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Why does anyone think this changes AJ or any Ferrari from going to Iowa? It will get downplayed, just some pushing and shoving, punch didn't even connect, it was the other guy who started it, even if by starting it that means not allowing your head to be pushed down after the match, it was only the one finger solute, come on the tournament's name was soldier solute, just a little misunderstanding. Nothing in Iowa's history suggest this behavior is so egregious that there would be even a hand slap. Dust up with ISU after the match, Desanto's actions, Gilman body slamming Waters... Just add it to the list of things opposing fans will use to say Iowa is disrespectful thugs and Iowa fans will say is no big deal, only because it is Iowa that people are making a big deal about it. And move on until the next thing.

There is always a justification to disrespect an opponent... He "started" it, so all is well.

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I don't think Grey is lying directly just bending the truth to fit his narrative. Are guys ever 100% healthy, probably not. Every coach can probably make this claim, and no one is going to come out and say, "yep, it was a tough matchup so we ducked". They all finished their previous match without noticeable injuries, notice Grey isn't saying they couldn't have gone. Unfortunately, Grey can say it is what is best for the athletes and it probably is (no punishment for ducking and no risk of injuries, real or not), BUT it is bad for the overall sport. It is a bad trend. If everyone keeps doing what is in their best interest, the sport will continue to suffer. The coaches might have too big a voice. Football and Basketball have people above the coaches who make the ultimate decisions. FB coaches would choose to only play minimal conference games and cupcake non con schedules, if they were allowed/rewarded. Most administrations/league offices don't have knowledge or care about wrestling so they just default to the coaches who should be experts, but they do what is in their best interest (natural) and are not actually good stewards for the sport (that isn't their jobs).

133 - Van Dee didn't have a great CKLV so that could of just been giving Burwick an opportunity after grinding in the room. 174 - No real starter, might be Bubba going forward 197 - Not everything is a duck. call it a duck if you like but at this point Sloan is on a different level than Allred, who hasn't started the year off as well as he finished last year. Usually ducks are when someone doesn't want to take the risk of a loss for seeding purposes, but that wasn't the case here. Could be a number of things. It appears Nash is going to try and give it a go but I don't see how that has anything to do with Allred bumping up in a dual that was already decided.

How did Myles Martin make a GOAT list? Great wrestler/ 1x NCAA champs that were pinned might be a better headline?

Jimmy Cinnabon.

A head coach whose team was on an upward trajectory and just finished 12th at NCAAs left that job to be an assistant coach (likely next HC) and people are wondering if it is a desirable place to coach?!?

This checks out, after PSU invented wrestling in 2010 their next move was start training with international wrestlers shortly thereafter. No inside knowledge, but Gomez did sign with Cliff Keen. I suppose a CK athlete can train and go to school at PSU but as you mention, somewhat unnecessary unless Cael is determined to break the scoring record.

Come on now, it wasn't the coach it was the AD who had to sign off... The coach had nothing to do with it, remember, completely out of his hands. In all seriousness, I thought we already knew this was happening. As a Grad Transfer he doesn't need a waiver so I assume this is just a procedural step.

PSU is still closer to breaking the scoring record than Iowa is to beating PSU at NCAAs.

The Iowa Style was fatiguing and scoring on guys with a high offensive pace. Guys didn't just get fatigued because they were pushed to the edge of the mat while the crown yelled "Stalling". No one, including Iowa, really wrestles like that any more. Better defense and scrambling have made points more of a premium so guys are more reluctant to be overly aggressive. I don't think its a failure of a certain style but more the evolution of the sport.

While it would be great for the Huskers. Nash is listed at 330 and transitioned his body to be "lean" 330 last offseason. His goal is the NFL and shirking his body to wrestle a semester doesn't really make sense. Fun story but most likely he is using wrestling workouts to get better at football and stay in shape similar to Tanner Farmer.

I have enough confidence in the Cornell coaches that they wouldn't risk putting Shapiro in any unnecessary harm this early in his season/career. If they thought he could "push through" then I suspect it is nothing serious. He is a freshman. Sometimes freshman lose matches you wouldn't think they would.

Yes. Quarters don't start until 9 ET.

Maybe the win over Barnett was the real Wow. Otherwise Terukina results are not that surprising to previous seasons.

Foca rides out the 3rd and wins 4-3 over Rowley (Pur)

Foca tied 3-3 with 1 min to go, trying to ride out for the win (RT).

It's okay to admit you either don't know what the phrase paper tiger means or you were wrong in claiming he was a paper tiger. Of course, the #2 preseed could lose before the finals, but people didn't "lose their minds" because you stated he could lose to Allred.

I haven't seen Allred throw much. He has a good leg attacks and finishes but I don't see him tossing Hidlay. Most of his pins have come from top position, if I recall. Give me Hilday to win the whole tournament.

I get the feeling that the contract to make trophys for the NCAA is similar to a government contract where it there is no checks and balances and hammers end up costing $10K. And no one at the NCAA is smart of enough to dig into or rebid the contract so they just cut the 4th place trophy = $1M savings = everyone in Indy pats themselves on the back.

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Duals now have video review so we don't need more cameras, but 3 people sitting somewhere together to review and the ability to communicate with them and stream them the replays. Most venues have internet so my question is what is the actual cost to try and have independent reviews? Why couldn't the same 3 guys do all of the NCAA D1 duals from an offsite location? Yes, there would be some overlap but not many reviews happen at the exact same time. It would also provide some consistency if the same 3 officials (probably more to rotate but still a smaller number) were reviewing most questionable calls. Would eliminating the 2nd ref offset these cost? And does it really matter if some schools/conference can't afford to participate in a joint 3rd party review system, it wouldn't be a competitive disadvantage to the participates any more than someone getting screwed by a bad call now? To be clear, I agree with your position on independent reviews and I probably don't understand the entire cost necessary, but it seems possible, if there was a real desire to solve the problem.

Agree! I'll go a step further and ask is it really unreasonable for duals? There is a second ref on the mat and I honestly do not what value they actually provide. Have the 2nd ref be an independent video reviewer. Almost all duals have a video now. I get smaller duals may not have enough angles but just use whatever you have and if it is not conclusive, keep the original call. Better than nothing.

I think my favorite thing in this thread is the tangent into minorities that included Italians with references to mother's heritage but couldn't think of any others Italians, like Pat Pop, Santoro, Borrelli among others.