alex1fly

Where are my pearls?? I need something to clutch

NIL is taxable income. Universities often are clueless about post-academic life.

Behind the scenes. The matches are 1% of the time spent by the athletes.

The name is part of the package to build hype and it's working. If you change the name it risks becoming another poorly attended barely viewed tournament like Scuffle or CKLV and then all folks complaining about the name will complain about how it should have been marketed better. National Dual Championships is dope and exciting, I don't care who hosts it but wrestling fans are going to tune in and hopefully casuals will too!

"Girls that wrestle are low class clowns and I find their matches boring" Noted lol This place is weird sometimes

Braidin’

Brayden*

Not NCAAs but he beat Alirez at Big 12s this year. I was at the park with my kid and just about screamed when that happened. Then my kid rode her bike for the first time without me holding her and I DID scream haha hes got all the tools. I’d love to see him up a weight.

What if I’m just annoyed at having to read about this guy anytime I access wrestling media? Does that make a hater? Swear to god he takes up more oxygen than most of D1 wrestling combined with his constant attention seeking. His wrestling isn’t even that interesting. Maybe I’ll become a hater. Boooooo lol

I remember a friend of my parents calling someone an Okie and then quickly clarifying to teenage me that it was not a polite thing to say. I’m sure it will lose that power over time but it’ll always have a little piece of that Dust Bowl era discrimination history with it. By itself it sounds endearing and charming. For the older generations though its laced with hatred and mistrust, like a big ‘ol FU.

I'll be the buzzkill... Grew up in Stillwater and still have a community of family and friends there... I literally never heard of "Okie State" until I joined this forum. "Okie" is a loaded term, the older generation still remembers it being a derogatory term. You can use it but you handle it with respect and know your audience. It's kind of like, I can punch my little brother but you cannot punch my little brother lol "OSU" works always. "OKState" works in print (OKstate.edu is the college website and on various branding). "Oklahoma State" works always. It's not complicated. I do love the wordplay though let's be honest. Too bad Okie has other connotations

Not a live match but scrapped a few minutes (maybe just one minute) with Mark Perry in junior high and he tied me in a knot real fast. I was JV quality for sure but beat everyone in the room at my weight until the high school squad showed up.

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Gross seems like a class act. Friendly, humble, and obviously a very skilled wrestler.

Lockett is going next season, no RS