Let's have a real Brown-White Wrestle Off for varsity spots. Put spots on the brink. Win you wrestle. Lose you are a backup until Jan 1 and 2nd round of wrestle offs. The program needs to be energized. Wrestle offs do that. Couldn't agree more. The wrestling team should wrestle. Guys are already wr...

Oracle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:20 am Watched some video of Nic Bouzakis, Ohio State, and he is a jacked 133 with explosive speed. Pre-season ranked #9 by IM. I'll go out on a limb and say he's top 3 behind Vito and Fix. Not seeing him beating Vito but Fix's time is past.

You never know about a guy from Florida.

Oracle wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 8:37 am mookie told me Vito doesn't have any trouble making 57 kg and we all know not to question his wisdom.

I question mookie's wisdom nearly every time he opens his talk hole.

NothingMeaningful wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2023 7:53 am 61kg isn't an Olympic weight, so he'd have to drop 4kg to 57kg or go up to 65kg (where Yianni and a bunch of others are waiting).

He’ll go 57kg. I don’t see any Americans challenging him there.

Also, it’s been said elsewhere on this thread, but the challenge system sucks and kills the momentum of a match. It needs to be concluded much more quickly with perhaps a losing challenger even being put down in addition to losing a point to avoid frivolity.

There has been some absolutely incredible wrestling this tournament. The most impressive display I can remember. Random musings: I certainly did not have Micic taking gold on my bingo card, but he was brilliant. CJ Composto beat him at NCAAs in 2022 so…I guess he’s the uncrowned world champ! The Dak...

NothingMeaningful wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:34 pm

Toast wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2023 11:09 am Interesting...the University of Pennsylvania has a tremendous assortment of graduate programs. They wrestle too.

Graduate students don't wrestle at Penn.

I'll make an exception for Humphries.

Interesting...the University of Pennsylvania has a tremendous assortment of graduate programs. They wrestle too.

Oracle wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:00 am Toast: Popolizio for UNC? Why would he do that?

No, I meant to take over OSU when Smith retires.

I always thought Pat Popolizio would have been the obvious choice.