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Foca with a tilt. And TDs. Tries for tech. 14-1 win. Good win. Looked good.

Seems like mental mindset for some is to not hold people accountable for their actions. Deflect and blame the people who caught them for doing something wrong. I dearly hope this mindset doesn’t expand to others.

Paris 2028 (per thread title)??? Tickets will be no problem.

Agreed. And recently it seems that Lehigh has been winning this thing. Annoying. Wish Vito was there but I’m doubting it.

From usawrestling twitter McKenna gets it done, 10-0! He scored quickly with a single leg finish going out-of-bounds. Followed right up with a double leg transition to leg lace (x3) to end it.

Thank you @ILLINIWrestlingBlog!! Doing a great service!!

Is Brady the worst stall guy on bottom ever? Just lies on belly.

Agreed. Nearly 2 minutes with no turn. Stalemate was right.

Crazy scramble for first TD. Andonian ending up with boots, nuts! Fun. Shapiro looked like he was the hunter even with Andonian on top with boots. Was working to flip Andonian to his back. Pretty wild. Did it 2x.

So you are stating that you really believe that his point was that a physical road can be racist. You had no inkling that the point was that there is extensive research showing that the policies and decisions around the placement and design of some roadways and infrastructure had racist influences. No idea at all. Ok, you are actually that dim. Red Blades just responded in a nice way.

Are you really that dense? If you truly believe that your request ‘please explain how a road …’ is a reasoned response based on Red Blades suggestion, you, fellow poster, are an extremely dim bulb. My hope is that you are just being stubborn and are not actually that stupid.

No. And the fact that you remember it as exactly the same highlights your bias.

Wow, for a culture that readily ‘cancels’ people, I’m pretty surprised that names are not being used. - well, just noticed the Midwest wrestle twitter handle. That must be the ref in question. Posts don’t look bad but Pyles is saying they have been edited.

The idea of ‘Us’ vs ‘Them’ has very deep roots in history and how our brain works. Being racist is an easy and lazy way to get the dopamine fix. ‘I feel better and am happier by considering myself and those I associate with as better than those people.’ Our society is making progress in fighting against racism and I hope that progress continues. Continues to take focus. This thread helps. I will caution about twitter comments though. We have plenty of proof of ‘Bad actors’ … often backed by antagonistic countries … that are trying to sow division and unrest. Don’t be a lemming.

Your examples + no athletic scholarships show it is not lip service. But I agree that sports still matter to them. Still - if look on horizon … paying athletes outright, I can see the Ivy presidents and leadership really not liking where this is headed and are trying to wall off the league. Again, speculation but I can see it.

Would love to hear more of the Ivy League decision back story. Pure speculation here … could see Ivy League wanting to wall them and their athletes off a bit more from the $$$ arms race. They don’t give athletic scholarships and seemingly do stand more behind the idea that these are students first than most schools. Primary goal is academics.

Back to original point … sadly, I think the answer is yes, NIL will drive PED use in HS and college. And also sadly, I bet there will be parents and other adults that are ok with it and facilitate it.

With a long I? As in stein (like beer stein), the name Feinberg, the word nein (no in German), etc? I’m guessing no … more likely the answer above … phoenix . and for Zoi - reads to me as Zoy. Thinking Boise, Boiler, koi. But perhaps it is Zo-ee.

Foca seems BLAH. What’s up?

Tyler Knox - Massachusetts in the house!!

How are those names pronounced?

Damn - Shapiro hype is huge. I’m still not a believer. Hoping to become one. Guess I just haven’t seen him enough to get on this train.

Very much yes.

Ok - I’m a Larkin fan now. Very interested in watching him wrestle going forward.

Finals are up next after the speeches, I think. Oh — regarding Mega — he is an incredible role model. Amazing that he has a career and he is staying in such good wrestling shape. That said, I am assuming he really does work a full time job (I’ll say 30+ hours a week).