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Oh, woops. Apologies then. Cue the Iowa fans I suppose. Bouzakis looked good tonight, very close.

Only time will tell, but all time? Would you measure in total NC’s, or how? I think you could come up with nearly a half dozen linear combinations from PSU’s lineup alone that would end up being more credentialed than that one. I don’t know if any of these guys will ever win an NC, but I’d take Parco/Teemer/Caliendo over that too.

Good lord, maybe he’s the favorite. I don’t know, that part looked very impressive. Thank you Fly

Any details on the Romney/Bailey match before the pin? Was it a move from neutral, or did he do it from TB position?

He was also the HC at Wasatch HS (same school as Cael) for a brief stint. I remember at one of his boys was just starting to walk before the family moved, wonder if it was Vance now.

I’d guess somewhere around mid-50’s right now if you somehow factored in bonus expectations and took the mean of the ranking services. I still feel good about it though and if I lose, hey…at least it’s not through the stock market again. Some unexpected, unforeseen event will probably come along with an injury or addition perhaps that will throw things out of whack, but that’s ok.

You got it Vak, I’ll take one more. Just wondering, if you would/can wkn, what would you set the line at just statistically speaking? I factored in a few other elements, your last post was one of them.

That would be for sure. Personally, I think Lilledahl’s more likely to not AA than make the finals at this point. I was referencing the early season rankings and even in recent weeks as worst case for Penn State where Davis and especially Barr and Lilledahl were outside the top 8 and even top 20 for Barr if I remember right. I mean at most points since the season started, those three were projected to score around 5 team points cumulatively through the rankings. They’ve been proving themselves and rankings are slowly changing, but I think most people have thought all along that was a minimum scoring line. Not sure who’s all involved where with the publications. I noticed Intermat has a 45 point team gap between PSU and Iowa now, which doesn’t factor in bonus points, and which still has Teemer at #1. It’s getting closer to what I believe the difference between the two teams really is, and has been all along.

I will take the first two comers. Should be interesting, perhaps come down to Saturday night! Merry Christmas

You don’t really believe that, do you? The current rankings are close to worst case for Penn State with Lilledahl and Davis working up, Barr will be higher in the next rendition too. You could add Figueroa and remove any PSU wrestler of your choice and Iowa still wouldn’t win. Let’s make a wager to reset the parameters a bit. I’ll give you 70 points(PSU -70), as I expect Penn State to be around 170 again and Iowa 100. $50 or another incentive if you have another suggestion. I pay my debts if it happens unlike Jimmy. No conditions like injuries or other circumstantial things.

No. The opposite would be a point. There will always be a small group of…fanatics/zealots/unreasonable people of basically any group of data analysis that would be the folks you’re referring to. Basically he, and now you(?) are implying the entire fan base, or from the time 2011(not sure what that truly has to do with anything) is incapable of objectivity?

I’m a Penn State fan since then and I didn’t think it was a takedown. But generalizations are quite often faulty

Gonna be some wild ones at 174 in March between those two and Hamiti. Looking like 1. KOT 2. Haines 3. Hamiti at this point?

1 for 3 Jimmy. That’s Hall of Fame in the majors

I would say trees, square footage, and culture. And mulies and wapiti are stronger than the whities.

Aww sheet lol, had it right the first time. Didn’t I. Been a while since I’ve tried to distinguish between the two, thought I was wrong with the correct usage and edited it. I’ll be better in the future.

What are they doing wrong? Winning duels, tournaments, and NC’s? They’re in the Big Ten, there’s no way to avoid much for long there and still be successful. It sure seems like you’re implying/insinuating cowardice. I’m unsure the motive and purpose of your post. It almost seems like you want them to be more competitive, but that can’t be right.

Haines it is then. Can we please get someone else’s prediction? Merry Christmas to you Jimmy

I feel that as well. His style attracts confidence and support more than Haines’ I think. I don’t know, maybe the biggest factor working for Haines in a match that feels pretty even is that, well…he wrestles for Penn State. They make adjustments and they win in March. I would quite likely pick O’Toole straight up next weekend(hopefully it happens), but if it’s a nail biter and depending on what the loss looks like(if so), maybe take take Haines in a few months.

There’s at least some merit to the freestyle match, however small. It showed any size concerns wouldn’t be an issue and that they’re generally the same tier of wrestler. There’s more in that Haines has been a finalist each year he’s wrestled in college and is a defending national champion. Obviously he’s legit and elite. Why would you consider KOT the favorite? Fwiw, I want Haines to win but would pick KOT.

Absolutely, gotta wonder if all the Keckeisen picks are at least somewhat wishful thinking. I don’t think that would be the case if money was involved. He’s really good, but CS is a different animal.

Yeah, I’d be shocked if this happened and went seven minutes. Huge Sasso fan though, what an inspiration.

He’s the Caitlin Clark of wrestling forums. We need Jimmy, realized that during his last hiatus.

Would decreasing scoring opportunities in the consolation side not just create further disparity between the elite programs and one like Rutgers? Is this quote based off the Kasak run?

Jimmy, you were doing so well and bringin the fire with some excellent topics. Until now lol. I’ll answer anyway. No, he would not have beaten Brooks or Kerk. The only reason I ever wanted to watch him wrestle again was to see his demolishment and reaction afterward at the hands of AB