Recent content by MadChill

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    2026 NCAA Championship Session IV Thread

    Drake Ayala has a fun fact. He's the only wrestler to face the fab four. He didn't win any of the bouts. 0-3 v Marcus Blaze 0-2 v Ben Davino 0-1 v Jax Forrest 0-1 v Aaron Seidel
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    2026 NCAA Championship Session I Thread

    A Frank Molinaro sighting in the clip...
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    Biggest Upsets at Nationals Tracker

    NCAA site is tracking the athletes who outperformed their seed in the opening session, ranked from most dramatic to least dramatic: https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/wrestling-men/d1/live-updates-2026-ncaa-wrestling-championships-brackets-results
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    Seed vs Rank

    WKN, do you know if any other team has had seven seeded as #1?
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    Big 10 Stats

    Wyoming is in the Big 12.
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    Levi Haines Appreciation Thread

    Levi still has the BIG and NCAA tournaments to go. If I were to add him now, I could also add Mitchell Mesenbrink and Marcus Blaze. They've yet to lose to any BIG wrestlers.
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    Levi Haines Appreciation Thread

    Here's the entire list of BIG wrestlers who never lost to a BIG opponent: Iowa: Ed Banach ('80-’83), although he did have a tie with Steve Frazier from Michigan. T.J. Williams (‘99-’01), although he was only a three-time champion. Michigan State: Tom Milkovich ('70-'73) Penn State: Ed Ruth...
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    Why Social Media is enriching our lives, while it eats away at the fabric of our society.

    In addition to getting to 100 wins, he's on pace to join both David Taylor and Ed Ruth of PSU wrestlers going undefeated versus BIG competition. Levi's had: - 2 losses as a freshman (Vince Zerban - Northern Colorado and Austin O'Connor - UNC) - Undefeated as a sophomore - 2 losses as a junior...
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    FC/OT: WaPo shuttering sports section….

    Sietsema took an earlier package and left the WaPo last October. https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/10/15/tom-sietsema-live-chat/
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    I think Bernie Truax was the last PSU wrestler to have lost by fall

    Here's the quote: “Carter Young got a fall tonight, it just wasn’t called,” Clemsen said. “He needs to find a way to not let a ref ignore it. He’s got to pack in so flat and so tight that the guy doesn’t have a choice, that he has to slap the mat.” Here's a link to the article...
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    I think Bernie Truax was the last PSU wrestler to have lost by fall

    (Besides SVN last week - according to Coach Alex Clemsen)
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    Will Penn State Break the Record for Iowa's Largest Opponent's Margin of Victory?

    Is it possible to determine the last time IA was held to 3 team points.
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    Penn St. PBP

    kind of interesting with the mind set. IA has a statue of Dan Gable posturing giving an authorative stall call. PSU needs to erect a statue of Cael signaling three for a TD
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    Iowa Wrestling Strength & Conditioning Secrets Revealed

    I remember watching Wally doing that. Very impressive. Went to Pitt, and I know he wrestled Villeco a couple of times, and if I recall correctly, Andy Matter too.