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I think they should do the show from voting booths so ONLY their legs are showing

Someone mentioned Nahshon Garrett earlier. I could see him hanging it up after this cycle. I had high hopes for him after college. It's too bad he didn't get in more international experience at the Senior level, though I guess he's had other things to deal with outside of wrestling. Similar (but also different) with Jordan Oliver not getting a lot of international exposure.

Passion doesn't always result in participation, though. For Pico, earning a paycheck may have been a bigger priority than doing what he enjoyed or (possibly) was better at. In either case, it's a little disappointing for fans to romanticize someone who chose to ditch the sport, whatever his reason was.

Naw, it was my bad for the corny dad joke

Thanks... I was thinking Lehigh but it looks like Beard will still have another year left

He also didn't have one eye on OTTs less than 4 weeks from Nationals or keeping his weight within reach of 125lbs last year. I agree that he's still one of a small group of favorites to win it all, though.

Uh, I was kidding.

Coulid Cardenas grad transfer to an EIWA school after this season?

They just need to tell kids: What can Brown do for you?

If Starocci wins, it's a Cartering

Yup. Rags is my pick though I don't know well Ragusin2024 matches up with Fix. Vito is always a threat but he may be splitting his time on his freestyle and weight management game and not totally keyed in for NCAAs. Crookham will make some noise too. I'd like Teske to be a darkhorse but who knows if he's even in the lineup next month.

Mesenbrink could get Carvered, but not in the way Jimmy is thinking. Mes is used to competing in high pressure environments, but CHA is CHA and it'll be his first time in that sort of atmosphere. He might get a little shell shocked and lose focus. Not that it happens to PSU kids often. The Carl vibe is strong.

I'd be surprised if Cooter doesn't go this week. Winning the dual is important, but "getting out there, wrestling hard, testing yourself, seeing where you're at" is a bigger priority to Ol' Tommie. The postseason is just around the corner and he wants his boys battle tested. If he wants Ben to be the guy, he'll suit up and go. Similar to Rathjean, though Brands made it sound like he and Voinovich are still competing for the spot. Same with Riggins and PK... as much as I want to see Gabe wrestle, I'm not holding my breath. Ol' Tommie will want his starters to put in the work.

Jimmy doesn't honor his wagers, and if PJ loses he's got betting credit from the old board. Nothing really at stake here.

Lotta folks are down on Iowa since the UM dual, but I think it gives Ol' Tommie and his boys the kick in the ass they all need for this week. Plus they'll be wrestling at CHA and extra fired up. I won't go so far as to say the Iowa takes this one but I expect much more competitive matches, no going through the motions like we saw in Ann Arbor. 125 - Ayala dec Davis 0-3 Hawks 133 - Nagao dec Schrievske 3-3 All 141 - Woods dec Bartlett 3-6 Hawks 149 - Rathjean dec Kasak 3-9 Hawks 157 - Haines dec Franek 6-9 Hawks 165 - Mesenbrink maj Caliendo 10-9 PSU 174 - Starocci maj PK 14-9 PSU 184 - Truax dec Riggins 17-9 PSU 197 - Brooks tf Glazier 22-9 PSU 285 - Kerk maj Hillcoot 26-9 PSU If Arnold suits up at 174, it'll be worth the price of admission no matter what happens.

I think Jombo exhausted himself after Franek-Lewan

What happens to business that make too much money?

There's too much money in football, and less so basketball. What if the NCAA were to drop football and become the college athletics association for just the Olympic/non-revenue sports? Not that it would happen or do much to save the small sports.

I think they'll be tempted to compete at home in the US for more hardware in 2028, but they're both pretty long in the tooth and will lose a step or two. They may not be our world team reps between Paris and LA.

You're drunk. Woods will be fine.

Shane's passion and hard work cannot be denied, but he simply isn't the type of wrestling analysis geek that a lot of diehard fans are. He even admitted as much on Flo's NCAA bracket show last season when Pyles and Askren were deep diving into seed placement, record, hypothetical matchups, etc. and Sparks was like "okay, guys!"

Agreed. Thing to remember about Sparks though is that he's not really for us. He's the hype guy to keep more casual fans engaged while we nerd out and analyze strategy and technique.

I'll take the field

What if Gabe Arnold takes them both out