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Given the overall state of the Iowa program, this great unexpected tourney performance aside, not sure why a kid winning at Stanford and with Stanfords performance this year would seek greener pastures?? In 2-3 yrs from now with degree in hand is a totally different equation.

Are there any feel good stories from any other divisions this year? Nick Ackerman shared the Hodge with Cael one year after (2001? I think) winning a D3 title on NO LEGS, having lost them to a bacterial infection as an infant.

Seems MM’s to lose, but Barr is in there, Levi, Vega, Jax, LL, Trumble. With what? 7 undefeated champs, I don’t think anyone else makes the list of finalists. There are criteria listed for the award no? How does this group on undefeated champs breakdown according to the varying stated criteria??

I shouldn’t wade in here but against my better judgement… Not a good look for Caliendo - the attempted choke holds during the match followed by the podium hand shake snub. I’ll wait for all the posters who piled on Davis to come and pile on Caliendo for the next 2 months. I’ll be holding my breath…

Seems with Mendez losing in the finals and MM remaining undefeated, winning the title (x2), doing so with a TF, finishing with only one non-bonus win, the award should be MM’s to lose. But who knows how the voting will go? There’s a lot of PSU fatigue nowadays.

You’re the best!! Thank you!! And wow that was fast too!! Much appreciated!

125 - LL 133 - Ono/Blaze/Desmond 141 - Ono/Blaze/Desmond/Davis 149 - SVN 157 - Kasak (Duke RS) 165 - MM 174 - Henckel 184 - Welsh 197 - Barr 285 - Mirasola I wouldn’t be surprised if Blaze took a RS on his way to 141 or even 149. Duke RS on his way up to 165/174 has kinda been the plan all along. Where Ono slots in will be interesting, along with what they do with Blaze and Desmond. Davis, if he’s still around, will maybe finally get to take the RS he’s been trying to take for 3 yrs now. Lots of depth, all the incoming kids should RS I’d think.

No idea what they’ll do but he can do both. He can take a RS at some point and still has an Olympic redshirt available.

@Cornell Kevin Thank you for doing this all season long for us!

I’ve always thought it usually goes to who had the most dominant tournament…MDs, TFs, Pins…MM hammered his way thru minus the Dec against the UNC kid..close score, not a close match. TFing the guy who’s been #2 at the weight for 2 yrs also is pretty dominant (dare I say outstanding). But you’re right, in the end it’s a meaningless award few remember. And I wouldn’t have a problem if it went to the 133, 141, 149, 157, or 165 winner…those stuck out as the biggest wins due to being Fr, big upset, dominant win, etc.

Shayne Van Ness almost did…

That’s his wife. No relation pre marriage. He got married over the summer I believe.

I thought so. No penalty point though and lucky he got a stoppage, MM might’ve decked him there.

Apparently? I didn’t think you could and don’t think you should…but wtf do I know anymore. The wrestling world is chaos!!

That’s fantastic!! Thank you for doing this!! I checked thru the last 10yrs and it was PA #1 for like 7 of the years and top 2-3 the other 3 years, not surprising. Any chance you could make it so we can sort by state? Overall? Over periods of time? Would be cool to see how the top states have done over the entire time period of your data set.

Rough year for the Big Red, but sounds like it’s an anomaly. Ruiz, Joy and Shapiro come back, I read they were grey shirting their better 197 and 285 and they have the #3 recruiting class coming in, they’ll be back. BUT…and maybe the data doesn’t hold up and it’s just my faulty memory but it sure does seem like every year certain schools and conferences have guys who come in with gaudy records and high seeds and they get bounced from the front side early and often by Big 10 low placers.

Vaginal tears are no joke… That was mean, I’m sorry. It was probably a Labia? Labrum? I don’t know, A&P was a long time ago…

125 - LL - hopefully better match than the dual, where LL won via DQ from stall calls 133 - Jax - I’m pulling for Davino (I need a shower) 141 - Mendez 149 - Van Ness - dual was like 10-4 or 12-6 so hoping that repeats 157 - Taylor 165 - MM 174 - Levi - hoping for a bit more distance in the score 184 - McEnelly - I’ll be pulling for Rocco but I don’t know/think he can keep winning these OT/2OT matches 197 - Barr 285 - Bastida

Over - Iowa, the smart kids at Stanford, Columbia, Princeton Under - tOSU, the smart kids at Cornell

All 3 certainly smell more like “I’m taking my ball and going home” than injuries…

Shapiro MFF to Catrabone for 7th.

Both Ferrari’s MFF out. Shocking. . Knee? Nose? Boo boo to the ego/hurt feelings??

Delete, wrong thread.

It does appear with a 3 tourney sample size now that his problems may be more mental than physical.