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Didn't see. Did Ayala dive or was the Pin legit?

If Pitzer goes and beats Davison, there is no way he stays on shirt. Hell, even if he loses to Davison the ship might have already sailed. That said, I expect Davison to comfortably win. He has every strength of Pitzer covered - and then some. If it is a beating, then the shirt might be required to stay on.

Hillger is an athletic heavy that has gained 30lbs (~250lbs now - not 290lbs like Schultzy) since arriving in Madison. That makes his greatest strength - quick feet - not so great anymore. He has improved skill-for-skill but is stuck between being an athletic heavy and a dancing bear at this point. Schultzy is legit 290lbs. He is big. It also seems like he has lost quite a bit of speed.

It should be mentioned that it was 2-1 after the first with negligible riding time. Pitzer rode Hillger out the 2nd. RT was back under one minute at the time of the fall, but an escape for Pitzer would have sent it to OT.

Anybody else on the planet see Pitzer doing that to Schultz and Hillger in successive matches? Not just doing it but how he did it?

Oops. We blame the Brands Bros for confusing me there, yeah? These gents should also be at the Midlands. Unacceptrical.

Lee - Ayala is the 'expected' finals at 125lbs. Ayala defaults this one, yeah?

Swatford MFF the 174lb Semifinals at Iowa.

Three (3) West Virginia wrestlers MFF out, including Peyton Hall.

The problem with wrestling as a second semester sport, unless we condense the season rather drastically (which isn't necessarily a bad thing), is that WTT, OTT, Ranking Series Events, and last chance tournaments basically immediately start right after NCAAs. So basically the Freestyle season begins immediately - and is rather condensed as it is.

This is why I have a feeling we may see a 'light' 133lb Glory for a few weeks. Weigh in low enough to be able to make 125 within a week or two, but still test the waters at 133. If he were to commit to going 133, he is strong enough I think he could do it on a rather short notice. The only guy he needs to worry about at EIWAs is Arujau. EIWAs did get two (2) allocations at 133 last season, so I imagine it will be at least that with Arujau moving up from 125. Ergo, I think he steals an AQ if he goes 133 with relative ease.

He would be a 197lber if so... ... ...

The Collegiate Duals

I said what I said. Check on your SouthWest F3s.

Have you not seen what the deuce happened to SouthWest? Their corporate HQ got nuked (apparently).

Someone forgot to tell Glory until the morning of that Iowa wasn't going to be there and Lee was at 125. We might not have gotten all excited to see Glory at 133 had they done so.

The MatMan Open should have replaced the Midlands, or at the very least you gents who made the MatMan Open happen last year should have taken over ownership of the planning and logistics of Midlands. Iowa should not have started their own thing. Is looks like the biggest duck ever, in hindsight.

157 and 174 are the inly weights Iowa aren't heavily favored to win.

Echemendia the 2 seed at 149

https://www.trackwrestling.com/tw/predefinedtournaments/VerifyPassword.jsp?tournamentId=690535132

BTN+ has had them every year since BTN+ came out. That was the joke.

Barr has been wrestling 182/190 so he may be 184 for them next season.

Burwick at 133 for Nebraska

Anthony Madrigal at 141 is interesting.

Damn it, you made me double check. Yeah. Davison is the 2.