Major Kong

Has to be Slav to NU now for symmetry's sake.

Spot on. Deakin, Yahya and others had completed their undergrad but stayed on.

I predicted this days ago! I am now Whale.

But we don't seem to be getting any highly-rated kids. That and lack of staff on top of the kids leaving spells trouble. I don't get it.

Not sure. But we've gone from having a great staff to having just Storny and ... Joe Rau. Disconcerting.

2x AA. Like I said elsewhere, we (NU) are falling apart. Mike D'Aug will be next.

Yes they are. And we (NU) are falling apart. I expect D'Aug to be the next to go. I like Chumbley, Tal Shahar and Fisher, but...

No, he was George Santo's Life Coach for many years, before disappearing on a solo kayaking journey through headhunter country at the headwaters of the Amazon.

Does anyone know if Deakin is done competing?

Can't recall all the previous escape artists, but recently Deakin was about impossible to ride. It was a question of would he be out in 5 seconds or less or might it take 10. (Exception that nightmare bit with DelVecchio of course!)

I doubt Chris can make 25, but who knows. Lucas seemed pretty noncommittal in his post tourney interview. Said something like: 'I'm going to visit my girlfriend in Sweden, finish my Masters and then see'. Gotta admire his thinking!

Maybe so. I think possibly Chumbley drops to 49 and Mayfield to 57 (his natural weight) with Ferrante back at 65. Agree about Bates and J. Martin moving in. My question is do Mike D. and Lucas Davison return.

I'd love to speculate on Northwestern, but since they put out actual information about as frequently as North Korea, I'd have a good idea on about 5 weights.

Well, you're odds-onto lead the NCAA in Tanners.

It's not fan-friendly. You've just described wrestling marketing strategy!

It's not that the NCAA and individual programs do a poor job of promoting the sport, It's that they do virtually no job at all. I'm a Northwestern alum and ex-wrestler, but not a "booster" per se. I have to dig for anything beyond the most basic information about the program. Right now, I have no idea who the top recruits are, if Mike D'Aug or Lucas Davison are coming back, etc. There is never any information on injuries, etc. Other sports make the effort, and it pays off in fan engagement and retention. Why can't wrestling even try?

Lucas will finish a graduate degree this year. Not sure what he plans on after that.

Yeah, that was the "sideline" guy. Seemed they were embarrassed to correct him, but that's what professionals are supposed to do - put the audience above being polite to colleagues.

I like him but he was trying to excuse the ref for his lame call on the Alirez backs.

I think this should effectively end the, uh, discussion.

It's that "other" wrestling he has a history of interest in. You know, the fake kind.

Inept officials - the second official is a schlub too

Where did Trump wrestle? (Aside from JV in prep school and that time he was pinned by Stormy)

I'm good with it. I want to see Ramos try that head pinch again.

Deakins gonna convince him to go to NU.