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Now I'm even more excited, haha. "I'm not gonna tweet, I'm gonna talk with takedowns" Love that

No idea but logically Hughes 41 Jamison 49 Swiderski 57 makes sense. But there's talk of hotshot freshmen doing well too, Jamison wanting to do 41 again, Swiderski wanting to do 49... folks are still kinda getting used to Coach Taylor's different approach weight management too so we'll see! I'm excited for the season, I always say football season is the best because it means folkstyle season is coming soon :)

Freelance fighter

Tagen Jamison and Cael Hughes potentially up a weight

I maintain that wrestlers have the best names as a group

Agreed. It's a good start. I don't really see the team members all moving to the same city... but something to tie it together will help. Even just labeling the roster a bit more would be good. Maybe graduating university and year? Highest place at NCAAs/Worlds would be cool too but that might get a little busy. Just thinking out loud. Luke Surber (OSU '24)

John Smith vs himself

Thanks for the summary! I kinda like these rules. Makes it more arcade-ey lol Not sure about the 1000 lb "budget". Seems a little weird. And their site shows distinct weight classes. I do hope they lean into the "what college did you go to" side some. That will help us college folkstyle fans find some identity within their teams.

I had the pleasure of getting tied into a knot by Mark in practice a couple times. I was not worth his time lol. He was the first non-OSU guy I ever rooted for. His battles with Hendricks were legendary indeed.

Freestyle values different things. Carr was the aggressor as far as trying to create offense (at least to us folkstyle fans), but his back isn't to the center and he didn't finish the shots so it doesn't count to the refs.

+1 Easy to optimize when you have the fundamentals solved. Applies everywhere. Easy to sleep well when you have a safe home. Easy to work longer when your tools are sharp. Basics are nailed, so you focus on the top 1%. Etc.

I don’t get it either. He’s a warrior and seems like a super nice dude in interviews. Ever since I saw him wrestle for the first time I’ve been a fan of his, even though I’m not an Iowa fan and he whooped our guy. I think there’s been some really unreasonable expectations heaped on him and it’s just snowballed - win every match ever and then take over Iowa wrestling as coach. Come on yall its crazy talk.

Aw man you fed the troll lol

Maybe, maybe not. “OSU will compete with PSU in 3 years if everything goes according to plan” is a pretty weak position compared to what PSU has been doing for years to limit competition. Sure things look bright for OSU but I’ve seen plenty of top recruits bust there. Heck for all we know Nebraska will be the one to dethrone PSU.

Surprising to see OSU's bench riders mentioned as obstacles to parity... I don't see them as anywhere near the same level as PSU's bench riders. OSU's backups are national qualifiers MAYBE, PSU's backups are AAs and potential finalists.

Teague Moore Alan Fried Schmidt Mocco Branch Hendricks Hendrickson Pendleton Askren Jonny Thompson

He could be sued for defamation/libel. Just takes an affected individual or institution willing to go through that process.

I went there but the tweets are all out of order so I didn't find anything on RAF. However I will say that if he's so knowledgeable on why it won't work, why doesn't he flip the thinking and figure out how TO make it work? It could be a really good thing for our sport if it succeeds.

There’s a zillion coach-speak phrases pre prepared for these situations. “we’re looking into it, we don’t tolerate this kind of behavior, not our values” etc I don’t really care, but it is odd given how often athletes get in trouble and coaches have to at least pretend to care about it.

I have no vendetta against PSU but I'm reminded that PSU is experienced in covering up scandals, Cael is used to keeping his mouth shut, and boosters tend to value winning over anything. They know what they're doing and nobody involved with PSU has anything to gain from pursuing this. Maybe the State will get involved but probably not.

Lol ChatGPT probably referencing this forum for its answers It's kinda like Cinnabon. "Tell me what everyone is talking about" OMG is JC a Language Learning Model?

100%. The “change everything to freestyle” arguments come up when we do poorly at an international event. As if the system is failing. Those same folks are quiet when we do well at an international event. Funny enough, though, when I talk about wrestling to non-fans I almost ALWAYS say freestyle wrestling. Because goal #1 gets them to not think of WWE/WWF. Then if they’re actually interested or Im feeling zesty I’ll explain folkstyle or college wrestling. But heck I didn’t even know it was called folkstyle until I joined these forums a few years ago. It was always just college wrestling or Olympic wrestling.

Fascinating. How is the third party determined/regulated? also happy to read up on it on my own if you have suggestions, I just haven’t found any specifics on how it is actually going to work.

For real? I haven't quite caught up with what the new rules actually do.

International freestyle is a mess. I've seen junior high sports that are better organized and better attended. It's embarrassing anytime I try to share it with a non-fan and annoying when I try to watch anything. This is where Flo has actually been helpful with being able to find replays. Though that takes someone to go through all the footage and upload/code each match separately which they don't always do but I'm grateful when they do!