Mr. PeanutButter

when you combine the PSU trash heap, the Bassett drama, and now this, PA wrestling is having quite the off season

Isn't it pretty fast and easy to get concealed carry permits transferred across state lines, like literally just filling out a form online in some cases? And then you get busted for dope and driving an unregistered vehicle on top of that? C'mon, Sammy. There's dumb and then there's whatever this is

This is like the 4th time I've seen Mocco physically melt in the 2nd period in big matches. Future is still bright though

it's disgusting

You have a plan?

Great question Im thinking PJ Duke for now because his physicality reminds me of Rutherford so I'm predicting a similar career if he stays focused and healthy I wonder if Jax and Blaze don't end up wrestling in the same weight class for one or more years. If so, I wonder if they have a back and forth a la Hall-Zahid. On the other hand, I didn't realize how tall and long Jax is. I could see him growing into 149 or higher, and that would likely separate him from Blaze. Unfortunately, I think Bassett has a less "outstanding" career than the other 3.

Yeah, I didn't word that very well. the joke was that Jax would beat Vito but would lose the spot because of recruiting violations (this is where the rumors about OKST RTC breaking rules comes into play). Jax and OKST then sue USA wrestling to reverse the decision, which I think would be funny because that would make it the 2nd time that Cornell was involved in a suit regarding a world team spot

That was tough to watch

Vito's body language is crap. This camera angle is crap

Yeah, really surprised by how much ground he was willing to cede and the, relatively, low effort he put into the scrambles. Hope he can rally for matches 2 and 3 but if not, this will be a really great experience for Jax

I really like both but I'm going to go with Jax. Since OKST and Jax are going to be sanctioned soon, forcing Jax to give up the world team spot, it will be hilarious to watch Jax and OKST sue to reverse the decision, effectively replaying, but inverting, the roles from the Yianni suit a few years ago

Huge get

I'm not saying Nickal doesn't have an agenda, but the rumors about OKST RTC doing some murky stuff have been circulating for awhile.

Facial hair looks good on you Ben!

Summer is the time you wanna look jacked, stacked, succulent, striated, and DENSE. If you plan on making contact with bodies of water for prolonged periods of time then you best make sure that you look BULBOUS and impermeable

My guess is that the door is not shut for Gabe to come back at some point in the future. Just not the immediate future

im just making stuff up

Ah, checking on Twitter seems like this is the flimsiest of rumors. Nothing to see here. I'll start another one to keep peeps occupied: GARVIN AND CARDENAS TO IOWA!!

I don't want the entire coaching staff to be canned because that would be a lame way to introduce a semblance of parity back into the sport. But if really crappy things get uncovered, then I suppose them's the breaks. In the event of the worst case scenario, I would be very interested in how Cael and Casey do at separate institutions. Lots of PSU wrestlers have heaped praise on both so I wonder if part of the PSU magic has to do with the synergy between the 2.

not claiming to be an expert by any means but I found a couple studies, here and here, and my understanding is that DHEA can mess with the T/E ratio, the primary method that a lot of tests use in attempting to determine the presence of exogenous steroids. So DHEA has a similar effect on these tests that the steroids do. The difference is, the tests are not, from my understanding, always able to detect the substance that caused the increased T/E ratio (ie, the direct agent), rather they more often just detect the result. DHEA is used as a masking agent because these tests CAN detect the DHEA in addition to the elevated T/E ratio, allowing the offending athlete to claim that the wacked up ratio was due to the DHEA, since it was detected in the test, and not due to the steroids, which aren't always showing up directly.

I thought about this post some more and reread the last few pages. I think, I might be starting to understand your position a little bit. When I heard that NCAA Brooks interview initially, my honest reaction wasn't "hey don't disparage Muslims" (I don't care about them) but rather, "damn it Brooks, don't tell me what to think or believe, I just want to watch some wrestling!" Even so, at the time of the interview, though I thought it was awkward and pushy, it wasn't until I saw his YouTube channel, heard his "holy Spirit infused" underhook interview, and listened to the dumpster fire that was the Basch interview that I came away with the thought that this guy was a bit of an asshole. I think the NCAA interview, being on national television and feeling so out of place with the celebratory and uplifting tone that I think such an event aspires to be, served as the most notable example of why people, including myself, find Brooks to be unlikeable. I don't think, based on my read of this thread, that people were arguing that Brooks was an asshole because he was mean to Muslims. That's certainly not my position. however, I can't speak for the other posters. I do however, now understand why that message may have come across in the first place. I've been really mean to Brooks in this thread so I'd like to again highlight This interview where he comes across really well and actually changed my opinion of him. But then the failed test occurred and I went back to being a skeptic and negative nancy

There has been no goal post shifting. The messaging has been consistent

Many athletes have spoken about their faith, taking advantage of a post match win interview (such as after the NCAA finals) to profess their belief and yet, to my memory, none of them have elicited anything near the type of reaction that Brooks has. Jason Nolf, David Carr, Stephen Buchanan, Alex Marinelli are just the few wrestlers that come to mind who where very vocal about their faith in Christ. Some of these wrestlers have their fair share of detractors but I have yet to see anybody criticize them for their religion (other than Marinelli, who is ragged on for everything, including the audacity to have a wife, apparently). Carr seems to be a universal favorite in fact. The only thing I have seen negative about him are jokes about his boogers. What Brooks did was obnoxious, pompous, "you-are-wrong" preaching. He could have been Muslim, buddhist, rastafarian, hell, he could have been preaching about veganism and it still would have come off as obnoxious due to the tenor and intensity of the message. If anything, if he were Muslim the reaction would have been far more heated. you also have the interview where he said his underhook "was from the holy Spirit" and therefore superior to Yazdani's who only got his from "some coach". Not only is that obnoxious, I would say that ventures on the edge of delusion. Then there's the Basch interview following Olympic trials which has been brought up a few times. Dissing on your teammate is one thing (note that this was the eggsact thing Bartlett was dumped on by PSU fans when he made his first and only message board post) but then to claim DT isn't faithful enough in the same breath as comparing yourself to Jesus was just a wild ride of delusion. Finally, have you seen his YouTube channel? I haven't watched nearly every video because they are literally painful to get through but the parts that aren't legitimately unhinged are so aggressive in their "you are lacking" (therefore I know the way) messaging it makes a man wince. You mesh these things together, along with a few other interviews I've seen over the years, and you get the portrait of a generally unlikeable person who loves preaching and telling people about all the ways they are lacking (implying he is better) while breaking rules repeatedly. In all the videos I've seen of Brooks, he does not come across as a guy that is fun to be around. That's why I called him an asshole and that's the crux of this discussion. To try and twist this into something political is smooth brained and pu$$y sh!t Now to be fair, I thought Brooks came off as very personable in this interview and I felt true sympathy when he talked about his struggles this past year. I can no longer say that Brooks comes off as an obnoxious asshole in every video I've seen of him. Perhaps he's turning a corner

Good point. I forgot that a couple Iowa wrestlers were able to nonchalantly show up to ND and wrestle a few months later.

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/1940458253852594190?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1940458253852594190|twgr^147d646e168deacf72ff95c4943e9d3fd80c5618|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fswimswam.com%2Ftransfer-portal-opening-for-designated-student-athletes-from-july-7-august-5%2F So apparently there is a transfer portal window that will be open July 7th-August 5th for athletes that were "cut" due to roster limits. I have no idea if this applies to Arnold (doubt it, based on my understanding of the parameters) but it could be one possible explanation should be fine his way onto a team for next season