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Would've been hilarious if Gibbons did a back somersault to get out of a single leg from Lewis.

I guess I'm a fan of the "never stop fighting no matter what" mantra as you might notice from some of my other picks. It was 14-3 going into the last minute of the 3rd period before the tides completely turned. But I cannot deny the action, scoring, and excitement of Schultz vs. Banach (1982 NCAAs) which I forgot to link above. Just epic wrestling.

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If it wasn't for Larry Owings, this would be my favorite for 141: (142) McIlravy vs. Abas (1993 NCAAs)

Watched these and several others last night, to my wife's chagrin. All great matches. I love Youtube. Is there a video of the full match anywhere?

First rule they need to fix is the challenge and video review process.

I like the Fix to Penn State assumption that a year in State College will get him past Vito.

Both are great matches. The 2018 match was at 184 though and not as good as Rohn-Lambrecht or Schultz-Banach. 2016 Martin-Nickal was at 174 and MyMar crashed the bracket as an 11th seeded true freshman and beat #1 Nickal to win the title in a thrilling high scoring match. That was pretty exciting.

Probably a good lesson in there somewhere about kids comming so much of their young lives to wrestling, all the time at such a young age. When Jesuroga took time off for his injury it was like "wow, life is pretty good when I'm not cutting weight and grinding all year 'round". Happy to hear he's enjoying some time to himself before he gets back to it again.

For 133 Ness vs. Dennis in the 2010 NCAA finals was up there but Ironside and Kolat was overall a better match imo. Ramos vs. Lee this year was a thriller for sure but is still too raw for me to put on my list right now.

Not necessarily talking about the greatest wrestlers, but the greatest, most exciting, most memorable matches. I'm having a tough time thinking of good ones outside of NCAAs because the stakes are so high, but I imagine many here will have some better ideas 125 Mills vs. Gonzales (1979 NCAA finals) 133 Ironside vs. Kolat (1996 All Star Classic) 141 Owings vs. Gable (1970 NCAAs) 149 Marianetti vs. McIlravy (1995 NCAAs) 157 Jenkins vs. Taylor (2011 NCAAs) 165 Hendricks vs. Churella (2006 NCAAs) 174 Martin vs. Nickal (2016 NCAAs) 184 Rohn vs. Lambrecht (2002 NCAAs) 197 Kilgore vs. Foster (2011 NCAAs) 285 Cassar vs. Steveson (2019 NCAAs)

Probably a very popular item in Africa, along with all the Philadelphia Eagles 2023 Super Bowl Champions gear

It looks like he quit wrestling and switched to basketball when he was a teenager. THEN HE SHOULD HAVE WRESTLED GRECO

I feel betrayed. We could have had Mason Parris vs. a 7'1" Russian in this year's finals. https://theathletic.com/4350038/2023/03/27/fau-vladislav-goldin-russia-final-four/

Teskee ain't exactly known for his loyalty so all bets are off.

Imagine this guy showing up at CHA. The end result would be really really really really really good or really really really really really bad. Maybe both.

It will be interesting to see which way the 97ers decide to go. Even if a guy is cutting hard for 97kg, it's not a lot of time to fill in and adjust to 125. Having to atrophy down to 92 in ~5 weeks won't be easy for some either, but on the surface looks like the more realistic option.

How out of touch with reality must Starocci be to think he was seriously in the running for the Hodge?

What was your secret code team name?

Maybe he wrote that with an elevated BAC

Lmao I didn't double check, it's supposed to be the Pinto flex picture

I was impressed with Haines in the postseason, but he got manhandled by AOC. He'll climb that list if he hits the weights this offseason. Also think the gap with Siebrecht is narrower than many believe.

I think they're just 2 different wrestlers. Gabe definitely was the more dynamic of the two but then again Max was making the most of his assets while wrestling up a weight (supposedly).

Did you go to Franklin Regional? Why so over Spencer?

The Hawkeyes don't need Ferraris, they need a Pinto.