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I love them both. Sometimes your feeling Lou's and sometimes you need a tavern cut.

Here is the data on the 75%ers. My point in focusing on the 100%ers is that I am a glass half full kinda guy. That is my choice. Reasonable people can make different choices. Think of it as they are innocent of loses until they are proven guilty. They never lost at the NCAA tournament. Some can look at that as they might have lost with one more chance at the front end, some may not. The reality is that in a different era 22 of 30 75%ers did take the lose in their freshman year. But it was a different era. When did injury years become a thing? I see three guys on there who lost a year to injury (Lange, Young, and Johnson). Draw any conclusions you like, but for me I like to view the category as undefeated at the NCAA tournament, just as some view overall undefeated as a category. Sanderson was undefeated for 159, Uetake for 58, McCready for 25. Where do you draw the line? 158? 100? I don't know.

Just under a point. But given how tight the race for third, fourth, and fifth appears to be a point or two may make the difference between being on the podium and not.

Per the 2/19 Coaches Rank

I'm with Frankie on this point. I assume PSU and Iowa listened to this song and took it a little too literally in their dual meet this year.

Can I just pick one of them? If so, I will pick no on Yianni making a B1G final.

Of the thirty 75%ers, twenty-two went X, 1, 1, 1.

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How quaint that you think $50 will get the job done.

Not necessarily. I like the conversation.

The long con. Nice.

I need a data volunteer. ???

You can have those two again this year.

Alright I am in assuming it won't be when the wife wants to go out for dinner.

If I expand the list to those who won 3 of 4 or 2 of 3 and those who never lost at the NCAA tournament but did not win the max due to injury, that adds another 82 names to the list. Obviously we can do better than that. We have nominations for Dan Gable, Gable Steveson, Jason Nolf (if you nominate him don't you have to include Nickal too?), Kyle Snyder, and any other Olympic/World Champ (I cannot think of any others not already on the list).

how does the draft work? I see you said "show up" above. Is it a live draft? If so, when? I am definitely interested, but don't want to commit then fade due to a conflict.

It has been prophesied. Lee and Yianni are the ones who were promised.

As long as there is more than one team/tribe there will be more than one GOAT.

dark, sticky, and benevolent.

He was a 3 for 4 wrestler. He went 2-2 his redshirt freshman year at NCAA's and did not place. But you are right that winning three in a row at Bloomsburg is pretty darn impressive. And that he decided not to wrestle after high school, worked in a factory for a year, and then changed his mind, makes it more impressive to me.

Starting with guys who never lost at the NCAA tournament is just a choice, and not purely accurate. For example Lowell Lange and Greg Johnson never lost at the NCAA tournament. They each lost a season due to injury. Perhaps they should be on the list. Who would you include beyond the 100%ers? And where would you slot them?

Oh, you want to say it. You need to say it. Maybe start by going someplace remote and just whisper it into a cup. We can build slowly. Maybe use it at a party, or with the cashier at Starbucks. But it is probably best to start by saying both words with a pause in between and then work on shortening the pause by an imperceptible increment each day. It will be like watching a baby grow, but in reverse, Kyle Dake style. You won't even notice the tiny difference, but one day you will wake up and the two baby words have grown up into one big word. Trust me, it is liberating. I have a five year plan where I expect to hear it on the PA at the 2028 NCAA tournament.

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I think so, yes. 22 of 30 who won 3 of 4 took the loss freshman year.