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    J Robinson passed away

    He was almost as important to the rise of the University of Iowa wrestling as Gable. J was one of the greatest and a great influence on my life. He will be missed!!!! wrestling and the military needs more JRobs!!!
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    Taylor has passed us now.

    Have you seen Penn State’s wrestling complex? it is relatively speaking brand new and top of the game. Ohio State’s new facility may be better, but PSU is by no means not in the top 5...
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    Medal round thread

    Yes
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    Mixed bag on backside, some upsets don’t favor Hawkeyes

    125: If Peterson cannot get past Lilledahl, then he will have to beat Bouzakis to be annal-American. 133: If all goes chalk tomorrow, Drake will have to beat Byrd to place top 6. 141: Nasir sitting best to wrestle to his seed. If all goes to chalk, he will have Vombaur for 7th but winnable...
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    Spencer 2026 World Team

    You think it is broken and unwatchable. Worldwide it is much more popular than it is here. From an Olympic perspective there are more countries that war medals in Greco than freestyle (not a big thing to me) but to the powers that be in UWW they want as many countries getting medals… if put to...
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    Coaching Staff Next Year

    McMullen Dr committed a while ago and signed with Virginia Tech.
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    Wrestlestat NCAA Tournament Simulation

    He will hit Sinclair Friday morning (quarterfinals) and then McEnally Friday night (semifinals)
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    2026 NCAA Wrestling - Projected Team Scores

    What is scary is that Penn State will be significantly better next year!!! 😱
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    Can the Big Ten Win Ten?

    125, 141, 149, 157, 165, 174, 184 and 197 and more than likely. 133 is a toss-up. 275, not likely at all…
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    1983 Big Tens - To keep things in perspective.

    You are restoring the NCAA tournament. My post was about the scoring at the 1983 Big Ten tournament. Iowa had 9 Big Ten champs and a 4th. There isn’t debate on the NCAA point record.
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    1983 Big Tens - To keep things in perspective.

    Just using a lacing and Advancement points of today gets Iowa to 182.5. Without any bonus points each of the 9 finalists would have 16 placement points and 3 advancement points. The 9 finalists without bonus would have 171 alone. Rico placed 4th and made the semifinals giving him 9 placement and...
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    1983 Big Tens - To keep things in perspective.

    1983 Big Ten Tournament 200 points 9 Champions 20 NCAA Finals appearances 34 total AA finishes That is almost half the team 4 X AA’s and the other half 3 X AA’s. 3 Olympians 2 Gold 1 Silver Only one wrestler didn’t win the title that year was true freshman Rico Chiapparelli (who would...
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    What? No IronHawk Grades?

    I would give Peterson an A, had he not gotten stuck in the old Brands mentality of “It’s a weakness if you can’t get out from bottom!”. Had he chose neutral he could have pressed the action getting potentially getting a stall point to make up for it… Bouzakis cuts a ton, right off the scale he...
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    What? No IronHawk Grades?

    On the weekend, worst case scenario going into placement matches (including Ferrari placing 8 a not improving on his seed) Iowa will have out placed their seeds as a team with a +13. best case would be winning the rest of the placement matches and they would be a +19 10 4 3 13 9 9 8. 8...
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    raf tonight

    Their target audience extends WAY past us wrestling fans! They are aiming at getting mma fans involved, thus them calling matches “fights” and setting up matches with non wrestlers or 40+ year old former wrestlers with huge mma followings. That was the greatest thing ever imagined for them!
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