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I'm a believer
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13 hours ago, Nittanychris said:
He is exactly 3x National Champion feet tall.
He needs to go metric to have international success
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7 hours ago, Threadkilla said:
It was kind of funny how he lumped his wife in with the press not asking the right questions.
When Tommy asked the most important question of her life, there may be times his wife believes she gave the wrong answer.
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On 10/31/2023 at 10:57 AM, ionel said:
In this digital AI etc age there is really no reason we can't use fractions in scoring. I say a reversal should be: Two point Fiiiiive!
this opens up possibilities. As FS fans have no appreciation for a good ride, negative riding time could be introduced to placate them - so if the stall offender rides for 4 minutes and 43 seconds the bottom guy accumulates 4.43 points as the match progresses. If that doesn't put a stake in mat wrestling you can add penalty points to the opposing teams score; e.g. log(4.3) = 0.64640372622. Or if that isn't enough introduce an identity cosine -4.43 penalty as follows:
cos-4.43
= sin (π/2 – 4.43) = sin -2.8592036732051 reduction of the top riding colonizer team score or
= sin (π/2 + 4.43) = sin 6.0007963267949 add to ride stalling oppressed team scoremaybe we could add a vanna white type dial spin to select different penalty systems - that would not only make dual meets more sexy but also make it more confusing like FS in the sense that in FS fans watch a sequence and think that the score is x and y only to have the score actually be announced as a and b. Then an expert will explain why the scoring was actually ax and y-b because the refs got it wrong causing the coaches to undress or throw a chair. The fans of course go home and post to what grows to become a multi-page that never dies unless a moderator induced mercy killing is invoked.
Sure, my solution isn't perfect but it's a start.
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https://spotify.link/EMD0H2ZXzDb
for those of us who are not all knowing, all seeing about the freestyle world ... I thought this podcast was helpful building some background about the cast of players.
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On 9/26/2023 at 11:04 AM, VakAttack said:
I wonder if this still remains fun for normal Penn State fans. Not the winning titles on the mat, I'm sure that's great but just how often top recruits pick them. At some point does it become old hat? We've never seen anything like this.
Should I ever run across a normal Penn State fan I will ask
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13 hours ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:
The two Iowa "GOATS" from Spencer's talk show "GOAT Talk" will be the Grand Marshalls of Iowa's Homecoming Parade this year. A bit ironic given that Caitlin Clark is the (alleged) reason that some of the 26 University Iowa athletes, including 6 wrestlers, are suspended part or all of this upcoming season...
Also ironic that both GOATs failed to win it all in their final and penultimate seasons (Spencer was famously pinned by Matt Ramos in the semifinals and the Iowa women's basketball team was trounced 102-85 by LSU in the finals).
Where is the separated at birth thread?
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1 hour ago, billyhoyle said:
There's objectively much less to do in the areas surrounding Columbus, Ann Arbor, State College, and Iowa City than the Bay Area, LA, and Seattle. The same is true for Utah, Oregon, etc, for those who like hiking/camping/the outdoors. That's just a fact.
Hiking/camping/outdoors at State College is just fine actually for both winter and summer activities. The one positive thing it lacks that the west coast has in abundance is an ocean. So boating, fishing, swimming in nature is limited to its plentiful lakes and rivers. Or you can drive the 4 1/2 hours to the ocean and spend a weekend as many (not me, I have too much to do locally) do. So it's not a fatal flaw.
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22 minutes ago, bnwtwg said:
Only a fool would believe the Big Ten did not approach Stanford and Cal at some point. Only a bigger fool would not follow the money trail which has been very explicitly laid out by @ILLINIWrestlingBlog. Only the biggest fool would not put two and two together by seeing x+y=z
x=the big money
y=the regional sports money
z=zero revenue [I mean cmon folks it’s a bunch of non-profits how dare anyone think this is about “total revenue” because it OBVIOUSLY equals zero out of the graciousness of their hearts]
How much revenue sharing exists with research grants? Do the "have-nots" get much in hand-me-downs from the "have-a-lots""? How much sharing really exists? I don't know much about the research world other than a vague impression that it varies wildly between that of adding value and being worthless political pork. How does a school like Carnegie Mellon get so much when it is not part of an alliance like Ivy League, B10 etc? Does the CMU example mean that being a part of an alliance is not the critical factor in getting $$$? Many questions here.
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one stop shopping - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
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1 hour ago, ionel said:
Jimmy .... also posts for a higher profile program we just don't really know if its Iowa or Penn St.
Jimmy (pronouns pinfall/loan default) suffers grievously from fan dysphoria because he identifies as a PSU fan while having an Iowa chromosome. Most of us cannot imagine what it is like for orange supremacists to pressure Jimmy to conform when all he really wants is to have fun. He is one stunningly brave bun.
This is an affirmative action issue. The Supreme Court willing, it is high time that we have a trans-fan moderator head up a forum. Only through acceptance and tolerance can we hope to grow the sport.
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Pyles vs , naw. I'd better stop
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Technology vs Flo? Maybe not an upset but it beat the spread
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Maybe Jordan's singlet vs Chance's opposable thumb?
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Or Berger's head over Zain's
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Chance over previous mistakes
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35 minutes ago, PSUSMC said:
With a horizontal butt-stroke, AHHHHHHHTACK!
uh rah
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"Rather, the issue was that wrestlers untrained in handling such weapons were placed into advanced-level military training exercises."
Huh? Could someone explain what I'm missing here? Were they fighting with pugil sticks? Good for Perry getting a settlement but this sentence ..??
Pugil Sticks are used in BASIC training. As a Marine I was taught a slash, a smash and a thrust. We then proceeded to slash, smash and thrust (mostly wild whacking) each other. Nothing "advanced-level" about it. It was fun. I'm guessing that cavemen did this without any training. Nothing about those BASIC training 3 techniques would prevent injury from a faulty equipment issue in this basic-level military training exercise. The issue (IMHO) was world class athletes stressing faulty equipment.
See below link. Notice at 8 second mark the marine using an open face mask. Hopefully these have been retired and replaced.
Sorry for the old guy vet rant. Get off my lawn.
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Some in the wrestling world are worth following. Quentin Wight is one worth following - anybody have other suggestions and examples? Here is a reply from Wright:
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8 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:
What I find most hilarious about that board is that Bob Nicolls who's name is on the new wrestling room refers to PSU as Ped State and he can't figure out why they can get top recruits.
Wow. I just heard that MInnow has posted that all the children at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital are transferring to Penn State Health Children's Hospital in Hersey if any Ferrari's join the Hawkeye program. Bob Nicolis can't understand it but we all know its about Ferrari, Thon money and being repeatedly woken up during football games.
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53 minutes ago, ionel said:
Which looks like makes him just a plain ole Michigan fan.
My sources tell me that an irate forum poster, outraged over non-payment of a gambling debt, took Jimmy out just as he was stepping out of an Ann Arbor bakery.
A letter signed by 100 former intelligence officials has been published which states that, subsequent to Jimmy's demise, Pastry posts have all the markings of a foreign disinformation scheme targeted to divide and confuse PSU and Iowa wrestling fans and thereby to weaken America. According to experts, a self aware AI developed by UM scientists and processing in a Wuhan China virus lab could very well be the source.
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The King Pin started young. Legend has it that he used a cradle as an infant to pin his own diapers.
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6 minutes ago, MPhillips said:
Grant had size on his side...
Grant knew how to apply superior strength to maintain the initiative against defense, stalls and counters. That was his genius. No other cracked the code against Lee. If Lee had not entered the portal he may have developed an effective offensive game, but he made his choice and was effectively countered on his two offensive thrusts.
Pitt vs tOSU on BIG10 Network today
in College Wrestling
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Pitt knocking off OSU East is an impressive program step up for sure. Are they a sleeping giant?