alex1fly

There should be a style that only allows lower-body takedowns... no tie-ups. We'll call it Ocerg Kind of trolling, but kind of not

This is the right answer Though grow the fan base and you grow the number of potential jerk fans There's no winning in this game :)

Haha I was going to say "perpetually online forumites that use the sport as an excuse to talk trash". Similar vein!

This board overreacts. A push out point is one option to address the subjectivity of edge-of-mat stall calls. More wrestlers would learn dive unders and ways to not get moved with their leg up in the air. It's also an option to get rid of edge-of-mat stall calls altogether.

This happened in Cox vs Carroll. Cox didn't do jack, got put on the clock, Carroll couldn't score got put on the clock, Cox wins on criteria. Interlocking fingers got called about half the time, other half the refs ignore it. Maybe they didn't see? After takedowns there was anywhere from 5-15 seconds given for par terre. Not real consistent. As with folkstyle in freestyle you can't let the ref decide the winner. Tough when so many of these cats are super high level athletes. But I did see enough ref interference in these matches to think maybe there were decisions made as to who they wanted to send to the Olympics.

That was a screwy deal for sure. I don't think John did it to help his kid... Joe had higher scoring potential at NCAAs and won the ranking match. Chandler was exciting and a pinning threat always but not an All American threat, while Joe at his peak was a 2x AA and hanging within a point of Mark Hall. However Joe didn't certify at the weight to start the season, so you can definitely argue that there should not have been a late season ranking match.

Mat 3 camera not showing mat 3 Mat 3 camera blinking out once a second Audio feed glitching constantly This sucks to watch lol

Exactly. Some guys didn't improve but there are guys on each roster that did. Preston Weigel and Derek White were both on Kaid Brock's team and those guys went from nothing to the NCAA finals. The reason I want a new coach is so OSU can have someone driving the ship that is genuinely on board with new paradigms in the sport.

Yes it sounds terrible

https://www.cowboywrestlingclub.com/ In it's second year.

Hasn't John been doing wrestling camps every year for forever? If so then tons of young wrestlers know who he is. "Stoolwater". Lol. Stillwater is a flavor for sure but it's more similar than not to the countless other ag-based college towns in this country.

I didn't watch the NCAA tournament this year. After Big 12s this year I realized that tournaments suck to watch. I mean yeah it's cool to have the multiview and see a bunch of matches at the same time, but if you're following a team or athlete at all then it's primarily a waiting game. But you still have to check websites and apps and whatnot every half hour to know what's coming. It's annoying to do this for a one day tournament, much less a two day tournament, much less a three day tournament. It's dumb. Dual championships would surely have higher viewership because it's a set time/length, would happen at times that most people can watch, so much easier to consume for fans and casuals.

Exactly lol They're doing this stuff for attention Bo is probably bored waiting for his next moment in the spotlight

For me the line is crossed when as a fan you feel entitled to certain results, damn the context. It'd be different if he just dropped out after losing, 100% healthy just butthurt.

No way. Lower the matches required to zero. That way the athletes can be completely fresh. In all seriousness I know this is a hot take but a seedless tournament would be so fascinating to watch.