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lol even based on your survey it’s evenly split. Now take out NYC, LA and DC…

Lol Musk literally said “a Supreme Court election might determine the fate of America”

Yeah I was gonna say I don’t think voter ID is really that partisan. I’m sure a lot of Dem voters are in favor of voter ID

I’m surprised he hasn’t wrestled a match in the last 2 years

Going after Welsh and presumably Ryder might be a hint…

Fair enough. The 30 includes redshirts right?

30 is still 3 deep. I think Steen makes that cut especially if he can also go 125

Why would Sakamoto drop to 125 if Spratley is still there?

@ionel, was Thompson the one whose Mom made a Facebook post about selling all her OSU gear last offseason?

Yup, only took a couple days for that take to age badly

Illini?

Wyoming?

Maybe, I dunno.

Oh no lol just speculating. But it would make the Welsh move make sense and it seems like Cael is always one step ahead.

No idea. Poaching?

Or he was already on his way out before the Welsh news?

Technically would need to get a medical waiver for 2024 though, right? (But seems like he would meet the requirements)

@Husker_Du said that a few days back on the podcast with Basch. Haven’t seen anything about it since

Ryan publicly stated that he did have a chance, but that it had to wait until December when Kharchla returned from injury. No clue if that ever happened, if I had to guess maybe Welsh wanted to compete prior to that (CKLV?) but if he wrestled attached it would have burned his redshirt and then he would basically lose a year of eligibility if Kharchla beat him. But as someone else said, if that happened I’m sure he could have wrestled off for 184 too.

I’m assuming now he’ll be at heavyweight wherever he goes, unless it’s Iowa or Iowa State. And I’d give him a pretty good shot at winning.

Maybe he wanted to wrestle in the Purdue dual?

Willie did say there was a major curveball. This would certainly fit that definition.

Have to imagine the Mirasola brothers might be on their way out. Bono to the unemployment line, Askren and Mirasolas to Wisconsin?

“While supporting Trump”

I think RV is being a little extreme but he’s not really wrong: 1) Like most sports these days, “privilege” helps a lot in wrestling, by providing access to better coaches, partners, and competition. Obviously the guys still need to work hard and have some talent to succeed at the higher levels, but they have a leg up on guys that don’t have access to those things. 2. It is a lot easier for a poor kid to play football or basketball at the park than to find somewhere to wrestle without hurting yourself. And let’s be honest, the best athletes (regardless of privilege) will generally play basketball, football or baseball because that’s where the most money is. On that note, I do believe it’s true that talented but poor basketball players will often get outside financial support to join club teams etc in the hopes of getting a % down the road as an agent or something. 3. I wouldn’t say “the Republican Party is the party of privilege” or whatever, but specific to high school sports, “privilege” is generally found in the suburbs, which do generally lean R. 4. Note that up until this point I have not mentioned race, but since you did, well for one, how are we defining “so many” here? The only ones I’ve seen from the last 2 years are Starocci, Steveson and Arujau, but I could have missed some. Probably worth noting that I’m pretty sure all three of them have one parent that is not a minority, no clue if that parent influenced their political leaning (particularly as Trump’s support among minorities did grow in 2024), but it’s possible.