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Only if he is doing it right.

My spirit animal.

The answer to the question, who scored more, is the same as the answer to the question, what kind of underwear does @BobDole wear, boxers or briefs? Depends. You have a couple of errors. Advancement points were awarded in 1997 at the same level as today, 1 for the championship round and 0.5 for the consolation round. The only difference was that in 1997 it was treated as a 64 man bracket when there were more than 32 wrestlers. That meant there was an extra advancement point on the championship side and an extra 0.5 advancement points on the consolation side for just the brackets with >32. The other main difference was in 1997 you only got 1 bonus point for a tech fall without back points. Adjusting for those differences by re-scoring Iowa using today's method gets you 171.5. The only question, then, is were bonus easier to come by this year? That is where "Depends" comes in. Yes, it was easier to get majors and tech falls, but the increase in tech falls appears to have had an unintended consequence. The number of pin falls dropped. The obvious explanation would be that getting to a tech fall faster meant there wasn't as much opportunity to pin fall an overmatched opponent. But bonus points are somewhat volatile from year to year. So, was this just a down year for bonus that was lifted a little by the easier major and tech? Or was this a normal bonus year where we traded off pin falls for tech falls, thereby offsetting the increase in majors?

Outrageous

Your claim outrages me.

There are other factors than just style that drive relative viewership. I think school affiliation is a huge part of the interest. Just read this board to see how important school is to fans.

Weak

You missed the biggest one of all. They recruited Truax over a 3x champ. Forced him to bump up if he wanted to make the team. Real cold stuff from Sanderson.

I am so confused. Is it bad whiskey?

I have not. Do tell. Among the Emerald Isle distillers I am partial to Red Breast, Teelings, and the spots (have a Green Spot open at present).

Sacrilegious

I have not said either of those things. I have said Mark Hall is a bad example of corruption in recruiting. I am also saying any claims that Mark Hall's situation was similar to David Carr's is ludicrous. As to verbals, they have no meaning. The NCAA is very clear on this and coaches perfectly understand this. Until that NLI is signed it means nothing. And coaches prefer it this way because it gives them great flexibility. This is not a system designed by students, for students. So anyone complaining about changing a verbal commitment doesn't have much of a complaint.

If Mark Hall verbals in the woods and no one hears it, does he make a sound?

This belongs in the separated at birth thread.

He could. But I go back to my prior statement about having a live event on Flo to announce that he picked Penn State OVER his other finalists, including Minnesota, Ohio State, Arizona State, and Wisconsin. You don't have five finalists if you have already committed to one school. It is clear that he had not committed at that point. Had he already committed the Flo event would have been to announce his change of mind.

You will notice I did not include him in my list.

First question. Yes. Second question. A couple of reasons. Hall announced live on Flo that he was verbally committing to PSU. You do not have a live announcement on Flo if you have already committed elsewhere. And the article he posted talked about J Robinson calling out Hall for choosing to go to the Olympic training center and for committing to PSU.

An ass like someone who makes up stuff about other people? That kind of ass?

I have no doubt there are sleazy practices, but hiring a clearly qualified coach who has a top rated son is opportuniistic, not sleazy. If Nate Carr was not qualified I would feel differently. The Hall claim was just flat out stupid. And I do not know what to make of recruiting with regard to Kerkvliet given the number of times he flipped and flopped. People are happy to talk about theories, rumors, and their personal grudges like they are fact. You, for example, were willing to accept @headshuck's clearly made up claims at face value.

Your article literally says the opposite. He used J Robinson's criticism as motivation. Minnesota was clearly never his dream team.

I can't find anything that says Hall ever committed to Minnesota. The only thing I found said he announced his choice of PSU over Minnesota, Ohio State, ASU, and Wisconsin live on Flo.

I don't recall any of Hall's, Nolf's, or Kerkvliet's fathers coaching at PSU. Did I miss something?

Meh

There was last time.

I think you are playing a little fast and loose. Which taxes? The federal income tax rate has been unchanged since Trump cut most marginal rates in 2018. Prior to that Obama had added a 7th tax bracket to the existing 6 in 2013, but that only impacts the top ~1% of earners (not assets). And prior to that Bush phased in a tax cut over three years. On the capital gains side, Reagan increased the LT gain tax in the late 80's before Clinton decreased them in 97.