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Come on, that's the Boston Crab. Now, Bret Hart had a great backbreaker!

Oh man don't unbury this one! It was better off dead

Only thought here isn't about trying to grind a riding point. To me the idea would be to try and drain some of Stanich's energy forcing him to escape instead of a free release. More to tire him out than gain the point. Stanich isn't gonna tire from neutral pressure...

So I travel extensively for work. I actually watched Bo's final on a flight back from Belgium. From Eastern Europe, it usually takes me 2-3 days to get back to usual. For me to get back to normal in the gym lifting as a mid-40s guy, it's typically 3-4 days. I imagine a week has him back to normal, but did he have enough time to prepare at normal. Probably, but I bet there was some impact regardless. Also depends how much he changed his schedule to mirror the local time. Short trips I try not to oversleep so that I can revert back quickly. There's strategies to it!

100% his progress last year was minimal. I assume that's one of the main reason Ty was brought back to mentor the heavies. Jimmy has some good athleticism but has trouble tactically. I expect that will improve this year

Would be nice if they announced a bit of the card before pushing tickets.

100% it looks like it's a blowout, but I think there are a lot of toss-ups/slight lean type matches. With young competitors, you just never know. I expect tough matches for several throughout the lineup, which might end up in a final score that's a blowout or tight depending on how they fall.

Brick by Brick

Very excited to see the match. People just thinking this is a good test for Bo have it completely wrong. Stanich and Blaze just have styles that combat Bo's very well. Let him keep pushing and wait for the mistake. If they can take advantage, they can win. He won't stop going forward, so there will be opportunities. I'm really excited to see it go down. Given how he bounced back from the U23 loss, I won't take too much stock from Bo losing round 1 Friday but still expect he'll pull it off.

Fair enough

Blaze over Seidel? Seidel blanked him at NCAAs...

100% and fully admit I'm a homer here. He's going to have plenty of opportunities to plant himself as the top 141 lber, at least, by the end of 2026. So let's just wait until then to put him on that list.

In no world does Bassett belong on a P4P list before wrestling a match. Severe overreaction to an incredible accomplishment. Now if he beats Stanich on Friday, maybe we start to talk. But until then, I'm just excited to see him carry over his success at Freestyle and adapt back into Folk.

The ACC as a whole is certainly less difficult in general, but my expectation, is that VT specifically has an aggressive out of conference schedule that provides plenty of consistently high competition. I don't expect he will see any less top 20 talent throughout the year at VT vs going to Iowa. To me that is a bigger measure of the point of the statement. Will be an interesting retrospective view on the level of competition he sees year over year vs what he would've gotten.

In every aspect of life!

Such a trash take

Zare just seems to be on a different level vs the field. He looked like he was in 100% control of all positions against Wyatt.

US women win the freestyle team title! Awesome.

Pure gold!

The alternative being that we have no access to the coverage, I have zero issue. Sucks when it sucks but I'd rather spotty coverage than none.

Do they broadcast it? I mean I have a VPN... But I don't mind paying for Flo. Sometimes it's spotty, but honestly, it's a non-mainstream sport and they provide decent coverage. It's not a massive cost.

You not enjoying the beards?

I don't think he's as good, but he had an amazing strategy. Hold firm on defensive posture and hand-fighting. Wait for minor mistakes and take quick advantage. Realistically, the U23 Indian should've lost on criteria, but the frustration for a wrestler like Bo who is full speed ahead is tough to accept, which made him lose. We saw the frustration vs Amouzad yesterday. I personally think Bo learned and will win, and I'm a VT homer for sure!!!, but the strategy is very much out there. Either wait for Bo to make a mistake (or multiple) OR let him be overly aggressive, give him a leg and then pull him over the top if you have the strength like the Russian today.

Fully intentional and I hope we don't allow her to compete for any national team competitions. I'd rather a lesser wrestler vs one with no competitive honor.

I see the potential for the same match as the U23 matchup vs the Indian wrestler. Slow, defensive, and plodding. With his strength, can he frustrate Bo into mistakes and poor edge wrestling. We'll see. When going against a no-offense wrestler, I'll always lean towards the aggressor, but as we saw vs Amouzad, you just never know.