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Going undefeated two years in a row is a good indication of being better and more dominant? Has Abney ever had an undefeated season against D2 competition? Streck is chump change in D1 now. He had his chance and failed. He just competed at the Open this last spring and lost convincingly to Trephan and Elam. Two guys who are on the low-AA/R12 type tier right now. I understand the not being listed part with Abdullaev. I am a big fan of him in Freestyle. Is he not wrestling 133lbs? Who has he beaten in folkstyle? Different weight classes and different styles. Please educate me more on Burks. I would enjoy hearing about him. His actual results that are on Wrestlestat don't give you any ammo... Those guys have chances to compete against D1. They don't do it. The proof is in the pudding. Joey Davis put it on the line every chance he could and surthrived. I won't anoint someone in a lower division as being 'on par' unless they actually try to fill those shoes (and succeed).

I have written about him four... five hundred times. If that. Leave his brother out of this. I miss your point.

Iowa has released their probables for this weekend. https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2023/11/01/notes-no-2-iowa-opens-season-at-california-baptist/ Cal Baptist also had their own release. https://cbulancers.com/news/2023/10/31/the-2023-24-wrestling-season-set-to-commence-against-iowa-on-saturday.aspx Match of the night is likely Nathan Haas VS Brennan Swafford at 184lbs, right? Wrestlestat currently has it as a 9-8 Decision victory for Swafford and a 38-0 shutout in favor of the Hawkeyes. https://www.wrestlestat.com/compare/perma/669/iowa-vs-cal-baptist

Abney wouldn't compete at 197 in D1 NCAA this year. Streck definitely wouldn't. Have you been seeing him lose repeatedly in the Freestyle circuit? He has been. He isn't on the level. Burkes is 12W-3L in three total seasons... are you basing him being able to compete off of his 10-3 Decision loss to Iowa State's Cabanban or...? Blubaugh? If Abney isn't competing, the he isn't either. Have you seen how fckn deep 197 is this year? There was a recent D2 197lber who didn't do anything at the D1 level. He was even more dominant as a D2 champ, in Ryan Vasbinder. Abdullaev isn't even listed on Menlo's roster. I am all for D2 and D3 competing... there is nothing stopping them from entering the MSU open (Notre Dame used to go there). I know D1 programs don't like to schedule for duals... but there are plenty of individual tournaments that would be happy to have UNK or Grandview or any of these other smaller division programs. Midlands?! What about Midlands?

UWW Arena https://arena.uww.org/weight-category/1ee77e46-d788-63c2-9ca9-77de8a91698b

Campbell Oregon State Rutgers NC State Illinois

Not sure, mate. I know Harley had a great record, but his results weren't exactly great. It would have been nice to see.

Harley Andrews

@Husker_Du? Did you finally quit standing Basch up?

Trying to set him up for success.

These two need to wrestle several times over the course of the next season or three... https://gopsusports.com/sports/wrestling/roster/lucas-cochran/13902 https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/71705/cochran-lucas/profile https://cmuchippewas.com/sports/wrestling/roster/luke-cochran/5402 https://www.wrestlestat.com/wrestler/82463/cochran-luke/profile Can we all at least please agree on this one?

Honestly I think the entire thing is dumb. I think Freestyle is the way to go. There could be slight tweaks... Instead of leaving interpretation on the ref, flip before the match to determine who goes on the clock first at say... 90 seconds in to each period. For duals, they would flip for it to start the dual. Make it so only two (2) potential points can be earned on shot clock and it is never against the same gent. If folks are noticeably stalling then call it negative wrestling... caution and 1 immediately. There. I fixed college wrestling scoring.

@JimmyCinnabon, please provide us your opinion on this topic as well.

I never said YEP to MM having a redshirt. I have been adamant that he doesn't because he did redshirt last year. I am not as stupid as I look. He IS eligible for an Olyshirt, though. That said, he is already enrolled so he cannot do that either.

We do have another recent example of a guy who also couldn't hang with the elite. I mean this will all due respect when I say this: Ryan Vasbinder of Michigan State was a DII 197lb champ with McKendry and he lost to Caffey, Davison, and Brucki in his lone D1 action at 197 in one tournament.

The last one I thought that could hang was Joey Davis. The year he went and won it at 184lbs he got beat by an Alex Dieringer that won 165lb title in that season in a 180lb catchweight. Joey was a four timer at 165, 174, 174 and 184 respectively from 2012-13 to 2015-16 and lost 9-0. While he did put up good defense, he didn't really have anything for offense. I have read different sources that say it was 180lbs and 175lbs so I am not sure which one to believe. It was Freestyle, too, and not Folk.

FYI... Flo is kind of on it for this... https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/11347780-2023-division-1-wrestle-off-box-scores

Will FauxCinny pay his debts when he loses? Does that make him Non-FauxCinny? When are lines drawn and crossed or not crossed?

Don't they have a billionaire mogul that is like "I will pay Focus 5,000,000 USD if he'll wrastle for Iowa... and sleep with my wife. Twice."

https://uww.org/athletes/sakamoto-rin

Also... Brain ( @Husker_Du) was referring to this earlier...

Owen Pentz?

Or perhaps a continuance? What if Dake and Taylor went there? Or a Nolf and Zain?

Who?