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  1. It might increase the MFFs. If you have a binary outcome (top 2 are seeded, the rest are not) then none of the consolation matches matter for seeding purposes and should all be skipped, not just the placement matches. The only wrestlers who will want to wrestle a consolation match are those who think they may be on the bubble. You would also see a lot of conference championship matches forfeited because the initial goal of gaining a seed has been achieved. Of course, most of the first place matches will still be wrestled to improve their seed.
  2. I wish I was heir to some of that sweet Western Union fortune.
  3. No, but the Cobb Salad was named for my grandfather, Bob Cobb.
  4. @SocraTease proved your point. I should know that I don't know.
  5. OK, let's get the boring team race stuff out of the way first. Though there is a little gift in there from Wrestlestat to @jajensen09. Christmas comes late to Lincoln. For our bonus content this week I thought we would look at the late season surprises. Who are the highest ranked wrestlers that were unranked in the pre-season (using Intermat)? Take a bow Owen Trephan. The NC State heavyweight will be looking to throw his weight around come tournament time. After going 44-17 across his three freshman years (three? ahh, remember Covid? Those were good times), he is 17-3 this season with a 6 match winning streak. But the Keith "He Cannot Be Killed With Conventional Weapons" Richards Award has to go to Illinois' Michael Carr. The seventh year senior has battled back from a number of injuries to return to wrestling (though at 3-0, I am not sure how full that return is yet). You will notice there are no freshman on the list. I filtered them out as they are typically not seeded in the pre-season. So for our double bonus section let's look at the freshmen that have made the biggest jump since early in the season. While Caleb Henson and Levi Haines have the highest current rank at #8, it is Lachlan McNeil who is the Movingest and Shakingest among Movers and Shakers. Entering the rankings at #26, the Tar Heel has jump 14 spots to #12. No news here as it has been well covered, but I had a number reactions to the fact that PSU has three freshman on this list: Wow, that is some strong recruiting. That is also some damn fine coaching. This does not portend well for wrestling fans suffering under the hegemony of Penn State. This may be a good test of the "PSU outperforms at the NCAA's" phenomena. With this many freshmen this highly ranked can they keep the outperformance in tact?
  6. How much do you think that influenced the decision to have co-Hodge winners in 2021? I have a nagging feeling that it is the reason for the co-winners.
  7. It is possible. Brent Metcalf won it with a loss. As did Nick Ackerman, but there were extenuating circumstances there. Interestingly, of the 8 finalists that year only 2 were undefeated. If it was the case that there just were not any more that 2 worthy undefeateds that year then maybe Yianni needs a lot more people to take a loss to make it to the finalist list, or maybe the 4th championship trumps other considerations.
  8. That is what the the Match Power calc on Wrestlestat is, just caclulated by Wrestlestat instead of the NCAA.
  9. It is on their stats page. They call it Match Power. https://www.wrestlestat.com/rankings/statistical
  10. One loss drops him down the list.
  11. This is his last year.
  12. Asked and answered, I guess. Q. What are your accepted payment methods? A. We accept the following cards: VISA MasterCard American Express Discover
  13. Mike Ditka vs a hurricane named Ditka
  14. Good question. In 1932, 1936 and 1948 the NCAA did use Olympic weights to prepare for the Olympics. I cannot find any statement as to why they abandoned that practice in 1952 and beyond.
  15. Everything about me screams it.
  16. Which raises an interesting question. Will Rokfin accept RAE to pay for a subscription or PPV?
  17. It has to be a Muscovy Duck, comrade.
  18. Sure seems like an oversight. He has enough matches and was 13-2 at the time of the vote.
  19. I saw that Iowa cut offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz's salary by $50k today. That has Spencer Lee's finger prints all over it.
  20. I think those were mostly PSU fans, and I am not sure they believed he would as much as hoped he would/wanted to troll Iowa fans. The general tenor on HR was that it would be foolish for Lee to bump up, but if RBY wanted a shot at the king he should drop to 125. Just a bunch of fans trying to take shots at each other by attributing things to their favorite wrestlers that had no basis in reality.
  21. This is absolutely a thing on Hawkeye Report. A number of posters there are certain he will be the next head coach of Iowa after he completes his international career. And at least one has speculated that he could be the next AD, perhaps extrapolating from a comment Spencer Lee made in an interview that he had been to events for every team save crew. I stopped counting at 20 posters who suggest Lee as anywhere from 100% the next choice, to just one of many candidates: https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/who-would-iowa-go-after-when-brands-retires.403783/
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