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Iowa favored at three weights so far. Ayala is preferred by 84% of voters. Teemer is the favorite of the thinnest majority at 58% Buchanan has a healthy edge at 77% On the Penn State side there are four unanimous choices so far. Maybe the most surprising is Bartlett with his keep it close to the end style? Mesenbrink and Haines are the least surprising prohibitive favorites. Only mildly surprising is Kerkvliet coming off a rip roaring, action packed 2-0 victory. Where for art thou, Iowa faithful? Never mind, I see you, Iowa faithful. One half of the greatest sandwich ever invented is a lone wolf at 184 choosing Arnold to come away with the head.

But what could you see each individual match ending at?

The odds of that slipped this week too. Currently at 9.0%, down from 10.3% (using Intermat).

Right now Wisdom of the Crowds is saying take the under.

Do we have a title race? Wrestlestat finally got with the program and put Jacori Teemer back in their rankings. The result is the gap to PSU has shrunk considerably. From 63.7 points on December 23 (140 vs 76.3), the gap is down to 27.2 expected points. This week will provide some clarity. Caveat: PSU has a bad habit of performing to seed in spite of their high average seed. My expected points calcs assume the highest seeded wrestlers will perform slightly below seed. So there is that.

This is the Bo Bassett lead. To you it is gold. But you don't get him. Why? Because giving him to you is like throwing him away.

To be eligible for an at-large spot a wrestler has to participate in at least two matches at their conference tournament (this was new last year). Stepping on the mat and taking the injury default counts as participating. It also means that both count as losses. This is intentional so that a wrestler cannot MFF their way to a pre-allocated spot while only taking a single lose.

Matches against teammates do not count in official records

2.607, but who's counting?

I think he stole that from Bill Barnwell. "In part, that’s because I’m a spreadsheet fetishist who would write longform pieces and love letters in Excel if I could." https://medium.com/@billbarnwell/the-easiest-way-to-lose-125-pounds-is-to-gain-175-pounds-b4fca27ffcc5

Amen. As I was entering this I was praising him.

Me too. Quality response. I sure hope Arnold at least wrestles this time.

Nothing I love better. 1-0

Smoothest? yes Shave? Not so sure

Neutral Offense: Mesenbrink (past Nick Lee) Baseline defense: Steveson (past Brooks) Scrambling: O'Toole (past Nolf) Speed: Bailey (past Arujau) Pace: Mesenbrink (past Nick Lee) Top: Lovett (past Retherford) Bottom: Mendez (past Spencer Lee) Mental: Starocci (past Brooks) Power: Steveson (past Snyder)

Good to know. But I was asking about making bout by bout predictions.

but is Spencerlee predicting?

23-9

20-12 Love the bonus prediction. I demand more bonus predictions.

All by Josh Barr?

And remember the PSU record is 23

18-12. Have two calzones.

Just nine more posts like this and you have an entry

There is more to the story... Dale was so disheartened that he quit wrestling. But do not worry about Dale. He had a successful career in NASCAR. True story.

I asked @manatree if he had access to Arnold's last weigh in. Waiting to hear back.