Don't know how you can say that.
Plenty of elite recruits don't go to psu...and Iowa already has trouble getting those guys.
Having this around the room certainly can't help...think back to Kem. He was put off by the culture of the room at first. Wouldn't be shocking if some guys are put off...
Does this apply to the 1984 Olympics and the golds won by Hawkeye legends Randy Lewis and Banachs?
Were those "extremely watered down" or "hardly the Olympics"?
Why is it sad that you - a "journalist" with "sources" - knows things about a program that fans of that program don't know?
If all fans knew everything about their favorite programs, wouldn't that make people that seek to break news about those programs completely pointless?
Just seems like an...
The throwaway email account I made for my rivals account is somethingsomething7@oneofthefreeemailservers.com. Also, my dad had a bitchin' SS Camaro when I was little.
But you bring up a good point that I honestly never thought of. And since an association with that group is about the last...
Two questions:
1. Setting aside what the overwhelming vast majority of epidemiologists, public health officials, doctors and other people who actually know the subject are saying, do you think China - a country not exactly famous for their abundance of caution regarding the safety of their...
If there are 10 values, the median is the mean of the 5th and 6th ranked values.
PSU - 1, 2, 4, 5, 12, 20, 22, 43, NR, NR
Iowa - 2, 3, 7, 8, 13, 17, 25, 29, 44, 64
Not trying to start a whole thing here, but going by your own numbers (of who will actually be wrestling)...
Iowa's average recruit ranking is better than PSU's (21.2 to 30.9)*
Iowa has just as many top 10 p4p recruits as PSU
In a direct comparison, Iowa has the higher ranked recruit at half...
If I'm being honest, I don't even know what we're discussing/arguing about anymore.
If you think Shak hasn't yet shown the ability (or even a hint of it) to beat the guys that he will need to beat to be wrestling on Saturday night, we're going to agree to disagree.
I'm not even sure what specifically you're looking for, but it doesn't seem to exist. Shak has wins, but they don't count.
As to Adams and Brunner, I don't know if they've improved considerably. Or at least so much that it would invalidate results from 2 seasons ago. Looking at their results...
So, even though he has beaten 2 of the top 4 guys at the weight he's wrestling this year, he doesn't have a win that would indicate he's top 4 at the weight because the wins he against the top 4 guys at the weight don't count.
Do I have that about right?
I'll point out two things.
1.) There are plenty of PSU fans (myself included) that fully expect Marinelli to be a finalist, if not the outright favorite, at 165.
2.) The year Rasheed took 7th in the "rather weak 197 weight class", his losses were to Moore and Macchiavello. The field might have...
What's the definition of "proven" you are using?
Because PSU has guys who have AA'd at both 184 and 197.
If you're putting Lugo and Warner in the "proven" category, I'm not sure how Shak and Conel are left out.
I'm not sure that's the same comparison. Both guys did each thing (NCAA and world titles). The only difference is how many times they did them.
I've always viewed making the senior freestyle national team as "harder" (for lack of a better word) than winning an NCAA championship. One is...
That is an interesting view. Never really thought of it that way.
Who would you - in general - say has had the more accomplished wrestling career: Thomas Gilman or Cenzo Joseph?
At first glance, I think I would have said Gilman. But now I'm not sure.