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I actually did think it was unprofessional to say on the mic and I am a HUGE JB fan. I understand it’s a reality but he shouldn’t be saying that as an announcer

And the 2,3,4 nearfall… it really does make a huge difference in bonus. I demand an asterisk lol

Impressive mental toughness by Starocci. I was never a fan of his but you have to respect his grit. On crutches 12 days ago… to winning a national title with a really tough draw!

Yes I know. But there were at least two others he should have had that were close to the edge and didn’t go out right away

Another reason this OOB stalling rule sucks is that the refs wait to call stalling now until they go out. In prior years, if some one is backing up and the other guy is shooting, they would throw up the stall as soon as the guy shoots (as they should). Now they wait and if they don’t go out, they avoid a stall call. Fix (and many others) dodged some stall calls that way

Wow! This is crazy! Right call for no takedown both times, but it sure is making it look like Fix is the villain

Need a point of emphasis on whether or not this is a takedown. It should be universally known as its a super common position. All these challenges are killing us

JB knows how blood can kill momentum… bringing up bad memories from 2016

That’s got to be what the challenge is. Obviously a takedown, but he is clearly grabbing the shoe… if that’s a headgear or singlet, they would call a penalty point.

He’s not even top two on his own team lol

Ayala Vito Mendez Gomez Haines Carr Starocci Keckeisen Brooks Kerkvliet

I’m sure that’s frustrating as a coach, but his ‘reckless abandon’ style is what got him this far. You gotta take the bad with the good and I’d rather have a kid like andonian

As a true freshmen in a time where 6-7 year seniors are common. Pretty impressive

Lots of a crazy stuff happens at NCAAs but I actually doubt that that has ever happened before

We just had 3 NCAA champions wrestling on 3 different mats at the same time… in the CONSOLATIONS!

Which is worse the Molinaro “I choose bottom” or the Lovett “I choose top”?

You must have me confused with someone else lol. I’m not a Penn State fan. I’ve been critical of them many times and yes, I was critical of it when RBY did it to Desanto. I’m just an unbiased wrestling fan so I will call it out whether I like the team of the injured guy or not

Are you in favor of allowing all MMA submission holds? There’s a huge difference between moves that cause pain and moves that cause injury. Arm bars, power halves, etc. are painful as are all good pinning combinations. I’m all for that. Most people don’t know the technique on the move Plott did but it is a move that is not really painful… just takes your knee to a position where it all of a sudden pops. I’d have to do a breakdown on the technique (which I’m not taking the time right now) but if you see it, I bet you’d agree it’s quite dangerous.

It’s already technically illegal because you can take a joint in an unnatural direction. It’s no different than a kimura or any other submission. You just can’t see the damage til it’s too late. I don’t want to keep seeing people with knees blow out. We have enough already

That definitely need to be illegal what Plott did to Truax. Turning the toe out like that is very dangerous. It hard to see but it needs to be a point of emphasis

Robb looks like he’s getting back to his old self. Haines is the definite favorite, but I love a good comeback story so I’m hoping for a great match

Yup if I had to pick just one to top the list, this is definitely it!

Exactly why I have this one on the list. I definitely agree with others that Mendez is the favorite but Hardy has the potential to make it an exciting match.

Obviously, Starocci v Lewis has the most star power, but I’m guessing it’s going to be mainly a defensive battle. A few I think will be great matches are Hamiti v Carr, Haines v Robb, Andonian v Scott, Arrington v Gomez, Mendez v Hardy, and Noto v Ramos.

Are semifinals on ESPN+ too? I was thinking you needed a subscription with regular espn to watch that round and finals