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Gabe Dean, 2017 30-0 going into the final with a 40 match winning streak and an 83% bonus rate.

Nick Gwiazdowski, 2016 after winning 82 straight loses the final in SV to a plucky undersized heavy who would never be heard from again.

#1 seeds that did not AA 2001 - Present 2001 - 149 Reggie Wright, Oklahoma St - Lost in the blood round 2002 - 184 Scott Justus, Virginia Tech - L, W, L 2003 - 174 Greg Jones, West Virginia - Round of 16 2005 - 157 Alex Tirapelle, Illinois - Lost in the blood round 2007 - 197 Max Askren, Missouri - 0-2 BBQ 2009 - 165 Mack Lewnes, Cornell - 0-2 BBQ 2011 - 149 Darrion Caldwell, NC State - 1-2 injury default, MFF 2021 - 165 Alex Marinelli, Iowa - MFF in the blood round

In the full wrestleback era (1996 - present) only 8 of the #1 seeds failed to AA. That is a more fair list to pull from.

In the 10 weight era 1952-present - though in 1966-69 there were 11) there have been 44 #1 seeds who failed to AA. That is probably a good place to start. 1964 was the toughest year for #1 seeds. Three failed to AA. At 130 Pitts Mike Johnson lost in the first round and must have been injured because he MFF'd the consolation. At 157 Jumpin Jack Flasche lost in the quarters and did not make the consolation bracket. At heavyweight Jim Nance also lost in the quarters and decided to start his broadcasting career immediately.

Pick any of 5 Alex Marinelli years.

I all fairness, he did say wrestler.

That is not a mistake.

We are all dummies who make mistakes. Don't let it stop ypu from posting.

You could certainly hear the Minnesota coaches calling for it.

I too find the stalling calls to be very inconsistent. The inconsistency seems to be not calling stalling, rather than calling it too often. Take Real Woods yesterday against VomBaur. After taking a 4-1 lead, Woods was in reverse the entire second period. He was clearly in defend his lead mode. Back up or move sideways every time VomBaur attempted to make contact. It was an effective stalling technique because it worked, but it was stalling.

Amen, brother. I wonder who I can see about that.

Do Over 125: Matt McDonough - 1,2,1 trumps 1,3,3 133: Logan Steiber - only two timer at the weight 141: Also Logan Steiber - his four timer status trumps Kellan Russell's 7,1,1 149: Zain Retherford - obviously 157: Jason Nolf - also obviously. 2,1,1,1 trumps 1,1 even if the second 1 caused Nolf's 2. 165: David Taylor - his international success is hard to ignore even if it did not happen in the 2010's. But, given that it did happen in the 2020's a strong argument exists for he and Vincenzo Joseph tying for the title. 174: Mark Hall - his 1,2,2 and sympathy for his stolen 2020 trumps Matt Brown's 2,5,1. And poor Ed Ruth. Only two years at 174 hurts his candidacy. 184: Bo Nickal - his two titles at 184 and finals win over Gabe Dean trumps Dean's 3,1,1,2. And poor Ed Ruth. Only two... 197 Bo Nickal - yes, there was only a single title at the weight (over Moore, so there is that), but no one from the B1G won more than that. And Nickal's 2019 tournament was more dominant than the others (pinfall, pinfall, major, pinfall, 4 point dec). His season was also more dominant, ending with the Hodge. 285: Kyle Snyder: Captain "Obviously" America.

Ha. Every one of us got the thread title wrong. I have non-B1G, the other guys have non-2010 wrestlers. At least we are consistent in our inconsistency. Or I could say, "hey they didn't stick to the decade, why should I stick to the conference?" But, no, I did not read the thread title carefully is the real issue.

More than 14 wrestlers with votes at this point. Amazing weight this year.

We can't get Cornell to send their starters out there, but they get to wrestle two at 125? Seems unfair.

I didn't include the last 3 because it was up a weight at 133.

If I had know that job was open, I would have applied.

125: Matt McDonough - 1,2,1 trumps 1,3,3 133: Logan Steiber - only two timer at the weight 141: Yianni Diakomihalis - that he went on to win four gives him the trump card over the other two timers, Dean Heil and Kellan Russell (excluding Steiber because 133) 149: Zain Retherford - obviously 157: Jason Nolf - also obviously. 2,1,1,1 trumps 1,1 even if the second 1 caused Nolf's 2. 165: David Taylor - his international success is hard to ignore even if it did not happen in the 2010's. But, given that it did happen in the 2020's a strong argument exists for he and Vincenzo Joseph tying for the title. 174: Zahid Valencia and Chris Perry - both 3,1,1 too hard to separate, so I didn't. As an aside, Carter Starocci never wrestled a single college match in the 2010's. 184: Bo Nickal - his two titles at 184 and finals win over Gabe Dean trumps Dean's 3,1,1,2. 197 J'Den Cox: Another obviously. 3 titles to Moore's zero titles in the 2010's. There are a bunch of better 197's in the 2010's than Moore (Nickal, Simaz, Kilgore, Gadson, Wright, Varner, Snyder). 285: Kyle Snyder: Captain "Obviously" America.

That he hasn't already has me concerned. Hopefully it is nothing. Maybe he started a new job and got distracted.

PSU trains a lot of people who do or have wrestled elsewhere internationally too.

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes. Turn and face the stranger. And let's start by greeting those strangers. Intermat welcomes a host of previously unranked wrestlers to the land of the ranked. Welcome to the club gentlemen. Take a seat anywhere. The meeting will start on March 21st. In addition to the 13 new wrestlers joining the ranked club, there was a pretty good shake up at 125, 174 and 157. This late in the season it is not normal to see this kind of volatility. As expected we have a sixth team expected to finish second. Iowa has rallied hard from a weak sixth to a strong second. And still no Ben Kueter in the 285 rankings, so we have that to look forward to, as well. And finally we get to the race for the big trophy. While better than the post SVN fall out, things keep getting tighter for PSU in spite of the additions of Davis and Kasak to the rankings. That is a testament to how far Iowa has come. It is still an expected runaway victory (48.5 points), but Jimmy will be happy to see that PSU is clearly on a path for misery by late March.

Just gonna leave this here for you in case you missed it in the Travis Whittlake thread.