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I also felt a bit annoyed by some of what I felt were unnecessary inaccuracies. Why act like he was a finalist the year before? He wasn't. And it didn't add much to the story for me. But after reading the other posts sharing how common this is in movies combined with my own lack of cinematic expertise... I'll step back from the soapbox. It was awesome they could honor an incredible underdog college wrestling story with such a star studded cast.

for real though, it's awesome for football and basketball players

It will allow one last batch of college wrestlers to receive Dodge Rams, and all you can eat Dave's Chicken, as the sport itself fades into obscurity

Not that we're particularly close to the mark now, but at this rate, we might need to start considering the medium-term fate of the sport (not even long term, but sooner). I believe if we don't have a minimum of 40 teams, the sport would no longer qualify to be a D1 NCAA sport.

Colleges are being advised by management consultants who share a similar background and philosophy as their private equity friends: 1) Identify core revenue sources 2) Strip away everything else 3) Lever up

bad news for Pinto

Thanks for the info. Sorry to hear about Greg D. Hope he heals up and gives it another go next year. Ungar could make some noise in a wide open 125

Both semi final games were fantastic. I'm about to turn this off because it's clearly already over. Texas was a much better team than Notre Dame it seems

Wow bold words!

Is Greg Diakomihalis out for the season or is he just out temporarily? He hasn't wrestled a match since November 24th. Brett Ungar hasn't wrestled since December 6th. Is he coming back? Staying 33 or going back down? In their absence, Milani and Ferrera have done very well. So maybe they are taking their time getting back to form, knowing that the team will not suffer in the meantime. I'm just wondering if anyone knows the plan.

DeSanto improved a lot with them I thought

I agree with your last sentence for sure. I just have my doubts about how the reversal was downgraded. Maybe takedowns can be 4, reversals 3, and escapes 1. but reversal needs more recognition and incentivization in the current method. From a difficulty of position standpoint, I always thought a reversal should be worth an escape plus a takedown because you are going from a position of disadvantage to a position of advantage. I've moved away from feeling too passionate about it being more than a takedown, but it needs to be well more than an escape in my view. I'm open minded as to how that could be captured in the point system

which team do you think is most likely to take second in nationals this year duke?

I know that's how it is for high school and lower. but in college folkstyle, they're awarding points for just stalling on top for a minute more than the other guy can. plus you can get all types of back points. escaping means you lose the vulnerability of being on bottom (in my idea)

I'd like escape to be worth nothing and keep reversal at 2 and takedown at 3.

no offensive points against anyway.

Looking forward to the next match, it seems like a 95% chance that Mesenbrink wins by a technical fall, and that the only points Wilson scores will be via escape (from release). If he's lucky maybe he'll get a reversal, and then allow Mesenbrink to escape for the same effect. Mesenbrink is a maniac, but more of a tech fall guy than a pinner. In fact all of his results so far this year have been tech falls without letting up a non-escape point

he was Becca High right?

Kasak is nasty man

Bonus points. Easy does it.

Lovett is a riot

Lovett repping the Swiss flag on his socks?