Jimmy Cinnabon

95% sure this matchup doesn't actually happen tonight

Meaning the moment where Penn State haters rejoiced most exuberantly? My nominee: Bubba Jenkins pins freshman David Taylor in the NCAA finals. Other nominees?

Iowa's best chances at victory are from 125-165 so it makes sense to start at 125.

I'm not sure I would count this as a Carvering...Bartlett is like 0-3 vs Woods lifetime.

Right, but according to rankings it's #2 Davis vs #7 Ayala. Davis is favored by rankings.

Fix may finally get it done after 8 years of college wrestling. I am actually rooting for him to win it all.

Penn State faces Iowa this Friday at 9 pm ET. Although Penn State is favored by Intermat rank at 9/10 weights we all know the power of Carver and the chants of "STALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLING" that will begin at the first whistle. Who is most likely to get Carvered this Friday? I am excluding Penn State locks like Stallroci and Brooks.

Iowa

Increase the minimum number of matches to qualify for conference tournaments to 20

Kueter and Kerk are roughly the same size, according to listed weights

Just noticed that Glazier is undefeated at 19-0 but ranked #11 (Intermat). The 4th-10th ranked 197 pounders all have losses on their records...so why is Glazier ranked so low? When he faces Brooks this week it'll be two undefeated 197 pounders squaring off!

Fix claimed he accidentally drank from his dad's water bottle which contained a banned PED. A Russian figure skater has lost her gold medal because: "A strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather's heart medication might have caused Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's positive doping test, her lawyers argued at sport's highest court, which rejected the explanation and banned her for four years." https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/39477998/kamila-valieva-strawberry-dessert-excuse-rejected-doping-case

Iowa actually has done better with NIL than Penn State, and any other school. They've got deep pockets from Bob Nicolls funding them now: https://www.foriowa.org/iowa-stories/iowa-story.php?namer=true&isid=188

Don't forget about Arnold and Keuter

3 Ferraris added to the Iowa roster would quickly make it a team race though

If Davis beats Ayala this week he could even move to #1 at 125

A healthy SVN would probably be top 3 at 149

If you're Brands and you want to maximize your chances of beating Penn State do you consider putting in Gabe Arnold at 184 to take out Truax? I think if you don't do this you risk Truax winning by bonus vs Riggins (4 points) and by inserting Arnold you get a 7 point swing if he wins by decision. Heck, Truax might even get pinned again. You send Kennedy out at 174 and tell him to turtle and try to keep Stallroci to a decision. Glazier can probably keep Brooks to a decision too.

All 10 wrestlers ranked in the top 10. Mesenbrink is the 2nd lowest ranked wrestler. Average wrestler ranking: 3.6 125 Davis 2 133 Nagao 6 141 Bartlett 1 149 Kasak 10 157 Haines 1 165 Mesenbrink 7 174 Stallroci 1 184 Truax 6 197 Brooks 1 HWT Kerk 1

What if Spencer retired tomorrow and said, "I want the head coach position." How would Hawkeye nation react? Tell him to wait until the Brands retire?

He's still deadlifting in his underwear in the U of Iowa weightroom, fwiw.

Make a fair poll on this site and if fewer than 3 people want me to stay on this board I will leave willingly. Fair means it has to be objectively worded like "Do you want Jimmy Cinnabon to permanently leave this forum?" and leave the poll open for at least 1 week to get a sufficient sample size.