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... but this MSN feed provoked another Ferrari thread: Angelo Ferrari wins another Texas high school state wrestling title (msn.com) It includes a video interview, if you just can't get enough Ferrari in your life.

Listening to all the nostalgia here I think that the walkout music for this thread should be Bruce Springsteen's GLORY DAYS. NB: I'm old enough to have played the just released vinyl version, not of GLORY DAYS, but of BORN TO RUN, out my dorm window.

Very hard to seed teams from different parts of the state who don't wrestle each other and are likely not to even have any common opponents. Council Rock South was apparently over-rated, as they lost their first match in the consolation bracket. Unless you meant Central Mountain, who met BeCa in the semis, not the quarters.

Thanks. That was the only explanation that made sense to me.

OK, I finally watched on tape delay. Some random thoughts: -- hate the black and pink singlets. and the 'blackout' makes it look like nobody is in attendance. I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion, but the whole 'pink for February', which was novel twenty years ago to 'raise awareness', seems like it is just an excuse now for clothing manufacturers to sell alternative jerseys. -- 125 The crowd chant "Let's Go Braeden" makes me think of NASCAR races, for some reason. Just sayin'. -- 133 Nagao seems to run hot/cold. He definitely can ride with double boots in, but is that going to win close matches against the best guys this year? -- 141 First time I've seen the 5 second head&arm call. Usually it is reserved for hanging on below the waist. That having been said, I liked this ref for all his vocalizations to let the wrestlers know where they stood. But Bartlett disappointed - when you're highly ranked against an unranked guy you should be putting him away quickly, like Haines at 157. --157 See above -- 165 Love the motor on MM. High school coaches should show his matches to their teams to show them how to get after it. -- 174 I get that people are excited about the weight differential, but that long time figure-4 ride could have been stalling on the top. -- 184 Truax vs a freshman. The mismatches are starting to cause me to lose interest here. -- 197 Brooks does what he is supposed to do, just like Haines did. -- Hwt. I still don't understand how guys give up a Harvard degree just to wrestle for Rutgers? Unless he already finished, and is a grad transfer, but the announcers didn't say that. And then he gets beat by the backup. Overall it must have been tough for Rutgers to come into such a big arena as such big underdogs. Must have felt like being a Christian in the Roman Colosseum. --

I missed the trailer but I assume you're talking about THE HOLDOVERS? I disagree -- I thought it was neither uninteresting nor dark. Kept my attention (it is a human drama with lots of talking - you won't find it in the Marvel universe) and, without providing spoilers, I think the conclusion is actually upbeat rather than dark. Although Giamatti is a great actor (e.g., he did this role, and also one of the leads in BILLIONS), my only criticism is that this character is a lot like the one he played in WIN WIN, a movie that has gotten a lot of traction on this board due to its using wrestling as a backdrop. Similar kind of storyline too, with kids as his foils. If you haven't seen THE HOLDOVERS I suggest you see it (it is in streaming now) and form your own conclusion.

Just watched the tape delay and was pleasantly surprised to see that we got the professional announcers; good stuff. But I must admit that the headlever vs. coffeegrinder schtick has gotten stale and they need to move on.

I have this set to record tonight, but I am not expecting much. Pretty anticlimactic after the other recent duals (e.g. Iowa). I expect a lot of the second string, both from PSU and from the BTN announcing ranks. Watching it on tape delay will allow me to skip to the highlights only.

The guys highlighted in this thread get all what the BIG10 network must consider their "A" matches, and do a great overall job. But then there is a terrible fall off when you get the "B" matches on BIG10+, and you get two students, at least one of whom must have never wrestled, but is faking it from some notes in front of him. They're the ones I turn the sound off for.

The expression, "dumb as a rock" somehow comes to mind. He could be onto a whole series of endorsements here.

Yeah, I was in attendance last night and even as a Pitt fan I have to say it was pretty much of a beatdown. Too bad, too, since it looked like a sell-out of the Fieldhouse, but they didn't have much to cheer about. Augustine won in OT by riding out on top for the first thirty seconds, then got his escape on bottom. Stout looked good in his match with an evenly ranked wrestler - was the aggressor for most of the match and survived some good scrambles. And I agree with @wrestle87 that Pitzer probably could/should have won his match. Although the OkieState heavy surprised me (and maybe Pitzer too) by hitting a roll midway through the match. The lightweights got torched. Some of the Pitt wrestlers gave up 3 or 4 ankle picks/low singles in one match. Lots of video to review there to get better. Sunday's home dual against Iowa State looks to be more of the same, except no one will be there because the Steelers's playoff game against the Bills is on TV at the same time.

Thanks to the OP for posting this. Even though I watched Spencer Lee wrestle here in high school in the WPIAL, and thought I knew his story, but there were definitely some details in this interview that were new to me. Plus, he comes across as an intelligent guy who knows what he is about. Great interview. I'm always impressed by people who can totally dedicate themselves to something, it doesn't have to be wrestling, it could be music or something else, but that drive to continually put the work in in practice and training is remarkable.

It is not on the regular (Comcast cable) ACCN tonight. Although Sunday's Pitt dual vs Iowa State is on ESPN+

Or help his therapist make a lot of boat payments.

He might have been talking about the betting everyone was doing on the out-of-season hunting that was taking place. Just sayin'.

Agreed. Lucky for them he was not wearing a black Iowa singlet.

Beard looked great. Who won OW?

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Crappy post-match shove. No class.

They're following the men's semis on BTN+ with the women's freestyle tournament, aka Matches Between Universities You Could Not Find On A Map. But entertaining nonetheless.

Super classes. But is there a 125 in there somewhere?

133 #4 seed Jayce Paridon of Lake Highland Prep, FL goes down 4-5 to unseeded Camden Baum of Bishop McDevitt

Upset list start: 127 #2 seed Matthew Marlowe of Northport, NY goes down 3-4 to unseeded Nathan Wood of Point Pleasant, WVa

Live brackets are available on FloArena

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