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Looks like the regular season concludes with a big one: #2 Iowa vs. #3 OK State (or vice-versa) for the "Kiss your Sister" trophy and a second place ranking as we head into the tournament part of the calendar.

Beau Bartlett has a 100-1 shot to get the Hodge. But don't discount the nonconformist style points he might win with renegade voters (all two of them ... one being Askren perhaps) given his unorthodox choice of wrestling shoes.

I think FLO was referring to the Big Ten record, which is now held by Penn State at 70. It was formerly 69. It would be interesting to see a dual between PSU and OK State when PSU hits either 76 or 77 (if we include non-D1 schools) because it would add some big drama to the next season: the old record vs. the record-breaking attempt; Cael vs. DT, two of the top perennial powerhouses, etc. I imagine these teams could schedule that match early enough in the coming season, but National Duals might conceivably interfere with it. Or PSU could participate on opposite sides of the tournament from OK State and hope they meet in the finals.

Does it seem like these two points could both be true this season? (a) There have been fewer major (top guys) upsets than usual. (It's just a perception not a proposition.) (b) At this point, there are fewer undefeated wrestlers than usual (In fact, by the end of the season, there might only reasonably be four or less. Maybe five (I'm not sure what the average is, however). Wrestleknownothing ?

100 percent BS. That was a TD by Sealy. Angel is often a devil for Penn State

I misspoke (or mis-wrote). Clarification: In freestyle, Teemer would get lots of passivity calls and lose that way. And, yes, I was being a bit hyperbolic to make the point. Minimally, he would need to adjust his wrestling because he doesn't stay in the center of the mat in folkstyle (he backs away) and would "dinged" for that constantly if he didn't make changes to his approach in freestyle.

Here's the match:

I can't stand watching Teemer wrestle. He does nothing for 99 percent of the match. In fact, he just backs up and backs up and backs up. He should be hit for stalling early and often. He would be defaulted out of freestyle match in the first two minutes

I think it was a very time-delayed and long distance stall call from the Penn State match on Friday. Arnold was "playing the edge" from out of bounds while Ferrari wrestled. Arnold never showed up for the tag in a planned tag-team scenario ... perhaps because he was in the stall himself.

Arnold was escorted out before Ferrari's match: https://x.com/DublerCraig/status/1885526782670958604?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1885526782670958604|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=

He's obviously trying to impress or emulate Mike Evans

A new twist on the Fireman's Carry? Kasak looks like a fireman carrying an injured guy out of a burning house and signaling to his family that he is safe.

When the #1 guy techs the #2 guy, that is the embodiment of domination.

That was patently a takedown

I think that image just might go viral

Kasak definitely in the title hunt mix. A season defining win. He wrestled smart and tough

The first 3 matches are mismatches. We start the real dual at 149.

I think the only way to make (non)sense of what the Brands are doing at 184 is that they might believe that Starocci spent the week prepping for Arnold and now he gets a relative wildcard who will likely wrestle a fairly different style.

The Brand Bros have been looking for a small advantage.

I guess Ferrari took Arnold's head off before Starocci could get to it.

Not sure if this means that Ferrari is definitely going tonight, but interpret as you will.

"157 Teemer v Parco - The most evenly matched". Indeed, because this match would never happen in a dual.

Wrestlestat has him at #102. Down (or is it up?) from #266 last year. In any event, he has risen far past his level of mediocrity.