BigRedFan

Oh, the irony…

Cornell with mild upsets over Penn (Intermat rankings): 133: #29 Ferrara over #21 Miller 174: #11 Ruiz over #10 Incontrera (decides #1 seeding at ILT)

Counter with Dave Auble. Bolded bits are what might boost him above Lee. From Cornell Wrestling's record book (I believe this was before freshman eligibility):

I managed to score a ticket from a friend who has connections through a particular program (not my favorite school, but close enough!). Is there some way to determine which section(s) have been allocated to which schools, without having the ticket in hand at the moment?

It is *not* on ESPN+. It is on ESPN, ESPNU, and ESPN3. You have to have a TV subscription to something.

Help me out here with Cornell's Ramirez at 165 and Foca at 184. Both wrestled unattached in December, as they were not enrolled at Cornell in the first semester. Both have wrestled five dual meet matches since then (only three before the Coaches Poll, I think), wrestling attached for Cornell; both are 5-0 in those dual meets. Ramirez was 6-1 wrestling unattached in those open tournaments against D1 opponents, and Foca was 3-1 in same. Ramirez appears at #5 at 165, while Foca doesn't appear at all at 184. Intermat has both at 10-1 prior to their two duals this weekend. What's the difference?

The Ivy League Executive Director would disagree:

From an email from the Cornell AD: other big news unfolded earlier this week when the Ivy League announced that all eight schools will be opting out of the impending NCAA House Settlement. The decision to "not opt in" means the Ivy League schools: Will not change long standing rules, including those that prohibit any form of compensation for participation in any intercollegiate athletics program ("Pay for play"). Will continue to not provide student-athletes with revenue sharing allocations, athletics scholarships, or direct NIL payments; and Will not be subject to the roster limits established by the settlement for NCAA championship sports.

Shapiro (Intermat #2) at 157 and Foca (#7) at 184 also under 8 bout minimum and missing from the poll.

FWIW, in the 2024 NCAA tournament Nebraska scored 10 bonus points (not counting the one MFF they received). Cornell scored 19.5 bonus points. So, 7.5 (counting that MFF) of the 12 point difference between the teams was due to bonus victories. I don't dispute your statement, by the way. Cornell has done well recently at NCAAs by having a few guys score huge points.

Perhaps because you know more than nothing?

Pretty sure that Cornell hasn’t put out a press release on Greg. Quick question: who has wrestled more recently: Greg Diakomihalis or Jacori Teemer?

Meh. What's that, 1/5 of a Bassett?

Cornell has an annual Giving Day, in which team members call up previous and prospective donors and ask for donations. This year, I got Ethan Fernandez, but the Site Administrator for the Cornell wrestling forum got Greg For what it is worth.

Well, he matriculated the year after Foca and Ramirez, and he took a "medical redshirt" which just means he wasn't enrolled (I guess), so it's possible he still has time. "Four in six" is the rule now, although that may have just been a COVID-year allowance. Clear as mud.

Is there something other than graduating that prevents him from returning to Cornell next year?

Greg D is out for the season. Ungar was supposed to be at the Cyclone Open after descending to 125, but I don't know if he didn't make the trip or didn't make the weight. Perhaps Coach Grey will give more info in his weekly email update in a day or two. The plan (until this weekend) was for Ungar to descend to and remain at 125 this year, and for Ferrera to stay at 133 for the remainder of the season. Did I mention that Ferrera was injured in his second match this weekend (after winning his first over Intermat #20 and ESPN expert Cory Land), and MFFd the following match? No idea what will occur going forward. The best laid plans of coaches and wrestlers gang aft agley...

So, Cory Land doesn't understand how ESPN works wrt college wrestling and announcing. He probably thinks that ESPN rolls up a tractor trailer or two and sets up all the cameras, microphones, and has a dedicated announcing booth staffed with the best announcers.

There's a guy at Michigan who is 10-0 with 100% bonus...

Maybe my new favorite wrestler. Go to 36:00 (match only lasts a couple of minutes).

Says something about Shapiro that he majored him and pinned him in their two meetings (discounting the third in which Andonian injury defaulted).

I see that Shapiro is now only credited with 6.56 bonus points, despite getting two TFs in his two recent matches. Go figure.

Ben Darmstadt. 18 pins in his first full season at D1 (tied with Dake and behind only Gabe Dean in the Cornell record book). One of the few guys who would choose top and against whom others would choose neutral. Could get a pin from top, bottom, and neutral. Was like wrestling an octopus with legs and arms everywhere. "Famously" beat 4xAA and then-#2 Willie Miklus 9-0 with 6:11 riding time despite Miklus taking neutral to start the third. MAGA: "Make Assassin Great Again"

Ah, so you watched the actual gymnastics meet stream, instead of the dedicated ESPN+ wrestling stream. It's not too late: https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/e1c49b20-0e65-4301-80de-59cbec7af724

Poorly televised? You must have watched something other than the ESPN+ stream I saw. Professional announcers, professional camera work, accurate scoring and clocks, only mispronounced "Foca". Got "Shapiro" correct. Only saw the gymnasts in the background on rare occasions (did see that coach in the red and white outfit a few times).