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I assume you mean again for Taylor and Steveson.

You of all people should know what goes in one end of Jimmy is totally different than what comes out the other end.

Yianni Diakomihalis is usually very thoughtful in interviews. For crazy shit I like a Kyle Dake interview.

Found him

au contraire. It is very easy to predict. Less easy to be right.

I imagine big cities to big cities have the cheapest flights, but the priciest hotels and vice versa. Where would the sweet spot be?

Obvious fake news. Everyone knows he can't coach. https://www.win-magazine.com/2023/05/01/25302/

Oh, Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy. So sweet, innocent, and pure. Whatever you do, do NOT turn on the news.

I am more interested in whether he can make admission standards.

Challenge accepted. Iowa had a lot of near majors and near TFs in 1997 to go along with their full majors and full TFs, so I think the gap grows.

No, not that, but .... I know not what

You are now comparing Spencer Lee's NCAA default to Carter Starocci's US Open default when you know they are categorically different. At the NCAA's you are part of a team earning team points, not just individual accolades. The opposite is true at the US Open. At the US Open there is one winner and a bunch of who cares. Many on this board's predecessor even went so far as to claim wrestlers (only certain ones) do not try on the backside of these types of qualifying tournaments. You are also ignoring that Spencer Lee did not drop out of the consolation bracket at the US Open.

I can confirm this confirmation, and I have been through confirmation, though I felt like no one involved took it all that seriously.

If I have to assume both are healthy, then I also have to assume they never wrestle.

He must possess an air of indifferent arrogance, but I am not sure what else beside that.

I am not treating that as a sure thing.

The Free Points for Everyone Version: If we assume everyone moves up by the number of wrestlers who finished above them that are not returning, 2024 PSU are on par with 1997 Iowa's placement points (actually +1) and advancement points (-3). But 2024 PSU still has the original bonus point problem.

Got it. Bit of a stretch on the definition of returning, but then this whole exercise is a stretch.

Good question. Stay tuned.

I took some time (too much time) to compile the 1997 Iowa team score from the brackets on wrestlingstats.com so that I could also re-score them using the current scoring rules. I ran into a problem. When I compile the team score I get 171 rather than the 170 that is reported everywhere. 1997 scored with 1997 rules: I am wondering if they had a team point deducted somewhere along the way. If anyone knows the answer, please let me know. I have consulted with two of our resident historians and we were not certain. 1997 scored with 2024 rules: The deltas come from two sources. Fifth and sixth place are worth 2 and 3 more points today than in 1997, respectively. But in 1997 the tournament was scored as a 64 team bracket whereas it is now scored as a 32 team bracket with pigtails. The impact of scoring it as a 64 team bracket is that any time there are more than 32 wrestlers in a bracket there will be a lot more advancement points available to the field (16 more on the champ side and 8 more on the conso side). If it turns out there was a one point deduction, then the new 1997 Iowa total using 2024 scoring rules would be 170.5. PSU Returning Points So where does PSU stand heading into 2024? With Roman Bravo-Young and Max Dean being replaced by Aaron Nagao and Bernie Truax their returning points are 141.5 (I saw 143 reported elsewhere, but I think that is wrong). So PSU has either a 30 point gap or a 29 point gap to make up. Seems like a tall order,. But, not so much from a placement perspective. Does anyone really doubt PSU's ability to have 5 champs, 1 runner-up, and 2 other AA's? No the issue for PSU will be, and has been for several years, bonus points. Iowa ripped off 33 of them. The currently constituted PSU line-up had 20. And the prior two tournaments they were under 20 points each. Stranger things have happened, though. As a matter of fact the 1997 Iowa team apparently was not even the favorite to win the tournament. That was Oklahoma State. Conclusion It rarely (never?) pays to bet against Cael Sanderson, but I have to take the under on PSU getting to 171.5. Or 170.5, whichever.

2k is $4,302.72, but 1k is $2,657.01? There was a lot of inflation in that hour between posts.

It is wild to think about when you put it like that.