billyhoyle

His nickname has to be Lillehammer

Wear your headgear, kids!

The reason NC State is now a great program is because of him, so the idea that it’s competitive with OSU from a job standpoint just doesn’t hold up. At OSU, he’d get more and better recruits than he can at NC State and I’m sure the training environment is better. It’s one of the best jobs in the sport, but unfortunately Smith is well past his prime…The Fix scandal and then Ferrari debacle really cemented things. He’s a legend but it’s time bring in Pop.

Of course he'd go.

Culture change is needed there. Bring in Pop.

Ferrari taking off his clothes in public isn't going to help his ongoing defense.

That's amazing. I wonder if he will be a candidate for the Artemis moon landing mission (I don't know how many missions in the future that will be). First wrestler on the moon!

What do people think of this merger? 5 years ago (and for the 5-10 years before that), I wouldn't miss a single big UFC event. It was an exciting sport. But to be honest, I feel like the sport has basically become a sham/joke in the past 5 years-more about spectacle than actual competition. I think the merger with WWE only solidifies this and will take it to the extreme. I think this decision by UFC is a bit of a capitulation to a realization that they aren't ever going to become mainstream, and they are entirely reliant on the spectacle created by people like Mcgregor, Lesnar, etc.

My favorite book about wrestling. Thank you for mentioning it.

How about a side by side comparison with bleach? Also, I’ve said before exposure time is critical, and the guys using the uv mops were not spending 5 seconds on each spot. With a long enough exposure, I think it could be an effective device to include in addition to a normal bleach cleaning solution. Obviously high intensity uv over long periods kills pathogens, but i really hope nobody is using these devices in place of bleach.

When you sterilize the filter, how long is the exposure time?

Over extended exposures of course. Is there any evidence that the 2 second exposure works?

The problem is who didn't show up in 84, not who did.

Do you really think the 1984 Olympics were as competitive as 1976 or 1988?

I have serious doubts that the UV Mop actually works at all in the way it is being applied (quickly running them over the mats). But if every other protocol for washing the mats has been maintained, and the only difference is the addition of the UV MOP, I wouldn't expect an increase in infections. I am curious if the NCAA actually tested this product prior to implementing it, and whether the amount they washed the mats with normal bleach solutions has changed because they now have these UV Mops.

I want to see the Russian athletes compete in the olympics-it is really a tarnished event if they don't..But they can't be allowed to compete given what is happening. It would not be fair to the Ukrainians. Hopefully the war ends soon (with Russia either deciding to bring their soldiers back home or getting defeated on the battlefield) and we can go back to seeing the best athletes in the world on the biggest stage.

So the questions I have are: 1. Were the mats mopped before each session just as they have been in prior years? Were the UV lights in addition to what was previously done, or did they replace any aspect of the cleaning protocol? Were the mats mopped between warmups and the start of the round? 2. Has there been an increase in skin infections this year reported overall among all participants or have we noticed this one very serious and high profile case? I am skeptical that the UV Mops are effective, but if it is in fact true that they were only added to everything that has always been done and did not replace any aspect of the protocol, then the best action may just be to expand the current protocol by including mat intermissions in the round to wash them with bleach. Maybe after every 10 matches per mat (a typical dual length). It could also potentially help to increase monitoring of open cuts among athletes during skin checks. Or to require clean singlets be worn before each match.

I don't think so...You could run a very easy experiment testing UV vs bleach, and I guarantee you a 2 second UV Mop exposure wouldn't win. I think they trusted the $$$.

When I wrestled, the NCAA required headgear be worn in practice. Is that no longer the case? I agree that it should be required...don't let 18-year-olds make a decision that can scar them for their entire lives. I do like adding the pushout rule though. For the offensive wrestler must work for a fall-I agree.

Heard he is a pretty good pitcher too.

I wrote a fairly long post on the previous forum about how stupid it is to replace bleach cleaning solutions with UV light exposure (this was when that guy got his eyes zapped-hope he is doing ok), but it really comes down to time of exposure that pathogens experience. If you had the entire mat zapped with high intensity UV light for an extended period of time, that would probably be equally as effective in killing any pathogens as bleach. That's not how these idiotic "UV Mops" work though, and there is no chance that the 2-second exposure times of the "UV Mop" is sufficient to disinfect a mat. When you clean a mat with bleach, which is the cleaning standard solution, you have the entire mat covered in bleach as it dries. In the process of the water evaporating, the bleach concentrates, which increases the effectiveness of the sanitation process. The NCAA should have known this-it was obvious to anybody who has any basic understanding of UV vs Bleach cleaning solutions. I think not only was this a mistake by the NCAA, it was an egregious action. They experimented with the lives of their athletes and in my opinion, likely acted negligently (how closely did they review the "studies" suggesting this UV mop works at all?). I hope everyone currently suffering ends up ok, but the NCAA should be liable financially (assuming they didn't mop the mats before the round started). This is not one of the accepted risks that go with participating in the sport.

Gable was never charged.....AJ is not competing next year and likely never will again at the NCAA level. AJ posted a video of himself taking a gun out the trunk of his car and then aimlessly shooting it into the night. He also almost killed multiple people by driving recklessly. He should have been kicked off of the team the second that video was posted, and definitely after the car accident. Even if he is acquitted due to the reasonable doubt standard, any D1 coach that allows him onto a college campus is being foolish. And I am making that statement merely off of the judge finding enough evidence to send this case to trial and the fact that there is a video of him shooting guns blindly into the night. And yes, PSU was wrong to allow Andrew Long onto their team. It is by far the worst decision Cael has made as a coach, and in retrospect I hope there isn't a single fan who thinks that NCAA title was worth the damage done to the PSU community. Some things are more important than wrestling. Everyone deserves a second chance, but that second chance does not need to be at the NCAA level. Andrew Long's second (or third) chances should never have put students (and their families) at risk, and if AJ is ever given a second chance, it needs to be through something like MMA.

The thing that stands out in this pic are the cowboy hats. Do OSU fans show up dressed as their mascot? Also, there’s a guy 6 rows behind and a couple seats to the right of Trump who didn’t get the memo on how to do the wave (or got a very outdated memo).

4 of the 5 4xers (Pat Smith, Dake, Yianni, and Stieber) wrestled in state at their marquee university. Cael was the only 4xer to really have a wide-open recruiting situation (Utah to ISU). Cornell has been getting a lot of the top NY talent since Nickerson, and they continue to do so. I don't view this as a recruiting thing, and more that Cornell has some great coaches and there has been incredible talent out of NY. Also...Pretty sure Cael is about to get a 4xer.

Wait, but why can't they just let their athletes wrestle the Israelis? I'm pretty sure China doesn't refuse to compete against Taiwan.