Pish

Yes..they will be used as they should. The matches happened. We have Mark Hall as precedence, they not only matter for rankings but also for seeding (will be part of seeding criteria coaches rank).

Great night for the PSU guys! All dominant against top tier opponents. Aaron Brooks is THE best folkstyle wrestler in college.

Brooks was a “special” one. Nevills I never thought he’d win a NC. Figured him to be a AA type after a couple years. Beard is a fun one but his gas tank always scared me. Wish him nothing but the best. Didn’t see his loss the other day. Surprised it was that lopsided.

“Picking apart quality wins is the only way I can debate”

I guess you thought the same thing about Nolf, Bo, Zain, Starocci, Brooks, Taylor. I didn’t have to wait till they happened to wrestle a top 5 guy to know they’d be multiple time champs. I could tell they were special from day 1 so go ahead. Poke fun at every win, potential losses and then come back in March or the end of his career and see if I was right or wrong

And as for my, “I’d take him over anyone but Yianni.” I’m talking in betting terms, and I stand by that and would take those bets if anyone wanted to. Not sure why this is so outrageous So if anyone wants a little action against Van Ness I’m here for it.

Here’s the thing. Not sure how this has spiraled. I like Van Ness. I don’t think he’s winning title this year but I do see him as AA. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him in final. I don’t see him beating Yianni. I can see him losing to a Gomez or Sasso in first meetings because they have funky styles that for the first time gives them advantage (Gomez with the upper body stuff and Sasso with the funk). I could also see him dropping a match here or there because he is offensive and can get sloppy. All that being said. My predication is AA this year and a multiple time champ for career.

Need to make the lines with .5. Without the .5 you can have ties.

You’re very salty about a freshman who’s wrestled a total of 6 matches in college. Root for your guys. Why rain on others parade when they cheer on/excited for their own? Jealousy? Don’t get it. you bring back this thread after two weeks to try to bring a kid down for winning his first college tournament

None. Van Ness isn’t even ranked is he? I thought I was doing you a favor by offering you the bet straight up even though Murin much higher ranked

We can bet on Van Ness vs Murin if you’d like

He beat him 9-2.

Secret Sauce = Cael Sanderson simple answer

To think..some on this board thought Cornell could tie PSU. Wonder if those same people after watching this now thinks Wisconsin takes PSU out?

I feel like he didn’t think anyone on his level this year and as you said, came out like he just had to show up. Gomez a big match type wrestler. I remember RBYs freshman year, RBY was dominating Gomez, Gomez threw him in his back and pinned him.

Holy Christ. Yianni dominated.

It’s called common sense..Hall would have been #1 coaches rank until he lost to Zahid in all-star match (which we were told wouldn’t count) Why do you think Hall would have started #1 in coaches rank? I’ll give you a hint since you’re being obtuse..”previous years performance”

Pretty simple..you go with the defending champ. No if’s and’s or but’s. im shocked Cael is letting these guys go after the Hall debacle. That being said, personally I love it, compete against the best and lay it on the line. At least the Hall thing set precedence and now we know these matches will count in coaches ranking. I just wish the coaches would also ding other coaches for ducking (see Schultz with headgear on last year, and Jones sending him back to locker room against Kerk)

Ok! You all bullied me to get rid of Tapatalk! No more seeing my phone type (I guess I never really noticed it) but it was something Tapatalk would put there

Ok. That’s what it was it was. Years ago, there was a forum I belonged to and everyone advised Tapatalk was the way to go, and much more user friendly. So it was nice. That’s how I found the Mat forums as well. My Giants forum still on there though I haven’t even browsed that forum for years. Guess time to delete my old Tapatalk app

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Where are these “club” pages? I’m using Tapatalk app. I don’t see the clubs? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Because College Wrestling is folk style. It rewards being good on your feet and the mat. Exposures and leg laces don’t get you anything in folk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Agree with Willie 100% Question as I’m sure someone will know the answer. Has anyone ever taken the Olympic redshirt and then made a world or Olympic team that year? Seems to me the people that take the Olympic redshirt never make the team. Kind of a waste if that’s the case Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I guess you forget a November result in someone’s true freshman year doesn’t reflect one way or another on a year end result. Go see Mark Hall..he lost in November of his freshman year as well..guess he sucked too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk