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Yeah, it was dumb. It's just part of NBC doing what they have to do to keep a monopoly on the olympics. They have always had trash coverage, so at least they did a good job with the videography...they did a better job than the big ten. I do think they could have done a better job, but I will actually say something good about it. They DIDN'T do the same lame horsecrap that wrestling broadcasts tend to do, which is think they have to just explain the basics tirelessly. They presented the broadcast as if they expected their viewers to be people who knew the rules, knew the athletes, and knew what was going on. That made things WAY more enjoyable. The "this is how wrestling works" commentary always gets in the way of actual analysis of technique and strategy, and makes it a total bore to watch. NBC cut that out. And I give them major credit for that.

Gwiz or Vinson pleaaase. I could see Vougar, but he has maybe ten years in him at most. We are really getting to the point where relatively younger coaches need to be filling these positions. Old ass mofo's who have already run ten programs into the ground need to start going fishing. Just like Mckenna should have been yesterday afternoon...

I also learned that Shane sparks can actually do a real play by play rather than just being a man powered entirely by coffee grinders and nose beers. I forgot it was him speaking for most of the broadcast because he actually said good things and wasn't trying to be a warner brothers cartoon character.

Because burroughs didn't make weight today...and he needed to in case somebody other than MM came through for 3rd.

This is...very funny.

I do, vividly, he didn't take a shot or try anything the whole second match, and he was furious when he walked off the mat. Looked like he had a price, they hit it, and part of him hated the decision he made.

He looks much better at this weight than the last olympic cycle. He has energy, he's on his game, he doesn't look like he hates the process.

kerk continuing to show that he also has some of that hendrickson blood..."yeah I got this in the bag...wait...what happened..."

Did they just manufacture that nonsense about retherford joining a finance company so he could take a payday and they could get free advertising?

Further away from the weight cut, zain is looking a solid 5 lbs bigger than the last match

Kirk cares now bc he's brook's drilling partner and he needs to get on the team so he can get travel covered

Don't count them out until the fat referee scores the same sequence as a pushout, then as a 4, and then just empties his bag of penalty points all over the final minute

And the knees, his knees are his largest weakness, and he is worryingly willing to get in this acute angle scrambles on single finishes.

It did look exactly like the sort of effort Bo put forth against taylor when taylor was coming back from his knee injury

Not gonna say I called it....on second thought...I might say just that

taylor is notably less muscled this year than last year

mckenna just had the referees job his opponent out of another win...this dude should have been eating burgers yesterday. Slay must have put a special memo out to the refs that "this is our RTC guy this year, please give him all the special treatments"

the wrong leg hooked in merkle style negates a takedown by rule in freestyle

Lol usually its two raccoons in a feed sack

I’m gonna disagree with this. It’s not a standard of behavior that has historically been accepted in wrestling, and I have no interest in making it an accepted behavior in any way. ”It’s Ok to be a tone deaf d-bag” is not in any way what the sport is about.

Item number 1) PSU fans behaved terribly toward burroughs. Item number 2) Many people are demonstrating some impressive historic myopia in thinking about how this all balances with JB’s historical performances.

Unfortunately, that two handed shot he gave MM to the back of the head was the most dedicated attack he showed all tournament.

That guy was a trash human being in that moment.

Having never been to Penn State, is this for real?

PSU did a great deal to close that gap last night