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Best case scenario seems to be an absolute and total disdain for his responsibilities under and within the rules and the oversight system.

Is this who/what you're thinking of? http://wrestlingforgable.blogspot.com/?m=1

I grant you that he's a hard one to figure out but I think that's an overstatement. He signed approximately a billion autographs or selfies last year, which did him no tangible benefit. He just has his own approach to the sport which wouldn't line up with how the vast majority of us would choose to do things. I think he should focus on Wrestling because it's the thing he's by far the best at, and, I suspect, the only thing he's great at. And I also think he can make more money here than anywhere else. He's leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on the table that I think he'd earn winning world championships. But he plainly has a different drummer and to my disappointment makes different choices. For me - disappointment, yes, feeling used, not at this point.

You're getting at relativity, which is fine. But if we're going to make relative arguments, my view is that although compared to the field, Spencer is a good scrambler, it's probably his weakest skill. He is an absolute beast at muscling guys around and putting them off balance and then taking them down on his feet, and he is a killing machine on top. Those are dominant skills that he is the best at by far. In scrambles, however, his opponents have had far more luck in getting into winning positions and tagging him with his very rare losses.

Me too. I thought the show would be a good place to get a sense of what was going on but it was brutal. First it took about two minutes to get to the show on the website playback. I mean, this is a technology company, why are there always technical issues?? Then they had zero substance on Bassett. I think someone said they thought it was a compliance issue. No specifics, nothing. Willie's podcast was much, much better. And to be clear, I am not a Flo hater, and I generally enjoy the FRL broadcasts for entertainment value. But they need to do some thinking about what it means to be a leader in covering a sport if they want to be looked at that way.

Clearly not, for a lot of reasons, the first one being that I think Ok State will win a title in the next five years.

I was lucky enough to be just a few rows up from the mat for his semi in 2016 at the Garden. Between his wrestling and his smile he just lit up the arena. I'll never forget it. Best wishes to him in his future endeavors.

Combine this news with the Illini strong results at B1G and to a little lesser extent NCAAs. Like Penn State before 2010, and tOSU to an extent around the same time, Illinois and Rutgers have been sleeping giants who could be monsters if they could keep their guys home. Rutgers doesn’t seem to have it in them but Poeta may be doing something in Champaign that could make that happen.

Not sure if you should be canonized or seek help.

Their father is Jewish

No way they took a serious look and doubtful they even talked to him (other than maybe returning his phone call and having the most perfunctory conversation).

Yep. Anyone who can't tell the difference between Gross and AJF either hasn't watched 30 seconds of interviews with them or cannot process basic information

It's heaven on the way up to a Cubs Brewers game.

Wasn't the dual winner Gable/Spencer year NOT an exact tie? Could they have split this between Hendrickson and Starocci based on the tight/split vote? There are great arguments for both. If I had to pick one I'd pick Hendrickson because I think the pins mean way more than the majors, but I think a dual winner would have been appropriate.

Regardless of how many and who he annoys, he's a past Hodge winner, membership in a directly relevant elite club not populated by the average bear.