 (0%)----Cinnabon 0 (0%)

Can't remember where I heard it, but it was reported that he didn't really want to compete this year, but was talked into it by the coaching staff. I don't know if that's true or not, but it sounds feasible. Especially since he was a senior last year (he's a grad student now) and would've ended his career a NCAA champ.

I never see him post in the International forum. That style allows push-outs so maybe that's what happened over there.

Such a suggestion could only come from someone on the lunatic fringe...oh, wait!

After MM went down the line shaking hands and hopped up onto the podium, Alvan said something to him and shook his hand again - so he's got that going for him too!

Those would be my top four also - in the same order.

Alvan represented Brazil at the 2022 Pan American Games and took home a bronze medal.