Mr. PeanutButter

Fish vs Moore was crazy

lol Brody Teske still gets the 14 I know that was almost certainly going to be the case, but I was thinking there would be more than 1 coach interested in arguing him up at least one spot

some folks are saying that Schriever was injured and the staff wanted to give him as much time as possible to heal up and so they delayed the wrestle off until after the submission deadline had passed. I guess that scenario makes more sense than committing a boneheaded mistake 2 years in a row

If I'm 83 shots of bourbon deep I can almost imagine him doing this as a twisted way of motivating Teske. But really, it's hard for me to wrap my mind around how this happens two years in a row.

Doesn't really make sense to sit Keuter unless he legit lost to Hill, right? Probably means he wasn't going to score many points then.

Well, unless he is playing 69-dimensional chess, the only other answer I can think of is negligence/incompetence. 2 years in a row now. Embarrassing Edit: if Bazooka has the same type of round 1 as he did at Cliff Keen then this might look genius

Idk what it is but Shane's head has Mark Hall proportions in this tweet

Damnit. That seems pretty definitive unless he means cheeky and only checkmarking the regular season

Maybe we should wrestle in a cage. Would probably make the viewing experience worse, would completely chang scrambles on the edge, and most likely would be a logistical nightmare in terms of set up, but at least we wouldn't need to worry about stalling on the edge

Damnit. You got me

A bunch of old timers discussing a swimming race on a wrestling board. There was no misciting. The "interfering with a swimmer" rule is a well known rule that has multiple parts to it. Part "b" states: "A swimmer who changes lanes during a heat shall be disqualified." the swimmer in question entered the lane line of his teammate, who finished 2nd, while the rest of the field hadn't finished the race yet. Automatic DQ. I learned the same painful lesson years ago after finishing a 500 yard freestyle race

It's an honor to represent your country

Just to play devil's advocate, you don't think a process that leaves the possibility open for 1/3 of the olympic weights not being qualified isn't problematic?

oh boy, the comments on twitter and elsewhere on the interwebs have been predictably salty. Today sucked. My question is, what changes should be enacted to avoid this type of situation? As it stands, the winner at Olympic trials will have a few weeks to recover from a brutal tournament only to go and battle it out in yet another tough tournament. Doesn't sound ideal. Next quad, do we open up the pan am qualifier spot to any national team member that wants to challenge for it? Hand pick our rep? Do we move olympic trials a couple weeks up to avoid conflicts with the LCQ? This last option, although potentially less of a conflict with the LCQ, does put our best NCAA wrestlers in a bit of a bind

wonder what sort of douchebag tweet Gilman is drafting right now

He teched Cruz and Vito at 2019 senior nationals. Valid data point but safe to say all 3 are different wrestlers since then. Teching the guy that RBY had some difficulty with is also a valid data point, but I'm not sure how much it says about Spencer's ability to navigate the field at trials. He's one of my favorite wrestlers and my pick to win oly trials. I just think it's a little early to start penciling him in as the last chance qualifier representative

I think he would have won. But he wasn't eligible to compete. Also, although I will be rooting for Spencer as much as anyone at oly trials, there is no guarantee he will be our rep and, therefore, our representative at the last chance qualifier.

I love the confidence in Spencer Lee. But, he hasn't beaten Richards or Gilman yet. Not to mention Vito, Fix, or Suriano.

Richards can beat Gilman but not Cruz. No disrespect, but Cruz has not had a stellar showing in freestyle these past several years. Disappointing showing

can you explain

Why are the cases only dismissed against ISU?

I too am interested in knowing what the competition at the Last Chance is going to be like. I'm guessing there will at least be one "camo-russian" that is likely to present a challenge? Top 3 at Last Chance qualify for the Olympics, no?

the guy that RBY beat 10-6, didn't he wrestle Spencer as well?

Completely agree. Today was one of the worst episodes in quite sometime. I generally don't mind the banter, but today it felt like at least 50% filler hot garbage.

Same here. Watched it on YouTube. They are sometimes really bad at uploading episodes