Dogbone

Kerk avoided getting majored which looked like his goal. I agree it didn't look like he was trying to win but I think that is because he knew if he opened up, Gable could score more. The PSU strategy seemed to be avoid a TD battle and try to win on an escape or RT point. Maybe steal a late TD. It's likely not going to work but its probably his only chance.

I understand this argument, but it is a 100% an argument that encourages teams to avoid any meaningful competition and I disagree with the impact it creates. If you want to encourage teams to wrestle tougher schedules then you need to be more lenient when they lose in those tough schedules or teams will just wrestle as little as possible. I am guessing Cael has already figured this out and that is why PSU wrestles a softer schedule than they did 10 years ago. It sucks for the sport.

I think this is the difference in opinion. Hardy wrestled 7 top ten matches and Barlettt only wrestled 4 (2 at the B1G tourney). You can't lost matches you don't wrestle. So Bartlett is rewarded for not scheduling a tough tourney and then losing before the finals to a lower ranked guy. Do you reward the guy who put it on the line or punish him because he did it but didn't go unscathed?

Before you posted this, I thought no way will any person put Keck above CStar despite what any metrics splits out. But would Dresser, Bormet and Ryan stick it to PSU if given the chance That might be the worst draw possible for PSU (not that it matters).

It's not discounting the rest of the season. It's giving weight to head to head matchup. Both guys have 3 losses on the season and Hardy has the head to head. You have to consider all the results. You can't just say Mendez won CKLV so there is no way Hardy can ever be seeded above him, including if he wins the B1G tourney and beats Mendez head to head.

Missouri being down certainly hurt PSU non conference as they are typically a top 10 team but it did give Haines his only loss and probably cost him the #1 seed. It's hard to argue with anything Cael does as it all works. They no longer attend Southern Scuffle or any other meaningful tournament. They just wrestle their B1G schedule, which almost always includes 3 of the top 5/6 teams in the country. It doesn't appear they will be adding Ok St to the schedule or attending their national dual tournament, but that could change. I didn't realize pointing out that PSU doesn't schedule the toughest non conference schedule was that upsetting but I guess when you win all the damn time any slight is upsetting to the fanbase. 9/10 troll work @jajensen09!!

I found the BTN broadcast to be overly draw out. Should they hold the 3rd and 5th place matches before the finals? It feels like the finals broadcast could be a better product if you don't have to wait until the 3rd and 5th places matches are completed to move to the next weight and the crowd is yelling at odd times if you are only a TV viewer. I have attended 2 B1G Championships and also don't like it as an attendee. The Sunday morning session is just consi semis before a long break until finals. Then your attention is split when you would like to focus on just the finals matches. With TV ratings being important for the sport, should BTN try to make the finals a better product?

Can we add Sparks and Gibbons stupid coffee grinder inside joke to the annoying list? We get it, you call it a coffee grinder in Wisconsin. A lot of moves have different names, it doesn't need to be referenced on every single broadcast. I still like the BTN crew and can certainly get over it but its annoying.

Why shouldn't Hardy be ranked higher? Hardy will have head to head and higher conference finish. I am presuming rankings. Even if he is lower in RPI, he should still come out above Mendez.

Really?!? He was a mid year transfer and hasn't been at Lehigh for 3 months yet. I didn't even know you could transfer for just one semester until Trephan did it.

Mendez was ranked higher than Hardy before this weekend but I would be shocked if he will be ahead of him after the weekend.

2 things can be true. Iowa as a team can under perform and they can get credit for recruiting and developing a 3x NCAA champ and Oly Silver medalist.

Depending on where the 2 national champs get put in the bracket, the #1 seed at 141 is probably the least important #1 seed. If Alirez is the 8 and Mendez is the 4/5, most guys might rather be on the bottom half even if that means they are the 7.

With VanDee already qualified, it was smart to have him sit the rest of the day. Even if he was legally allowed to continue, glad he didn't finish the tournament.

I think this is probably right but I hate that it encourages the weaker schedule. I wish on these close ones they would give it to the guy with the harder schedule even if he picked up an extra loss on the way.

If Arnold didn't run his mouth without being able to show up or back it up everyone would be much higher on him. At the end of the day, he is a freshman AA contender who lost a close match to another AA contender.

RIP Greg!

Cody Walters - Ohio University was a great leg rider if I recall.

It's odd to me that he weighed in. If you want give him the day off, okay I don't love it for the sport but his goal is the Natty and you think this helps, but why make him cut to make 125, gamesmanship in a dual you lost by ~30?? I would think making 125 is harder for him than wrestling a 7 minute match.

Keep in mind that is coming from a troll account that likes to max out Iowa's potential and provide PSU's doomsday scenarios as facts.

Agree on Teemer. First the hamstring injury and then the shoulder brace don't look good. I am sure he is really hurt but soft tissue injuries are more likely to occur when you haven't been training as hard.

Keuter is the highest ranked freshman HWT, with a win over a returning AA, but isn't as competitive with the top 3 guys who are all seniors. And the question is will he ever be a top tier guy? 3/10 troll.

This makes complete sense. I would only offer the following on your sound reasoning. 1. Kennedy may have wanted to go 165 but couldn't beat Caliendo so it was 174 or bust and he was okay not winning the spot. 2. Gabe/Brands in the offseason might of been pretty even (neither is lighting up a scoreboard so the room battles are probably close). Brands wants to go 174 so Gabe, who has some success at 184 last year, decides to put on weight in the off season when there was no clear 184 with Angelo wanting to redshirt.

I don't see why the loss to someone who is redshirtlng should impact the ranking but as you noted, how will impact the seed is a better question? McEnelly will have a better win percentage (assuming he only takes 1 loss at B1Gs) and have the same placement. B12 is a little stronger at 184 so Plott might have RPI. Can Foca jump him in the seeding criteria?