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The first part is very descriptive. Almost... too descriptive. Is the baguette in the room with us? haha

Yeah I guess I'm doing the same. I mean we're probably taking it more seriously than they are lol. It's clearly just a thought exercise they're dingling around with to keep pumping out content between D1 related wrestling events.

They didn't include it in their write-ups. I think there are 20 of those, two for each weight class. https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/14383589-all-quarter-century-ncaa-wrestling-team-174-pound-finalists

+1 An ounce of effort would yield a pound of results. or something else wise like that. You edit audio? I was just helping my wife do a voiceover in Ableton Live last night. Couldn't resist the urge to pitch shift her voice and loop it.

Love this. How about sack race?

Not since Willie left. The good 'ol days you know.

Interesting, I read all the write-ups and saw no mention of senior level.

Thanks for this! I've been wanting to understand more and this is great. Still hard to pinpoint when they start and how to weed through the content to find out what I'm interested in watching. But hopefully that clears up with time.

I've been swimming a lot this summer to get ready for the folkstyle season. The watching folkstyle season I mean.

Yeah they're both great wrestlers. Can't go wrong with either. The original quarter century team is for NCAA wrestling so you can't factor in international. I mean honestly its cool that two of the top picks for that weight overlapped at all.

He also left out the "I entered low level tournaments to bump up my pin count" bit Also who cares about which career you'd rather have. It's about which wrestler should rep this fantasy team. If you're going for legacy and impact to the sport itself, Askren. His style changed the sport, his academy kids are crushing it, and he has influenced youth wrestling considerably in terms of training arcs. Not that Pendleton is a slouch - he helped OSU win nattys and is coaching D1 himself now. Though if you're going for who was the better wrestler during their time in D1, I have to go with Pendleton for the better fundamentals, a style that translates better to today, and winning 6/7 head to heads. Regardless they're both incredible athletes and seem like really good dudes both for the sport and personally. It's been fun reliving those matchups thanks to this thread.

Can you get a takedown or exposure on a grounded opponent?

Pendleton was a beast. So fun to watch. I appreciated Askren's funk but its not like scrambles weren't awesome before Askren. And right or wrong I tend to associate Askren with the "bait ya until you shoot because I don't have any good shots myself" styles.

Of course he did, they’re buddies lol the Flo guys mostly seem to live in the echo chamber they’ve created. Like it’s fine but it’s entertainment and shouldn’t be taken too seriously by us fans. Would be nice if Pyles took that lead too but he’s really leaned into “look at me and listen to me I am so meta and wise” shtick so probably a lost cause

Yeah. Jealousy for sure. It’s very un-wrestling to whine and complain and air out years-old beefs with the most famous guy in the sport (who has no interest in you)