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Fix was definitely fortunate. But Ragusin did absolutely nothing for the entire match. He never made an attack, clinged to stalemates on every Fix attack, and dove out of bounds on the closest thing to a TD in the match. I have no problem with the claim that Fix was lucky or undeserving. But whatever Fix did, Ragusin did less. He didn't get shafted.

It looks like RT wasn't accrued after the locked hands. So even a ride out wouldn't have given him enough RT. I didn't know that was a rule.

Absurd call.

I almost wrote something like that initially. I'd love to eat with DC. I really only trust fat guys about food.

Harrison is great. I don't think anyone is better. DC is good at everything except avoiding cheeseburgers.

I agree. The improvement from Spencer Lee's freshman year to senior year was awesome!

Either seed Starocci correctly or don't let him in. Putting him 9 just punishes wrestlers in his path who earned seeds.

So you're saying that depending on how you look at it they might be better than Sacred Heart.

With my first one I had very few symptoms before the surgery (even with the full ACL and full bucket tear of the meniscus). They told me the same about there not being any real explanation for the variance in sypmtoms. Then a day after the surgery my knee suddenly inflated like a beach ball. In about 20 minutes it went from normal size to at least double the size. I called the doctor and they said it was normal and to elevate it. I did and it shrunk in like 10 minutes. It was legitimately like the fluid just poured out of my leg. For about a day it would instantly swell if I lowered it and then instantly shrink if I elevated. Then after a day it was normal. The first surgery was also a brutal recovery and the 2nd was super easy (even though I was much older and fatter). There are general truths with these situations, but every one is unique. Hopefully Starocci is not seriously hurt, but if it is an ACL, hopefully it's one of those times where he can keep competing.

Yeah, you could potentially wrestle in a little as a week after a meniscus scope. With an ACL, you either have to hold off on surgery like Spencer or Kerk, or you're out for the season. That said, I've seen people walk (or continue to wrestle) immediately after an ACL tear. If a knee locks up from a meniscus tear (torn part folds up in the joint), you aren't walking until you can get it to unlock. I tore each ACL. With the first one I had a complete tear and a meniscus tear, and I could still jog and put weight on it. It never swelled. I just couldn't change directions. With the 2nd one I had more immediate signs but still got up and walked off the basketball court (I was 40).

So you declare an opinion with no basis in reality and say it's okay because it's your opinion and nobody can tell you otherwise. Then you get mad at someone else for expressing his opinion. Classic.

How should they be first? They got beat soundly by OSU. They had one home dual that weekend with a record crowd and OSU was on their 2nd match of the weekend and it was 24-10. That's about as definitive as it gets.

Good teams make teams look bad. This OSU team appears to be good. From the outside I'd guess Coleman Scott has made a difference.

I fully agree. He is absolutely one of the best and most consistent coaches. Top 10 for sure, maybe top 5. That's awesome. That's why I said he's been really good for a really long time. But it's not the kind of thing that makes opposing teams resent you. Especially when you're a conference nomad and you don't get hated even when you win tons of conference titles. He's a great coach. But nobody hates him or looks for reasons to tear him down, because nobody is in direct competition with him or his team. Iowa and tOSU and OSU and Michigan are busy hating PSU (or residually hating Iowa or even OSU). ACC schools are hating each other. ASU and Stanford or Oregon St probably hate each other a bit. Cornell and Lehigh. But nobody hates Mizzou wrestling. They're just a very good team worthy or respect, but nobody is worried about them. Same with their coach. So he gets praised all the time because nobody minds giving him his due.

Because his school is never a real threat, nobody hates him and everybody loves him. He's been really good for a really long time, and that's pretty impressive and makes no enemies.

Solid win for OSU. Travis and Spratley looked good on their leg attacks. Both seemed to get the worst of the positioning and hand fighting in neutral, but they were just much better at getting to the legs than their opponents.

Yep. Guys will absolutely stall with a lead no matter the rule set. Rewarding offensive attacks more isn't going to make that worse. It might make guys more aggressive in the first period. I think largely it makes neutral wrestling more valuable, which doesn't really affect stalling either way.

I remember 1 point FS takedowns well. I don't get what former FS rules have to do with you proclaiming yourself a FS fan who doesn't like that Folkstyle TDs are worth a whole 1.5Xs more than Folkstyle TDs. The problem (if it is one) is worse in FS.

I didn't say it's guaranteed to make guys attack more frequently. But making offensive attacks worth more than defensive attacks is absolutely not going to discourage offense.

So your assertion is that offensive scores being worth more in comparison to defensive scores will encourage less offense. I guess that's a take.

In Freestyle a simple TD is worth double what a reversal is. In Folkstyle it's worth 1.5Xs. It's weird that you took the time to comment on folkstyle rules and how they compare to freestyle without noting that.

I completely agree that this will benefit the guy who scores on offense.

Very weird that the original post is a freestyle fan who doesn't like the reversal being worth less than the TD.

I'm fine with the All-Star match not counting. It's an exhibition. But if you are wrestling in an actual regular season event, then it should count as a match regardless of who the opponent is. If the opponent is allowed into the college tournament, then it should count on your official record.

It's also an issue of expectations. When most teams have an occasional 14th, nobody cares. When OSU has one (or two), it's noteworthy. The same would be true if Iowa got a 14th.