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Mongolia putting up a fight on Japan on Mat B for Women's it seems.

Did the cut down have a negative effect on both Yianni and Vincenzo? Both made rather errant mistakes that you would not expect them to. Vincenzo legitimately only looked for the inside trip the entire match.

Shows that Bajrang is there at 65 KG as well?

That Mongolian he beat had a noggin on him that would rival Warren Sapp.

Berger looking very good in a 10-0 Techfall.

184 looks fun. Hawks and Whiting of Mizzou with Berge of SDSU and it's a Round Robin so they will all wrestle. Carlson of Minnesota is in at 165 and Edmond of Mizzou is at 141. Might see Voelker and Glazier at 197. Small but some good gents here.

https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/opentournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=688624132

Looks kike Bajie at 65 KG then, yeah?

https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/c78d105d-6faa-4e40-a9cf-08c26436bb41

It appears that the Buckeyes will be sending a contingent to the Cleveland State Open: https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/ad97826c-ecf2-46ec-bd53-80576cf7fe23 Looks like Bouzakis is entered at 133 and Hepner at 165. UofM's Amine will be making his season debut at 165, so that appears to be the match of the weight there.

Seeding is to ensure that the wrestlers who have had better results, which often also means more results, are in order of expected finish. That doesn't mean predict the finish, it means that their results are graded to be better.

I mean... you're wrong, but okay.

Seeds are not meant to be predictions or projections - same as rankings.

Well someone's mum is a heaux...

Starting at 165 and Wilcox going twice?

FIFY. Also, yes.

In baseball, maybe. In real life where truth should matter? Not so much.

So Minnow did a Minnow thing again? Expecting otherwise is like expecting anything other than three points of output out if Will Lewan. Very poor batting average, that one.

My personal opinion opinion and theorynis that Moore went 97 KG rather than 92 KG because he thought his chances against Snyder we better than Cox - perhaps due to familiarity? I actually agree. Cox us a worse matchup for him than Snyder. I believe Zillmer has eluded to this being a reason to not cut to 97 KG, as he cannot make 92 KG anymore. Meaning he thought stylistically that he matched up better with the field (sans Steveson) than he did with Snyder. At the end of the day both Cox and Snyder are True Alphas. Nobody else we have that typically go 92 KG or 97 KG are. That means other guys who think they are will abandon 86 KG and 97 KG - in which both weight classes have at least one True Alpha, and give it a proper go at 92 KG. The reward of a BYE to the semifinals off the Olympic weight of your choosing, providing you medal at 2023 Worlds, is too great a benefit to pass up. Also, this bracket is going to be insane to seed and very draw dependant for who we see in the finals. Especially if Brooks, Hidlay, and Moore are all in it. I could see a Moore > Brooks > Hidlay > Moore situation playing out (I know Moore beat Hidlay, but I wasn't comfortable at all that entire match). Add in IF Valencia decides he wants that bye? He is right there, very close to that True Alpha status and I don't think anyone aside for JB, Taylor, Cox, or Snyder are beating him domestically in that 86-97 KG range. Hidlay matches up well, but it's hard to put a whole match together against Valencia and hd has yet to do that.

Was it the Hidlay inclusion or was it the Frog Prince inclusion?

92 KG is going to be a honeypot of really good guys who might medal or might be one and done at worlds - draw dependant, and none will win Gold. Macchiavello, Moore, Jackson, Hidlay, Downey, Dean, Brooks, Martin, etc.

They weren't wrong weights, just wrong style. We see collegiate guys go Greco as well - even in their room (Mason Manville). I thought perhaps you could have been listing it because you thought they may compete better at that weight in Greco, too?

He was very impressive at CK. That version of Sasso only loses to Johnny D.

I agree. Whiting or Hawkes then? Who do you think for next year?

Huh? Who said otherwise?