Jason Bryant

Alabama wasn't good. Never ranked. Never an All-American. Never finished higher than 37th at the NCAA championships. Auburn was showing promise when it was dropped in 1981. They finished 9th in 1981 with three All-Americans, including Clar Anderson who won an NCAA title two years later at Oklahoma State. Auburn was ranked in the Top 25 only three times in its history, those last two seasons. Historically, they weren't good. They had two good seasons at the end.

I hate Twinkies … but I hear the word almost daily. We also don’t have them in the house.

It would actually make the EIWA 18 teams …

Weak attempt.

With that, the first episode of my Gray Simons series from the NWHOF has been released. https://etchedinstone.libsyn.com/gray-simons-seven-unrolling-granby

Brother Ali!

Guys, you do know that some places wait until an actual contract is signed before putting out an official release. Most of the time, it’s HR and paperwork that’s the hold up.

Sammy’s just a good dude. Always ready to drop a handshake, fist bump or a hug, even if you don’t know him super well. One of those guys it’s hard to root against. It’s refreshing we’ve got the whole sport (it seems) rallying around him.

Pretty sure the last two years there were 12 teams, not 16.

Eras and rule sets make going across those divides so difficult. I applaud the effort for sure. Also, perhaps the “best 4” is a fair metric? It’s not equal but it may be equitable in trying to get the idea of this across. Might be worth throwing against the wall …

Brakeman, the freaking OG of amazing HS analysts.

Maybe Janiak killed the referee’s dog in a past life.

Smoked venison loin. A bit more done than the recipe called for, but bruh … this is effing delicious. wicked tender and juicy.

Because the Italians have such a big influence … Let’s not confuse possible ineptitude with corruption. They’re allowed to exist differently I thought it was a bad call, but in asking some officials I know about it, they don’t seem to find it that egregious considering the last minute of the bout. Horrible way to not win - I won’t say lose here. Not every bad call we perceive is anti-American bias.

Katie Hnida was NOT in the NFL. And is this an AI bot I just replied to?

A number of the Texas schools had some form of wrestling, but old results show very few competed outside of Texas. It was more club competition than anything else. The formation of teams was also loose and fast prior to the determination of divisions in 1974 at the NCAA level. Tennessee entered a guy at the (IIRC) 1964 championships and they didn’t even have a team. These instances are less of them being dropped and more of the coach who organized the team left and that was it. It’s not like we have a lot of Grand Canyon and Fresno State (second time) situations where admins started a sport then bailed on it shortly thereafter.

I work as an in-house chef and chauffeur for tiny humans.

Depends on who you ask.

People still thought I worked at USAW a decade after I left (and I only worked there for 3 years). Was my sig on the old board, then when this opened up, people assumed (incorrectly) I also was working again for InterMat/this board. Then Willie put it in his sig in a poor attempt to annoy me … I’m fine with that.

He’s still a four-time All-American … one of two guys to beat Yianni D in college. He doesn’t check that box either …

Agreed. Eierman isn’t considered an Iowa legend by anyone except the OP.

Stanford to the ACC would impact bids minimally. I think you'd take I'll add that up when I get some time. We're also looking at the potential from 24-25, so I believe Bellarmine is eligible by then (I'd have to triple check), I don't believe Queens would be eligible by then. That may be their last transitional year. It's another reason why I put a minimum of 7 in the newer ones, except the Ivy (unaffected by realignment) and the EIWA ... which could still catch a stray as an affiliate from the CAA or somewhere else.

Это наша территория.

Way to not actually read or comprehend a single thing I tried to explain fairly to you. The US does not have a documented history of cheating doping tests at the governmental level - Russia does. That is the reason people are still unsure about the inclusion and the suspect nature of it. I don’t think there would be too many instances of Russian wrestlers cheating, but the fact the organization that’s in charge of testing them has been documented in cheating for the athletes, there are few ways to know until it’s too late - often 8-12 years after someone’s been cheating. Read. Comprehend. Understand. These are facts of the context, not an attack on Russian wrestlers.