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He's gushed over multiple PSU wrestlers. He gushed over Messenbrink in that match. He sang the praises of Starocci and Brooks all through the semis and probably will again right now. He definitely was pulling for Carr, but it's a weird leap to make it about Cael.

I don't understand people wanting a 4th stall call in that match. Carr did some backing up but rarely went out of bounds in neutral and made serious attacks in every period. How does that equal 4 free points for the other guy just because he moved forward a bunch.

I've enjoyed the announcers. DC is the most fun and the most obnoxious. He's been on the right side of that balance for me. I understand others feel differently. I like it being fun. Even when they wander from the topic I am fine. I don't need anyone to explain wrestling to me while I watch. I do need people to help make me laugh while I watch wrestling.

Get out of here. His matside deameanor is right in line with everyone else. PSU got a review of a review in round 1 by whining. Iowa complains matside. Cornell goes past matside all the way to court. Every team and coach complains, and the successful ones get away with more so they do it more. Smith is just like his fellow coaches.

Fix cheated and mostly got away with it. He's also 26 years old. Then he wrestles a counter offense style that fails to put up points even when he's much better than his opponent. He's easy to root against. But Ragusin did nothing for 10 minutes. He did far less than Fix. His gameplan was to stall and roll through for stalemates on his feet. He made no effort to win the match. Then he was almost handed the match. Then they reconsidered and didn't hand it to him. Then he goes on social media and insults John Smith. You've got to really be blinded by rooting interests to make a hero out of Ragusin in this situation. Maybe instead of complaining he should have attempted an offensive move at some point in the match.

The lack of self awareness here is awesome.

DC has actually pulled JB out of his shell a bit. He has laughed and enjoyed himself more than I ever remember in his previous announcing. He even just made fun of DC for making Starocci his "4th or 5th pound for pound number one".

Awesome from Carr!

Crazy choosing top. I guess he wanted the match decided in his best position.

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.