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No, because I heard a few interviews with Mike Powell talking about the students that he had teaching at the school. (Wrestling Changed My Life)

I would agree. Look at Julia Louis Dreyfus and Adam Hall's son Charlie, who played basketball at Northwestern. Had less than seven minutes of career playing time, but made the team all four years. It certainly may have helped that his parents are far, far richer than Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. (The Hall family is likely worth over 1/4 billion and mom is from one of the world's wealthiest families)

And adding Camacho back into the mix.

Minnow has been putting "#there's no place like home" on his Griffith posts to entice him to Rutgers,

Starocci, Gross, and several others are halfway there!

Not that my Wolfpack was going to beat the Nits, but all of these transfers are certainly not helping NC State. I thought State were going to contend for a trophy next year.

There's no place like home!

Don't tell Aaron Brooks that!

Is OPRF made up of two vastly different communities from a socioeconomic perspective?

Isn't Brooks from Chicago? I mean, actual Chicago or a nearby suburb?

Strongly disagree, as do many others in the wrestling community. Lots of hot takes, so I guess "provocative" may be accurate. Not sure he believes half of what he writes.

The thing you haters don't understand is that Lee made ZERO excuses. He just didn't wrestle. An excuse is when you say you lost because of the ref, or bad sleep, a sweaty opponent, or an injury. He had no excuses and credited Ramos.

That can help too

I think he was using the Messenbrink wins over Haines to temper the expectations of Haines. Didn't you try to discredit those Messenbrink wins? Were you one of the PSU fans who was willing to bet that MM would never have a higher placement than Haines?

The original conversation was you appearing to give Messenbrink a shot at Griffith, while admitting he was the underdog at the moment. Somehow we were sidetracked by "bumping." I'm very surprised by your Yazdani answer!

Long arms mean that you don't have to lift the weight as far off the ground, generally making a lift "easier" due to the decreased ROM. (all other things being equal).

80" would be extremely long. I just looked at some pictures, and his arms do look on the longer side.

I thought Ferrari had long arms? Most good deadlifters do, although I have difficulty using the term "deadlift" with someone who uses straps.

I actually really messed up! I left out the part about the NLWC coaching staff, his training partners, and the PSU/NLWC upperweight tradition! Unforgivable omission of talking points.

Latest excuse regarding NJ kid or kids to Michigan, as opposed to Rutgers: "Those Cliff Keen moneybags are calling"

That is Zahid's "peak" condition? Ouch.

Certain PSU fans: Brooks close over Yazdani. Maybe a criteria win for scoring in a late flurry a la DT in Olympics. Brooks bring a level of strength, speed, conditioning and technique that Yazdani has only seen when he has tangled with Taylor. Yazdani just does not have the tank to go 6 minutes with Brooks. Also, Brooks was DTs training partner at the Olympics and became very familiar with Yazdani from mimicking his style during simulations. No one else on earth has a better understanding of how Yazdani wrestles than Brooks. It is possible that Yazdani goes too hard at the beginning of the match, gets a lead and then gasses. If that happens, expect AB to weather the storm and put up 8-10 points in the second on a exhausted, beaten Yaz. It would be great if he scored using Yaz own underhook series a few times!

Go for it! Want to hear my answer, and reasons for it? (In character, of course)

To me "bumping up" means a one dual situation. Obviously someone wrestles 174.But, you still hedge and believe that PSU could win both 125 and 174. Who wins? Brooks or Yazdani?