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Well, that’s silly. Why should a pin later in the match after you’ve turned the opponent multiple times and failed to pin them for several minutes count for more than a first period fall. I think dual scoring is pretty close to perfect already, but I do love the idea of penalizing forfeits in some way. Seems like that should be worth more points than a pinfall actually.

I-N-I!

This does explain a lot.

What’s with the cast? 300k followers? Seems pretty impressive actually. Also impressive to me are these top varsity athletes doing the 4 year plan despite what would have been easy to spread out to 5 because of the redshirt season starting out. Illinois attracts some smart athletes. speaking of attracts. That’s a really good looking couple!

As a fan who discovered the Illini wrestling blog this past year myself, perhaps Edmond is also a reader. for example, this post https://illiniwrestling.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-illini-b1g-tournament-preview-vol-3.html?m=1 “ 165. DANNY BRAUNAGEL The ILLINI has faced injuries again this year, with the latest being a progressively larger wrap on his hand until he missed the last dual against Iowa State. The time off was likely for recuperative purposes, but I have no insider knowledge about that. ” see, if Dan’s hand was giving him trouble in recent memory, he probably wasn’t drilling his scissors motions back when he was wrestling with a wrap or tape or whatever on his hand. So a safe bet would be that Dan would choose paper or rock. If paper ties paper and paper beat rock, the value of Ruth choosing paper might be 0.75 (out of 1). Similarly, scissors vs paper (win) or rock (loss) has a ex ante value of 0.5. Rock would be the worse choice in this scenario, as the value is 0.25 (tie vs rock, loss car paper). however, Danny, an academic all-district honoree (whatever that is) So he probably KNEW that Edmond KNEW, and practiced scissors before the face off, or perhaps Dan just used his other hand. Though I wonder if Edmond knew that Dan knew about the scissors practice…however, if Dan was extra astute, he probably counted on Edmond knowing that Dan knew that Edmond knew that Dan knew about Edmonds initial strategy, and that is likely what made the difference. either way, a fun moment between teammates. both gents are among of my favorite Illini to watch wrestle. Hoping for big things from both next year, though I am kind of curious who would have won in a real match. I’d guess Edmond, but that’s based on watching them in duals during the season and the fact he’s maybe a bit bigger but I have no idea how they match up in practice, plus this was Greco, so who knows.

There is no better wrestling name than that of the 2-time AA HWT from Illinois, Karl Roesler.

I think we found Shane Sparks' new burner account.

I like Zac Braunagel's prospects in challenging for the 197 spot in this lineup. He had an identical dual meet record to Warner (9-4) this year, but a key difference is that Braunagel started every Illini dual, while Warner sat out a few (including vs Wisconsin where Iowa took a loss at 197 and had to squeak by on criteria). Zach also had a better conference dual record, and won head to head against Warner in the dual vs Iowa.

Chat GPT should update its calendar. Gable's ncaa wrestling (competitive) career was over 50 years ago...

I don't want to brag, but reading these forums, I eventually did figure out (prior to this thread) what HEW meant simply through context clues (took me several times seeing it in print to make the connection though!). However, I fail to see what the Backstreet Boys have to do with any of this.

Which definition of the word? The one where it means peddling shady merchandise on the street, or the one having to with coughing up excess phlegm.

Lucas Byrd at 132 and 133 would be insane. opposing teams would never find momentum again, and ILLINOIS would would go undefeated in dual meets!

You're thinking of Nebraska.

To really pollute this thread, that's exactly what caused Hastert to finally go down...

presumably would be #1 if it had more product placements for Resilite...

like top 5 wrestling movie or top 5 all time any film?

Link kind of short on details. Is this student-athletes having fun with a low stakes march madness pool, or something more serious?

smart to wait out most of the the covid-year benefitting super seniors.

Nice that we send a strong team. In some sports the all the major stars ignore competitions like this.

From recent post in another thread: Iconic wrestling coach & minor character in a '90s sitcom.

You know, I always though Cedric had a strong resemblance to Dan Gable... could be why Kramer didn't put up a fight.

It was said that Smith was so fast that his hands would sometimes appear to be invisible. The tales of Marx's prowess in the practice room are exaggerated from what I've read - the reality is that he refused to join any wrestling club that would stoop to the level of admitting him as a member.

The sunlight would kill all the microorganisms on the mats. No need for the UV mops!

I think a fan would have a blast if they chose a hotel in/near the west loop and were up for a little bit of walking. Yeah, always unplanned...probably about half of the time I fly home connecting through O'Hare. Agree it sucks, but the upside is many cheap hotel rooms, and close to the airport. and Allstate is probably a better sized arena for the NCAA tournament anyway? Not saying chicago would be the best choice, it's certainly a viable option.