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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

There is something frustrating about watching Braeden Davis wrestle. It reminds me of Jimmy Guilibon in a strange way. Both were 4-timers in high school. Both have talent. But ... Davis has good positioning and defense ... until he suddenly doesn't. He lets guys in on his legs too easily at times. He also has a suspicious sense of balance because he gets put in odd positions from seeming advantageous ones. He gets thrown to his side in awkward positions. He gets into danger on his (near) back more than one would anticipate. He often pulls through in close matches but he is also vulnerable to losing those matches as well.

Stats List Most Pins Least Time Most Tech Falls Least Time Most Pins/Tech Falls Least Time Most Total Match Points Largest Seed-Place Difference Division Most pins and techfalls: Team Falls Total Time 1 Nebraska 8 34:12 2 Penn State 5 21:00 3 Ohio State 4 19:21 4 Iowa 4 22:30 5 Michigan 3 4:08 6 Maryland 3 14:14 7 Illinois 3 15:23 8 Purdue 3 18:08 9 Minnesota 1 5:50 10 Wisconsin 1 6:45

1. Penn State 88.0 2. Nebraska 63.0 3. Illinois 58.5 4. Iowa 54.0 5. Minnesota 41.0 6. Michigan 33.0 6. Ohio State 33.0 8. Maryland 26.5 9. Rutgers 24.5 10. Purdue 19.5 11. Northwestern 6.0 12. Wisconsin 4.5 13. Indiana 3.5 14. Michigan State 2.5

1. Penn State 88.0 2. Nebraska 63.0 3. Illinois 58.5 4. Iowa 54.0 5. Minnesota 41.0 6. Michigan 33.0 6. Ohio State 33.0 8. Maryland 26.5 9. Rutgers 24.5 10. Purdue 19.5 11. Northwestern 6.0 12. Wisconsin 4.5 13. Indiana 3.5 14. Michigan State 2.5

Team Season Team Abbr Count Points 1 Oklahoma State, OK Oklahoma State, OK (GET) OKST 10 83.0 2 Iowa State, IA Iowa State, IA (GET) ISU 10 54.0 3 Northern Iowa, IA Northern Iowa, IA (GET) UNI 10 50.0 4 South Dakota State, SD South Dakota State, SD (GET) SDSU 10 40.0 5 Northern Colorado, CO Northern Colorado, CO (GET) UNCO 10 39.5 6 Missouri, MO Missouri, MO (GET) MIZZ 10 33.0 6 North Dakota State, ND North Dakota State, ND (GET) NDSU 10 33.0 8 Oklahoma, OK Oklahoma, OK (GET) OU 10 29.5 9 West Virginia, WV West Virginia, WV (GET) WVU 10 23.0 10 Arizona State, AZ Arizona State, AZ (GET) ASU 9 18.5 11 California Baptist, CA California Baptist, CA (GET) CBU 10 15.0 12 Utah Valley, UT Utah Valley, UT (GET) UVU 10 13.5 12 Wyoming, WY Wyoming, WY (GET) WYO 10 13.5 14 Air Force, CO Air Force, CO (GET) AF 10 4.5

How (where) are folks watching the Big 12 action? Is there a place (way) to see it gratis (free)?

3 pins so far. It gets harder from here

8 of Penn State's 10 wrestlers have their first match in the quarters so that makes the pin count much tougher to accumulate b/c they are up against relatively tough opponents usually. And the other two guys at 125 and 133 (who have round of 16 matches) are not pinners. In some ways, it is probably easier to pin at NCAAs because of softer early round opponents and also the consolation matches. Plus, guys might wrestle more conservatively at BIG 10s because your first goal is to make the Big Dance, whereas at NCAAs more fur may fly since it is a last chance to do or die

Despite having a virtual Murderer's Row from 141 to 285, this team is not big on pinning. Not like guys in the past: DT, Nolf, Nickal, Retherford, Ruth, Hall, and Q. Wright: https://pennstatewrestlingclub.org/career-falls-leaders/ The guys at 149, 174, 184, 197, and 285 might have the best chance of getting falls in the early rounds. Here are the number of pins for this season: Barr 6 Van Ness 5 Haines 7 Starocci 6 Kerkviliet 5 ----- BB 3 TK 3 LL 1 MM 0 (Tech falls, yes, by all means) BD 0

For what it is worth, it looks like Track Wrestling has the brackets up. I assume they represent final seeds, but I haven't looked to see whether anything has changed. Penn State's seeds are apparently the same (see post above your own). https://www.trackwrestling.com/predefinedtournaments/MainFrame.jsp?newSession=false&TIM=1741376244318&pageName=%2Fpredefinedtournaments%2FBracketViewer.jsp&twSessionId=gqxgbcfbrv

I believe it is often concurrent with Distended (aka bloated) Ego, associated with abuse of mirrors, fast cars, and frequent use of "I", "me" and "my". Questions of causation and correlation are still debated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Penn State Nebraska, Ohio State, Minnesota, Michigan, Rutgers, and Illinois all have at least one marginally seeded guy relative to the number of allocations. Some of these teams might get 9 guys qualified. Iowa perhaps 10 (141 is their outlier) if the cards fall right for them