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Hopefully. It actually looks like Maida won’t see anyone currently ranked between #8-#19 before NCAA’s, although I assume some of them will take some losses and give him a chance to move back up to where he was.

I actually don’t really mind Pyles. I was surprised he replied like that to Borrelli though, and he seems kinda grumpy.

FWIW, although it seems weird and there are a few guys you could nitpick, 125 is a mess and Kozak’s argument for why Maida dropped so much did kinda make sense, particularly in regards to Ventresca. And he was polite with his response.

lol I’m just trolling you

Come to Lehigh, where freshmen come to beat world champs!

Which would put him ahead of Steveson’s pace. I was more just saying the Steveson comparison isn’t necessarily unwarranted. Crookham was a 3x PA champ and only wrestled 3 seasons

Flo did it. Provo to #1. I don’t hate it. Intermat again went the other extreme (like when they only put Crookham at #5 after beating Vito and Flo had him #1) and only put him at #4. I don’t get keeping Figueroa ahead of him at this point considering he hasn’t wrestled at all. Although the odd thing to me is with Crookham Intermat now put him #1. If they didn’t have him above Fix before, not sure why beating Nagao puts him above Fix… There are some weird things with Flo’s rankings but I’ll give them credit for trying to be consistent. Intermat seems to include a bit more of “the eye test,” which is fine but can be harder to defend IMO.

Well rankings impact seeds (and at large bids), I think that’s why coaches care about them

So no to his question then?

My father in law claims pickleball causes more injuries than any other sport

Didnt Adam Coon want to be a rocket scientist? I see his last Wikipedia update is playing in the XFL

Cael must be overtraining them over there

Well it’s already December, so it wouldn’t be “the entire season.” In fact his absence in general was why I was kinda wondering if he might be mid-cut right now, but just speculation of course.

“Challenge” as in not get bonused, maybe, but while I’ve been critical of people calling 125 “weak,” Fix is on another level and probably walks through 125 if the cut isn’t too hard without daddy’s water bottle

Fix I would hope so as well, but I believe Vito had to un-enroll

Is there any chance he goes 125?

@ionel has a thing for typos. But Crookham could get 3rd this year then be the favorite next year when Vito and Fix graduate

Well he wouldn't be coaching full-time either

I would think it could be partially to try to block others from qualifying. How many qualify from Senior Nats and who else do we expect to attend that isn’t qualified? Saw Suriano is now registered

Not totally clear here, but if he doesn’t he’ll be wrestling part-time: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/12/04/2790027/0/en/ABR-Dynamic-Funds-LLC-Expands-Team-with-World-Champion-Zain-Retherford.html

Is Pyles’s video still up too?

Maybe PSU is banging some trash cans to signal

Just watched that Japan match, he pulled his knee pad up for like a second. Big difference between that and taking like 10 seconds to completely take your headgear off and put it back on, which he did in the Cardenas match as well between the first and second periods. Also several instances of being slow to get back to the center for restart, which Pyles acknowledged at least once in that match also. I don’t know if conditioning is an issue overall for him, I’d think not based on his world title, but it sure seemed like he was gassed at times at CKLV. You of course are welcome to disagree.