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That’s weird, he just recently said in an interview he definitely wouldn’t commit before NCAA’s

https://www.wrestlestat.com/compare/dual/34/iowa/57/oklahoma-state I think I’d agree with these winners, maybe one less bonus point for OSU for a 1 point win Spratley Dec Cruz 3-0 OSU Ayala Dec Wittcraft/Hughes 3-3 Jamison Dec Block 6-3 OSU (wrestlestat has Jamison with a major which could happen) Parco Dec Young 6-6 (Iowa could have a shot for bonus here) Teemer Dec Fish 9-6 Iowa (Iowa could get bonus if Fish tries something stupid) Caliendo Dec Amine 12-6 Hamiti Dec Kennedy 12-9 (some may pick bonus here but they wrestled twice in 2023 and Hamiti won 9-6 and 4-3) Plott Dec Arnold 12-12 Buchanan Dec Surber 15-12 Iowa Hendrickson maj Kueter 16-15 OSU I feel like the only match that wouldn’t be considered a pretty significant upset if the other guy won is 165, as Caliendo’s two wins over Amine have been in SV. Could come down to bonus points

No worries. Iowa really did get screwed by the 2020 cancellation, they likely would have won that year in addition to 2020, which would have been the only time since 2011 that PSU went 2 years without winning. So considering 2021 was “only” 4 seasons ago, that does kinda show how quick things can change with PSU now being so dominant.

So maybe the question will be can PSU get 7. I’d pick no, but it’s possible.

I don’t watch WWE except for clips of former real wrestlers, but saw this come up on x and for the people saying WWE is fake, this seemed pretty real

They lost to ASU in 2020 also.

This seems like 2 different questions. You start out by talking about conversations of the greatest wrestler. But most would probably say Starocci wasn’t really in that conversation to begin with due to his multiple losses as a freshman and relatively lower bonus rate. Him losing wouldn’t “cancel out” his 4 titles, but it could be part of the conversation when ranking the 4xers IMO

Agree, I don’t think dynasties are bad for the sport. Some might even argue it creates more of a rooting interest from fans of teams not involved because it will likely turn into everyone else rooting against PSU (not that they dislike them, but just to root for the underdog).

This website is from the UK. ”Simon Goddek” is a hack btw.

Army releases name of third helicopter pilot. A female, but based on her accomplishments not unqualified. Of course many on social media jumping on the fact that she might have been a lesbian, as if that matters https://www.army.mil/article/282772

I think it will be Plott also, but I wouldn’t call the Minnesota dual a gimme for them. Wrestlestat has it 18-12 but I think a couple Iowa guys could be on upset watch. Of course wrestlestat has them losing to OSU 17-15 due to bonus, and I agree with who they’re projecting to win and I feel like almost all weights have a fairly heavy favorite. So winning 184 would likely give Iowa the dual. I also think Tom cares more about beating them.

I mean I’m not going to do silly hypotheticals of guys from different eras but let’s look at the credentials of the ‘85-‘86 team compared to PSU this year: Looks like they didn’t AA at the lightest weight, favor Lilledahl 3-0 PSU Penrith: Champ that year, 2nd the next 2 years. Favor him over Davis 3-3 Randall: 2nd that year, 5th and 2nd in prior 2 years. Favor him over Bartlett 6-3 Iowa Dresser: Champ that year, 4th the year before. Toss up with Van Ness Heffernan: Champ that year, 2nd the year before and after. Favor him over Van Ness 9-3 Alger: took 5th that season then won it the next 2 years. Favor Mesenbrink 9-6 Kistler: champ that year and the year before, 2nd the year before that. Tossup with Haines Chiapparelli: took 4th that season, 5th the year before, won it the next year. Favor Starocci 9-9 Goldman: champ that year, 2nd the previous years. Favor him over Barr 12-9 Iowa did not AA at heavyweight, favor Kerk 12-12. So I’ve got 12-12 with 2 tossups. Bottom line I wouldn’t say the most likely final result won’t put this year’s PSU team too far ahead of any of the top Iowa teams.

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Based on the audio, the air traffic controller did nothing wrong. Seems like the blame is on the helicopter.

This is a troll account and not actually his uncle right?

Also saw a PSU fan on x claiming it was also because Arnold was saying things back…

JB posted about this as well

Wait do you actually want Angelo at OSU?

Is this a “Dan Gable would get killed in today’s NCAA’s” argument, or are you talking in relation to their peers?

One argument in favor of Iowa is that they won 9 straight titles from 1979-1986, and 6 straight from 1995-2000 (last 3 by Zalesky). PSU’s most consecutive is 4, which they did twice with only the tOSU title in there for the 8 titles in 9 years. But in addition to the 9 straight, Iowa also had 9 titles in 10 years from 1991-2000. http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/wrestling_champs_records/D1.pdf Looking at the above link, if we’re using the stretch I first listed, their most points was in 1986, where they had 5 champs, a 2nd, a 4th and a 5th. I’m not getting into comparing individual guys, but those places would certainly stack up with PSU’s expected places especially if we’re talking in a dual.

I was not alive during most of the stretch I cited, so can’t comment on how it felt

Was before my time but looking at Iowa’s historic results they seem comparable and probably even better at least during a few stretches so for that reason I wouldn’t say PSU’s dominance is “the death of college wrestling.” For example in the 80’s they had a streak of 7 years with at least 8 AA’s, including 6 straight years of having 5+ finalists: ‘79-‘80: 8 AA’s (1-1-2-3-3-4-7-8) ’80-‘81: 9 AA’s (1-1-2-2-2-5-7-7-7) ’81-‘82: 8 AA’s (1-1-1-2-2-3-6-7) ’82-‘83: 9 AA’s (1-1-1-1-2-3-4-5-5) ’83-‘84: 8 AA’s (1-2-2-2-2-4-5-6) ’84-‘85: 9 AA’s (1-1-2-2-2-4-5-5-5) ’85-‘86: 8 AA’s (1-1-1-1-1-2-4-5) https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2004/06/16/all-americans

I agree with @PortaJohn, there are a lot of knowledgeable posters there but also many not so knowledgeable ones. As a fan of neither Iowa or PSU I much prefer reading HR or whatever they’re calling these days vs BWI or whatever they’re calling it these days. Pretty much every thread on the PSU board is just “trust in Cael!”

No it will still count either way. Cael was only allowed to wrestle in open tournaments, this happened in a dual.

Still speculation of course, but thought this was good insight without any politics