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they have 6 guys wiping down the mat for j'den's match

wow; they just skipped Nolf and Cox. wtf peacock?! this is amateur hour. I'm fine w/ showing WFS matches, but at least let us know that the MFS is going on and how to watch it. the viewership numbers speak for themselves

oh shit; I didn't even realize peacock wasn't showing this match on their main channel. so weird. I guess they decided a cox match would be too boring to put on primetime

JB was kind of asking for it. nothing wrong on his part; I would've been dragging my feet on every whistle if I was 15 years older than my opponent as well, but that's not the type of move that'll get the crowd on your side. I feel like folks are trying to make this a "penn state disrespects JB" thing whereas I see it more as a "crowd boos guy who's obviously taking his sweet time" game. would've happened if it wasn't penn state and would've happened if it wasn't JB.

JB vs MM was entertaining at the very least. JB got a lil ticked that MM kept going when they were heading off the mat which is kind of like MM's whole thing. anyhow, interesting to see the crowd rightfully giving JB a hard time for getting testy and taking his sweet ass time on every whistle blow. that being said, MM never really had any good opportunities and was clearly outclassed by JB

So am I correct in understand that all championship matches are done until 6:30pm ET tonight?

yeah; I think we all understand the scoring. the point is that this is a perfect example of where the current freestyle scoring system doesn't accurately reflect the dominance of the match

BB mckenna match is a perfect example of where folkstyle gets something right. The dominance points of holding a guy on his back for nearfall and the fact that mckenna was very nearly pinned make that match result leave a sour taste in my mouth.

This is such a great video by flo: https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/12450735-are-the-2024-olympic-team-trials-jordan-burroughs-last Every time I click on a flo "video" and it ends up just being Christian Pyles talking, I immediately cringe and click out. Show me wrestling. Show me relevant context, not some dude talking at me. Anyhow, great video from Spey and so excited for this bracket!

same question

Really hope we get to see O'Toole vs Mesenbrink in the finals

Man I saw Mesenbrink gulping like a fish at the end of the first period and def thought he was in trouble.

Vito vs Crookham match: https://www.flowrestling.org/events/11351757-2024-eiwa-championship/videos?playing=12279131&limit=60

Full US results: https://www.themat.com/news/2024/march/09/burroughs-wins-gold-aiello-takes-silver-at-yasar-dogu-international-in-turkey Great to see Burroughs on top. Yasar Dogu is always one of the toughest tournaments, but I have to assume it's a lot weaker this year given the lack of olympic reps?

Sigh. At least the ads load properly in incognito mode

On the plus side, I thought Yianni's singlet looked solid

Doesn't look like he competed, according to https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/11957042-2024-yarygin-wrestling-tournament-brackets-results

Yeah, this was embarrassing. Here's what Brown's coach had to say after the dual: "Yesterday in Ithaca we went up against a Cornell team who was fully stocked for the first time this season and who just beat #2 Missouri this afternoon. Our dual ended 47 to -1. We were outclassed in several spots, unlucky in some spots, and on the wrong side of poor refereeing in others. For the most part I am proud the way our guys competed. Most of them refused to take a back seat, which provided some intense and entertaining matches. The environment was exciting. The crowd was involved, the refs were rattled, and Dudley ended up out in the middle of the mat yelling at the referee before he even realized he left his seat in the corner."

Zane down to Taravus of TUR at the break.

Reading back through this thread and loved this bolded part

Thanks!

Anyone know where live / up-to-date brackets are? Couldn't find them on flo arena

Anyone know why nicky nick didn't compete?

Finals results. Pretty crazy domination by PA.

Yeah; I worded that poorly. Def not trying to show any disrespect. Just trying to look at things objectively when zooming out and thinking about the team race.