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  1. KSLion

    2024 Olympic Trials match and discussion thread

    Agree. Yui Susaki is arguably the finest P4P Olympic freestyle wrestler, male or female, currently active in the world. That's based on average margin of victory and average match duration. The overall strength of the Japanese Women's team, particularly in the lighter weights, is such that...
  2. KSLion

    Football VIDEO: Penn State DC Tom Allen talks Tuesday night's practice

    Agree 100%. If you truly love what you're doing, whatever it might be, how-ever-much or -little money you might make, you will never go to work a day in your life. That's a reality which far too many of us, who learned from childhood that "a lot of money" = "great life success and happiness"...
  3. KSLion

    2024 NCAA's - Day 1 - Match/discussion thread

    Part of it was likely mat rust due to limited work over the last four weeks while allowing the injury to heal. And I have to think, no matter what he may say or not say publicly, the fact that he was injured has to prey on his mind to one extent or another. He certainly doesn't want a...
  4. KSLion

    2024 NCAA's - Day 1 - Match/discussion thread

  5. KSLion

    2024 B1Gs - Day 2

    By his own account, he was never really a full-size 197. Have read several statements attributed to him to the effect he weighed in the high 180's to low 190's his last year in that weight class, and that he believes 184 is his most natural wrestling weight.
  6. KSLion

    Ironturd in HR .. spoiler alert, it's hilarious

    Agree. He truly loves what he's doing, which means he never really has to go to work a day in his life. He's got an AD who has publicly stated, "Cael's the best there is. He can stay as long as he wants", and who personally attends home matches to underscore his support for the program. He...
  7. KSLion

    Match Thread Ohio State dual - Fri, Feb 2

    Makes me wonder if he's 100% healthy. If memory serves, he sat out a match or two not too long ago. No one seemed overly concerned, but don't recall seeing any real explanation either.
  8. KSLion

    MI@tOSU, IA@IL, etc...

    The way Lewan performed versus the #23 wrestler tonight makes me wonder how he was able to take the #1 wrestler in the country into overtime in Ann Arbor last weekend, i.e. what kind of physical issue(s) Haines might be wrestling through.
  9. KSLion

    165 this season

    Absolutely agree. But has Sanderson made his official "fun to watch" endorsement, as was done for Nolf and Nickal? Did I miss it? If he hasn't, wonder what could be holding things up. In his MSU match, Mesenbrink revealed the ability to: (1) quickly dig himself into a deep, dangerous hole...
  10. KSLion

    Match Thread Michigan State Dual Thread

    Yep. But that was football. When you're wrestling it's tough to beat anybody by five converted touchdowns. Today, sitting three starters (149, 174, HWT), Sanderson's kids found a way to do just that -- on the road.
  11. KSLion

    Match Thread Michigan State Dual Thread

    Looking at the score, Franklin can only wish his football team could do as well.
  12. KSLion

    Match Thread Michigan - Fri, Jan 19

    Noticed he's ranked ninth at the moment. From where I sit, It's very hard to believe there are eight people at 165 better than Mitchell Mesenbrink. His aggressiveness is obvious, but even better is that it always looks to be well-directed aggression. He never appears to attack just to be...
  13. KSLion

    Match Thread Michigan - Fri, Jan 19

    Truax is only available for one year and was brought in for a very specific reason. For him not to be the starter there would either need to be a physical issue or the wrestler behind him would need to prove himself significantly better than Truax in head-to-head competition.
  14. KSLion

    Indiana

    The prediction here (not to mention history-) says Washington will start to gas about halfway thru the second period and it's going to be all down an increasingly steep hill for him from there.
  15. KSLion

    KOT v. Starocci

    Any possibility Starocci might figure O'Toole out somewhere along the way? Or does figuring-the-other-guy-out only work in one direction in this case? And, if you happen to agree with Shane Sparks' comment during Starocci's 12/3 match vs Lehigh, you believe this year's Starocci "likely majors"...
  16. KSLion

    How many of our starters will sit out the Bowl?

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  17. KSLion

    There needs to be a 3 point reversal

    Agree. Have long felt that a reversal should be worth 3 even when a takedown was worth 2, simply because a reversal is initiated from a situation where you are being controlled, and requires you to: (1) move to a (momentary) position of neutrality which equates to a 1-point escape all by...
  18. KSLion

    CKLV

    Which only makes him like the vast majority of true freshmen. He figures to get much better, but for today the top-ranked kid in his HS weight class got ridden for 3:45 and majored by an unseeded freshman who I doubt most people had ever heard too much about. Once more, we see how large is the...
  19. KSLion

    It seems obvious now that Braedon Davis is our latest great light hope.

    Let's give Howard another month or so to shake off the effects of two years' rust and recuperation, then see what he's looking like versus the competition, first inside the room, then, maybe, outside-. But, if the injury still won't let him go 100%, it's time to take an honest look at where...
  20. KSLion

    Will 133 Be The Most Discussed Weight Again?

    Based on recent results to date, including NCAA- and World Championships, Arujau is #1 until somebody proves otherwise on the mat. He's shown a dominance and the will to win, over topflight competition, to a degree I've not seen anywhere else.
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