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If there's any question about whether Iowa develops their guys, Ayala's match tomorrow against Figs will be a solid litmus test

Ayala!

Drake needs to attack

Did he throw another tantrum?

Figs has his track shoes on

Richie might regret giving up that late escape

Let's go Rags

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I guess it's a home match for KOT but I'm changing my pick to Carr bc of the way he dismantled Hamiti earlier!

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Maybe Mendez didn't clear his body out from under Hardy's back & shoulders. Kind of like the Caldwell-Metcalf match where Brent was spladled but sort of resting atop Caldwell

I need an animated gif of that sequence. Hardy rolled his eyes when he got caught and had this hilarious look on his face, like "ah, fml". Totally slayed me.

Maybe college wrestling needs a version of the UWW's rule for when a wrestler switches sports nationalities. If a wrestler is a prior AA and then transfers, the new school compensates the old school for the training & development they put into that wrestler. And/or a % of their NIL earnings are transferred. There could be increasing amounts if the transferring wrestler is an NCAA qualifier, top 3 conference placewinner, AA, multiple-time AA, national champ, etc. (Grad transfers excepted)

I was watching with the sound off for a few stretches and was wondering wtf the officials were doing letting Shapiro leave and then come back to the match, before I realized it was for concussion protocol. Hopefully he's all right. I hate to see someone go out like that, esp someone as young and talented as Shapiro

I thought it was kinda funny but nice that ESPN did a little appreciation segment on wrestling moms. Maybe an atonement for putting Mrs. Lee on camera last year.

Elam beating brooks would be this year's version of the Ramos-Lee semifinal. All the air was sucked out of the arena when it happened. I'm not sure if there any other results that would truly surprise anyone.

Lol, imagine the headlines in State College

Vito has been firing on all cylinders and I'd be surprised if he dropped 3 straight to Crooham. Pat Glory rule.

I think Olejnik has been narrowing the gap with Hamiti so I expect it to be close. Also noticed that Hamiti's non-knee brace leg wasn't taped up today so hopefully that's a sign that he isn't too bothered with injuries

Figs - Ayala in the finals would be good, esp with their history going back to hs. 133 I've got Rags over Fix and Lovett & Parco at 149 I think Teemer wins his semifinals match at 157 but will be cheering for Cardenas bc I got so annoyed with the way Teemer was constantly backing up My only prediction for Starocci-Griffith is that folks near their mat will wonder why there's a strong smell of Ben Gay and Icy Hot wafting through the air

Need Ayala to win it so Iowa finishes ahead of ISU in the team race!

Who's gonna be wrestling on Saturday night? And how are folks feeling about the matchups at 165? 125 #8 Figueroa (ASU) vs. #12 Noto (Lock Haven) #3 Ayala (Iowa) vs. #10 Barnett (Wisconsin) 133 #1 Fix (Ok State) vs. #5 Ragusin (Michigan) #6 Arujau (Cornell) vs. #2 Crookham (Lehigh) 141 #1 Mendez (tOSU) vs. #5 Echemendia (ISU) #6 McNeil (UNC) vs. #2 Bartlett (PSU) 149 #1 Lovett (Nebraska) vs. #4 Henson (VT) #6 Gomez (Michigan) vs. #2 Parco (ASU) 157 #1 Haines (PSU) vs. #12 Andonian (VT) #6 Cardenas (Stanford) vs. #2 Teemer (ASU) 165 #1 O'Toole (Mizzou) vs. #4 Carr (ISU) #6 Caliendo (Iowa) vs. #2 Mesenbrink (PSU) 174 #9 Starocci (PSU) vs. #4 Griffith (Michigan) #6 Welsh (tOSU) vs. #7 Wolak (Columbia) 184 #1 Keckeisen (UNI) vs. #4 Munoz (Oregon State) #3 Plott (Ok State) vs. #2 Salazar (Minny) 197 #1 Brooks (PSU) vs. #12 Elam (Mizzou) #3 Sloan (SDSU) vs. #2 Hidlay (NC State) 285 #1 Kerkvliet (PSU) vs. #4 Schultz (ASU) #3 Hendrickson (AFA) vs. #10 Davison (Michigan)

Nothing eye-opening in ESPN's coverage but if you want to give them clicks, there are a couple of wrestling articles on their website. No idea who Lexi Turnbow is. https://www.espn.com/college-sports/ I'm happy that WBB is gaining popularity but hope ESPN doesn't start phoning it in for wrestling. You can see that they're putting in a lot more resources into Women's March Madness/WBB.

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