Jason Bryant

The NWCA thing from last year is an error and is on me. I wrote that section - I handle the Coaches Poll - and when I was writing it, I meant to include a modern-era time descriptor, since the Iowa and Oklahoma State (one of them) streaks ended in 1999 and 2011, while the other Oklahoma State streak is from 1932. I've since updated that post from last year to avoid the issue arising again with something that was missing proper context. I've since written (multiple times, I believe) what the record is in NWCA poll releases. The "Division I" record is 76 (broken in 1951). The NCAA record is 77 (St. Cloud State, broken in 2022 one match after they set a new record). Since Oklahoma State's 76 was in an era prior to Divisions, I call that "major college" since it's a current Division I institution in an era that pre-dated even the college division. The modern era record would be 70. The all-time "D1" record is 76. The NCAA record is 77. Here's the working list (since that article was written in the midst of Grand View's win streak) https://almanac.mattalkonline.com/top-college-dual-meet-win-streaks/

Probably any match that involved Mike Faust.

Tennis is in the midst of a pilot program with split seasons. They do individual tournaments and qualifying for the individual championships in the fall. All team duals are in the spring. Individual titles determined in one half, team champs in another. https://wearecollegetennis.com/2023/09/01/ncaa-division-i-individual-championships/

This is true.

Scheduling/Calendar aside, what makes anyone think the power players are going to do anything to cede a perceived competitive advantage to one of their chief competitors? That's been a sticking points in the past - always having to go to Iowa in January. Now, climate in November is slightly more favorable in Oklahoma, but the point above has some merit. The power players are going to be for something if its on their terms.

That's sports. Got a killer defense that's adept at stopping a team's spread offense? But can't stop a triple-option? Your run and gun basketball team is great, but what if they can't sink a 3 and can't penetrate against a team with a pair of 7-footers? The best team doesn't always win a championship - and that's a good thing.

One thing we, as a wrestling community need to realize, is this movie isn’t “for us.” It’s for a more general, broader audience who isn’t hung up on the nuances of a niche sport as much as we are.

They have one of the GOATS, Andy Hamilton. Kyle Klingman’s resume also speaks for itself - so from a position of “professional” writers, they have two of the best the sport has. Andy coordinates a network of writers who do the “insider” stories they feature on a number of programs. Guys like Jim Carlson and Travis Johnson have bonafide careers in journalism, others like Brian Reinhardt are former SIDs. There’s also some guys like Nick Corey and Dylan Guenther who have written for different spots, usually centered around a certain region or school. The insider stories are consistent and good reads. Engagement headlines for the social juice is just part of the world now - like most places - there’s always going to be a stinker of a headline here and there.

They're going to likely start distributing each team's allocations soon, so that's where you'll find those. The staff pricing is in line with that and our allocations just opened up. ($500 all-session, same seat). Those are the same types of prices you'll get from the teams. I'm sure there will be some that get freed up, but you're not going to get them like that via ticketmaster. I always recommend joining the wrestling booster club (or something of the like) of the host school the year of the championships.

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The English announcers in the Olympics feeds are hired by the Olympic Broadcasting Service and they usually employ broadcasters they can use for multiple sports over weeks vs. getting sport-specific pxp broadcasters for individualized sports. That gets costly.

Referees now also have two-way headsets to help them communicate on the mat without yelling across the action. Second referee (in those situations) are more involved and relevant than ever.

The first guys I enjoyed watching/covering while they were in college Hazewinkel Coleman Scott Mocco Mack Reiter Trenge Byron Tucker My college roommates and oddly, Dave Shunamon

Top five life moment.

Rokfin YT: https://www.youtube.com/@rokfin7449

It stopped since the stream is back up on Rokfin.

Gray Simons.

I have not sat through that one. I saw the trailer. I might have been approached to interview the director because of its “wholesome” message.

Wonder if all of them are a package deal? I think there’s 19(?!) of them.

What I've noticed with it was the built in security within the eero would block ads, but that means it blocks video from playing that have ads built in before it - like say, an ESPN player. So I went to disable that site-by-site so it can open up college sports sites (Which have trackers built into their freaking drop-down menus). Sometimes when an ad wants to play a video to get to the next step, that causes things to hang. I use the Brave Browser for MOST of my stuff (on a Mac) and don't have any issues with unnecessary ads. I will turn the brave shields off for some sites, like things that need to save specific logins, etc.

Do you have an eero or mesh network set up? I haven’t had any issues with this site on any format, browser or machine but I did have issues with security settings on my eero on some sites - many with an ad that played before a video.

This is more just complaining to complain. The fact he went first shouldn't matter. Get to the match on time, you see all 10 matches. You know very well heavyweight can go first - it's been a possibility for what, 20+ years? Just because heavyweights typically go last doesn't mean much. Scotti also said he was going to pick heavy first if he won the draw more than five days before the event. The match happened, we all win for that, no matter if we had to sit through a 44-0 dual to see it happen or if it happened 0-0. I personally think we got a better Taye out of the gate than if he had to watch nine of his teammates lose before taking on Gable. He got teched, so that's a hard metric to actually validate, but the match happened in a time where we've had too many disappointments of people not wrestling high profile matches.

This. As someone who not only uses links to send people to my own content, but also routinely shares hundreds of wrestling-related links to the platform each week, it caters to the Canva Commandos out there. Why bother posting a citation when you can just post an image with no additional context?

You know what happened by Gable-Ghadiali going first? An actual match. What didn't happen? Team loses every match going into heavyweight and they just say "screw it" and no one gets to see the match. So we got the match we wanted to see and fans didn't have to endure a bludgeoning leading up to it. I fail to see where this is even worth complaining about to be honest. You got the match you wanted to see, then three straight matches of ranked guys hitting head to head before the Camel was put to pasture.

I’m specifically referring to what I quoted. Your reply to Hammerlock saying you don’t see any evidence of what he claimed to be true. So I will ask again, what evidence do you see that what Hammerlock said isn’t true?