Red Blades

Right on, brother. Right on.

Isn't Incontrera at 174? Wrestled Wolack from Columbia?

Total BS Non-call!

Is there a "duck index" in the official selection and seeding criteria?

Senior Day is always a fun event - waiting to see which of the wrestlers listed on the roster as "seniors" are actually honored as Seniors. Those not named in the ceremony usually have a semester or so left on their "Ivy Clock". Not that I have any inside info, but I think I saw somewhere on the Cornell forum that Foca has another year - whether that means at Cornell, or just generally, I couldn't say.

You could possibly squeeze in half of the Mizzou / Cornell dual at 1:00 (EST)... Oh wait - remove from list, due to ducks.

That forfeit at 141...

More deception:

Even with all of the starters in, I think Mizzou takes 6 bouts to 4 for Cornell. That said, there are a few toss-ups that can go either way. I'll go way out on a limb and say that Mizzou beats WVA without much drama; and likewise Cornell handles Harvard and Brown. Sunday's dual should be a good one.

Lineup for the weekend - per the Cornell Match Notes: 125 Brett Ungar (10-4)/Greg Diakomihalis (11-3)/Marcello Milani (6-2) 133 Vito Arujau (4-1)/Ethan Qureshi (7-8) 141 Vince Cornella (9-7)/Mark Botello (1-4) 149 Ethan Fernandez (11-6) or Cole Handlovic (3-5) 157 Meyer Shapiro (11-2)/Benny Rogers (7-2) 165 Julian Ramirez (13-1)/Brody Oleksak (0-2) 174 Benny Baker (12-9)/Evan Canoyer (4-5)/Colt Barley (3-3) 184 Chris Foca (10-2)/Christian Hansen (5-4) 197 Jacob Cardenas (12-3)/Eric Carlson (4-1) 285 Lewis Fernandes (11-7)/Ashton Davis (6-4) Plenty of wiggle room there!

Headed there? I think we've arrived. That said - a number of coaches (including Koll, Grey, and Smith among others) have been saying for a while that the season is just too long - and we would be better served by making wrestling essentially a second semester sport. Cornell has essentially done this in practical terms, as has PSU. First semester tournaments are seen essentially as a way to get the new wrestlers some experience, and maybe some warm-up matches for the veterans, and set the line-up. Second semester gets more serious. People don't seem to like it - but the program seems to work, especially at a place like Cornell where Fall Semester exams put an extra burden on the team. Maybe if other teams followed suite, we would have more quality matches rather than quantity. In the meantime- I hate seeing Cornell losing to Lehigh in January (which, incidentally, was actually a great dual this year) but don't complain when they come out on top in March.

Ahhhh, sorry. I didn't realize they were no longer affiliated. Still, one might hope!

Hey Britt - Did you see this?!

I was in AAP - in my freshman dorm, I was known as "The Ghost" on the floor, because I was so seldom seen - and there were some (including my room mate) who questioned if I really did exist!

I don't understand - I was screaming at my TV before that final 3rd period - "TAKE TOP! TAKE TOP!" Mike Grey never listens to me...

As I said - it makes a great doorstop. I first read it because it was an assigned reading (graduate course in planning/urban design), but I got a lot out of it. I'm sure others did as well.

I'm getting to be an old guy, as my kids like to remind me (hell, I could even be a LEHIGH fan! ); and so I've found over time you may catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And I've also realized, I can probably never change anyone's mind about things, and so I don't try to. But if I can offer up a little information that I believe to be true, and it may contribute to somebody's understanding (and maybe not the person I'm speaking directly with, but rather someone else listening)- then I've done something good for the day.

Wow, this discussion is still going on!? No, I did not actually expect you (or anyone) to go and read the entire book (it is pretty hefty; I use my copy now as a doorstop) but did offer it more as an example of what Buttigieg may have actually been alluding to - True, inanimate objects can't literally be "racist", but they can be shaped by racist policies, and they can have negative impact on specific ethnic groups, intentionally and otherwise. One of the most egregious I recall from the book - deliberately setting the clearance on bridges on some of the parkways so low that busses could not pass - thus preventing people from the inner city who did not own cars from traveling out to the Long Island beaches. Caro's work may also be of interest to some with a more conservative viewpoint - he devotes a considerable portion of his work to explaining how Moses, a bureaucratic official who never held any elected office, nevertheless amassed incredible power and influence - certainly a narrative that seems of great concern in some circles now. And I'm not arguing for any particular position on this, so much as pointing out that, with respect to planning and development policy, there has been some pretty extensive work done on the subject - and maybe more thorough and thoughtful than what you may find on a wrestling forum! Peace, all!

You should read The Power Broker, by Robert A. Caro. Robert Moses adopted some very interesting strategies and policies in developing the highway systems around NYC!

I think this is part of the problem with the world right now - people are so quick to characterize entire groups of people based on the actions of some individuals. But other than a common interest in the sport, I don't believe there is any particular characteristic - whether based on race, religion, political views, or whatever - that are necessarily in common to wrestling fans as a whole. We should certainly call out injustice where we may see it, but not attribute the guilt to others based on some other association.

Uh... Correct me if I'm wrong - but didn't we try to set this up before?

If I recall correctly, I think Rob Koll was the only person who predicted Dake would win it all his freshman year.

Back in the day when I attended (and admittedly ancient times) I believe each college required each student to take a certain number of elective courses out of your college. One could take, say, L.Pierce William's "History of Western Civilization", or maybe Carl Sagan's Astronomy class (both very intense but VERY interesting); or one could take, perhaps, Wine Tasting 101 in the Hotel School - not as difficult, but also satisfying! It was really a personal choice. What do you want?