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Nico has done something amazing thus far, by the way. He has been consistently a Top 3-5 guy at 61 KG while also wrestling part time. To put some things in to perspective, he has split with Gross since the 2022 US Open. What I mean by that is that this match gives us a great measuring stick for where Lee is and it it right there. He isn't head and shoulders above the field, though. He needs more real-time reps.

Eh... I have a story to tell you about that and it might make it so you can use those dry erase boards again. Don't assume it has to be dry. Try using a dry erase marker to write over the sharpie. If that doesn't work then ethanol or acetone should work. You're welcome.

You need to hold your tongue, Ser! I will fong you! I will fong you until your insides are out, your outsides are in, your entrails will become your extrails. Pain! Lots of pain!

HFS you're an idiot. While the words you are using are individually correct you need to quit trying to make shit up using semantic articulation. I could do the same. I could say your username means 'Fork in my...' never mind. I am not going to allow myself to trip over nothing.. even though I really want to.

Well AWA has what.... 95%+ of the top-end talent there? Hopke is the basically the lone exception, right... and he went to Minny. With the bridge being burnt between Benji and Bono I don't expect any top-end Wiscy talent to go to Wiscy. Actually that burnt bridge may be damning in many other states too. More people (kids) know who Askren is than Bono (the coach - duh!). Askren has been vocal about how much of a dishonest turdbiscuit Bono is.

Guys, this Iowa State team is vastly underrated right now due to weight acclimation and new faces in the lineup. Guys like the Frost brothers, Echemendia, Chittum, Gaittan are all contenders for mid-AA honors and right now they are ranked 18th, 27th, 19th, and 22nd. Echemendia might be the guy at 141 instead of one of the Frost brothers, but I think you get the point. Wiscy, on the other hand? This is rebuild year for them. They don't have any incoming transfers to blow our socks off (hrmm.... perhaps that fiacso with Burwikk showed everyone what Bono's actual character is like huh?) and their biggest name is on Oly-shirt. I think they will be fine. They have a lot of youth in their lineup that needs experience. It was just a piss-poor matchup for them against an ISU squad that most people don't understand just how good they are.

On the flip side of all that... if Fix or Arujau announce they are heading down to 125lbs tomorrow, they are immediately the favorite. 133 is much deeper than 125 and it isn't even close. Edit: Deeper where it matters... which is peak potential AA.

The problem with 125 is that if you take the Top 15-20, who I think we all agree have a rather high(~25%+) percentage chance to AA at 125 this year, and put them up at 133 then their window for AA gets a lot smaller. Yes Palmer beat Nagao, but he didn't beat him when it mattered. Yes Ramos beat Orine but, while the records are similar, the Orine of last year took a metaphorical leap from the year before (3 seed VS 15 seed). You take all these potential AA guys and bump them up to 133 and I have very little confidence any of them pull AA honors. If you give them this last offseason to 'bulk' in to 133 and I still wouldn't bet on any pulling AA honors off. Weight classes exist for a reason and they matter.

Yeah, I did not expect him to score any offensive points on Caliendo. Olguin might have won that match.

Finally! One thing that matters that we cane solely and wholeheartedly agree on!

My thinking aligns with yours, more or less. They would have to throw something ridiculous at Askren to have it make sense for him. He doesn't need the job. That said, once some of his AWA guys make it through college, he could start plucking them for his coaching staff.

I see what you are trying to say here. That said, someone else might see this as a bit of a contradictory statement.

He tries in every match.

If I thought it might happen I would. I don't think anybody is touching Stalrocci at 174lbs this season unless O'Toole bumps up. A 165lb O'Toole isn't beating a 174lb Stalrocci, though. Not sure if Mizzou will see Penn State this season.

The guy is the dirtiest wrestler we have seen in a very long time. He intentionally has tried, and succeeded, to hurt his opponents deliberately. Scratching, eye poking, oil checking, pinching, can openers, haymakers... it is a bad look on UNC wrestling, for me. He makes Desanto's attitude look mellow and Berger's deliberate headbutt on Zain seem mild.

I thought the stipulation was that for it to count there had to be a match after it?

Olguin went to the Roadrunner. What the actual ***duck**?

Guy has had a roller coaster collegiate career. I hope he heals up well and fast and has no issue(s) finishing his career up.

There is no L in Gabe, mate.

Ugh.

It may get loud if they lose to Michigan State, Northwestern, and Purdue. A loss to Iowa State isn't so bad. 42-0 looks it but it really isn't.

There is recent precedence in the B1G. Michigan and Michigan State both did it. Basically.

Also... I got two things right today... it's scary. I am buying a lotto ticket or twelve.

You gents know I always root for the B1G over the other conferences... but ouch! How did the Carr - Hamiti match look? 2-0, so I am assuming escape Carr and a rideout?

Fair points. I am often in the same boat with all of you. I also want (need) my laps. I am sorry for mistaking your remark as snide - that is my bad, mate.