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Just factually incorrect.

That is hilariously tone deaf given the amount of but but but....Biden that goes on in every thread you are involved in.

An immediate test of Taylor's ability to infuse his "just score points" philosophy into the hardest of clays.

Amine can win the 32/33 match and then wrestle the whole backside without sniffing a bonus point.

To the creative type all books are coloring books.

I am not 100% sure what to make of this so I thought I would just throw it out there for discussion. There has been a lot of talk (understatement alert) on this board about the decreasing number of bouts wrestlers wrestle these days. Some see water fowl wherever they look, while others see wisdom. After all this is a sport with a near guarantee of injury. I decided to take a look at bouts wrestled throughout the years for NCAA champions. Champions only, because we mostly worry about seeing the best wrestle more often. And it was a heavy lift finding historical totals. I also selectively chose years (roughly every 5 years, but not always) because there are nearly 900 champions at this point. Think of this as my own form of load management. The Data My Observations The early years were so vey different. Travel was expensive and slow, making it very inefficient. So it just did not happen. Many teams did not bother attending the NCAAs in the years it was not near by. So usage rates were very low. Prior to WW2 NCAA champions typically wrestled fewer than 10 bouts. With 3, or maybe 4, coming at the tournament, "regular" seasons were virtually non-existent. It is also possible that they existed in greater numbers, but there just is no record of them. Who is to say? In the post war era, there was a steady increase in the number of bouts through the late 1960's. But things really took off in the mid-70's. This also corresponds with the peak period for team counts. Hmmmm. The moment continued until bout totals peaked in the late 90's before beginning the steady decline we have all felt and bemoaned. 1980 was a weird and wonderful outlier of a year. Cal State Bakersfield wrestlers must not have attended a single class. The Roadrunners had two champs that year, Joe Gonzales and John Azevedo, who wrestled 55 and 53 bouts, respectively. All wins, by the way. With Howard Harris of Oregon State also putting it on the line 46 times (all wins), the west coast was THE hotbed of wrestling. 154 up, 154 down. Have we found a natural equilibrium (fewer teams means fewer opponents)? Or do we slide further from here (where for art thou holiday tournament?)? What is the right balance between usage and giving the people what they want?

How often do you have to get your outrage machine serviced? It seems to run 24/7/52.

I get it. You are a cowboy fan. Have to back your guys. But if they want to keep tweeting like this they should start riding sidesaddle.

Hate this kind of tweet. Say the words. Or don't tweet. Don't give me this coy, shy, cutsey shit.

Correct. While that is what the rule says, a federal judge in Tennessee issued a temporary restraining order barring the NCAA from enforcing that element of the rule.

There certainly is evidence that 141 cleared out pretty substantially in 2023. The top 4 2022 placers did not return. Woods was then the second highest returning placer and finished second. Not a perfect way to look at it, but simple placement is also not perfect for the same reason.

We have already seen that Taylor is not a Cael clone through the initial press conference. Just as his in front of the press demeanor differs from Sanderson's, I would expect that his matside demeanor will differ, as well.

How do we use NC State's performance this year at NCAAs to inform a projection for next year? They really crapped the bed. Based on seeds they were a runaway favorite to finish second with 94 points, a full 31 points clear of third. Instead they scored 49.5 points and dropped all the way to 11th place, a full 21.5 points behind third. I am not sure how to put that in historic perspective, but my gut tells me it has to be one of the all-time great fails.

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Its the difference between book law and legal reality. How will you prove it?

Born in NY, grew up in Chicago. Do you follow Cuban wrestling too?

Where are you from, Sean?

Sounds like a bunch of verbal promises with no contract. Seems like Rashada is getting educated after all. Hard to believe he had an agent and still wound up in this mess.

I wouldn't read too much into that match. It was a takedown to a lace with four quick rolls. The most freestyle of techs, and unlikely to be repeated in either direction.

Yes, it creates a situation where everyone in a winter sport should always enter the portal as a protective measure. Then they have the option to stay without losing the option to transfer.

Spring and fall get a 15 day window and a 30 day window beginning the day after their championship. Winter gets a single 45 day window.

30 days from the day after Smith's announcement, which was April 11. So that window closed May 14.

There is now only a single transfer window per year for wrestling starting seven days after NCAAs and extending for 45 days.

I believe they made a documentary about him: