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No love for Pitt? (I know the main one is pay only now, I would assume that will be rectified shortly)

I would love for them to come to Oakland. Pitt needs to at least secure them for a visit ASAP. Especially with VT and UNC being so aggressive after them. Fargo could help, Pitt normally has coaches on the Team PA staff (part of how the staff got so close with Vince Bouzakis) that could be working with Bo/Melvin.

Probably a rather long time. Once filed, it would probably get out quickly, but I doubt anyone would hear about it until it was filed. And who is getting sued and for what would have to get sorted, which is not a quick process.

I think he is taking time. Melvin also can't have his official visits yet, I could see him wanting to let Melvin have his recruiting moment/ they could look at schools together. His youngest brother (Keegan) is a few weeks out from going to U17 worlds, Fargo is less than a week away- I think once we hit August or so, this will ramp right back up.

I hate the censor feature. I am just trying to say the kids name

Willie said Valencia is going 149 as of right now- I don't know if that means a lineup bump or Parco sucking down/getting benched. I agree his folk record is middling right now- but looking at 149, I agree that Stiles, McNeil, Williams, and whoever ISU throws out there seem like tough matches, but Valencia's FS accomplishments make me think he could beat them if he adjusts to 149 well (and if his FS game is accurate to his folk potential)

I agree Shapiro has untapped potential. I also think Lockett is just too big for him at the moment. I don't feel like Shapiro is even a big 157 yet.

I don't know, someone saying they heard rumors is different than reporting on something unsubstantiated. If you say what you hear is a rumor and you don't know the validity that is not the same as saying it will happen

He is not wrong that they look weaker at the Worlds this year, but saying they have no depth is a little ridiculous IMO. Suda is their backup at 61kg, and he is likely a world title contender. Yama*I poop my pants, don't laugh at me*a was 3rd on the ladder at 70kg, and he won Duke's u20 bracket last year. Tanabe and Nishiuchi at 65kg would be the tier as Woods if not higher. They even have a former world champ at 70kg (teched prime Zain in the finals) who is on their Greco Team this year! They are sending Takahashi at 74kg (no Takatani), and he smoked Messenbrink last year. They are weak at 79, 92 and HWT (where the US has new faces but should outperform), but even in the upper weights (where Japan historically struggles), their 86 and 97 have past wins over our reps. They are weak at 57 with no Higuchi and Ono not coming down, and we have a huge advantage there with Spencer not sitting out. I do expect the US to outperform Japan this year at worlds, but Pyles is acting like they will be garbage.

@Husker_Du What other locations/areas are you guys looking at for events? Just curious what the process is when picking out cities/arenas

Aden Valencia at 149 is someone I could see being a title threat. I would favor SVN and Henson over him, but I think anyone else at 149 is a toss-up

Lockett teched Shapiro last time they wrestled- I don't think he is beating Messenbrink, but he has the same long shot as anyone else around that weight range IMO

Yes, but Nagao will also be an option there (and Ono if he doesn't RS)

Willie confirmed today on Basch that it was not her doing anything, just UNC deciding they had too much bad PR for athletics, and that wrestling was not worth the hassle

Yea it is very annoying

PSU and Iowa are free. It sounds like 34 is being switched to free. I think the On3 boards that are new/transferred from rivals are automatically paid only, will be made free over time, hopefully, because not that many people will if they are only interested in wrestling

Some other ones we could see Braeden Davis- PSU Tyler Kasak- PSU

I know it is just the algo, but I am really curious what would cause it to spit out Parco > Brown at 149, when Brown had more wins and more wrestlestat ranked wins (and better losses)

I will try to clear this up: Someone asked why Brooks is considered to be an ahole BigRed made the billion Muslims remark as an example of why people would not like Brooks. Many Muslims and non-Muslims did not like the Muhammad comment, and also don't like his general preachy quality (especially when coupled with his mess-ups and criticizing other religions). Willie thought he was saying the hate is coming from Muslims, when they make small population of American wrestling fans, which would make no sense. To me, BigRed appears to be using the Muhammad comment as an example of how Brooks rubs many people (of all religions) the wrong way, which is why some people would consider him to be an ahole or hate on him. Either of you can correct me if I am misunderstanding your perspective.

Got It! We were searching for a big boy who did it across 2 programs as the 9, 9, and 10 seed. Placed 6th, 5th and 2nd

Andonian was 7th in 23, met other than that

Basch might be overdosing on the PSU Kool Aid

It would be very rare for either school to let him do that (outside of maybe some short trips to train at other RTCs), but USA Wrestling would have no qualms about it.

Both of them didn't elaborate with specifics but confidently said they think PSU is not an option. Also, both said they were skeptical it would be OSU. If Bo and Melvin are a package the only teams left on Melvin's list are ASU, Pitt, UM, Nebby, Mizzou and NCST. Could also see tOSU, VT and Rutgers being in play.

Basch has brought up PSU haters multiple times to categorize those who are complaining about his coverage. That was practically the extent of what he said. Last time this topic was brought up, he called it a nothingburger 2-3 times, now he is simply saying he won't comment on allegations.