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  1. maligned
    Yes, for sure. They're equal in Olympic and World golds--but then Yazdani has 5 additional medals compared to only 1 for Taylor. Plus, Yazdani took worldwide Golds at 2 different weights. (I think, too, that if there had been an in-between Olympic weight class like 79 or 80kg, Yazdani might be undefeated since 2016. I think Taylor's body naturally fit 86kg better than Yazdani; but if both would have stayed down 6 or 7kg all these years, it would have been a better fit for Yazdani than Taylor.) But the "who was better" argument is obviously going to come down to what you prefer: overall resume vs. apex quality level. For a 7-year period from the U.S. trials in 2017 to the U.S. trials in 2024--Taylor was 70-1 across all freestyle matches in a traditionally very crowded weight class. As with all American wrestlers, he was not originally a freestyle wrestler--but there is a strong argument that once he fully adapted to the style and the 86kg weight class, he was at a level attained by only a few freestyle wrestlers historically. And part of that argument, obviously, is that he handed an all-time legend like Yazdani himself 5 of his 8 career losses (4 during that 7-year period, of course).
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    Yazdani has definitely been more consistent across all weights in his career. Of course you can point to some of DT's losses in his own country as understandable (Burroughs, Dake, Cox); but Yazdani reached the top level at a much younger age, and Yazdani developed consistency at 86kg much more quickly than DT did. It's almost funny to read some of DT's results from 2015 and 2016.
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    @Thor and @The Genius, I'm actually seeing a lot of people on other boards insisting DT would wrestle the Olympics as his last tournament if Brooks can't go. It seems insane to think of in the middle of the transfer portal, needing to move across the country and probably selling a couple of local businesses. ...and probably leaving his training camp. But people insist it would do so much for the notoriety of the Oklahoma State program that he'd do it. They say, "John Smith wrestled in the Olympics while coaching. Cael Sanderson made a freestyle comeback while coaching. Why can't DT?" I hear them, but in this day and age of 24/7/365 recruiting and training demands for D1 coaches--seems crazy. To be his best, he needs 6+ hours per day for training, eating, and recovery activities and 8-9 hours of sleep. He then uses 9-10 hours per day for a big-time D1 coaching job, plus family, business, moving, travel, media appearances, etc, with none of the downtime that a high-level athlete's mind needs in preparing for an elite event? Let me be the first to predict DT doesn't get gold if he is our rep.
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    I guess you saw Steveson had been re-signed to the WWE and had more appearances. But he wasn't successful at developing a following and he was just released from the WWE a few days ago--too late to cycle off of WWE special sauce, train, and compete at Olympic trials. No word on if he'll try to get signed with another professional wrestling show or possibly go an MMA route. The substance Brooks tested positive for was adderall--the same stimulant prescribed for ADHD that Simone Biles was taking that became a news story. Both of them have prescriptions, but Brooks didn't file for a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). If he has ADHD, a stimulant like that doesn't interact with his brain in the same way to provide "enhanced" focus and performance like it does for a non-ADHD brain. That's why they allow a TUE. But it's admittedly very, very irresponsible, at best, not to apply for a TUE--and obviously is cheating if he doesn't have a verified ADHD diagnosis.
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    That's taking it too far, but there are definitely tiers to this game. Big Ten lower feeds Big Ten upper. Other lesser programs feed the lower Big Ten some too.
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    With the above questions: Anyone know if the IHSAA will consider adopting the 12-weight NFHS model (or even less..is that allowed?) for girls in the short-term to work toward getting lineups more full and creating more matches at events?
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    Those aren't random matches. They're all the matches involving a matchup between Taylor, Yazdani, Brooks, Valencia, and Amine since 2022. I didn't leave any out from that time, so they're not random. I included Amine and I keep mentioning Amine because he's exactly the same level as Kurugliev (1-3, 3-2, 1-2 last two seasons) and because a guy like Valencia beats Amine just as badly as Yazdani. I wrote out the scores so we can take away bias and see that past scores would clearly predict not only a very tight match between Brooks and Yazdani--but also not 10-0 results very often between Yazdani and the other guys Brooks wrestled at US Trials. Not believing the young, improving guy can beat a healthy Yazdani is like if I didn't believe Massoumi could give Steveson a very good match and possibly beat him--just because Massoumi is the new guy. The evidence is there and he looks fantastic. I think Steveson would beat him, but the results are there to say it would be a great match. Anyway, I didn't mean to get so far into this topic. I love watching Yazdani. He is a great champion, and I mention my admiration of him to Iranians I meet any chance I get. If Brooks doesn't win, I hope it will be Yazdani in Paris. Peace, brother
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    Or at least give a year for adaptation where girls can compete for the boys' or girls' teams during the regular season as long as they meet scheduling rules.
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    In the sequence they happened: Taylor over Valencia, 4-2 (when fresh...and 10-0 in match 2 an hour later) Taylor over Yazdani, 7-1 Valencia over Amine, 6-0 Taylor over Brooks, 4-0 & 5-4 Yazdani over Amine, 7-2 Taylor over Yazdani by fall after leading 9-3 Brooks over Mirasola 11-5, Dieringer 8-4, Valencia 7-6 Brooks over Taylor 4-1, 3-1 Then Yazdani 10-0 in 3 or 4 minutes over the phenom Mirasola & Dieringer?? ...and Kurugliev over Brooks?? Come on. Kurugliev has been a 1 or 2-pt match with Amine the last three times in 2 years, with Amine winning one. I think you didn't watch the U.S. Trials matches. Dieringer has fully adjusted to 86kg, weight-wise now. He and the super dynamic young Mirasola would be clear favorites over Amine, for example. We know the American-born Amine very well in the U.S. No American would put their money on him over Brooks, Valencia, Dieringer, or Mirasola. Look at the scores above!! You're way over-valuing the imaginary separation between Taylor and Yazdani and the top guys that can't compete at worlds because of the 1-country limit. If Yazdani is healthy, he deserves to be considered the Olympic favorite. Brooks is inexperienced, and I admit he could make a naive mistake and lose a match to someone other than Yazdani. But he has evolved into a monster that you're way undervaluing. If he's wrestling smart at the Olympics, Yazdani is the only one capable of beating him.
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    Too much negative feedback about non-destination super bowl locations and northern weather for it to come back to Indy. It maybe makes it north for a new stadium situation occasionally--but seems it will be rare.
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    One small devil's advocate counterpoint to the idea that a tech is now too easy: Making techs and majors easier moves team scoring closer to representing actual difficulty of earning each type of win. Pins have always been rightfully worth more team points than a tech. However, tech falls have always been much better indicators of the superior wrestler. Upsets by tech don't exist. Rematch victories by someone who previously got teched are very, very rare. However, pins can happen in a variety of circumstances and are not always earned by the season-long best wrestler. What we saw in college was that tech falls were way up, but that a rematch could be a good match despite the first match having been a tech. This was not the case before. Related...close duals will now have points more accurately assigned to the deserving team. Before, a team could have 3 dominant wins totalling only 9 or 10 team points, while their opponent had 3 close wins but also got 9 points. Now, those dominant wins can rightfully be 12 or 13 points compared to the 9 for the close wins.
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    I really don't see Marcus Blaze heading to WL. He barely remembered he did the Purdue visit when he's talking top schools (near the end):
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    All 3 of those guys could also score points on Yazdani, but would lose. They are all very dynamic in moments. Valencia obviously just beat Azarpira up at 92 (i know you say it was the weight cut, but conditioning is not Valencia's strength either). He also was ahead of Taylor almost the whole first match (but lost 4-2) at Final X in 2022 the last time he met Taylor. I don't think Brooks is as good as Taylor was 2 years ago, but he's very, very good, and he will be the biggest challenge Yazdani has to face in Paris.
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    I agree Taylor didn't look as fit as in the past. His endurance looked fine, but I agree he looked less chiseled. Brooks is legit, though. He's just raw at freestyle, so he can still be scored on more easily the way Taylor was domestically when he was younger. Also, getting scored on by a motivated Valencia doesn't mean much. Valencia scores on everyone in the world in the first minutes. I agree that Brooks is a more desirable opponent from Yazdani's perspective. The underhook game should work better for early scores and Brooks won't be the same threat to score from par terre. But Brooks is very big and has ultra-high conditioning and athleticism for the whole match. If Yazdani is up by less than 5 with 1:30 remaining, he will be in big danger. The big tragedy is that Brooks doesn't have ranking points, so this match could be early in the tournament.
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    Oh, good call. Brain fart. 61 K Larkin...not 65.
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    Hockaday looking insane. Kaleb Larkin beat Jesse Mendez when he won a Senior level freestyle tournament in November. He just teched 2-time AA Kolodzik and went to the wire with Yianni D at Olympic Trials. Hockaday falls to him, 8-7. Dude's becoming a bona fide beast
  17. maligned
    Is Frazier headed to IU?
  18. maligned
    He's not a huge medal favorite. He'll come in as the 4th best guy and capable of beating anyone--but if brackets work out with him on the same side as 2 of the Big 3, he has to get an upset to medal. AMENDMENT: I just researched and saw that ranking points should be locked in with Mason and the Big 3 as the 4 seeds. That will mean he can medal without beating one of them and that he's a clear medal favorite. I disagree that a loss would be a "huge" upset because the rise of new, young monsters, along with upsets by savvy vets, are commonplace internationally--but him not medalling would be an upset if the draws hold.
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    IU picks up 2023 Columbia 133-lb national qualifier, Angelo Rini. He's a grad transfer who was out much of this season with injuries. Avon's own Cheaney Schoeff (IU redshirt at 133 this year) enters the portal in a possibly not unrelated move.
  20. maligned
    Cheaney Schoeff also enters the portal fray at 133, ending his IU tenure.
  21. maligned
    Wow, so sorry! Get well soon!
  22. maligned
    Team sports vs individual sports are very different. If you aren't winning titles eventually as an individual, you're losing matches and can't be considered the best. In team sports, you could lose games but still be clearly the best individual. I do agree that being a 4-timer or being undefeated for a career is overrated. Mason Parris losing a match as a freshman at a big guy weight or Howe losing early to a fellow all-timer shouldn't mean anything when compared to 4-timers that were at low weights and/or didn't face royalty as freshmen.
  23. maligned
    Iran 190 (5 gold, 8 medals) Japan 130 (2, 5) Kyrgyzstan 121 (1, 4) Kazakhstan 118 (1, 4) Mongolia 92 (0, 4) Uzbekistan 85 (0, 3) India 84 (0, 3) Bahrain gets the 10th gold and 3 other medals...4 for 4 in medals from their import participants.
  24. maligned
    CP alum Frazier hits the portal out of Va Tech.. Wrestlestat has him at #49 among all 133s on D1 rosters. He'd have immediate national qualifier potential in the right spot.
  25. maligned
    Wrestling schools in 3A/4A out of total wrestling schools: 33% (102 of 311) State placers from those 3A/4A schools: 70% (79 of 112) Athletes representing those same 3A/4A schools in the T & F list above: 81% (65 of 80) We see in wrestling too, that there can be a lot of small schools represented in a list of "at least one state qualifier" or "at least one placer" because there are so many of them. But you can see in the list that no 1A/2A school has more than 2 kids, and there are only 15 small-school kids (19%) coming from 67% of the total schools.
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