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The last two fights weren't great for Cejudo if those are the ones you're referring to. He got dominated by Merab Dvalishvili who is the current Bantamweight champ and to be fair, has a gas tank that makes Messenbrink look like he's standing still. His most recent fight was against Song Yadong and Cejudo was getting pieced up some but Yadong had more than a few eye pokes in that match. If you're looking for more 'peak' Cejudo check out his fights from about 2018-2020 before he retired/took off 3 years. If you're curious on the age front, Cejudo was 30 or 31 when he won the title.

The first time we traveled out of state for a big name tournament was when we went to The Beast Of The East. I ended up getting matched up with Kurt Backes from Blair Academy who went on to wrestle at Iowa State. It did not go well for me.

I saw their gambling line was 2.5 AAs. I really thought they would've snagged one more between Downey/Realbuto/Voelker.

A little bit. Lovett and Shapiro were pretty physical with each other during the match and I think Lovett popped Shapiro in the chops a couple times (Shapiro was bleeding from his mouth at the end). It looks like the two exchanged a couple of words and things were a bit chippy but I didn't see anything egregious by either guy. Just a really physical match.

Matcast commentary with Hidlay/Sparks was great. Hidlay was well prepared and sounds like a natural. Really enjoyed he and Sparks paired up. I couldn't handle the ESPN feed w/ TJ, Rock Harrison and the other guy.

The Yak (Barstool) had a fun interview with Brock Hardy after NCAAs last year where they talked about him getting spladled. Interview starts around the 1 hour 42 minute mark. From the weird files, Kerkvilet being a complete alien and telling Quint that winning is meaningless was pretty funny.

On another website--BetOnline PSU was favored by 55.5(!!) and the line has since dropped to 52.5 I've been looking at UNI/Wisky for a while and I think 28.5 seems about right. From a betting perspective the dual pretty much comes down to 125/133. If Wisky can win both matchups it's going to be really tough for UNI to cover without a couple falls. If UNI wins at 133, UNI covers.

Yep, agreed.

I haven't heard if Nebraska plans to sit anyone. They have some 'ORs' listed on the preview but the only starter I could possibly see sitting is maybe Pinto at 174 in case they wanted to get a look at DeLeon or super recruit Araujo. The dual should be pretty competitive outside of 141/149/157 where Nebraska should roll. If you made me bet it I'd put a pizza bet on Nebraska as I think they are a little bit better in the coinflip matches outside of 197/285 and even then McDanel has already beaten Sollars.

Penn State opens at -30.5 over Illinois, down to 29.5 already. Seems like a lot if Penn State is missing a couple guys. Would expect no Kerk, Kasak and probably no Davis against Byrd right?

Yep, that looks like BetOnline. 25.5 is a ton.

Cannon was the only guy listed on the probables so I'm guessing it's him: https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2025/2/12/wrestling-no-8-buckeyes-close-out-dual-season-vs-no-1-penn-state-friday-at-covelli I'm probably leaning towards taking the 22.5 at +100 and banking on Davis and Kasak sitting.

@Dogbone something super sick was on Thursday or Friday night DK put out a line for Minny/Purdue where Minnesota was -2.5. The line was completely off and even though my instincts were to bet it right then and there (I have to drive to a gambling legal state) I wasn't feeling great and decided to go to bed and bet it the next day if it was still available. Sure enough, DK pulled it that night lol and reposted it on Saturday with Minny -27.5 or so which was clearly far more accurate. Man, I was really annoyed with myself for not betting that.

Estrada with some nice chirping after the whistle. Should've kept that energy during the match and taken more than one shot. Enjoy that hot L.