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Maybe Sadulaev wants to get out of Russia in order to wrestle again and before being drafted by Vladimir. Marinelli's wife could set him up with a pious Iowa lass, and he could be a wrestler-coach for the Hawkeyes.

Road Warriors all.

I'm not interested in partaking of the bet myself, but a fitting signature in response might be: "I really enjoyed the Spencer Lee Era". It's certainly better than "I really enjoyed the Robert E. Lee Era."

Indeed. In fact, they garnered the second most All Americans. It's just that Iowa fans and wrestlers aren't too keen on 2nd place finishes, especially distant seconds.

The only guy who gets to the finals for Iowa is a transfer mostly trained elsewhere, who doesn't wrestle "Iowa style". That might be a key data point and wake up call. Okie State might even have more soul searching to do, however. Only 2 guys made it to Saturday and none in the finals.

Yes, it's gone viral, like it or not: https://thecomeback.com/ncaa/iowa-wrestling-spencer-lee-mom-broken-glasses.html

Standings at the end of Day 2: Team Standings Team Points Maximum Potential Points # F # Cons Semi # 3rd-4th # 5th-6th # 7th-8th Penn State 116.5 166.5 5 2 1 Iowa 77 125.5 1 5 Cornell 64 87.5 2 1 1 Ohio State 62 91 1 2 2 Missouri 55 84 1 2 2 Michigan 51 68.5 1 1 1 Nebraska 51 82.5 1 3 Iowa State 44 58.5 1 1 North Carolina State 41.5 61.5 2 1 Virginia Tech 40.5 66.5 2 3 Arizona State 37.5 66 3 1 North Carolina 35.5 53 1 1 1 South Dakota State 34 48.5 1 1 Minnesota 29.5 41 1 1 Northern Iowa 29 35 1 Princeton 29 43.5 1 1 Wisconsin 29 40.5 1 1 Purdue 27 36 1 1 Oklahoma State 25 42 2 Northwestern 23.5 32 1 Northern Colorado 23 29 1 Pittsburgh 23 29 1 Lehigh 22.5 31 1 North Dakota State 21 32.5 1 1 Air Force 20 28.5 1 Stanford 17 25.5 1 Oregon State 15 23.5 1 Cal Poly 14 22.5 1 Clarion 12.5 15.5 1 Illinois 11 11 Penn 9.5 9.5 Lock Haven 9 17.5 1 Rider 9 17.5 1 Rutgers 8 8 West Virginia 8 11 1 Columbia 7.5 7.5 Maryland 7.5 7.5 Northern Illinois 7.5 10.5 1 Indiana 7 7 Michigan State 6 6 Oklahoma 6 6 Utah Valley 6 6 Drexel 4.5 4.5 Campbell 4 4 Chattanooga 4 4 Harvard 4 4 SIUE 3 3 American 2.5 2.5 Virginia 2.5 2.5 Binghamton 2 2 Navy 2 2 Wyoming 2 2 Appalachian State 1 1 Cal State Bakersfield 1 1 Central Michigan 1 1 Army 0.5 0.5 Buffalo 0.5 0.5 Duke 0.5 0.5 Gardner Webb 0.5 0.5 George Mason 0.5 0.5 Bloomsburg 0 0 Bucknell 0 0 Edinboro 0 0 Hofstra 0 0 Kent State 0 0 Ohio 0 0 Note: Teams in RED have been mathematically eliminated from the team title race.

And then there were two: Team Standings Team Points Maximum Potential Points # SF # F # Cons 4 (Rd of 12) # Cons 5 (All Amer.) # Cons Semi # 7th-8th Penn State 109.5 179.5 7 4 1 1 2 Iowa 73.5 134 3 1 3 3 3 Cornell 64 98.5 3 2 3 1 1 Ohio State 57.5 103 1 1 6 4 1 1 Missouri 51.5 92.5 2 1 4 3 2 Nebraska 51 82.5 4 1 1 3 Michigan 42.5 69 2 3 1 1 1 North Carolina State 41.5 61.5 1 3 2 2 1 Virginia Tech 40.5 66.5 1 5 4 2 3 Iowa State 38.5 58.5 1 1 4 1 Arizona State 37.5 77 2 2 2 3 North Carolina 35.5 64 1 1 2 2 1 Minnesota 29.5 41 4 2 1 1 Northern Iowa 29 35 1 1 2 Princeton 29 43.5 2 1 1 Wisconsin 29 51.5 3 2 1 Purdue 27 36 1 1 1 1 1 South Dakota State 27 50.5 1 3 1 1 Northern Colorado 23 29 1 1 2 Lehigh 22.5 31 1 2 1 Oklahoma State 21.5 44 1 1 1 1 North Dakota State 21 32.5 2 2 1 1 Air Force 20 35 1 Northwestern 20 34 2 1 Stanford 17 25.5 2 1 1 Pittsburgh 16 31 1 2 Oregon State 15 23.5 1 1 Clarion 12.5 26.5 1 1 Illinois 11 11 3 Cal Poly 10.5 24.5 1 1 Penn 9.5 9.5 Lock Haven 9 17.5 1 1 1 Rider 9 24 1 Rutgers 8 8 1 West Virginia 8 11 1 1 1 Columbia 7.5 7.5 Maryland 7.5 7.5 1 Northern Illinois 7.5 10.5 1 1 1 Indiana 7 7 1 Michigan State 6 6 2 Oklahoma 6 6 Utah Valley 6 6 1 Drexel 4.5 4.5 1 Campbell 4 4 Chattanooga 4 4 Harvard 4 4 1 SIUE 3 3 1 American 2.5 2.5 Virginia 2.5 2.5 Binghamton 2 2 Navy 2 2 Wyoming 2 2 Appalachian State 1 1 Cal State Bakersfield 1 1 Central Michigan 1 1 Army 0.5 0.5 Buffalo 0.5 0.5 Duke 0.5 0.5 Gardner Webb 0.5 0.5 George Mason 0.5 0.5 Bloomsburg 0 0 Bucknell 0 0 Edinboro 0 0 Hofstra 0 0 Kent State 0 0 Ohio 0 0 Note: Teams in RED have been mathematically eliminated from the team title race.

Freud would have a field day with Lee's mother's reaction: she not only can't believe what she saw, she may not want to see clearly again.

It's interesting that Penn State's lightweights have done better (all 4 in the semis) than their vaunted upper weights (3 in semis; one out; one in round of 12). Who would have predicted that?

I thought it was called a dog bone configuration.

Another angle:

Looks pretty flat to me. In any case, Haines would likely have either continued to get a more clear fall; or won by 4 points or more (since he was building ride time):

Home field disadvantage

Team Standings Team Points Maximum Potential Points # SF # F # Cons 4 (Rd of 12) # Cons 5 (All Amer.) # Cons Semi # 7th-8th Penn State 78 202.5 7 1 Iowa 48 151.5 3 3 Cornell 45.5 149 3 3 Nebraska 44 123.5 4 1 Michigan 39 127.5 2 3 Missouri 34 142 2 4 Ohio State 31 163 1 6 North Carolina State 29 102.5 1 3 Iowa State 28 121 1 4 Arizona State 27 96 2 2 Lehigh 22.5 76.5 1 2 Northern Iowa 22 76 1 2 Princeton 22 52 2 South Dakota State 21 94.5 1 3 Virginia Tech 21 133.5 1 5 Air Force 20 35 1 Northwestern 18.5 57.5 2 Minnesota 18 96 4 North Carolina 18 72 1 2 Oklahoma State 18 52.5 1 1 Wisconsin 17.5 76 3 Northern Colorado 16 70 1 2 Pittsburgh 16 70 1 2 Oregon State 13.5 28.5 1 Purdue 12.5 47 1 1 Illinois 11 69.5 3 North Dakota State 10.5 49.5 2 Stanford 10 49 2 Penn 9.5 9.5 Clarion 9 28.5 1 Rider 9 24 1 Rutgers 8 27.5 1 Columbia 7.5 7.5 Maryland 7.5 27 1 Cal Poly 7 26.5 1 Indiana 7 26.5 1 Michigan State 6 45 2 Oklahoma 6 6 Utah Valley 6 25.5 1 Drexel 4.5 24 1 West Virginia 4.5 24 1 Campbell 4 4 Chattanooga 4 4 Harvard 4 23.5 1 Northern Illinois 4 23.5 1 SIUE 3 22.5 1 American 2.5 2.5 Virginia 2.5 2.5 Binghamton 2 2 Lock Haven 2 21.5 1 Navy 2 2 Wyoming 2 2 Appalachian State 1 1 Cal State Bakersfield 1 1 Central Michigan 1 1 Army 0.5 0.5 Buffalo 0.5 0.5 Duke 0.5 0.5 Gardner Webb 0.5 0.5 George Mason 0.5 0.5 Bloomsburg 0 0 Bucknell 0 0 Edinboro 0 0 Hofstra 0 0 Kent State 0 0 Ohio 0 0 Note: Teams in RED have been mathematically eliminated from the team title race.

Team Standings Team Points Maximum Potential Points # QF # SF # Cons 2 # Cons 3 # Cons 4 (Rd of 12) Penn State 63 210.5 7 5 1 Nebraska 43.5 176.5 5 4 2 Cornell 41 157 3 3 4 1 Iowa 38 202 5 2 5 1 2 Michigan 27.5 198.5 3 1 5 4 1 Arizona State 27 100.5 4 2 1 Ohio State 27 225 3 1 6 3 1 Missouri 26.5 194.5 6 1 3 1 3 Iowa State 25.5 179.5 2 1 6 3 Princeton 22 52 2 2 Virginia Tech 20.5 164.5 5 1 3 1 3 North Carolina State 20 178.5 2 6 3 1 Lehigh 17.5 128 1 1 4 1 Minnesota 17.5 124.5 3 4 2 2 Oklahoma State 17.5 147.5 2 1 5 1 1 North Carolina 17 100.5 2 1 3 1 Northwestern 17 153.5 2 6 2 1 Wisconsin 17 104.5 2 3 2 1 Northern Colorado 14 73 1 1 2 2 Purdue 12.5 47 2 1 1 1 Air Force 12 58 1 2 1 Northern Iowa 12 129 1 6 2 South Dakota State 11.5 153 1 5 2 Illinois 10 78 2 2 1 North Dakota State 10 100.5 1 3 1 1 Stanford 10 98 2 3 2 Penn 9.5 78 4 2 Pittsburgh 8 122.5 2 3 1 1 Columbia 7.5 76 5 2 Maryland 7.5 56 1 4 Cal Poly 7 53 1 1 1 Clarion 6 55 2 Indiana 5.5 74 1 3 1 Michigan State 5.5 71.5 1 2 1 1 Oklahoma 5.5 54.5 5 Oregon State 5.5 78.5 1 4 Rutgers 5 51.5 3 1 West Virginia 4.5 73 1 3 1 Campbell 4 53 3 Chattanooga 4 50.5 2 1 Drexel 3.5 52.5 2 Utah Valley 3 52 2 American 2.5 2.5 1 Harvard 2.5 51.5 2 Virginia 2.5 49 2 1 Lock Haven 2 21.5 1 1 Navy 2 75.5 3 Rider 2 26 1 SIUE 2 26.5 3 Wyoming 2 2 2 Binghamton 1.5 26 1 Appalachian State 1 1 Cal State Bakersfield 1 1 1 Central Michigan 1 25.5 2 Northern Illinois 1 25.5 1 Army 0.5 25 1 Buffalo 0.5 25 1 Duke 0.5 25 1 Gardner Webb 0.5 0.5 George Mason 0.5 0.5 1 Bloomsburg 0 0 Bucknell 0 0 Edinboro 0 0 Hofstra 0 0 Kent State 0 0 Ohio 0 0 Note: Teams in RED have been mathematically eliminated from the team title race.

Team Standings Team Points Maximum Potential Points # QF # SF # Cons 2 # Cons 3 # Cons 4 (Rd of 12) Penn State 56 212.5 7 4 1 Iowa 37.5 233 5 2 5 1 Nebraska 36.5 178.5 5 3 2 Cornell 32 157 3 2 4 1 Arizona State 27 100.5 4 2 1 Ohio State 25.5 230.5 3 1 6 2 Michigan 20.5 200.5 3 5 4 1 Iowa State 18.5 181.5 2 6 3 Lehigh 17.5 128 1 1 4 1 Minnesota 17.5 153.5 3 4 2 1 Missouri 17.5 201.5 6 3 2 North Carolina State 17.5 178.5 2 6 2 1 Oklahoma State 17.5 176.5 2 1 5 1 North Carolina 17 100.5 2 1 3 1 Wisconsin 17 109 2 3 2 Princeton 15 54 2 1 Northwestern 14.5 153.5 2 6 1 1 Northern Colorado 14 73 1 1 2 2 Virginia Tech 13.5 166.5 5 3 1 3 Purdue 12.5 71.5 2 1 1 1 Air Force 12 58 1 2 1 Northern Iowa 12 129 1 6 2 South Dakota State 11 155 1 5 1 Illinois 10 102.5 2 2 1 Stanford 10 102.5 2 3 1 North Dakota State 9.5 78 1 3 1 Penn 9.5 78 4 2 Pittsburgh 8 122.5 2 3 1 1 Columbia 7.5 100.5 5 2 Maryland 7.5 56 1 4 Cal Poly 7 53 1 1 1 Clarion 6 55 2 Indiana 5.5 98.5 1 3 1 Oklahoma 5.5 54.5 5 Oregon State 5.5 103 1 4 Michigan State 5 78 1 2 Rutgers 5 51.5 3 1 West Virginia 4.5 73 1 3 1 Campbell 4 53 3 Chattanooga 4 50.5 2 1 Drexel 3.5 52.5 2 Utah Valley 3 52 2 American 2.5 2.5 1 Harvard 2.5 51.5 2 Lock Haven 2 21.5 1 1 Navy 2 75.5 3 Rider 2 26 1 SIUE 2 26.5 3 Virginia 2 51 2 Wyoming 2 26.5 2 Binghamton 1.5 26 1 Appalachian State 1 1 Cal State Bakersfield 1 1 1 Central Michigan 1 25.5 2 Northern Illinois 1 25.5 1 Army 0.5 25 1 Buffalo 0.5 25 1 Duke 0.5 25 1 Gardner Webb 0.5 0.5 George Mason 0.5 25 1 Bloomsburg 0 0 Bucknell 0 0 Edinboro 0 0 Hofstra 0 0 Kent State 0 0 Ohio 0 0 Note: Teams in RED have been mathematically eliminated from the team title race.

Nagao also seems to cinch the arm around the neck when he is on the back of guys. He was doing it at the Southern Scuffle:

Some video footage of the end of the Phillipi match: https://www.flowrestling.org/video/10751856-133-lb-r16-aaron-nagao-minnesota-vs-micky-phillippi-pitt

Phillipi is grimacing and trying to pull the arm off as if he can't breathe

Nagao clearly tries to choke opponents. It's incontestable. Hope they call it on him in the future.

The third period footage: https://theguillotine.com/2023/03/every-match-from-the-2023-big-ten-wrestling-championship-finals/