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The seeding formula sucks. Askren is right that there needs to be a common sense committee so we're not so beholden to an algorithm that doesn't necessarily do the sport any favors.

My first reaction too

Great story. It would make a pretty good movie. Never encountered a Grizzly but I too have seen my share of Black Bears. Fortunately they tend to be less aggressive mind their own business and I've never had an incident, though I do give them every ounce of respect that they deserve.

If my memory is right, Adam Coon was a grad student in Aerospace Engineering. The announcers used to joke that he was trying to design a space vehicle that he could fit into so he could be an astronaut. I believe Mason Parris is also an Engineering major. Not exactly a walk in the park at a place like Michigan.

You serious? If a basketball team says they have trouble with size you don't tell the players to grow, you pack the paint with your biggest players and dish it inside. If O'Tools says he has a problem with reach, Hamiti should favor positions that take advantage of his length. Adjust stance and ties to make it harder to get at legs, gets arms out first from bottom, de-compactify body position when O'Toole forces scrambles, look for cradles, and so on. How you possibly concluded that Hamiti should grow his arms longer is beyond me.

Practice shooting from space and hit it when he does that ridiculous boxing foot shuffle.

Do you think he's still injured? He has not looked 100% in my opinion.

March Hamiti is not the same wrestler as December Hamiti. March O'Toole is not the same wrestler as December O'Toole. I want KOT to win the weight but think the odds are not in his favor. Mentioned this in another thread, but O'Toole said that Carr's reach and length gave him problems. Hamiti will game plan for that accordingly.

How do you feel about cheap tilts?

Glory won't make the finals.

I don't understand how an alternate could be subbed in at the last moment when there are other at large candidates out there who might deserve the open spot. Even they could wait until weigh-ins it would suck for the starter and backup to both be on notice to make weight, game plan, and be ready to go but not knowing for sure until the last minute. The potential return for all this hassle is low. Better to pull the trigger and make a decision and plan accordingly.

Thanks for that. Does the policy apply to Div1? Looks like that's from the Div2 rulebook.

I seem to remember Suriano withdrew from the tournament the day before NCAAs started. I don't know what you mean by replaced by an alternate though. The qualifiers and at larges have already been made. If my memory serves in Suriano's situation they left a hole in the braacket and just reseeded it.

Get rid of ankle rides Get rid of ankle grabs Get rid of ankle bands The obvious solution is to get rid of ankles in wrestling, period. No ankled wrestlers allowed! Shinstumps only!

No, but here's a video of Nelson taking a shot at a Grammy

I wouldn't know.

I'm gonna go to Best Buy and put a different mat on each of the tv's on the display wall

8 iPads

I would like to hear Sparks, Bader, and Ironside do pbp at a tournament together... but only with the volume on my tv turned down to 1.

Bono does need to cool it sometimes, but remember that NCAA match where the referee wrongly thought it was the end of the period and whistled the action stopped while one of his guys (can't remember who) was pinning his opponent? People were shocked that Bono didn't lay into the ref.

Jimmy? Is that you?

You would definitely save space in the corners. Not a ton, but maybe enough to be useful. I can see them being handy at the high school or lower tournaments where you want to fit in more mats into a smaller venue space.

Only 2 at large selections for the ACC. They had a rather chalky tournament and pretty good allocations but is anyone surprised the number isn't higher? By comparison: Big12 = 13 (+65 allocations) Big Ten = 11 (+88) EIWA = 10 (+45) MAC = 4 (+23) Pac12 = 4 (+19) SoCon = 4 (+12) ACC = 2 (+33)

This isn't Greco and the referee needs to call stalling. Under the current rules one of those wrestlers would have stalled out to DQ.

What is this, HR? I thought you PSU fans don't believe in grades. They're no fun.