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    Penn State’s 10 Best Wrestlers in History

    I presume we're excluding 141 lb. Beau Bartlett from this list since he's a clear #1? 😉😉😉 From the Cael Era on ability and my personal assessment therein, I would rank them 1. Ed Ruth (somewhat controversial, but I've always been a Ruth Truther...a tRuther if you will) 2. Zain Retherford 3...
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    Real to Hawks

    Well this is certainly pleasant. I don't post a ton on the team boards for different reasons, but I read a lot for info! I post on the mat dot com mostly because i like the crossection of fanbases whereas the team boards can be a bit homogenous, but it can admittedly be more toxic than the...
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    Real to Hawks

    Maybe the presence of Bartlett kept the price tag in Iowa's Sam's Club range? ;)
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    Real to Hawks

    I dunno man. I'm not trying to do the reverse jinx thing, I just don't see it as of yet. Iowa has four people who COULD win titles, but only Spencer is a strong favorite. After that Woods, Warner, and Cassioppi could win, and all should place relatively high, but none of them are any kind of...
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    Real to Hawks

    Competitive is not likely to be a word associated with next year's NCAA tournament, lol. Unfortunately for my beloved Hawkeyes.
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    Real to Hawks

    I understand that general perspective, I just disagree with it. Opinion and aholes, though, lol. It just increases wrestling's footprint in my mind.
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    Real to Hawks

    I agree 100%. This may be the only time these kids could make that kind of money in one pop, and if people are willing to pay it...welcome to America.
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    Real to Hawks

    Maybe it can be that simple. I think a lot of college sports fans are going to be turned off by the movement. I think it's great, personally. Also, can I just say that while, personally, I'm very excited an elite wrestler is going to Iowa, I take way more joy in Mineo being wrong again.
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    Real to Hawks

    Just further illustrates how big of a deal the transfer portal is going to continue to be going forward. Iowa (nor anybody else) is a threat to PSU for next year as currently constructed, assuming (as I do) that RBY comes back to get a third title. But one more big time transfer and it could...
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    Real to Hawks

    This was...this was unexpected, not going to lie to you guys, lol. Glad to have him, though!
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    Wrestling Order Restored: PSU 2022 National Champs!

    .... yes. I feel like I've already established that my opinion is long-held. I don't know if I really had an opinion the last time Okie State won a title, but I formulated my opinion some time during the Metcalf Era at Iowa, when I became more invested. In the most successful sports, the whole...
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    Wrestling Order Restored: PSU 2022 National Champs!

    All these boards are connected, lol.
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    Wrestling Order Restored: PSU 2022 National Champs!

    I don't blame the Penn State guys for not being there, most of them had matches that night they probably needed to prepare for, lol.
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    Wrestling Order Restored: PSU 2022 National Champs!

    Weird flex, but ok. I never claimed that Penn State would have lost, they'd be heavy favorites in any dual they entered. My one, sole point was that it is lame and weird the way we decide the team champion, and notably bad for the prestige of the award. I am also on the record for years and...
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    Jb and David Taylor heating things up.

    No doubt about any of that part, before his knee injury he was clearly the best guy in the world at the weight, and he looked back to his old self over the summer tuning up Myles Martin. For Team USA's sake, I hope he's an Olympic Gold Medalist next year (or whomever our rep is, but I think...
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    Jb and David Taylor heating things up.

    Great collegiate wrestlers don't always become great international wrestlers. Neither Taylor nor Dake even made a team until they vacated Burroughs weight class. And then even making a team is no guarantee. See: Ed Ruth, Ben Askren, Brent Metcalf, Jordan Oliver, Zain Retherford. Not saying...
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    WNO Thread

    Bonus points at the Big 10 tournament (a count by hand, so they may be some slight errors): Iowa = 26.5 Nebraska = 22 Ohio State = 13 Penn State = 11.5
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    Session 2 Fictional Recap: Gable hits TikTok

    https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6741522-fictional-ncaa-recap-session-2-gable-steveson-on-tiktok
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    One Wrestling Fan Imagining How Session 1 Of NCAAs Might Go

    https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/6741423-one-wrestling-fan-imagining-how-session-1-of-ncaas-might-go Holy crap, I'm a published author! Somebody go bring me some peeled grapes! Basically, I just saw Flo start talking about how they were going to get creative with content, and I had been...
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    VJ vs AM

    Yeah, but they changed the formula since then. That's how we IMar as the 1 seed over Gantt.
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