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We agree. You are confused.

Paging Patrick Smith. If you are in the forum, please report to this thread.

You are too fast for me. I edited it right away, but not right away enough.

Yeah, I think that is an old article that they lightly update every year and put a new posting date on. WIN Magazine has it different.

1 date left. SS counts as 1. I think Nebraska makes sense too, to help with Big10 seeding, but Plott (Ok St) is higher ranked than Allred, so maybe that helps with NCAA seeding.

Those are the old criteria. Now it is 1 – Record 2 – Dominance/Bonus-Point Percentage 3 – Quality of Competition 4 – Sportsmanship And given that it is a broad vote now, instead of a committee selection, I think the criteria are only used to select finalists. Then it is a vote, not strictly criteria based.

Not anymore. In 2022 Steveson won it with a whopping 1 pinfall.

ditto. that was a surprise. I thought Caliendo, while a clear number 2, was closer.

Smith had a 66% bonus rate. Basically the same as Brooks (65%) and Diakomihalis (64%)87%. Ahead of Dake (59%) and behind Stieber (79%) and Sanderson (87%)

Agreed. The fifth, if it happens, is irrelevant.

Ferrari came forward from feet out of bounds to inches out of bounds while Starocci was waiting feet in bounds causing Starocci to come forward to engage while Ferrari was still out of bounds.

Everything. Go to knee, back up to edge with minimal contact, wrestle from out of bounds, decline invitations to return in bounds, decline instructions to return in bounds, stay on all fours out of bounds. Starocci caused none of that. Ferrari chose all of that.

I rewatched that sequence and disagree. After they go OB, Starocci gets up and returns to IB. The ref calls for center and Starocci backs up a few feet. Ferrari stays on all fours and crawls to the edge of OB but stops before either hand makes it IB. So Starocci comes forward to engage. That was a very clear tactic on Ferrari's part. He was given time and room to come in bounds and return to his feet. He declined all offers.

Nothing artificial about it. I get Starocci is a pantomime villian, but if anything, Ferarri was luck to avoid a third stall between the other two stalls. Ferrari earned those stalls. He did everything in his power to get them.

Amen to that second paragraph.

These matches do count. He is not undefeated.

Or maybe he has a different one without 174 in the handle?

I love that nickname this much

I am not sure how anyone, especially an Iowa fan, has two legs to stand on complaining about the stalls on Ferrari given that he was standing on two legs out of bounds for both of them. These are exactly the kind of calls we all call for. Ferrari spent the first period backing out of bounds and then not working to get back in bounds. When one guy is in and the other guy has two feet out for extended periods of time then stalls are warranted. Ferrari even used it to his advantage at the end of the first to avoid the takedown. But I will cede to the ultimate authority. What do you say, Dan?

I spoke with the rest of the panel of judges (whose decisions are final) and they will allow it. However, they wanted to make sure I let you know they are expecting something in the form of a bribe. Don't tell the others.

With 10% of the precincts counted it is looking like @TylerDurden in a close race. With a prediction of 31-7 he is off by just one in either direction. Well done. I will have a better write up at some point, but now it is time for some more Lagavulin and a movie with the patient, suffering wife.

For you? We make an exception. Anyone else want to have second thoughts?

I will assume this was before 6 central, so sure

In the other tie breaker Arnold wrestles no weight. Sigh.