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It may have been worth a shot, but there were 23 seconds left when Wyatt got the takedown. Gable had plenty of time to get up. He even got to his feet but was brought back down.

Thanks! I tried searching but could never find any info

He complained in a few separate interviews about being the first match. Maybe he was protesting/pouting

Parker participated.

He lost a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct in the Lehigh dual. Does anyone have the specifics?

He is undecided on pretty much everything except that he will become NCAA champ. He isn't sure how long he'll wrestle there and he isn't sure what weight. He said Cael told him he can choose any weight he wants.

on FRL just now

Surprised that Northern Iowa underperformed so much. They seemed to be clicking at conferences

they had a bad tournament for sure. They have a lot of talent on the roster. Dealt with several injuries. And yes, I think they'll be active in the portal

Gotta see how the portal stuff shakes out. I think Iowa State will be a player. When does the portal close?

Yup. And Surber had by far his best regular season. Something was very off this weekend but we may never know what

Anyone know why Carter chose not to participate?

157: Teague Travis may come back up to 157. Robideau or Routledge could do well, but I think RS would be wise. 165: Lockett seems like a lock here. He's called his shot already. 174: May be the biggest hole. Incoming transfer maybe? 184: Brayden Thompson is probably the guy assuming he's continued developing. 197: Cody Merrill. HWT: Doucet is serviceable if he chooses to return for a final year. Overall, I think it will be a down year for the team, unless there are some portal guys beating down the door to get in. And there just might be after seeing what the previous crop just did.

Agreed. They could've saved this for the midweek show. Have on Wyatt who just brought more national attention to folkstyle wrestling than it's had in who knows how long. Or Carter who just did something no one else will ever do. Or Hamiti who went through two champions. Or Lovett or Buchanan or Mendez or Antrell or Byrd or Mitch or Vince.

*eyes emoji*

that was one of those most obvious lung bricks of the tourney lol

Some have said Kerkvliet was injured in practice sometime after B10s. He was still good enough to get to the semis, including a tech. We all saw Hendrickson get injured in the B12 finals. Some have said he pulled a bicep, but I'm not sure the specifics. They were both bandaged up. As you noted, Gable throttled Kerk two weeks ago when Kerk was fully healthy.

Hamiti had the second hardest path after Wyatt, but he's not undefeated

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6W-i_qJkiz/?hl=en&img_index=1 I guess Gable has been offended since last April....

If you don't know the answer to that question, then I revise my previous statement to say you're underthinking it lol

Good guy Gable. That's a nice moment

i think you're over(under?)thinking it. This was not an international competition. If Gable had won, he didn't have a flag waiting for him to wrap up in.

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it's not a lifetime achievement award. This is from WIN Magazine who gives the award: "Wrestling’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy is awarded annually by the Dan Hodge Trophy Voting Committee to the most dominant wrestler."

I guess it's called Match Power. Here's the top 10 Match Power #1 Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State) 5.148 #2 Sonny Sasso (Virginia Tech) 4.909 #3 Rocco Welsh (Ohio State) 4.800 #4 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) 4.778 #5 Carter Starocci (Penn State) 4.769 #6 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) 4.684 #7 Ty Watters (West Virginia) 4.667 #7 Christian Moder (Bellarmine) 4.667 #9 Justin Rademacher (Oregon State) 4.600 #10 Gavin Nelson (Minnesota) 4.500