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Tied for 31st at 71 points with Eddie Eichelberger, Lee Kemp, T.J. Jaworksy, Jordan Oliver, and Kyle Snyder. Behind Bill Koll, Gene Mills, Ross Flood,Mark Lieberman, Kenny Monday, Carlton Haselrig, Jason Nolf, Larry Owings, John Smith, and Terry Brands

If we harken back to days of yore when freshman were not eligible to wrestle there were a number of dominant wrestlers who left us with a bunch of what ifs. Among the three timers in the three time era (100%ers) who would have won as a freshman? Maybe that Sanderson guy wasn't so special. Maybe Pat Smith shouldn't have been the first. After all, there were 15 of these guys and 6 of them were undefeated. Surely one of them would have won as a freshman and done it in style. Like the answer to the question "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?", the world will never know. But we can know what the intersection of their careers and modern careers looks like. Instead of adding fictional titles and points to past champions, lets do the more recent guys dirty and subtract titles and points. If we subtract the first year of competition and just focus on years they all have in common, years two through four (sorry Myles and Jaydin), who scored the most NCAA points? Without further ado, I present your new king of the hill: Zain Retherford. A few other observations: In the spirit of subtraction, I decided to also subtract the 5 points Dan Gable earned in his two pigtail matches from when brackets could be just about any size. If we look at it on a per match basis Dan Hodge would take his rightful seat on the throne as he scored his 80 points in just 13 matches, while the others at or near the top did it in 15 matches. Bonus points are huge (too huge? let the debate begin). The third and fourth positions are occupied by guys who only went 2 for 3 in their last three years. But, boy did they do it in style, with Dan Gable putting up a perfect 30 points in 1969 and David Taylor scoring 29.5 in 2012.

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Not sure who they are, but what you are referring to is called Core CPI, not CPI. If you would like to educate yourself on the topic: https://www.frbsf.org/education/publications/doctor-econ/2004/october/core-inflation-headline/

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Yes, the Sandy Hook thing. That POS decided he would profit by heaping misery on people who had just experienced unimaginable misery. The details of what he did are horrific. He absolutely and thoroughly disgusts me.

This is what I care to admit about Alex Jones. I am ashamed that we are the same species.

Are you kidding? Or uninformed? He was Senior Advisor to the President .

Without an account I can't even generate 1 view.

Canada is even importing our mess: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-us-made-gun-exports-canada-shootings/#xj4y7vzkg "Weapons flowed to Canada, Guatemala, Thailand and elsewhere as the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation primed markets by stoking opposition to gun control. Gun companies had help from the US government, which has used the Commerce Department and embassies to recruit buyers." "In recent years, though, the number of semiautomatic pistols and assault rifles coming from the US each year has skyrocketed — from just 6,205 in 2003 to more than 66,000 in 2022. While those numbers are a small fraction of US domestic sales, in per capita terms Canada is now the biggest foreign buyer of American rapid-fire weapons." "Over the same two decades, the country’s annual rate of shootings per capita — incidents referred to as “discharge firearm with intent” — surged almost sevenfold."

Views are not even unique accounts on Twitter. It could be the same account 238 million times...cough cough bot cough cough.

Also, not the definition of a view on Twitter.

In a country with an estimated population of 335 million you believe 238 million views in less than 24 hours? Beyond naive. Good to see Musk is making such great progress on Twitter's bot problem.

define capable. Capable of sedition? Treason?

A giant, painful, infected pimple. The kind you get in prison.

I used to laugh at how Trump always leans forward and covers his balls. But then someone showed me a picture of myself speaking on a panel. I wasn't leaning forward, but holy shit, I was covering my balls.

I will have to get back to you on that.

When are we getting back to drooling over/taking pot shots at Elon Musk?

I think you are right. The odds they release any names are pretty low. I think it would have to come from non-university sources.

I just listened. Great stuff.

A bit aggressive in that you are projecting them to outperform their prior selves by 6 points. Again, not unrealistic, just a bit aggressive. As for the PSU premium, by comparing to themselves, the PSU premium is already baked in. As for specific weight predictions, it is easy to say the logic of each is exactly correct, and therefore the sum is correct. But in reality, some will be high and some will be low. While I did say they won't threaten the 170 total, I also said on further reflection/analysis that, yes, it is possible. I would have a hard time picking either the over or the under at this point.

Yes, the East Regional as a qualifier continued to exist. But the way I read the 1981 guide was that the the Eastern Regional Wrestling Association was a conference separate and distinct from the East Regional qualifier. It is listed among the other conferences in the results section. None of the regional qualifying tournaments are listed among those results.

I think I will make this an annual plea. I just made my contribution to the NWHOF: https://nwhof.org/ And you should too. I find it to be an invaluable resource as I plow through NCAA wrestling data. I worry that the history of the sport will disappear and I want to make sure that data is always available, so I make my contributions. Consider doing the same. To the extent that you enjoy reading about that history, a contribution will go a long way towards your continued enjoyment. Check out their archive of materials. The old wrestling guides are my favorite place to go: https://nwhof.org/national-wrestling-hall-of-fame/guides I mean, where else are you going to find gems like this? So if it is in your budget, donate early. Donate often. And enjoy the fruits of other people's labors. https://nwhof.org/support

My thought exactly. It looks like 1980 was the last year for the ERWA. In 1981 VT, ODU, James Madison, George Mason, VCU, and Richmond are all in the Virginia Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships. Then VCU and East Carolina dropped after 1981.

This was really bugging me. I could not find any mention of Dayton via internet searches. They did not ever send a wrestler to NCAAs either (I checked the brackets). But lo and behold, I found them mentioned in the 1981 NCAA Wrestling Guide as members of the Eastern Regional Wrestling Association. They finished the 1980 season with a 5-11 record under coach Will Place. However, the did not heed their coach's name, coming in last place with a whopping 1.75 points in the conference tournament. Other teams in the ERWA in 1980 were Slippery Rock, Virginia Tech, East Carolina, Rutgers, Shippensburg State, Old Dominion, James Madison, George Washington, Virginia, Commonwealth, Campbell, Farleigh Dickinson, Richmond, Indiana (PA), George Mason, and Wagner.