PortaJohn

My dream scenario would be Wrestling would have two seasons. Fall Freesytle and Winter Folk. Have teams compete in mini tournaments followed by the conference tournament and then the National Championship.

Fair point on the National Duals. Bad job on my part on not clarifying what I meant on the UFC, Boxing, PGA. Was not suggesting we use their format for competition. Was speaking to how they market their athletes and create hype. Would not be able to answer that. It does appear his contribution to wrestling has been significant with the youth. Maybe @Husker_Du or @Jason Bryant can answer that for you

Sure dual stories are great as are tournament stories. My point was I have yet to have a wrestler tell me how devastated they are about a dual meet loss. It's not in the DNA of the wrestlers I know. Everyone's focus I know was getting on the podium it was not winning duals.

I'm not anti duals nor against a dual team championship. I just think it's a fairytale to think it will grow the sport. Have yet to meet a former college wrestler who talked about the dual they lost. It's an individual sport & I think if we wanted to grow the sport it should be marketed more like the UFC, boxing, PGA Golf, etc. Some like to poke fun of Bo Bassett because of his social media presence but he has done more to grow the sport of wrestling than decades of tinkering at the NCAA level

That's only theory at this point and like other sports depends on which schools are realistically in the hunt. PSU/Iowa will draw more engagement than say NC State/Virginia Tech. The highest viewership in recent memory for the NCAA finals was 2013 (Dake/Taylor) 860k viewers compared to 2018 that had a team title on the line during the finals round and only drew 628K viewers. Be great if I am proven wrong but the idea that National Duals will increase engagement and grow wrestling seems like a fairytale.

Our annual National Dual debate is upon us! Glad to see that some things never change. If given the choice would you rather be a One Time NCAA All American Wrestler or a 4 time Team Champ

My favorite quote on this, “I wouldn’t call this a scam. Because to me, anytime someone calls something a scam, there’s an element of deception. There’s no deception here.” -Omid Malekan

Deion headed to the Cowboys or Raiders?

Determining sex XO is female and XXY is male. You're looking for 46XX/46XY

Sex is determined at conception but anatomically we have no gender in the embryonic stage. Intersex was probably the wrong word

Wasn't arguing against your spirit of trolling or trying to shut you down. I've heard that narrative before and have seen it get shot down. Just need to clean up your approach, fine tune it. Good luck!

Do you know why he left Okie St. First I assumed it was because of Hendrickson and then he chooses Iowa State and drops to 197.

Discussed this in the other thread. This is a misconception. We all start out as intersex

Can't we all just enjoy how hilarious of a faux pas that moment was? That was definitely a freudian Sieg Heil

Ha! Fair enough.

I guess indeed. You have Pinto and Allred wrestling down a weight this year. Big advantage to get them right off the scale. On the team convo I think yourself, WKN, and Brucey all have valid points. We've all seen duals where the result of a match creates momentum into the following one. But WKN makes a sound point in that the team aspect in wrestling is somewhat artificial

I gotcha but Penn State was winning that dual no matter what. I assumed it had more to do with what was assumed to catch Nebraska with their weight cuts and less to do with getting momentum and winning the dual.

He did?

Stop with this nonsense. Tom Brands was also very much involved on killing it as were other high profile coaches

I'm in the minority here but I don't think national duals will be as popular as the hardcore wrestling junkies like ourselves think they'll be.

I'll have to do some digging but I believe a study done by John Hopkins put to rest this old theory and it's actually all fetuses have both. Just a little search produces this. ; all embryos, regardless of their sex, initially develop structures that have the potential to become either male or female reproductive tracts, meaning they essentially have "both" male and female reproductive tracts in their early development stages before differentiation occurs based on genetic factors. Explanation: Undifferentiated Stage: Early in development, the gonads in an embryo are undifferentiated, meaning they can develop into either testes (male) or ovaries (female) depending on the presence of the Y chromosome. Müllerian and Wolffian Ducts: Both male and female embryos possess two sets of ducts called the Müllerian ducts and Wolffian ducts, which are the precursors to the internal reproductive organs. Male Development: In a male embryo, the presence of the Y chromosome triggers the development of the testes, which then produce testosterone causing the Wolffian ducts to develop into the male reproductive tract while the Müllerian ducts regress. Female Development: In a female embryo, lacking the Y chromosome, the Müllerian ducts develop into the female reproductive tract while the Wolffian ducts naturally degenerate. Key points to remember: All embryos start with the potential for both male and female reproductive organs. The presence of the Y chromosome determines the development of male genitalia. In the absence of a Y chromosome, the embryo will develop female genitalia by default.

I do think you're displaying master class sh't talking but this isn't accurate. We start out intersex. The "we all start out female" is a misconception

I hope they don't go to 16. It'll just be more blowouts. I hope they reschedule it and the top 4 get a home game for the quarter finals. They can rotate the bowls for the semis and the National Championship is the Rose Bowl. Also condense it so the semis are on New Years

It's been a looong time coming. Hope they work out the kinks. Oregon got shafted, Boise State and Arizona St getting a bye was a joke. I think it should be power 4 Conference Champs guarantees a bid. Other than that seed it correctly 1-12 based on the CFP Ranking.

Neither would've Notre Dame. Different era