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How does seeding go at trials ... at least at this point? 1. Lee 2. Alirez 3. Yianni? 4. Bartlett? 5. McKenna 6. Larkin 7. Valencia 8. Gross 9. DeSanto 10. Kolozdik Not sure where Meyer Shapiro and James Green fit in here or even Ladarion Lockett (each whom is qualified, along with Nashon Garrett). Shapiro seems too big for 65KG and Garrett too small. This is just a rough conjecture beyond #1 and #2. I'm assuming Retherford will go 74KG but that still seems to be an unknown. If he goes 65KG, he gets seeded automatically to the semis.

Yes, it's not the Olympic Trials or the Olympics where one might be more inclined to take the risks associated with wrestling. Let Lee go forward and try to qualify the spot. Live for another day.

My initial thought when Nick Lee scored the first points in the match was that he is clearly in Yianni's head. I now see that passing thought was both oddly prescient and now un-funny. (Yianni does, however, use his head a great deal in matches; for example, to post on it as defense or in a scramble.)

Aside: for those of you haven't seen it, I recommend the "Vito" film on FLO. Yianni has a big role in it, too.

Yianni was clearly dazed and confused. I kind of doubt he will be back out there for a second match

ah ... yes. Schedule *All times below are Eastern Standard Time 12:00 NOON Match # 1: 65 KG – Nick Lee – Red vs Yianni Diakomihalis – Blue 1:00 PM Match # 2: 62 KG - Macey Kilty – Red vs Jennifer Page – Blue Match # 3: 68 KG – Amit Elor – Red vs Mallory Velte – Blue Match # 4: 65 KG – Yianni Diakomihalis – Red vs Nick Lee – Blue 2:00 pm Match # 5: 62 KG - Kayla Miracle – Red vs Winner Match # 2 – Blue Match # 6: 68 KG - Emma Bruntil – Red vs Winner Match # 3 – Blue (IF NEEDED) Match # 7: 65 KG - Nick Lee – Red vs Yianni Diakomihalis – Blue 3:00 PM Match # 8: 62 KG - Winner Match # 3 – Red vs Kayla Miracle – Blue Match # 9: 68 KG – Winner Match # 4 – Red vs Emma Bruntil – Blue 4:00 PM (IF NEEDED) Match # 10: 62 KG - Kayla Miracle – Red vs Winner Match # 2 – Blue (IF NEEDED) Match # 11: 68 KG - Emma Bruntil – Red vs Winner Match # 3 – Blue

Yianni did not look right after that head bang. Why is FLO only showing the one match? Really strange. There are actually fans of women's wrestling out there, and don't they (FLO) want to help build and support this base?

20-3 Michigan lead. Unless Iowa pins in every remaining match, they will lose the dual.

10 minutes of our lives stolen. But, hey, it's Groundhog Day, aka Will Lewan Day, where his matches repeat themselves endlessly.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall in Iowa's locker room at the break .... What are T and T saying?

Will Lewan's doppelganger is Jason Tsirtsis.

Why would Messenbrink choose down in the third? He could have scored many points on his feet

As I see it, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide people into two kinds of people, and those who don't.

To Jon Kozak (who seems to be in the know): Is the scheduled wrestle off between Yianni and Nick Lee still happening this weekend? I see Yianni's name listed for the Pan Am qualifiers. Is that just pro forma or has Lee withdrawn? Thanks.

Is it possible that Nick Lee withdrew ... or is this wrestle off at 65KG still on?

That's possible. He might have seen it as akin to "running up the score" against a weak or defeated opponent in other sports and a form of humiliation. Starocci is, however, in the top 2 for the Hodge and one, of course, needs pins in a close race.

Flo's rankings from Jan. 10. Olejnik has lost since then RANK NAME SCHOOL WEIGHT YEAR RECORD PINS BONUS RATE DOMINANCE SCORE 1 Carter Starocci Penn State 174 SR 6-0 4 100% 5.16 2 Aaron Brooks Penn State 197 SR 6-0 3 100% 5.33 3 Keegan O'Toole Missouri 165 JR 10-0 4 90% 5 4 Greg Kerkvliet Penn State 285 SR 6-0 0 83% 4.16 5 Trent Hidlay NC State 197 SR 16-0 4 87% 4.87 6 Parker Keckeisen UNI 184 JR 16-0 2 75% 4.37 7 Ryan Crookham Lehigh 133 FR 10-0 1 70% 4.1 8 Ridge Lovett Nebraska 149 JR 14-0 3 64% 4.28 9 Izzak Olejnik Oklahoma State 165 SR 15-0 4 53% 4.2 10 Yonger Bastida Iowa State 285 SR 14-0 0 64% 4.07 11 Beau Bartlett Penn State 141 SR 9-0 4 66% 4.55 12 Levi Haines Penn State 157 SO 6-0 2 66% 4.5 13 Real Woods Iowa 141 SR 9-0 0 55% 4.11 14 Daton Fix Oklahoma State 133 SR 3-0 0 66% 4.33 15 Austin Gomez Michigan 149 SR 1-0 0 0% 3

One guess (just speculation): he was still angry at how long the Beau Bartlett TD was allowed to play out in the first period. He seemed to be livid earlier in the match about that. The tie up lasted a very long time and the ref did not call a stalemate. But that, of course, wasn't Cunningham's fault. Who knows? Any lip readers out there?

Sounds like Mauller was mauled. maul verb verb: maul; 3rd person present: mauls; past tense: mauled; past participle: mauled; gerund or present participle: mauling (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing. "the herdsmen were mauled by lions" treat (someone or something) roughly. "the body was badly mauled in battle" INFORMAL defeat heavily in a game or match.

Ah, a play on Voltaire's remark: “S'il n'existait pas Dieu il faudrait l'inventer." (If God did not exist he would have to be invented.)”

I wondered that myself. Wasn't it 19-5? Or was there a stalling point added at the end?

Penn State hasn't given up a TD in 17 straight (individual) matches.

Over the PSU boards, they are saying no Gomez, no Kasak and no Starroci

Someone should pay you for all your great work ... or, minimally, give you a free ticket to NCAAs each year.