Dark Energy

So far, this is … the usual. Love those slip throws.

Really good opportunity for Greco guys to have fans reconsider their dislike for Greco.

Ok. Now showing score in small font, top left. Like on TV. Was super big at bottom to start. Small improvement I guess.

Final session. Can’t see score boards … angled so that I see from side .. their edges. Big screen showing match —- started with scores on bottom but now on bottom of match is a banner saying US Olympic Trials. Ummm, we all know what this is. SHOW THE FREAKING SCORE UP THERE!!! Fundamentally PISS POOR thinking on the setup here.

Taylor HEW? Bad weight cut? Seems disinterested.

Taylor not all that active

Amit Elor is on track to be the GOAT of all US wrestling. Look at her degree of success and dominance. Amazing.

His great interviews. His intelligence and insights. His interaction with and appreciation of international fans. Creating an international fan base. His commitment to excellence.

Nolf pt wasn’t push out. It was caution and 1 for Dake evading I believe. Dake had to do better preventing guys getting to his legs. He did that.

There was a brick thrown and a review done. Official said no conclusive proof that call was wrong so the 2 point award was kept. Videos didn’t have a good angle or were too far away to show in detail. Hoping someone near side on the arena has a more conclusive video they can show.

A positive note - they have done something to speed up reviews. They have usually occurred pretty quickly with a clear explanation of the decision. Kudos to this improvement. Hoping it continues.

I think Penn State fans are in the moment and in the moment are passionately behind their guy. And their guy was often against JB this tourney. Lots of fan emotions. Penn State fans are rightly pointing that out. Interestingly, I don’t think many of them saw it that way when they historically trashed Iowa fans for behaving the same way. (Get ready for the yells of ‘it isn’t the same!’)

When he left the arena he was yelled at that his career was over.

I had peacock on my phone. Was able to rewind and watched it a few times. Never saw the singlet pull. Must have been a super fast situation. Inadvertent? Material impact? We will never know.

Thanks to all for posting the pics.

Can anyone post proof of the singlet pull? Zahid not accepting the brick seems damning. But I want to see this. Ref was super adamant about it. Seems like side judges decided to trust him.

@oldschool- you here? This is a Penn State crowd. They are pulling for MM big time. They were the ones booing. Those not Penn state fans around me were observing the events or favoring JB.

Uh, what? I’m consistently impressed by people’s ability to read and comprehend things that are not actually written. No idea what Ragusin said. And I can see where the PSU fans were coming from. The constant delayed return to center. The shoves near end.

Very vocal during and post Messenbrink match. JB give them reason? King of our sport deserve it?

Mendez on fire. Looking great!!

Better than not having info on the semi big screen. But their use of the space on the screen stinks. Too much white / dead space. Could have increased fonts by a lot using a better layout. I’m kinda nit picking and whining. I know.

Cox has something wrong. He is struggling making way to exit. Grimacing. Something wrong.

It is about half full. Crazy. Maybe session 2 in evening will be more full.

I’m going to vent. Parking situation was freaking piss poor. Long long lines of cars barely moving. 45 minutes of slow car moving to get into a parking lot. In venue, can not see scores on two mats. Sitting in a ‘corner’ of the arena. Can see scores for nearest two mats but far mats have boars arrayed so as not to be able to see them. At KC for NCAAs, digital banner around arena showed who was wrestling on which mat … and the score. Digital banner here just tells us we are at the trials.

Your schtick is …. Ummmm … weird (?)