Dogbone

Exactly, PSU always goes slightly lower than the rumors. So $399K is the probably the PSU offer with a "I was never offered $400K" denial coming. He is only coming back because he loves Jesus and wrestling and pissing on graves and spitting on people, but not for the money or to win 5 titles....

The replays of the morning sessions are on the Peacock app. If you want to see 57 and 65 or the 1st match of other best of 3s they are on the Mat 2 Saturday one. The quad box one is there two but the description is generic (doesn't say quad box).

I feel pretty good about both, especially since there is a true 3rd place so the draw isn't as important. I assume true 3rd in internationally just means repechage with the two 3rd place guys wrestling? If I had to rank, I am little more confident in Spencer but that is because we seem to be snake bit at 65kg and I don't know how big Zain is. All of the other 70kg guys struggled but he seemed okay when he had to go the 2nd morning off the scale. So the possibility of a bad cut and USA luck at 65 has me less confident than 57kg but I still think he gets it done.

This is a reach. Tsargush would hold/pull the singlet and use a few dirty tricks but I can't think of anything the other Russian have done. Sadly, JB is treated better in Iran than State College. I don't recall Dake crossing any lines (maybe verbally jabbing?). And lets be real, he didn't lose control, he knew he was up 7-0 and could take the penalty point so he retaliated against someone crossing the line. If it would of been a close match, he probably doesn't react the same way.

Yes, winning cures all ills, but lets be real. Are PSU fans the worst?? Booing JB before MM even scores a point? Yes, MM wrestles hard but when the whistle blows and you are out of bounds, it is time to stop. Booing him because he pulls up his socks?? Okay, I know you guys are new to the sport but wait until you learn about the cold spray the Russians use as a stall technique, it might blow your mind. Then after Nolf wins to talk smack?? Just no class. Iowa fans get a bad rap but they gave Gable, an opposing wrestler a standing O. PSU booed a PA legend in Spencer. No question, Cinnabon is terrible troll but maybe just an average PSU fan? Obviously, Starocci smack talk that he couldn't back up and Nickels sensitivity have enabled them. I know there are a lot of PSU fans on here who will no doubt cry about this post, but some fan base is the worst. Has to be PSU, right?

EXTENSION!! HAHA this did not go as anyone thought

I don't think anyone is complaining that the non Olympic weights get into the semis. It's the unbalanced bracket that disadvantages the 2 and 3 seeds when we should be trying to find our best rep. Then to make them have an extra match before wrestling the semi match while the 4 seed only has one match doesn't make sense. The world medalist should be the 1 seed with a bye to the semis and get the 4/5 winner in that semi. We can give a guy an advantage without creating a disadvantage for guys who have also earned the right to compete for the Olympic Spot.

Insight into the shaft growth??

I know some have complained about the broadcast on Peacock, but I thought the quad box was great aside from the issues with mat 3 for a bit, especially during the JB/Facundo match. But I thought Shane deserved his own thread. He just went 5 hours broadcasting by himself and stayed on top of all of the action. Very impressive! Thank you Shane.

Weights matter too. Letting the world medalist at different weights sit to the semis seems fair, not sure I see why the other guys on that half get a disadvantage because of it.

THIS! Makes no sense

No. Tonight

If you expose first before the TD (not feet to back), then spin behind you don't get the extra 2 for a TD.

You might have to scroll to page 3 as Track usually saves page 1 for random JV tournaments.

Classic J'Den match 1-1, wins on getting the shot clock last.

It doesn't make any sense unless it is aligned with the Olympic or the Last Chance schedule.

Surprised. The arena looks about half full on TV. Maybe they are still trickling in.

Bad coaching decision by Kennedy to challenge a pushout only down 4-2 with Facundo having the only 2 point move. Basically let Burroughs coast to victory.

Yes, Mat 3 is jacked up for me as well

I don't know why find this funny, but I do:

Maybe he closed the gap on the scoreboard but he didn't look any closer to me. AA shut it down the last :45 and Barlett didn't sniff a leg or pushout.

Why did they hold MFS 57KG? Every other bracket is to the quarters and they still in the hole for the first round?

Nope, all good for me.

So while I agree @fishbane brackets makes more sense, who does the current method hurt more? The bye who has a tougher semi draw or the 2 seed (really the #3 guy in the bracket if the bye is #1) who only gets one chance (not 2 out of 3) to beat the bye/#1 guy. I actually they think they should seed the bye and if bye earns the #1 seed then the bracket should be like Fishbanes proposal. The only reason I can think of not doing it that way is if the guy who earns the #1 seed isn't the the returning medalist. Give the returning medalist the bye but if that guy didn't wrestle for a year and someone else has been going to international tournaments and winning/winning the US Open, etc. an argument could be made that they should get the 1 seed over a guy who hasn't competed in a year. (No one has done that so it wouldn't apply this year, I am just trying to think of reasons why the current method makes sense).

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