ClawRidesAgain

Scoring inflation.

I got my settlement check today! $ 5.27 Whew! It's good to have that one behind me.

Ben Askren is already a legend as far as I am concerned. Among the people who I feel literally changed the sport of wrestling like Wade Schalles and Dan Gable, I put Ben Askren right up there with them. I am glad he is still here with us.

His response to the reporter who asked him about retirement right after a match is up there with the all time greats in wrestling.

Sammy Sasso is a class act.

Please consider putting your TDS in check on a wresting forum.

Abuse of the breather bricks.

No, the season must be as long and insufferable as possible to demonstrate how tough wrestlers are. Starving through the holidays while everyone else is gorging themselves, losing out on the joy of Thanksgiving and Christmas because "breaks" are really just time for more practices. Injuries don't heal during "breaks" anyway. ...and all this while trying to make the grade. This misery should continue. It is what made us what we are. It is not about "having fun" as some have professed. This is wrestling, after all.

Lehigh's Rob Rohn was trailing 14-2 late in the third period and mixered OK's Josh Lambrecht for the fall in 2002. 4 pins in a row in the NCAA championships.

Outstanding. I love seeing this.

In my opinion, Kolat is/was better. He was a true trailblazer who did things that were unthinkable for a high schooler at the time. Midlands was REALLY tough when he wrestled, arguably tougher than NCAAs.

In good humor, I refer to BB’s matches as “intermission”.

Angel Rivera gets to officiate big matches, and the Big10 announcers generally say he is a good ref. That said, I do not like it when he is officiating. It seems like there is always some controvery with his calls, and I think he injects himself too much into the matches. There seem to always be issues with restarts. This is my personal opinion, which may are may not be correct. I wonder what others think.

Willie, I truly appreciate what you guys do to run the forum. I aslo understand the bills need to be paid with some advertising. That said, the experience on phones is not very good with the new ads. There has to be a better way to do it than what is in place right now. There is too much screen coverage and blocking of elements and controls. Desktop is OK. Thanks again for what you guys do. -Phil

Forum suddenly looks like that TV screen in the movie Idiocracy.

I have complete and total respect for this man.

Angel Rivera always in the match,

They need to call stalling.

Wait, it’s not Carl?

Was just saying to my wife they weren’t calling much stalling. Then they hit Pinto with a terrible call.

BB got a pinfall.

I think if Bouz had looked busier, he could have drawn a stall call on Fix. That half decade plus experience was the difference.