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Like Pat or not, there aren't a ton of people capable of dealing with him in such a manner.

It was actually the semifinals, i believe.

Caliendo didn't learn his lesson the first 9 times, Mesenbrink had to put him in his place. (I actually vibe with Caliendo on this one tbh).

Do we think Vega would handle the move well? He looks like he has never done a pushup, and obviously it didn't hold him back, but his frame doesnt exactly make me think a move up a weight is his first choice.

I'm praying that this uber talented group doesnt become Storley/Brown/Kokesh/Perry/Evans and wrestle 1 takedown matches against each other for years on end.

My comment during the finals that was we need an Oklahoma State heel again, it's been too long. I honestly kind of loved this. Kid won a grinder of a weight from the 7, beat Duke and Taylor back to back, and was feeling himself. I normally don't care for such antics, but I like where this is going.

Maybe Patrick Bond or Travis Blasco? I don't remember exactly how hugh they were, but I think fairly. I think a few of the highly rated big guys from that era didn't materialize in college. The top guys from 2005 would have been Metcalf, Schlatter, Nickerson, then I think Varner was #4, does anyone have the actual top 100?

I suppose that could turn into a blood choke, basically an arm triangle.

Oklahoma State is a great choice if he never wants to see a starting lineup again.

The old Nasir McGinest fleece job.

Once a Cleveland Brown, always a Cleveland Brown

Since Jimmy Gulib9n was brought up, just mentioning the fire match he had with Dean Heil at the Ironman in high school. Good watch if you haven't seen it.

I feel this was about both Blaze and Jax. Byrd is so heavy handed and pressure based, I think Marcus's counter wrestling is a perfect style for him, and i wouldn't be surprised to see Jax get to his slide by quite a bit. I think Byrd potentially struggles against both of them.

Honestly Penn State having witch doctors makes them so much more interesting.

Idk which way you meant it, but this actually made me laugh out loud

Mendez against Van Ness would be an incredible match

Not saying you're wrong (I'm an Ohio State and TR fan), just chuckling thinking about how much heat he took for sitting Pucillo against Herbert (yes I know that was almost 20 years ago).

I mean, Jimmy isn't the one who had kids with DT.

Do you eat pork?

The smoker does hit different. After having an old school side by side for 15 years, I switched to the Masterbuilt Gravity fed a couple of years ago, and that has been pretty enjoyable, although I question if it has the construction to hold up too long.

He was in the corner for one of these recently - Mesenbrink probably graduates with one career loss, and that was a reasonable statement to make when that one loss happened.

Pure speculation from my few years auditing governmental entities, this would likely fall into a non-compliance issue with governmental purchasing policy. Regardless of the dollar amount, this can carry a pretty negative perception. If the dollar amount exceeds certain thresholds, it has to be disclosed in the financial statements, etc. It may seem small, but actually getting caught for this stuff is rare from my experience, it may just be that our perception ends up being that he was treated harshly/unfairly, but if what I have read here is true, it could be toeing the like against legitimate governmental reporting and compliance issues.

I think Tom is in his late 50s, and has earned the right to leave the program on his own terms, imo. Assuming he isn't pushed out, I could see him coaching a single digit number of years and retiring around normal retirement age. That's my operating assumption of the timeliness, anyway. Jaggers seems like the HC in waiting, but I think the landscape will be very different by then. How many of the golden era greats will have slots by then? It's an interesting thought experiment, imo. Brands' would be around the same age as they were teammates, but I feel like they obviously have a warmer seat at the moment. It's interesting to me how much non Ohio State fans seem to be in touch with the not insignificant portion of the fan base that has wanted Ryan gone for a while, but I don't think "since 2016" is all that fair, it seems to me to have been after 2019, when those great 2018/2019 teams started moving on and we hadn't been able to clip Penn State with them.

I dont know this for a fact, but Hipolito is a very active jiu jitsu competitor, and Rafael Lovato Jr (the jiu jitsu legend now wrestling heavyweight for OCU)'s gym is in Oklahoma City, Nick Heflin trains there among others. Idk of he trains there a lot, but he has posted about training there this year on IG. Could have been a factor if he has long term bjj plans.

Part of me thinks its not a coincidence that two of the primary portal merchants of the past few years, Iowa and Michigan, are struggling this year. I think too much reliance on the portal hamstrings your recruiting and development.