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  1. AndyStJ
    Since my specialty is sort of changing the subject, how many of those top 5 ranked T&F athletes are also wrestlers? Is there anyone who is ranked in both wrestling and T&F? I would think some throwers if no one else. An overall, who is the best wrestler-track-field athlete?
  2. AndyStJ
    A little surprised to see ID and KS ahead of IN in per capita, but their populations are so low that 1 or 2 extra qualifiers would make a big difference.
  3. AndyStJ
    As they said (not seriously) in the video, Virginia should be top tier because they have more state champions than anyone. It almost makes sense until you actually think about it.
  4. AndyStJ
    It could be worse. Michigan doesn't even exist in a tier.
  5. AndyStJ
    FRL Live says Indiana wrestling is second tier.
  6. AndyStJ
    That played out well. If you had called both as finalists you would have been spot on, but Davison as finalist was a little improbable. Mendez was always a real chance.
  7. AndyStJ
    Man it is hard to figure out when someone is serious and when they are joking. Like the buddy of mine who used to post that cannibalism wasn't so bad. You think you know someone.
  8. AndyStJ
    We are always going to disagree here. You may see the lack of wrestlebacks as exciting but I see Henderson vs Haines in the ticket round, with only one of them going, as an abomination. Both wrestlers have put in the work and are the bad draws, but blind luck of the draw combined with the lack of wrestlebacks means that the question of the top 4 semistate wrestlers on the day is not even considered. And it easily could be. Add a round of wrestlebacks to semistate and qualifying gets harder. You have to win 3 matches instead of 2 to qualify, and the third will always be against someone out of your pod who has already won 2 matches. Add wrestlebacks to the State Finals and you need to win 2 matches to place instead of 1. That is way more exciting to me. If you really want exciting, watch the blood round at Fargo or Super32 or NCAAs. Wrestlebacks would make Indiana HS wrestling better.
  9. AndyStJ
    Wrestle backs you say? What an interesting idea. Please tell me, have any other states implemented these "wrestle backs" , or would Indiana be the first?
  10. AndyStJ
    At the absolute opposite end of the scale in pretty much every way, these are David Taylor's thoughts. Not so recommended for high school and lower ages. 15:03 if the embedded start time doesn't work.
  11. AndyStJ
    Flo also has an interview with Julianna Ocampo live now on the site. https://www.flowrestling.org/video/12155484-julianna-ocampo-on-historic-win-it-felt-amazing
  12. AndyStJ
    This is the Jesse Mendez-Cole Solomey situation. After coming second to Mendez at sectionals, Solomey was guaranteed not to hit Mendez until the finals of Regionals. Keep coming second at regionals and semistate, and he was the only wrestler in the field who was absolutely guaranteed not to hit Mendez until the championship match, even before the draw. It may hurt your ego, but having a monster in your sectional or regional bracket guarantees that you will not see him early in the next week's round.
  13. AndyStJ
    But if we were doing it right, the dialogue would only be a quarter interesting. Where does the other bit come from?
  14. AndyStJ
    Completely irrelevant question. Why do they call it semistate when there are four of them? That makes two states in total. Who gets the second title? IHSAA has a lot to answer for. Do you know what would fix all of these problems? You know ...
  15. AndyStJ
    Hartleroad was the aggressor throughout his semifinal. I spent most of the match wondering why the refs didn't call stalling against his opponent, who would only give ground and not directly attack throughout the match.
  16. AndyStJ
    I almost called it from the summer, but not quite. Post-tournament, Kresja is my P4P. Hockaday, Leavell, and Cressell are also good calls.
  17. AndyStJ
    How weird is it that the two teams fighting for the team title have 2 and 3 finalists out of 14 weight classes?
  18. AndyStJ
    The only real black bird. It's the stuff that dreams are made of.
  19. AndyStJ
    Kresja has looked exceptional today.
  20. AndyStJ
    Get your names in before Day 2 action starts. I am sticking with my summertime prediction: 1. Clinton Shepherd.
  21. AndyStJ
    Keep it up big boy! Chuck E Cheese awaits!
  22. AndyStJ
    Trick question - I haven't seen fleeing the mat called once this year, even for walking backward off the mat to avoid action. Why is it even on the books if it is never called? Was fleeing the mat called during any SS this year? (A real question.)
  23. AndyStJ
    South Bend Clay is being shut down in summer 2024, but their streak will live on forever. RIP Clay Wrestling.
  24. AndyStJ
    What about wrestlebacks makes them soft? To advance at semistate, you now need to win two matches. You can actually go 1-5 after this at the rest of SS and State if you try hard enough (this is true), but you only need to win 2 matches to be guaranteed another 3. If you have wrestlebacks, two matches doesn't cut it. Every advancer to State would need to win a minimum of 3 matches at SS to qualify. If you win in the second round you would need to win a third match, either the semifinal or in the wrestleback against a tough opponent if you lost the semifinal. Or if you lost in the second round, you would need to win an additional two tough matches in the wrestleback to qualify. What is soft about that?
  25. AndyStJ
    I agree with almost everything you said, but it is not subjective if the top wrestlers wrestle enough of each other at the SS to determine who is the best on the day. That is what I meant. Right now, the pod system only determines who is best in the pod, which is not the same as the best 4 in the SS bracket. When you have state top 10 meeting in one pod, and no top 10 in another pod, and no wrestlebacks, I don't think that is fair. And I am also a huge proponent of wrestlebacks. There is a reason that all other 49 states in the United States have wrestlebacks. I see no good reason why IHSAA does not.
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