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I agree, it was a number salad without any clear insights or takeaways. It looked like the data was awkwardly jammed randomly into the article just for the sake of having some stats in there. Looking at the paragraph, my own read is: A riding time point was scored in about half the matches at Nationals = RT is scored frequently enough... Of those matches with RT, the added point was a determining factor in fewer than 1 in 10 (7%) of them = ... but RT usually doesn't make a difference either way in who wins a match... Of those 7% of matches where RT was a factor, the bottom man didn't get turned = ... and when RT matters, the top wrestler just sat on top and won (or sent the match into OT) I think the author was trying to say, in a very convoluted way, that a turning point rule would complicate the rules while only affecting a very small # of matches? But that reasoning is flawed, because with a turning point rule, RT could have been a determining factor in more than 7% of the matches (the data doesn't indicate either way) AND a subset of those matches (again, the data doesn't indicate what proportion) where RT mattered would have gone into OT, so longer matches.

Yeah. PK can't get his name into the transfer portal since the deadline has passed. He'll have to wait until 2024 or lose a year of eligibility if he transfers. Also if PK's name was in the portal before the deadline, he risks Iowa/Brands reducing or revoking his scholarship if he ends up staying.

Thanks for this. I misread his UFC grappling announcement and thought he was going at Featherweight, not Flyweight next week. So I thought he was moving up for freestyle rather than cutting.

It would be pretty wild if RBY doesn't qualify the weight for MX. Assuming he's more likely a 65er than 57, even Pan Ams could be tough with Vito/Nick Lee/Yianni, Rivera, Valdes Tobier, Destribats...

R.. re... ver... sals?

That's right, but to add further clarification, the "transfer windows" are just the start and end dates when athletes can have their name submitted into the portal. They enter the portal on the last day of the window and then transfer after that. Kennedy probably didn't have his name in the portal, so he'll have to wait until after the 2024 season to transfer.

IMO international wrestling is a stepping stone for RBY, not a destination. He's taking the path of least resistance to up his stock and start his MMA career with the label "Olympian" next to his name. Or so he hopes.

I'm skeptical. PK competed in the deepest weight in the sport and is much better than his NCAA placement would suggest.

I modestly propose a 14 point takedown rule

No Yes, yes Yes

Why are you such a weirdo?

Related: what does the active win list look like if the free Covid season isn't counted?

It'll be interesting to see how the 3TD affects scrambling and whether it results in more or less stalemates. Will it motivate guys to take risks and scramble through to a takedown, or will it be more hanging onto legs and waiting for a restart to not give up 3?

Bartlett all day over Nagao

What are your thoughts on frosted cinnamon pastries?

Ferrari: "Y'all see my family in the media, they say we reckless, they say we criminals, they say we perverts. We're fighting it like we in sudden victory in the national finals" Pyles, flustered and unable to continue to the announcement, stares at the camera like a deer in headlights. Ferrari: "Pat Minnow doesn't care about Black & Gold people." Quick cut away to Askren off-set, standing in front of a fridge: "Uhhh yeah, tune in to the next FRL, bye"

Div. I wrestling is hard.

I stand corrected. Thought both guys were CO residents.

Barta is obviously stepping down so Spencer Lee can be AD

I think he gets plenty of respect for his college career, which was outstanding. But unlike Taylor, Nickal, etc. he isn't really the type to toot his own horn (Nick Lee is another). Also a lot of folks may be holding off on the GOAT talk until they see Nolf's results in FS.

Taking some liberties and bumping some guys up or down a weight (it's roster management!), as I'm surely forgetting some Colorado kids. Bit of a drop in the middle but a season earlier, there would be Deakin and another Finesilver in the lineup. 125 Malik Heinselman (Ohio State) 133 Steevo Poulin (Northern Colorado) 141 Andrew Alirez (Northern Colorado) 149 Jesse Vasquez (Arizona State) 157 Daniel Cardenas (Stanford) 165 Isaias Estrada (North Carolina) 174 Murphy Menke (Oregon State) 184 Matt Finesilver (Michigan) 197 Isaiah Salazar (Minnesota) 285 Cohlton Schultz (Arizona State)

Austin Gomez?

The wrong with high confidence schtick will play well here

All aboard the pastry hype train. Marseller, Meeks, Manville... MitchMess?

Maybe he did it to fulfill a NIL deal ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯