BuckyBadger

Liberty University really fits the best here….wait, never mind.

Had been wondering about Otoguro as well. At least he is practicing every day. If he changes his mind 6-12 months from now right before the Olympics, he’ll hopefully be near the level where he was before.

That may be true, but I think the days of an Edinboro or Central Michigan having a period where they are right up there with the second tier of teams are effectively over.

I’m saying the financial side of things is important. Most athletic departments lose money, and the powers that be probably don’t want to keep most of these non revenue sports. Having an All-American every few years keeps a program relevant. You’re right about the political reasons programs get cut, but the financial side of things is a big component as well.

Both undoubtedly true, but isn’t the difference today the NIL? There is usually a dominant team that others gripe about. But what’s going on today is you have a guy at a smaller school that outperforms and suddenly becomes very valuable. There are a handful of schools that have wrestling donors willing to pay up for that kid. Why would that kid stay at a Cal Poly or Northwestern when they can not only go to Iowa or Penn St. but also get paid to do it? If the majority of the time some small or lesser funded school has a freshman or sophomore become an All-American that transfers to the big programs that buy them up, not only are things less competitive but those programs that already have to fight for their existence are more likely to get cut.

AJ seems like more trouble than Downey, which is saying something. I can’t wait for that match, with both Dads in the stands too.

Took me a little while to remember, but it was Tony Cook.

On a serious note wasn’t there a wrestler from Oklahoma in the 80s who was as big a recruit as they come, maybe even a junior world champ, and nothing came of his career after high school?

Is this the first year not all 10 champs were pictured?

But then in a follow up, what if he doubled down and said I stand by it, all other moms suck. I don’t think your analogy works.

who are dogs?

I don’t see anything in that link that quotes Aaron Brooks talking about Joseph Smith.

Quint should have followed up with “What about the Jews, Aaron? Where do they fit into all of this?”

He was asked about his faith in general. He was not responding to a question about another view. He decided to comment on false prophets to proselytize and push his beliefs on others. What you point out about what’s wrong with other religions is not wrong, but it misses the point.

You’re not wrong about that. So why not use the post-match interview to talk about every other inconsistency in the world? Maybe Brooks should have also talked about the role government plays in our lives, race relations and foreign policy? Hmm, I wonder why he didn’t talk about where the current policies there go wrong?

Because its the NCAA wrestling championships, not the Evangelical network.

Overly complicated

Because this is the first time where someone so blatantly insulted other faiths, and it was unprompted.

Iowa is still a perennial top 3 program, and the Brands brothers and the rest of the staff have to be given credit for that. Who, other than Cael could come in and upgrade Iowa from where they are now? The expectation in Iowa may be national championships and anything else is failure, but I don’t see anyone else competing with PSU either. What’s the alternative to the Brands brothers?

Exactly. As long they stay in line, they are tolerated. Not such a great life if you ask me.

While Iran may wrestle Jews from other countries their refusal to wrestle Israelis is rooted in their belief that there is no place for a Jewish controlled country on what they see as Muslim land. So what you say about Western media is not really accurate. The idea that their refusal to compete against Israel is purely political is nonesense. To them Jews are dhimmis, and must be second class citizens on Muslim land. They don’t care one bit about the Palestinians. And I can point to a number of other examples in other parts of the world where Iran doesn’t follow the same policy as they do with Israel (Uighur Muslims in China, Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar). The only difference is that Israel is Jewish. You are also very misinformed about Jews in Iran. Outside of Israel, Iran may have one of the largest Jewish populations in the Middle East but that is only because there a basically no Jews left in other Muslim/Arab countries! All the Jews fled every other Middle Eastern country (including Iran). Probably more than 90% fled Iran since the Islamic revolution in 1979. The 10,000 or so that remain know exactly what to say to the press to keep from being harassed by those in power. I know many Iranian Jews who still have family there and it is widely known that the Iranian representative from the Jewish community has to make statements against Israel from time to time. The community there says and does what they have to to be left alone, but they are not living the good life you allude to.

Guessing this is Lee’s mom?

I get that Brooks and other guys are driven by their strong faith and they are just coming off the mat with heightened emotions, but disparaging other religious beliefs?

Yianni seemed pretty upset and said something to Van Ness right after they shook hands. I don’t know what he said, but guessing it had something to do with how close the match was. Last year after his semi win over Sasso he was pretty upset at how close the match was and said so in his interview right after coming off the mat. He seems to have such big expectations of himself that winning a close match in the semis is not good enough. I think very few guys are able to truly have that mentality.

I’m just saying it’s not a prediction that at the time people would have been so surprised to see happen. Everyone knew he was good and PSU does this all the time.