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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.

Folks should cut Spencer Lee some slack. He was majorly hurt and probably shouldn't have competed in the tourney at all but he gave it a shot. Leaving the tournament doesn't "define his career" unless you didn't actually watch the guy wrestle over those 4 years. He was an absolute stud top to bottom and a real joy to watch.

Just wading in on Fix, there's a lot that gets repeated about him... IMO some if it has merit, some of it doesn't. Freezes up in big matches against elite wrestlers, yes. Hasn't improved, no. Don't need to list out the reasons but I've watched probably 99% of his matches since he was a redshirt freshman and I definitely don't see him bailing if he doesn't make the finals. Spot on about a lack of progress from the OKState wrestling room in the last few years. Hopefully that's turning around with Coleman Scott, NIL/RTC rolling, other coaching changes. Coach Smith got a little too stuck in the past there for a bit but seems to have let go.

Thanks for sharing! Do you know where results are for Sunday's competition? I'm looking around and not finding anything.

Ankle bands - Leave the ankle bands alone. That's far from a problem. Let teams wear the singlets they want to wear. Have extra ankle bands at tournaments so wrestlers can put them on before their match. Push out point - good point about letting the bottom man go on the edge and negating the escape point. Make it only applicable when in neutral for at least like 3 seconds to give bottom man opportunities to circle. Losing a point for a lost challenge - okay with this if a 3rd party reviews the calls. I'd rather see a time limit on footage review first. Shot clock - I like the idea but it's so subjective. We need refs to have less influence over matches IMO not more. Put both wrestlers on the shot clock and then give double stall calls if nobody scores. Criteria - again its more ref influence over matches which I'm not a fan of. Headgear - let's require helmets instead. lol

A coach/AD would be delusional to take AJ. He is a toddler with muscles and a Dad that wants to beat you up.

It's just a problem with podcasts in general. When you make yourself do them on a set schedule they tend to move towards "welp we better fill the time" and away from "damn I am so excited to talk about this stuff"

A Brands brother finding something to be mad about? Say it ain't so For a long time Iowa and Oklahoma State were the top dawgs in college wrestling. No surprise a rivalry started.

Yeah it’s a lot of hassle to get one stud wrestler in Angelo. The dad has this weird “I’m an alpha male loon at me” vibe. If he wasn’t a wrestling dad he’d probably be protesting women’s rights or selling energy drinks lol

Askren has an ego the size of Missouri. No way he coaches under somebody. He'll even struggle with university administration, I guarantee it. Camps and stuff work for him because he's the boss. Was going to suggest Oregon State but y'all beat me to it lol

Exactly. Tough cut, content with his natural abilities, who knows. Though with all the shakeup at OU I bet he could go up a weight if he wanted. 184 isn't a strong weight for OU.

I wonder what happened with Tate Picklo. Tons of potential out of high school, cracked the D1 top #15 right away, has a funky style that's fun to watch and his limbs are made of rubber. But he didn't really progress and his body language on the mat was pretty poor. Williams McDougal will be a good rematch... last meeting Williams did a stupid back flip that could have broken his neck.

I'm not about banning people but Jimmy's return should have stipulations. Such as only starting 1-2 threads a week. Recently the guy posted something like 8-10 threads in 7 days, some not even about wrestling, and most about how great PSU is. It's annoying. Even if he posted nonstop praise about my team that often I'd be annoyed.

Exactly. AJ has quadrupled down on showing everyone he's a problem child, and most people don't want that around.

That's exactly the point, right? Humans are sort of programmed to want to believe in something, yet there's countless ways this belief takes place. So maybe we should just accept everyone's particular beliefs in divinity-or-not and move on. There are much better things to fight about, like a Dual Championship or whether Travis Kelce was being rude to his coach.