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  1. Eagle26
    Not an Iowa fan at all but he’s one of the guys I would most like to see AA!
  2. Eagle26
    125 - Spratley and Moran 133 - Seidel and Davino 141 - Mendez and Hardy 149 - Van Ness and Valencia 157 - Duke and Taylor 165 - Mesenbrink and Caliendo 174 - Haines and Minto 184 - Welsh and McEnelly 197 - Barr and Little 285 - Ferrari and Ghadiali Some are more heart picks than head picks but hey, why not?
  3. Eagle26
    It’s gotta be the dodgeball
  4. Eagle26
    To be clear, I think if Barr wins the tournament but has a decision one match, he does not win the hodge (assuming Messenbrink and/or Mendez win). But if he bonuses everyone, he will and should.
  5. Eagle26
    Barr has to be the front runner now… if he ends with 100% bonus, it would be criminal if he does not get the hodge
  6. Eagle26
    I think it definitely has the potential to be match of the year. These guys are both studs and hold nothing back! Yes, I think it should’ve been the final, but I’m gonna enjoy it either way. It’s going to be
  7. Eagle26
    Thanks. And welcome back missed your input… especially on the international board
  8. Eagle26
    Agree. He definitely doesn’t get the hype he deserves. I still think Mendez beats him but that should be the final IMO
  9. Eagle26
    I think what he’s seeing is that we all know the quarterfinals at 133 are going to be ridiculous. If you are trying to come through the backside of that bracket to AA, basically the only quarterfinal loser you have a chance at beating is whoever loses to Jax. I’m with you that he could very well lose before that, but he is in a good spot in that regard
  10. Eagle26
    Speaking of bricks… how can you challenge a challenge? Seems like Wisconsin wasted a brick with Fugitt
  11. Eagle26
    Relative to seed it’s probably not bad, but I think 7 guys finishing one spot below their seed is not “very, very good”. Obviously, Penn State fans would be very disappointed with that result. Especially given the stats we have seen with their 92% win rate of #1s in the finals.
  12. Eagle26
    But we are talking performance relative to seed so anything less than 7 is bad by that metric. obviously in reality I think most would agree 5 is a good performance for them and 6+ would be amazing. 3 would certainly be a disappointment.
  13. Eagle26
    Well, PSU has 7 number 1 seeds, so it’s an incredibly high standard for them to just live up to their seeds. If they get 6 champs, it’s an unprecedented performance but technically “under performing” based on seeds.
  14. Eagle26
    I think all have been mentioned but these are my favorites since I’ve been watching live: Lang v. caldwell Caldwell v. metcalf Ness v. Dennis Dake v. Taylor Andonian v. Gomez Hendrickson v. Steveson I didn’t think so many ppl still remembered Lang v. Caldwell considering that was only a quarter final match. Was crazy to watch
  15. Eagle26
    Haha… I wouldn’t go that far, but I was probably being generous with a 30% chance
  16. Eagle26
    Possibly losing in rd 16: Van Ness to Frost (not likely but possible) Possible losses in quarters: LL to Peterson Van Ness to Swiderski Duke to Cannon/Cardenas Bastida to Mirasola/ Kueter (most likely IMO but still less than 30% chance) None of these are super likely but I see them all as possibilities. There are several toss ups in Semis. If I had to pick one I’m most confident in, it’s Seidel over Forrest
  17. Eagle26
    I’m in! Never did the wrestle stat tourney pool before but this looks like a fun way of doing it
  18. Eagle26
    I agree. It’s a big problem but a natural result of dictating stalling in certain situations. Refs know they will be forced to make a stall call at some point as they go out of bounds, so they don’t want to give one for stalling in the center. To be fair if they called it too much, we’d be all over them for “deciding the match”.
  19. Eagle26
    He’s probably their next best shot, but getting through both of them is not very likely.
  20. Eagle26
    It’s about a 50/50 in my opinion
  21. Eagle26
    IMO, Caliendo has about a 45% chance of making the finals. He’s about a 50/50 in the semis but there’s always a small chance he doesn’t get there. I don’t think there is anyone else on the Iowa squad that has a better than 5% chance of making the finals.
  22. Eagle26
    1. I think this is true 2. I still don’t like him
  23. Eagle26
    So if Jax was still only 13-0 but one of his wins was over Davino and/or Blaze, would people still be saying he shouldn’t be seeded #1? The only argument I’m hearing against his seed is not enough matches, but there has to be a point where quality is better than quantity, right? I think Davino #1 and Jax at #2 would have been the better way to seed it, but c’mon, this is not egregious like some people are making it sound. We have seen much worse seeds!
  24. Eagle26
    I don’t think that’s a seeding criteria, is it?
  25. Eagle26
    Yeah that no takedown call turned out to help Rocco more than anyone could imagine. Doesn’t seem right… pretty much everyone agrees McEnelly had a the takedown but the seeding committee doesn’t look at the court of public opinion.
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