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AJ (because he's a cornball and also, reasons) and Gable (because it would be shocking and also, reasons) are the two I'd want to see go down.

No worries! I was more interested in figuring out where the sources diverged than casting blame for the divergence. This isn't for publication in pursuit of tenure. I wouldn't run down and sort out the redshirts either!

Re: Orine https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/56908/orine-kai/profile

I'm trying to translate the rankings and ratings in my head, @Pablo, so please let me know if I have this correct: 1) The Rankings column is literally in the order of the odds but they are numbered by the "objective" rating. I'm curious how/why these would diverge. I have an instinct (a "bad" draw by the Pablo numbers) but wouldn't mind a more fulsome explanation. 2) I quoted 133 because Kai Orine is NR but by my count he had 10 matches at 133 by the end of tournament season. 3) Again, looking at 133, I see that (a) there are 33 wrestlers, so I'm going to assume this is the tournament field and (b) there is no 4 or 8 (and probably others). Should I assume one of those missing is Ryan Crookham, and the full numerical list includes wrestlers who are either redshirting, backup or injured? Thanks again for the work

i'm going to need you to reread my post and consider how much i thought about redshirt standards

I want to be there for Ferrari Festivus.

UCF maybe a wierd rendering of some abbreviation/rendering of "unattached"?

LIU was keeping him redshirted so they can make a run at the title in 2029

First of all, this is great work. Thank you. Second,* the rankings include redshirts, backups and injured wrestlers who are not in NCAAs. Any way to remove the guys ineligible for RPI/CR (to limit the field to starters eligible for the postseason) and possibly provide the rankings for NQs who aren't in the top 40? (As a Cornell fan, I see that Milani and Dellagatta are both outside this top-40.) * Outside of work hours I might do some of this and anyone else is free to chip in!

it's college. move on with your life. all the guys getting free years are taking the spot from someone actually college-age. Anyway my thoughts aren't with the lost titles but rather the lost opportunities. Noah Baughman comes to mind as a guy who just missed the tournament twice, dealt with losing his spot at 125 to talent (Vito/Tucker) and injury, then coming back as a senior at 141 to earn a bid only to see the season canceled.

it doesn't matter! wrestlers who weren't good enough to make the postseason but still used their eligibility in 2020 are treated differently than wrestlers who used a year of eligibility in 2021.

hope it doesn't happen!

have you updated your rankings with the complete data set somewhere? i don't see it.

i don't particularly care about how strictly they hew to the rules and don't care that the guys were allowed to wrestle. i tend to favor a little wiggle room and grace. that said, the complaint is not that they weighed in late. the complaint is that they are supposed to arrive at 7:45 to check in for an 8:00 weigh-in. If they weren't there at 7:45 because they were exercising,* then even if they weighed in with their peers, they used more time to cut. That's the controversy. Feel free to dismiss it but at least meet the actual allegation head-on. *allegedly! i don't care!

i do appreciate the effort of the long explanation but we have always been on the same page. the answer to my question was "yes."

i think there's no way to do it other than to give the ref discretion to decide if one guy is pushing or if the other is backing off. the guy who is winning late in a match usually is the one stalling. tbh there should be more stalling called in the first period against guys who are backing away from someone trying to engage. the hale/foca ivy final was a masterclass by hale in getting away with the absolute maximum. once hale was finally hit with a warning, he attacked, successfully, but in SV when a second stall call would end the match he was forced to engage and foca got in clean. there was a kind of nonsense push-out stall on foca late in the match but it had no real effect because foca was the aggressor all match and he didn't need to change his game at all.

I appreciate the work, @Pablo. I do not appreciate the generic reaction to the output of thousands of data points compiled, analyzed and reconciled being "your result does not align with these two specific matches i remember." that misalignment doesn't make the data output "wrong" even if you are reluctant to take the advice to Las Vegas. Anyway, my question is ... do the results have a recursive component like ELO? In other words, it's a big deal if Gable pins Gable (toothache) but not such a big deal if Gable pins Pablo. Does the strength of opponent in each additional match matter?

the rule is "do not alter" and "cover the whole buttocks" so if you have underwear that stays up without a waistband and CYA, i guess you're fine. if you shear off the waistband, you are not.

In-season tournaments allow injured starters to build up their resumes for RPI, among other things. Also, anyone arguing in favor of "less wrestling" is probably doing it out of parochial interest or in reaction to a recent event. There is no way to fully prevent tactical ducking.* Getting rid of in-season tournaments is bad for the sport. * Cards on the table, I advocated that Cornell want to leave Shapiro at home for today's dual against Arizona State because going to the in-season tournament at Lock Haven tomorrow is the only way I can see him getting 15 matches before NCAA seeding.* Finishing the season with 14 matches and no RPI is an annoying way to have to battle through 3-2-1 starting in the quarters. Same situation as Vito last year. He would have had 14 matches, but he lost in the semis to. The loss probably had the same effect as no RPI, putting him at 6. Of course, that ended up not being a problem. * unless he loses in the ILT semi, in which case he's not in the running for a top-3 seed anyway.

The one thing I expected when I poked my head back in here was someone commenting on LIU's Anthony Ferrari stalling out in his first official season. 2-1 with close wins against an F&M starter with a losing record and a Clarion backup before losing to Kyle Mosher, a fringe NQ.

fyi defector is the site that was founded by the deadspin staff who quit deadspin after a venture capital firm bought the site and told the writers to be less interesting.

You know, I was thinking yesterday: do you think that maybe he feels better about 5th than all the 4ths? His tournament record is the same but instead of closing the tournament Win/Loss, he finishes on the high note of a win. They say that the bronze medalist always seems happier than silver.

especially because he's on record that he doesn't like to cut. whether he would go 149 or 157 was an open question in the preseason.

I wish Lewan all the best in life but i have never enjoyed watching a successful wrestler less than i did watching any match of his.

Jacob Cardenas has finished his Ivy eligibility because he didn't slow down his academic progress during the COVID years to wrestle. I wonder if he'll rejoin Koll.