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Per this graph, prior to the JCPOA Iran had ~1,000 centrifuges. Per this graph, after the deal they had zero. Per this graph, after Trump pulled the US out of the deal Iran went into overdrive building centrifuges, getting to ~15k by May of 202?. The graph does not show the opposite of what he so poorly said, Trump is responsible for Iran's enrichment activities. It was a really dumb post by that guy.

The words do not match the graph

Mumbling, bumbling, stumbling.

The first question I asked of your data is who had the most success in the consolation bracket? Indiana's Brandon Becker was a three time All-American between 2005 and 2008, and he tore it up on the backside. Below are the top 10 all-time. JD Bergman is an interesting one, too. He is the only man to win 13 consolation matches in two tournaments combined.

60% of the points were scored by redshirts and 40% by true. But that is heavily skewed by the #1 ranked guys. They tend to wrestle as true freshman and they score bunches. It is the only ranks where the majority wrestled as true freshman and they outscored their compatriots who sat a year by 145.5 to 64. Excluding #1, redshirts had 65% of the points.

Monster effort. Thank you for doing this.

In response to my returning points thread, someone on 34andcounting asked what kind of points could a freshman be expected to score at the NCAA Tournament. Using Willie's Big Board data I decided to take a look. One huge caveat is that the numbers below are fitted lines through some VERY noisy data. The first thing I looked at was the odds of qualifying for the tournament based on BB rank. There are 12 years worth of graduating classes in the data (2013 - 2023) that have completed true freshman and redshirt freshman years. For these calcs I am including true freshmen and redshirt freshmen for each high school graduating year. For example, for 2022 grads I include 2023 true freshmen plus 2024 redshirt freshmen. 80% of Success is Showing Up 100% of #1 Big Boarders qualified for the tournament as either a true freshman or a redshirt freshman. These are your only sure things. By the time you get to the #10 BB it is a 50/50 proposition whether they even qualify for the tournament, never mind score once they get there. No Participation Points But you can't just show up. Once a freshman makes the tournament they still need to score. Combining scoring with probability of making the tournament steepens the curve somewhat. At almost 18 points per, #1 BB can be expected to score in the high teens in their freshmen year (true or redshirt). But that is it. No other rank cracks double digits. And by the time you get to the #10 ranked freshman recruit you are looking at about 4 points. Bring in da' Noise, Bring in da' Funk That really should be Mitchell Mesenbrink's walk out music. Remember what I said about the noise in the data? Mesenbrink is the physical embodiment of that noise (and he was trained by the Master of Funk). As the #59 ranked wrestler in his class, the line above suggests he is good for about a half a point in his freshman year. Well, at 19.5 points he is what we would call an outlier. And the reason you should take this with a grain of salt.

Girl, you look so good I wanna put you on a plate and sop you up with a biscuit.

Why so angry, kid?

I laughed out loud when I read that sentence. Thank ypu for adding levity to the conversation.

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Willie's Big Board had Welsh #3

Mesenbrink was #59, Haines was #7, Barr was #4.

Happy Father's Day fathers.

Almost. The $20.5 comes out of their own pockets, which is why so many schools are talking about new ways to generate revenue. They can pay any amount they want between zero and 20.5.

Yes, there is a formula based on a percentage of certain revenues made by power 5 schools that then applies to everyone who opts in to revenue sharing (it is mandatory for power 5 schools). This year the estimate is $20.5 million. The schools can split that however they want.

You only need to cut out one more letter. Petty dope.

Which schools are planning to share revenue with wrestlers? The rumor on HVI is that Cael Sanderson opted for 30 scholarships instead of revenue sharing.

Icebox? Indoor plumbing?

He clearly does not hate to be that guy. What a huge douche.

The way it works is that you have to name the 30 and the "outside of 30". Just entering the portal does not grant you the exempt status. But the guys in the portal now were probably told they would not make the 30 man roster BEFORE the grandfathering element was added to the settlement.

As it applies to everybody, and Penn State is a subset of everybody, yes it applies to Penn State.

They would be a part of the team and exempt from the roster limit. This was the concession the judge demanded to approve the settlement. She wanted anyone who was currently on a roster or incoming freshman to not be impacted by the roster limits. These guys are grandfathered in. But only the guys who are tagged as being above the 30 man limit. So you cannot build a team with 31 below the limit guys, but you can build a team with 30 below the limit guys and 1 above the limit guy.

Ben Askren once called me a wimp on FRL. I hope he can do it again.

If they get designated as outside of the 30 man limit (not sure what the official term is), they are exempt from the roster limit and their exemption from the roster limit follows them wherever they go for the rest of their eligibility so they could even return to their original school, if they will have them.