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Sorry...once you said you played basketball, everything you say is inferior. LOL...JK....just doing some good ribbing on a Friday. I actually agree with what you said.

What is amazing is any sort of social media/media outlet would not report on rumors or hearsay without all the facts...I thought that was the MO for all media outlets including MSM?!?!

Don't you just love close minded people like above!?!?

I'm not sure how I feel about the ban of athletes from Russia at the Olympics...I am sort of torn. But I find it hard to compare what Russia is doing now to other countries given that you are trying to compare thousands of years of culture to an active invasion of another country...to me those are apples and oranges...and I don't mean that in a sense of what I think is right vs. wrong, as both are atrocious (i.e, invading a country or throwing gay people off buildings or gassing their own civilians, etc.), but the comparisons need to be checked in my opinion. And as far as what we did in Iraq, I think intent matters here...and I am not trying to start an argument of the whole "WMD" thing or if we should have "cared enough" to go int there, but we weren't there to take over a country per se, but rather "free" a country from a true tyrant who had ill will for the US. Anyway, point being what Russia is doing should stand on it's own when determining if they should compete in the Olympics...and I believe that is what the multi-national IOC has done.

Anyone see the president say that it was republican's who were calling for defunding the police and that he is committed to protecting our communities?? Can't make this crap up! I think someone commented on it and said it is like a bad stand-up routine...I sort of agree. Que, you know who turning this into a Trump thread...

Jesus...this board is exhausting at times...SORRY you can't understand the point of the post! It's as bad as people that don't respond to the point of a post but rather point out spelling mistakes. For ease...replace Olympic champion with World champion, does that make you feel better....or even change the meaning of the post??

I think Jake Sufflohn (sp?) from Nebraska was...maybe?? I think for sure he was a 4x qualifier but never AA'd.

I find it funny when people use how good they were at wrestling to defend idiotic opinions about things...like you can be an Olympic champion and still have no idea what you are talking about. Just like PhD's, MD's, or other types of "experts" may be wrong and have terrible backed opinions. Now if this was a forum only talking about technique, training, diet, etc....sure, the Olympic champ may hold a lot of street cred...unless you are Dake...people just love to hate on him no matter what.

And also Mikey...I find it hilarious that you complain how bad twitter is and that it is a cesspool because of Elon, yet constantly use twitter as a source to make your illogical points, or to some how "prove" something about him...do you not see the irony/hypocrisy in that?

If you say so. Again, I wasn't and am not trying to defend the man...he can do that himself...and he makes his own bed with his own actions just like Trump did/does...but again, I am able to dislike what some people do, but also understand and see their brilliance (Elon) and good policy (Trump) despite their childish and whackadoodlish behavior. I guess I don't discount people's good ideas and thoughts because they don't know how to act on social media. I also don't go looking for boogey men and listen to the stupid news or MSM articles claiming they did this or they did that when they have no facts, or data, or evidence to back up their claims. People's opinions in the media and news have all of a sudden been taken as fact, data, or evidence, and it is ridiculous that so called "smart" people fall for it.

Is this response similar to the "I know you are but what am I?" childish tactics? I'll play..."I'm rubber and you're glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks on you!" This is fun!! LOL

First year it is clear they have rewarded "weaker" conferences over the "grind" of a Big ten schedule...I have a feeling Big schools and their wrestlers will make a statement.

Funny...not really as it is expected from you...that you think I am "mounting a defense" when it had nothing to do with Elon and more to do with you and others blind partisan hatred for him. My guess is until he switched to the big bad "R's" you probably just overlooked his whackadoodleness...by the way that isn't a word either but weird you didn't call that out since I used it to describe Elon...point being you and others blind partisan support and criticisms/hypocrisy is tiresome, and I enjoy calling it out. And funny that you hate Elon for petty/childish/stupid attacks on people personally, yet you engage in that exact same behavior...as I always say, you can't make this stuff up.

Even though the original question is ridiculous, I am amazed at the behavior of some of the coaches...I wish the refs would call unsportsmanlike conduct on the coaches more...especially the frequent offenders. If you listen to them they are like the grade school bullies at recess that don't know how to control their emotions and throw temper tantrums when they don't get what their way. While entertaining in a way it is sort of ridiculous as well. Yes I like the word ridiculous

Ooops...haven't had my full compliment of caffeine.

LOL...once again thanks for your valuable contribution

So why does that not make him a true freshmen? He didn't red/gray shirt...he didn't skip a year in terms of age...he is chronologically what is considered a true freshmen. Never understood trying to diminish someone. Anyway, Haines, hands down, best TRUE freshmen year...so far.

THIS!!!

What is your question? You, Mike, and others jump down Elon's throat and indicate how he is in so much trouble, and your wife "gasped" when she read the posts on twitter?? What is so "gasping" about it...that you and your other ilk just want him to be guilty so bad?? And you respond...."Convicting?" instead of commenting on the point of my post?? The irony and complete idiocrasy of what you guys do? I guess I'll never understand the attitude of "let's go find a way to make sure the person fails and accuse him of bad things before there are any facts released because they think differently than I do" By the way I think Elon is a whackadoodle...but he is also brilliant at the same time...guess I can see through faults in people without trying to bring them down, wish them to be in jail (without concrete facts), and think they are the worst people in the world when I have never actually met them.

I can't stand when you are coaching at a tournament and either the parents or someone from the opposing team stands right behind the coaches chairs and yells crap to their wrester. I got into it with a dad once as they were right over my shoulder yelling opposite things to their kid...I said, "Sir, can you please move to the other side of the mat or get back in the stands?", he replied something like he had every right to be there, and I said "It is common sense that you don't stand behind the opposing teams coaches and yell stuff, get out of here!!" He didn't like that and we had words...the other coached grabbed me so I just went back to coaching. I did awhile later go up to the dad and we chatted and he apologized saying it is his kids first year and he doesn't know what he is doing...we ended up laughing and shaking hands. But point is it has happened so many times and drives me crazy!

I'm all for someone being held responsible for wrongdoing, including if it involved HIPPA laws and/or discrimination towards someone disabled, but holy hell people, you are convicting someone based on a news site article and posts on the very social media platform that is on page 23 of hate against it?? Again, you can't make this stuff up.

Color me stupid but I thought that was the rule...ie., someone has to choose top or bottom...wow, out of all the college wrestling I watched I don't think I ever saw someone take neutral in the TB's. So to answer the original question, yes, they should do like HS.

Thank the lord...I have been waiting for the 800th documentary on Iowa wrestling...

I think we should pin fall this topic! In seriousness I can't stand when people say oh, you play wrestling...errrr

Not sure the connection since no one is trying to overthrow the government, but funny nonetheless.