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Another #1 ranked and/or undefeated guy goes down in this tough as nails tournament: Ramos, Bartlett, McEnally, and Buchannon and one more is about to go down at 285. It's a war of attrition.

Good match. Looks like Kekeisen will get McEnally in the semis.

Caiiendo was in the match until the end. MM's first non-bonus win of the year. Looks like the only chance of a guy bonus-ing his way through the entire season is now Steveson's

Manning with histrionics again. I think he takes lessons from the Mongolian wrestling coaches

Kasak needs to see Dr. Zizmor, who used to advertise everywhere on New York City subways

There should be a moratorium on showing the family of wrestlers during the action.

Strange finals so far. Two pretty quick pins. A 1-0 win and a 4-3 win with lots of (often gratuitous) stall calls. Hopefully, the rest get more interesting or entertaining. 184 and 285 have finals with all undefeated guys. 165 has PSU vs. Iowa redux redux (yes, the Squad Squad for eliminating redundancy should intervene).

Van Ness just eviscerated Parco. 13-0 and 3:50 of riding time. It was like an NCAA champion destroying a high school JV guy

Parco vs. Van Ness for third should be fun

They allow bathroom breaks, trips to the refrigerator, and even time to do your taxes. And often time to get in a half hour run or workout

These challenges are wrestling's equivalent of the last two minutes of basketball games, which take 20 minutes

Davis finds himself constantly squirming off his side and back against better opponents. It's almost like he has terrible balance.

Angel Rivera is a piece of sh*t with those stall calls. He is a horrible ref.

Angel Rivera is a piece of sh*t with those stall calls. He is horrible ref

Dr. Jekyl Jimmy (who roots against Penn State) is hoping it is extremely severe so that he can taunt his alter ego Jimmy Hyde (the Penn State fan) with the diagnosis.

And the war of attrition continues. After Sunday, 174, 184, and 285 will each lose a wrestler from the list. 125: 133: 141: 149: Henson (VT) 157: 165: Mesenbrink (PSU) 174: O'Toole (Mizz), Hamiti (Ok St), 184: Starocci (PSU), Keckeisen (N Iowa), McEnelly (Minn) 197: Buchanan (Iowa), Ferrari (CSUB) 285: Steveson (Minn), Kerkvliet (PSU), Hendrickson (OK St), Trephan (Lehigh)

Hey Jimmy: I have a serious question. You claim to be a Penn State fan but always seem to take delight in them losing. You also enjoy predicting or imagining how they will fail. This sounds to me like a form of (a) trolling; (b) performative contradictions; (c) some kind of bipolar disposition or split personality at work; or (d) a combination of the above. Please relax on the couch and try to explain? (Oh, and the "semi magic" to which you refer is at NCAAs not BIG 10s).

My friends reminded me to see my clocks four years ahead.

Team Season Team Abbr Count Points 1 Penn State, PA Penn State, PA (GET) PSU 10 145.0 2 Nebraska, NE Nebraska, NE (GET) NEB 11 118.5 3 Iowa, IA Iowa, IA (GET) IOWA 11 98.0 4 Minnesota, MN Minnesota, MN (GET) MINN 12 88.5 5 Illinois, IL Illinois, IL (GET) ILL 12 81.5 6 Ohio State, OH Ohio State, OH (GET) OSU 12 76.0 7 Michigan, MI Michigan, MI (GET) MICH 14 56.0 8 Maryland, MD Maryland, MD (GET) MD 13 47.5 9 Rutgers, NJ Rutgers, NJ (GET) RUT 14 46.0 10 Purdue, IN Purdue, IN (GET) PUR 16 33.5 11 Indiana, IN Indiana, IN (GET) IND 16 27.0 12 Northwestern, IL Northwestern, IL (GET) NU 17 18.5 13 Wisconsin, WI Wisconsin, WI (GET) WIS 18 13.5 14 Michigan State, MI Michigan State, MI (GET) MSU 17 11.5

Nebraska new motto: the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

The Braunagel's hold good position when they are standing, but when they are the mat, they make dumb decisions and panic.

Nebraska is rivaling Iowa with jumping, screaming, gesticulating coaches on the sideline.

Only one coach should be able to speak directly with a referee. Nebraska and some other teams like to overwhelm the refs with a cacophony of voices

Length over strength seems to rule the roost today: Luke L, Ayala, Webster, Vombar Lovett etc.

Wow, LL. We knew he had talent and he just showed and showcased it