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I heard that the reason for the slipping and sliding was bc the mats were on an ice rink. True?

Edit: this vid doesn't capture all the bottle-throwing mayhem. My bad.

Real question: what does he do on top? I've watched him since whenever, and I can't say.

Yeah, that Metzger against Alxeev was ... JWS was dangerous in every position. Re Gelogaev: could find the vids. Pretty sure it was at the Lindenwood open. The matches were on Flo at some point.

It was almost too dumb. I wondered if it was more indiffernce than anything. Remember what he did to Hrovat, our Olympic rep? I got the feeling that he thought the NCAA stuff was beneath him. Idk, just my gut reaction.

I worded it poorly: what I meant was that one of OSU's signature techniques -- elbow-tie-duck -- hadn't been all that effective for the team for a minute. But, Gelogaev could hit it. He started with an inside the on left andvsorta baited the guy to grab his right wrist. As the dude started reaching for the wrist, AG pushed his inside the away, causing this opponent to roll to his own inside tie ... giving AG elbow control on his left side. As he gripped elbow control to break the thumb, he slide his head to the opposite side (the right side) while pulling his captured right wrist away. As AG pulled the wrist and changed sides withe his head, he stepped with his right foot, pulled the elbow, and did the classic OSU elbow control duck to the left. I understand that the description is absurd. I'll find a vid in a moment.

His dual match against Slaton kinda sums up my (stereotypical/homer?) impression of the OSU / Iowa rivalry as a whole: the technically superior cowboys are perpetually on the verge of getting hosed. Real question: In Dapper Dan match, Scott wrestled with supreme confidence. I don't thi k I ever saw tgat level of confidence again. He won, but he didn't bully people in college. Am I mistaken?

Yeah, some of these are niche, but all show a one-of-one understanding about what it means win a wrestling match. Never met him, but Fleeger seemed like a bully and a prick ... in all the right ways: the superducks and inside trips were cool, but he excelled on top with near wrist and far claw/half. He just humiliated good kids. I coached at a bourgie suburban HS and had a bunch of nice kids who had never been in a fist fight. I wanted kids like Fleeger. Gelogaev brought an elbow-tie-duck with him to OSU, and it actually worked (a rarity in Stillwater at that point). He also completely disrespected tough guys' underhooks; he just let them pound it in and threw them on their heads. Santoro was an inspiration because he was so much taller and skinnier than his opponents, just like me. He wrestled from a tie ... on a knee: a complete no-no according to every midget coach I ever had. Anyway, there's a similar story to every pick. Thanks for reading.

I first saw Nix wrestle at the 4A East Region tournament in 1987(?). I remember bc he had to wrestle Mike Bodily from Bixby (my hometown) in the finals. From the whistle it looked like somebody put two pissed-off tom cats in a pillow case. Nix won, and I had a new favorite wrestler. Bodily won a rematch in the state final, (denying Nix a fourth state title, I think).

But I haven't seen Cuvo yet. Is his inclusion beyond the pale?

Yianni Diakomihalis Vito Arujau Mitch Clark Chris Fleeger Alan Gelogaev Keith Gavin Johnny Thompson Corey Cooperman Keith Nix Alan Fried Pat Santoro David Taylor Carl Sanderson Ben Askren Jason Nolf

Pretty sure. Dad said he was an AA at OU and strutted around like a "Billy badass" ... meant derisively, of course. This had to have been in the late 70's, early 80's.

My dad used to coach girls' basketball at Webster HS in Tulsa. He told me that the wrestling coach, one Rodney Jones, used to strut out of practice during the middle of his games with just a singlet on, the old freestyle kind, with the straps down.

I guess I'll be that 'member when guy: wrestlers today arrive on campus with years of D1-level training via the elite clubs, RTCs, and really loose interpretations of NCAA rules regarding whether or not rostered guys can roll with high schoolers. > a decade ago in my state (VA), most HS coaches were livid when they learned that Xtiansburg kids under Dresser and Weber could routinely go with the VT kids. Today, this stuff is normal for elite kids Point is that developing competitive D1 athletes is starting earlier. College staffs have adapted.

I've been hesitant to attribute the pokes' early season success to any technical training changes made by Taylor and co. I assumed that the team's aggressiveness, bonus point pushes, and ability to get off the bottom have been a result of a general excitement following regime change. We are still seeing elbow ties, an abundance of stutter steps in space, and shin whizzers or bust (not too many busts at this point). But then I noticed something: None of the coaches are wearing vests. Even Caldwell has abandoned the Stillwater sartorial staple. The trainer is the only holdout.

Re JJ: idk. treating each individual like an individual seems necessary, e.g. what's the use of making Ben Askren train like everyone else? Re lifestyle choices: What about a multiple x AA who uses Zyn or dips? Vapes? Delta 8 or whatever? What about one with a med marijuana card? What about one who smokes weed in the off season? What about etc. Slippery slope and all. Problem is that the the staff will try to keep the special treatment under wraps, but it always gets out. Then the staff gets dragged for hypocricy and it crushes team morale.

Yeah. JWS probably never even mentioned this. (Ohh ... Real question: Are we supposed to ignore JC?)

I have nothing to add to the who's-gonna-win debate (toss-ups, bonus, upsets, etc), but I think that OSU is gonna double-up on takedown totals.

I'm red-green colorblind. As a coach, I would always have to ask my asst who got the points when there was a lot of rollin' around. For the differently-abled, I see the advantage of home and away. Either that or a change to red and blue.

Why do you think? I'd guess it has to do with the size of the huntable area. There's just too much space to cover with a bow. Same with Colorado and Montana. I'd bet more densely populated areas with less huntable areas and higher density of game would be at the top of the list.

Did you see that *sh1t*?! The whole team was wearing Panda Dunks! Sickening

Gum? You can stick your bougie pretenses in a sack, mister.

I'm suspcious of a positive causal correlation between drinking and weight gain. As a professional alcoholic, I know that if I drink, I drink and abstain from extraneous calorie consumption, I.e. I don't eat. Eating gets in the way of the primary objective, I.e. to get drunk and continue destroying my life. I know that there is more than one way to win the race to the bottom, but fatdrunk is once that I'm not familiar with.