forkemaz

I need the ban basketball reaction.....

I didnt make the term nor the thread. You can think its soft all you want. Its quite obviously something sports fans do.

Cal Bap

An MMA podcast I listen to calls it "sadness hedging". I also do it. I dont know if its natural or I'm just trained from being a Philadephia Eagles fan during the Andy Reid years but I always expect my favorites to lose where they shouldnt and let me down. Useless sidenote: I stopped caring about football years before the Eagles won the superbowl.

I dont get this and im not even that old. Im under 40 and practice didnt have to be fun, it wasnt expected to be fun, id spend a good portion of the season dreading practice because it was the hardest thing i ever did in my life, and yet we knew it was a sacrifice- the price we paid to go out and compete. I never dreaded competition and I was always excited and enjoying my time at a competition. It was a known thing that hellish practices were the fire you walked through to be ready for your matches. Even at the two colleges I went to, one of them was just like a described above. The other was more laid back but we never talked about fun. It WAS more fun but it was never mentioned at all let alone as a priority. Why is having fun at practice so important now? Is it an instant gratification vs delayed gratification thing? Is it all kind of a lie? Im sure you could have caught me smiling a few times even in practices where i was praying the grim reaper would strike me down. I dunno.

Not familiar with the andrew long thing. Who is it? Why did it ruffle feathera. The bobby douglas thing is the trunk of the unlikeable tree imo. That was messed up.

Higher match requirment = more wrestling= more guys hitting head to head = more data = more informed seeding for post season (maybe)

Yes. Big 10 champ. And he won the last match of the split.

Davino 1 and jax 2 and no one would complain. The complaining alone is proof something is off. This is arguably the most anticipated and interesting weight at NCAAs this year and its vastly improved if the proper guy (Davino) gets the 1 seed. More interesting semis. More storyline in the final. They messed up the most anticipated weight class.

It was odd. I mean... youre on top of the world. Your parents arent dead or dying, you arent wondering where your next meal will come from or how to keep the lights on, and youre the saddest youve ever been? The only thig I can think of is what happened to Ben Askren. Or straight up seasonal depression which happens. I dunno im not judging him for it im just curious what exactly made him the saddest hes ever been because thats a hell of a statment. Im glad hes better, hope he stays better.

Yes. Even a broken clock as they say....

Agreed

Remove rear standing hand touch take downs. Remove reaction time.

I agree. No reaction time and id also make it so standing hand touch/quad pod isnt a take down. A part of their leg other than the bottom of their foot must touch the mat.

Yes not enforcing the rules is cool because if you do youre "placating thr haters" lmao wtf

Yes not enforcing the rules is cool because if you do youre "placating thr haters" lmao wtf

It seems its just that breif definition of a takedown, the description of reaction time and the section with 5 pictures that define a take down with reaction time. But its a big rule book and im still snooping around.

Yeah i went back and found it but i appreciate the prompt answer. Im still looking for a good definition of control and a takedown

What section of the rule book is that in?

Unless im mistaken this is the entire description of what a take down is and what reaction time is. It is embarassingly vauge and brief considering how important take downs are. SECTION 2. TAKEDOWNS Art. 1. Match Takedowns. A takedown shall be awarded when, from the neutral position, a competitor gains control of the opponent by taking the opponent down to the mat in bounds and beyond reaction time.

Found it

Is there a way to get a hold of the current rule book? Id like to look at the take down criteria and reaction time section. I think thats a much easier fix than stalling. Stall calls will always be subjective.

Wow... disgusting

People saying Lockett looked bad. He always wrestles like that it just finally bit him in the ass.

I disagree. But at least you stay on topic. We can disagree thats fine.