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Wasn’t Voinovich pretty highly ranked out of HS? Lost to Echemendia in Fargo finals IIRC

He could have, I guess they made the strategic decision to get the “guaranteed” 1, which honestly kinda backfired with the 2 stall calls

Yes, he was the first. Interestingly he was committed to ISU initially before going to tOSU. I was considering Chittum the second but I guess he never enrolled at Iowa.

Hand touch is no longer a rule

It could have been if Woods had gotten on top in regulation…

Just rewatched end of 141. I actually think that was a good non-call. Woods did a great job keeping his hand off the mat

And 2nd for ISU, although technically I guess Chittum doesn’t count

Traded right jabs there a bit

Also a little surprised the officials didn’t do their own review there. Swiderski with the early TD. Up 3-1

Agree

Why did they stop it with 1 second? Edit: nvm I guess just bad clock work

Wow

Kennedy in at 174. Swafford not listed at all

Nick? He’s not even listed on their roster or wrestlestat, was this his first career tournament?

They mentioned this on FRL... This seems like a lower likely floor, but also lower likely ceiling. They're probably expecting 5 or 6 from Feldkamp at 184, with Broderson having a shot to win at 197. But in the bump scenario they're probably maxing out at 6 between the 2 weights. Edit: And Naakgteboren isn't even a sure thing against Swafford...

Is it confirmed that Kennedy’s suspension is over? I’ve also seen rumblings that he was injured but no idea if true?

Ferrari lets him stands up then drops down and shoots him out of bounds a few times, I could see it. But I think Brooks takes him down earlier in the match

No Jimmy usually pretends to be pro-Iowa but with some sort of backhanded compliment thrown in. Something like, “if Iowa State can’t beat Iowa with half their lineup suspended, should Dresser be fired?”

Why not? Would think at least Angelo

Also do we think there will be any Ferraris in attendance?

Possibly, but if the top guy is just laying on top (such as in double boots for example) then he is preventing the bottom guy from being able to do much.

Well another comment in relation to @russelscout’s post, I personally don’t think there was much issue with how stalling was called from neutral. So as long as stalling continues to get called when it happens, then hopefully we can avoid his fear of guys just stalling after getting an early takedown. To answer your question, here is an excerpt from the rulebook from the neutral stalling section: ”each wrestler shall attempt to work toward the center of the mat, and continue wrestling to attempt to score a takedown, regardless of the time or score of the match” That doesn’t mean they need to “take silly risks,” but they should be doing something. Nonetheless, it can still be exciting from neutral if the guy in the lead is mostly just playing defense if the guy in the lead is aggressively trying to score to catch up. What is NOT exciting is in top/bottom if the top guy is just laying on top of the bottom guy. For that reason I think the new rule that the top wrestler must work for near fall is the best rule change this year in terms of creating more action.

Terry Brands reunion?

(Please correct me if any of my math is wrong here, win totals according to wrestlestat, and interestingly it appears neither Brooks nor Starocci have wrestled a non-D1 opponent outside of Starocci's redshirt year) Brooks thus far (4+ seasons): 70 wins Starocci thus far (3+ seasons): 62 wins If they both win B10's and NCAA's, that would be 8 wins each. PSU has 12 duals remaining on their schedule. So currently they have 132 wins combined, with a maximum of 40 matches remaining (unless they lose before the semis at B10's or NCAA's). Obviously the question is do they sit out any of the duals, or lose. Which would have to happen a total of 13 out of the 40 remaining matches. Seems like they should be able to do it, but might be close depending on how they're used for the dual schedule. Really just speaks to how crazy 159-0 is (and of course neither of these 2 are undefeated). If you only count their title seasons (so not counting Brooks' wins in 2020), they will not be able to do it unless they lose before the semis at B10's or NCAA's).