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Sweet. In preview doc, so cool having all the NCAA brackets right there.

Zahid in on double. Hoisted over. Given 4. Challenge. I didn’t see any stop and change in direction. But challenge won. So Zahid down 4-2. Zahid aggressor. 2 step outs. 4-4. Hunting low ankles. Stuck under. Ukrainian hoists and given two for an exposure. Hmmm. Very close. No challenge. Zahid TD. 6-6 but UKR has criteria. 10 sec left in 1st. 2nd - ref gives point to Z for hands to face. Chair doesn’t agree. 6-6. Zahid hunting. UKR does fire. Nada. Chair very vocal. Looks like UKR warmed for passivity. Z trapped under. UKR blocking off. Does fire. Z turned on chest wrap. 6-8. 25 sec to go. 1 to Zahid, no. Not given. Zahid loses He has not separated from world pack.

Vincenzo forfeits.

Tevanyan is good. Up 6-1 vs McKenna … two TDs and a gut. In 2nd. McKenna can’t get to offense. Tries. Counter attack by Tevanyan - gets leg and TD. 8-1 with 30 sec to go. Ends 8-2 with a caution point award for hard head swipe.

The fact that you need to point out things you don’t hate simply confirms that you default to hate. Pretty interesting character feature for you.

I concur. Suriano hosed. That said, didn’t do much either. Looked like a Greco match. Desanto wrestled a good match. Wins by pin. International wrestlers sometimes don’t try all that hard to keep blades off mat. Basically a double leg hold to a pin. Was wrestling well. At break, opponent was showing something on his arm to ref. Ref ignored. Wonder what that was about. And then at end, after pin, Desanto seemed to have something going on with eyes (burning?). Weird.

Anyone have a sense for finals timing? I’m on UWW app. Hmmm. Looks like it is predicting when matches will happen. Also looks to be using US eastern time for the times. ??? Very cool if so. For example, next McKenna match saying 11:36. Do I have this right?

Saw Desanto in Semi. Was aggressive off the bat. Appreciate that. Was not effective in the aggression though. Down 0-4 could see that perhaps he would wear down the Ukrainian … mop the mat in the 2nd. But …. TD to lace and he loses 0-10 in first period.

18 year old winning it is more impressive than 20 yr olds. Oh wait, how old are redshirt freshman now? 21? 22? LOL.

At some point … some point … you have to step back and say … ‘Over and over again I get screwed over by those I’m dealing with and end up in a crappy spot …. over and over. Others don’t seem to have the same cluster F situations on a consistent basis. Maybe I do have some accountability in all this. Maybe I need to change.’ He probably has thought something like this. And then quickly added. ‘Nah.’

Keegan and Carr spoke up before their match. Gave us confidence they would wrestle. Easy to do now. Just need one to ‘call out’ the other on Twitter or something else. Can do it respectfully. Maybe we need a hero that will track if wrestlers are publicly committing to wrestle big(ger) matches. If no public commitment, we can increase odds of it not happening and not change other plans to try and watch. Hero can even be the one to prompt commits / replies. Respected voice - tweets out to both guys. See if a firm and positive response comes back. Sucks to have to look for something like this. This likely won’t work. But hey .. spitballing.

Watching it now. So moving. So … wow. God bless the coach and wife that welcomed him into their home and life. And the other families, all those that showed the best side of humanity … The humanity and love shown … wishing there was more of that in the world.

The technical acumen Carr showed to get the first TD was awesome. And then for the second, he knew Keegan was going to try to throw leg over again — was ready for it … and then, what an excellent methodical finish. Turned me into a big fan.

Wow wow wow. Carr looked awesome!! Solid win. Won TD battle and rode Keegan with seeming ease. Wow.

Me thinks there is a fair bit of over thinking and projection occurring … … coupled with a desire to repeat a stance again and again to support one’s self image as being a deeper and smarter thinker than others. jack, you are WOKE! Congrats! I hope this affirmation is what you hoped to get.

Huh? So you are saying that many people think like this? Like it would magically be this way? Without a lot of hard work and often some luck?

Oh, … and I can’t get my eyes off the Indian chief. Totally distracting. Basically can’t pay attention to anything else in the pics … What’s up with that? (hmmm, medicine man? I’m slow)

My ads don’t look like that. I might visit more if they did …. (Haha).

Huh, I guess every guy who gets down to skivvies for weigh ins or naked in the locker room or scouts his opponent should be thought of the same way. Quite a good chance they are gay. Thanks for posting this. Really making me think. Didn’t see any mention of the privileged white racism that never was addressed in the movie. Step up your game. (eye roll)

If you listen to FRL pickems you are chuckling at the Barnett result. Askren bet on Barnett 3x, got wrong each time, so he went for McKee this time. Amusing. (I figure this will be a trigger post for some)

Wow. All sorts of writing. Wrestler in control cannot ‘lock hands’ around torso unless nearfall is happening. Not imminent, not almost. Done.

I believe NF criteria must be in place for locked hands …. Almost doesn’t work. Swipes need to be happening. Others can confirm.

That is straight up bonkers. Amazing.

How old is he? 16.5? Pretty impressive wins overall. If this is right he will be turning 17 going into next school year, which would usually be an age for a senior. The year following he would be 18 to start the school year —- i.e., a college freshman. Sounds like he should be called ‘Junior aged’ at this point. Has had superb training and competition. Is showing signs of potential college greatness. If the age above is correct, I’m going to pump the brakes on the ‘freshman’ amazement though.

Not good reading some of the posts about Spencer. If he MFFs at big 10s - has to be a big hit for his hodge chances. But, easy trade off to make it more likely to get #4. Cardio is one thing. Leg not doing well - well, that sucks. Feel bad for him if so.