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I’ll preface this by saying as I did above that I’m taking Iowa as long as they still have a mostly healthy Teemer. But I don’t think those two particular statements are far off. Parco and Spratley IMO are similar in that they both have a shot to win but more likely will be in the 3-5 range. I’d give Spratley a better shot of winning TBH just because 125 is so wide open. Both Jamison and Ayala are more question marks at their current weight, but I’d give the edge to Ayala. My issue with the “floor guys” comment is moreso that I don’t think they’ll really matter. I don’t think Iowa fans are really counting on any points at 125. Block could score about as much as Wittcraft or Young, but not both IMO.

Agree with a lot of this but not all. How exactly do you define “small adv”? I feel like after 149 it’s about even which would then give Iowa a bigger advantage after 157. I also don’t think it will come down to the floor guys, for example I don’t think Iowa fans are expecting much from Block and Petersen. I think it will come down to how many champs they can get (OK State really only has 1 possibility though I guess you could give Hamiti an outside shot, Iowa has 3 IMO and that would include Parco who you only have in the “contributor” bucket), and what spots the contributor guys get on the podium. One other comment is that IMO Kueter is probably the most “under-ranked” of anyone on either team. I think he is probably a safe bet to AA especially if it seems like Bastida and Feldman are dealing with injuries.

Apparently both Julian Ramirez (twice, in a match he was losing 18-9 to Maag of George Mason before coming back and getting a fall) and one of their grayshirts Jaxon Joy went into concussion protocol but finished matches during the Patriot Open. Here is the post on their forum from klehner who used to post at themat: ”And...concussion protocol for Jaxon Joy in the final while up 10-1. Finishes match 11-1 looking okay. Next match, Ramirez...concussion protocol early in first period. I kid you not. Restarting. And another in the second period (while actually losing 8-5). Restarting, FFS. Losing 18-8 to guy from George Mason. Bordering on coaching malfeasance on Yianni's part. Losing 18-9, gets a fall at 6:33. Crazy.” https://www.bigredbears.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=717&p=10122&hilit=Joy#p10122 The most interesting thing for me with concussions seemingly being more common at Cornell than other schools (and possible it’s just bad luck) is the dichotomy of how they were “overly cautious” with guys sitting out against ISU last year for example. If they want to make sure unenrolled guys finish matches at the Patriot Open, we better see all their guys take the mat when they have a tough matchup.

With Teemer, I would still bet on Iowa. They both have quite a few guys that could have a wide range of placements so those guys could certainly determine it. But I feel like Iowa has more guys that are safer bets for the top half of the podium - Buchanan/Caliendo/Parco/Teemer vs just Plott/Hendrickson/Hamiti IMO. And 3 of the 4 Iowa guys have a chance of winning it all, whereas the chances are slim for those OK State guys to even make the finals given who else is at those weights. Spratley probably has the best chance of winning it all for OK State, but he could also DNP.

I don’t believe politics really has anything to do with this murder, but fwiw here is the post he retweeted that refers to the “woke mind virus.” It kinda reads to me like this comment is in support of the “woke mind virus” as it promotes equality.

Hopefully it didn’t contribute to his back pain…

He won’t major him, but he could certainly beat him.

I think that girl that made up the story about Mesenbrink shooting her dog is from Canada

For this reason I give them a pass on Yianni, he’s also a grown man that was trying to go to worlds.

The goofy headgear he wore after that

Wisconsin currently #60 in wrestlestat’s dual ratings

Wisconsin loses 26-17 to Lock Haven, and that’s with Fugitt upsetting Noto

First one in a tournament counts as an official loss (and by extension head to head seeding criteria) now right?

The guy that’s on the BEG podcast that’s a Cornell fan says the ref is on video saying to the Cornell corner that Ungar was “dazed”

Taylor interviewed by Pyle and says that Travis is going to get a medical RS

I’m saying he had concussion symptoms and was sent back out. IIRC, they did not perform a proper test.

Well it definitely happened with Shapiro

Is it true Ungar suffered an apparent concussion at CKLV and they sent him back out too?

Has Bassett been 144 all year? I don’t really follow HS so could be wrong here but for some reason I thought he had been at 138 (where Blaze was here)

You’d think the tournament organizers could at least pull a page from the casino playbook and just give out free tickets so it doesn’t look so empty

Definitely looks like at least 2 to me

Firstnamebunchofnumbers definitely seems reliable to me

We definitely should have done some better studies on masks. I believe the one you’re referring to was in Bangladesh, and it found a statistically significant impact of about 11% - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9036942/. By definition, a statistically significant finding is a “meaningful difference.”

If he’s injured why wrestle at CKLV? Seems eerily similar to Ventresca last year

The trick I’ve heard anti-trans folks say to claim they understand better is to change the word “trans” to “pretend”