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Session 67 - NCAA Upperweight Preview
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We cover the top back half of the weight classes at NCAAs. With some additional news regarding transfers, DIII team title race, and more!
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00:00:02
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Alright, are we to start this? We're started. Oh, we're live. Welcome back to the Barnes session. we think we Do we think Eddie Ventresca gets any bonus?
00:00:12
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Any bonus in any of his matches? No shot. i don't think he's a I don't think he's a bonus man. He doesn't get bonus points. oh
00:00:21
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No, no, no, no, no.
00:00:25
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But, he gets placement. What? Okay, ignore him. Hey, yeah, for the people, if you're confused why there's a child on the screen, ah that is ah our typical third host's son, Cooper. He's been here.
00:00:40
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was here two episodes ago, and he was on like one of the first episodes that we might not have released. I don't remember. So, Cooper's here. We'll release the tapes.
00:00:52
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If we haven't already. There are a couple episodes that will not see the light of day. Unless we are paid a lot of money. Why? Because.
00:01:03
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Because. ah All right. So we roughly previewed the Lightweights last episode. um But Reese, you didn't have your picks. And eventually we stopped. So
00:01:15
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let's let's dive right into it. But before we dive right into it, i wanted latest news. Latest news. Take a dally to Michigan.
00:01:26
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Makes sense, right? Yes, they are the Michigan mercenaries. They're just going to keep picking up all Americans at heavyweight. No one has bigger pockets than the Michigan Wolverines.
00:01:39
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don't about that. I think the most there's probably some people there's probably some people with more money. but When you look at look at it this way, who's got the most revenue? What sport but athletic department has the most revenue out of any school in the United States?
00:01:54
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It's Michigan or Texas. But you know if Texas isn't a part of this equation. Is it not Alabama? I thought it would be Alabama or LSU. Michigan or Texas. Really? okay i looked at that's That's what I saw the last time I looked that up.
00:02:10
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And that gets shared? I think it's just ah it's just a kind of ah an indicator. indication or Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay.
00:02:22
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ah But yeah, I think it made sense for him to go to Michigan. People were saying Oklahoma State, which I didn't get. I did not understand why ah David Taylor and company would recruit over Connor.
00:02:34
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Connor Doucette, who's probably an all-American level guy next sure so
00:02:41
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year. But it's NCAA week. they will We will be wrestling in...
00:02:50
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Like, what is it? Like, what are you talking about? 60 hours. We're going to be wrestling in like 60 hours or something like that. You're doing some hours. Wait, are you guys going?
00:03:01
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Yeah. Reese and I will be there along with Papa Coakley. Junior? he He's got school, right?
00:03:11
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i I don't i have any quizzes. I should get to them. No, that's not how it works. Yeah. Well, I thought there was rumors floating that you might go. I never heard those rumors. Well, if it was on a weekend and one of you guys were going, then apparently I would have gone.
00:03:27
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We're both going. We are going. in And it's a Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Yeah, Thursday, Friday. That's a deal breaker for you. are the Those are weekdays.
00:03:42
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We kind of did a rough preview of um of all the weights, but if there are any any interesting matchups that you guys see, shout them out. You've already talked about interesting matchups.
00:03:54
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Yeah, but any additional ones. so Reese, let's start off with your picks at 125. right I'm very curious because you've been musing over these brackets for over a week now.
00:04:08
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Toiling away. i mean, I finished them a couple days ago. okay. I'm just doing been doing the team stuff. yeah you so you You write down your your results and then you figure out you calculate the team score.
00:04:25
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Yeah, painstakingly. what ah Yeah, what a grueling process. artiste.
00:04:31
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It's not.
00:04:34
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I'm a tortured artist. Go ahead and run it. Deal with it.
00:04:40
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Alright, top 8 at 125. 8th place, have Steve Opuin. eighth place i have steve opuin Seventh, Caleb Smith. Sixth, Vincent Robinson.
00:04:53
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Fifth, Matt Ramos. Fourth, Luke Lilladal. Third, Ventresca. Second, Troy Spratley. And first, Richie Figueroa. but we are just We are just about bar for bar.
00:05:09
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Yeah, because you had Steve O'Poulin placing because he what? Did he have Moran on the backside? And then in the blood round, he had...
00:05:24
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ah
00:05:28
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Vincent... He would have had Vincent Robinson. Slim Strick. Strickenberger.
00:05:36
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Oh. No, you're right. You're right. Okay. Interesting. Yeah, because I mean, I'm... um from eighth to first Moran Smith, Ventresca, Ramos, Robinson, Figueroa, Lilladol, Spratly. So our our top, our top five are basically just rearranged.
00:05:58
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Interesting. Who'd you got first? Who's your first place? Spratly. Oh, Spratly. Spratly beats Lilladol. Go ahead. Yeah. Uh, Sheldon.
00:06:12
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Seymour taking eighth, Caleb Smith, Eddie Ventresca, Richard Figueroa, Vincent Robson, Troy Spratley, Luke Lilladel, and Matt Ramos.
00:06:26
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Yeah. We all had Smith taking seventh. It's a lock. Yeah. it's happening. and It's seemingly inevitable.
00:06:36
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Cool. Well, let's just jump around to 133. Rhys?
00:06:42
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sir no You know qualms about my picks? I i don't know if Figgs is going to be able to put a whole tournament together. but Well, he's already done it.
00:06:54
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Yeah. I just don't think he's... I think he's obviously still good. I just don't think he's quite that same guy. and What makes you think he's not the same guy?
00:07:04
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Losing to Tristan Darty at Big 12s. Wasn't he like 5-5 going into the postseason last year? Yeah, but then he won Big 12s. Okay, he lost one match.
00:07:16
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One match. Yeah. At the conference tournament. Yes. To a guy who had a losing record. Fair enough. I mean, that guy had a pretty good tournament, though. He was... don't know.
00:07:28
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It's not like he got blown out after that. No, you're not wrong. But... I just don't feel as confident. As confident as you did last year,
00:07:42
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i yeah I think just because 125, it didn't feel like you had some strong like strong runners, guys that can make deep deep runs into the tournaments you youre into the tournament. You just knew that obviously somebody had to win.
00:07:58
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here This year is about the same. yes this you It feels different. It feels like there you have some heavy hitters with with Ramos and Lilladol and maybe even Spratly. Spratly, maybe not so much. I don't know, dude. right i just I'm not sold on the Ramos thing, especially after he got kind of pieced up by Lilladol.
00:08:18
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Yeah, I still... I don't... Nobody... Everybody's like, he got majored by Lilladol. Yes, but he also got put straight to his back off an exchange that he over... Yeah, but he had no... He got nowhere near score.
00:08:35
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Yeah, no right. Because one, you get flustered when you when that happens to you. And two, ah Luke Lillard, he's got great defense. And if when when he has a lead, why wouldn't he just yeah use that great defense?
00:08:49
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I don't think, I don't see, i mean, if they wrestle again, Ramos and Lilladol, I don't see there is any way that he's going to be able to beat Lilladol. Because just sort specific strictly for the what we talked about before Big Tens, where we were like saying how Lilladol is pretty good at, or he he has a hard time getting to the legs, but once he does, he finishes. And Matt Ramos, guys can get in him. Yeah, he's too open. Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:15
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Yeah, but I mean i still think when you put but when we when you put those types of guys, Lilladol and Ramos, Seagans, Figueroa, I think it'll be interesting. I guess I can't say. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:09:29
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ah show All right. Figueroa, Lilladol, like that, I mean, man, I really want to see that. That's fast. That's a really fast match. Figs, Lilladol, Figs, Robinson, that those would be good matches if they happen, hopefully.
00:09:43
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Yeah, and I mean... Ventresca has been very impressive, yeah ah in especially in comparison to last last year.
00:09:55
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So I just can't rule him out. Can't rule him out. He could totally make the finals. 100. Yeah. All right, 133. 133. My picks. um thirty three my pick and Don't let me down here.
00:10:12
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At eighth place, I have one, Angelo Rini. Let's go! Yes! Seventh, Kyrie. Sixth, Tyler Knox.
00:10:25
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Fifth, Connor McGonigal. Fourth place, Nasir Bailey. Third, backside, Boozy. Second place, Drake Ayala. And first place, Lucas Bird.
00:10:36
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you You seriously have you have Nick Buzakis losing to Kyrene in the first round and then going back and taking third. Ultimate road warrior, Nick Buzakis. ah Ultimate, I want to maximize my mat time in the postseason, Nick Buzakis. So he's going to place ahead of both of the guys that beat him in the postseason.
00:10:56
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Hell yeah. Yeah.
00:10:59
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That's pretty wouldn't have done if he hadn't. I mean, Kyle Rini in the first round, that's tough. That sucks. It's tough for a guy who just loves the backside. Right.
00:11:10
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It's very tempting. It's like, this this is perfect for me. Yeah. i ah I thought about, because I saw some people picking Bailey to win this weight, I started to think about, man, that would be huge win Little Yeah.
00:11:26
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win for little rock I mean, that that that would have had to have been one of the fastest turnarounds for a new program to get a national champ. Yeah. Right? That would be cool. And with the way he's wrestling,
00:11:43
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I don't know if he can beat Drake Ayala. But I think he can beat Lucas Bird. Oh, really? Yeah. what So what makes you what makes you think like one or the other is different?
00:11:57
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Whose phone just went off? What was that? Well, that was my dad's laptop. ah Oh my God. It was grandpa. Wow. What's he what? Sending picture?
00:12:09
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I don't know. Is it probably going to be a paragraph of text? Coming soon. All right. All right. Anyway, anyway. Um... i don't think I think Bird is more reserved in his offensive output.
00:12:21
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I think Drake is a guy who will continue to attack and and come at you. And I think that that will wear down a guy like Nasir Bailey. And I don't think that benefits Nasir Bailey as much as wrestling a tight, ah calculated match like Bird does. i mean that's i mean, they had a... What, did their all-star match go to write-outs, right? No, Nasir picked neutral instead of... Oh, yeah, that's right. That's right. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:12:45
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Yeah. So, and Nasir, had his his slump in in in the middle of the season, but he's recovered and he looked good at conferences. And yeah, that could that could definitely happen.
00:12:59
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I personally don't have it happening. What I have is in eighth place, we get Angelo Rini. My Hoosier. ah Seventh, Zeth Romney. Sixth, Braxton Brown. Fifth, Nasir Bailey.
00:13:11
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Fourth, Tyler Knox. Third, Conor McGonigal. Second, Drake Ayala. And first place is Lucas Bird. so
00:13:21
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both You guys both really think Drake Ayala is going to lose to Lucas Bird? Yeah. He just got pwned by him. He got pwned by him, which I don't know that will happen again. but I just can't get that image out of my head.
00:13:35
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Dude, come mean. He took him down before that too, right? I don't know. Wasn't he, was he not winning? Or like. I don't, I don't. i and maybe it Maybe it was zero to zero. No. All I, yeah all I remember from the match was the pin and the way Drake Aula was flopping on his back.
00:13:53
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i have Like a fish. I fully understood just how painful that cow catcher was. Yeah. so i But I mean, i don't think the match is going to happen again like that.
00:14:04
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no i just I think it's Lucas Bird's time. I think he's due for a national title. so And ah that's what I want to have happen. My dad also has Drake on beating Lucas Bird.
00:14:16
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Well, yeah, you guys live in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Yeah. You have to pick that.
00:14:24
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You have to. he's It's a Fort Dodge native. I get it. Yeah.
00:14:29
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Don't worry, Cooper. You spend enough time there, you you will start to notice that you're growing a pair of Hawkeye wings and that you'll just you'll just like wearing black and gold more often.
00:14:40
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It's just the way so way things go. so You'll get used to it. That's fair. What does your dad have? In an eighth, Dylan Shalver.
00:14:55
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Seventh, Kai O'Rean. Sixth, Tyler Knox. Fifth, Evan Frost. Fourth, Connor McGonigal. Third, Nasir Bailey. Second, Lucas Bird. First, Drake Island.
00:15:07
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Yeah.
00:15:11
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Reese, do you think Drake is the safer pick than Bird? No, I don't think so. Why? cause like Just based on who's going to have to make it to the finals? Or based on how likely one or the other is?
00:15:24
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I mean, the path for Bird, he's got to take out Braxton Brown, who he's kind of shown he's better than. so he have to wrestle Brown or Davis?
00:15:35
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Yeah, I think Davis actually might be a tougher match for him. Yeah. And even before that, he gets probably Van de Probably, yeah. Uh, and then, so if he makes it, he's a way too, there's just zero.
00:15:49
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I cannot, I could not see how Vandy would ever be able to beat bird. No, maybe give him a scare with some crazy counter offense, but birds pretty savvy. So, uh, and then, I mean, in the semis, Tyler Knox, Seth Romney, maybe Dom Serrano.
00:16:06
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I think he beats all of those guys though. So, yeah, I mean, a all his path, is not crazy.
00:16:18
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It's not easy either, though. Cade Moore is as a first-round match is not not youre not a not a pushover 31 seed. Farber or Noto, Shauver or Oreen or Nick Buzakis.
00:16:31
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Man, ah if if Nick Buzakis is on fire on the front side and he's wrestling Drake Ayala, don't sleep on that match. Yeah, dude. Ayala 100% has the the tougher... Yeah....in my opinion.
00:16:44
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I know. I think you're right because then you're in the semis and you got Conor McGonigal or Nasir Bailey. Yeah. Both those guys are tough. so Just out of curiosity, what did you did you guys have Drake Ayala being Cade Moore by decision? i i didn't I didn't do any of the bonus point stuff. I mean, probably probably just a decision. I can tell you how many bonus points I gave Ayala right here.
00:17:12
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I gave him two and a half bonus points. So he gets a major and a tech somewhere along his path. My dad has him majoring Cade Moore and then decisions all the way through.
00:17:30
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Yeah, maybe things just start to tighten up in those later rounds. I don't, I mean, all is not cutting a lot of weight. Cooper. What's the, here's a lesson for you. What's one of the hardest rounds, um, for guys that are cutting in weight.
00:17:47
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It's going to be the quarterfinals that Friday morning. We were looking for the quarterfinals there. Yeah. You'll get it next time. Don't worry. Um, But Corey Cooperman told me this because you're you're just you're fresh off the scale and if you had to cut a bunch of weight um because you refueled for your matches the day before, obviously, um this is when you're going to have you know your shakiest performance because you're fresh off the scale, especially if if you're a lighter weight.
00:18:18
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What's up? I'll just...
00:18:25
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All right. Yawn. Let's get on to 141. 41? Yeah.
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yeah
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eight. copy
00:18:45
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Eighth place, Kale Happel. Seventh, Tegan Jameson. Sixth place, Coderhant. Fifth, Jesse Mendez. Fourth, Von Bauer. Third, Alirez.
00:18:56
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Second, Bo Barlet. And your champion is the party monster, Brock Hardy. The party monster. Reese, don't remember... i don't know if you remember last episode, but I made a call in the blood round for Alirez to lose.
00:19:17
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And I haven't fixed it. I'm not going to fix it. I'm sticking with my picks. Alirez is going to lose in the blood round to Sergio Lemley. okay So it's going to be from 8th to 1st, Vance Von Bar, Kale Happel. You did that on accident?
00:19:32
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I don't know why I did it because it doesn't make a lot of sense. Right? No. But... But I did it, and so I'm rolling with it.
00:19:43
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From eighth to first, Vaughn Barr, Happel, Lemley, Josh Coderhant, Tegan Jameson, Bo Bartlett, Jesse Mendez, first place, partying at the top of the leader or top of the podium, Brock Hardy.
00:19:59
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Cooper, you better be with us at that party. He's not. Don't you remember?
00:20:06
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Ryan did not pick Hardy. Josh Saunders. josh saunders um Like father, like son.
00:20:15
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Vance Bombard taking seven. Kale Happel taking six. Brock Hardy taking fifth. Do you not remember these picks, Sammy? No, I don't.
00:20:27
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You don't remember Ryan calling Josh Saunders, Josh Sanders, and then saying... Oh, like the Colonel. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:20:35
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Brock Hardy at fifth? Sorry, keep going. I don't want a Bo Bartlett Andrew that? Which has always been smackdown, hasn't it?
00:20:46
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Yes. i don't want a beau bartlett ah and earlier as final who wants who wants that well oh he he has andrew leres in the final and he has yeah ob bart beating andrewlire which is always been a smackdown hasn't it yes yeah If the Lears is good enough to make the finals, he's definitely not losing to Bo Barlett.
00:21:09
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Right. I mean, who does he have to beat to get there? Brock Hardy, Josh Coderhant?
00:21:16
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I think, yeah.
00:21:19
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Interesting. Interesting pick from from Ryan Coakley. Yeah. He didn't know what he's doing. No, here's the thing, ladies and gentlemen. If you're not picking Brock Hardy... going to lose once again yeah in the fantasy. Yeah.
00:21:34
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Yep, going to be and you at the top again. And this time there won't be a set of chairs to save you. We'll see.
00:21:42
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right, 149. What going to say? so I thought you were going to say something. If you're not picking Brock Hardy, then you're just you're just youre wrong. It's just the way it is. going Brock Hardy, and he better win. ah It's not it's not a he better win.
00:21:56
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it's ah You better be there when he wins. You better be there when he wins. Yep. I hope he wins. God, I hope he wins.
00:22:05
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Please God. Please don't let me down.
00:22:11
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Okay. 149 Reese. Let's hear it. 149. So I was trying to, i was trying to there's a sidebar here. was trying to do Virginia tech. I feel like their team Virginia tech does well in my picks. Minnesota does really well in my picks.
00:22:31
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Cornell pretty sneaky. Good. finish. Where do you have them? Oh, I don't know where I am with 58 points though. 58 points. That's pretty good. I do this every year where I like, i purposefully, i didn't, I don't even think I did this on purpose except for maybe with Ramirez. I do have Ramirez doing really well.
00:22:52
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Um, and maybe Foka too, but I don't know. I purposefully pick certain teams to do really well just because I want to see them have as good a tournament as possible.
00:23:04
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So I got like you and I taking, getting 58 points, Cornell getting 58 points. Like I got a bunch of teams getting a ton of points. Yeah. I mean, I have Cornell taking, getting 56 and a half and taking seventh.
00:23:16
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Okay. Yeah. And you and I is right above them with 58 and a half. Interesting. So we were pretty close. Pretty close. You and I were in sync a little bit. Okay.
00:23:29
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All right. Technical issues, but we're back. 149.
00:23:34
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Eighth place, I have Sammy Alvarez of Ryder. Sneaks in there. Seventh place, Lachlan McNeil. Sixth place, Pinero Johnson.
00:23:46
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Fifth, Kyle Parco. um who gets revenge against Johnson in my bracket. Johnson beats him the quarters. Franco beats him for fifth. Fourth place, Cannon Webster.
00:23:57
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Third place, Van Ness. Another revenge match. And the finals are second place, Caleb Henson. And your champ is Ridge Lovett. Nebraska gets back-to-back champs for maybe the first time ever. I don't know. I don't know. Probably the... Their last national champ was Burroughs. Jordan Burroughs.
00:24:17
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jordan burrough The last Big Ten back-to-back champs. 2011, I thought, right?
00:24:28
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Yeah, 2010 would had have been the the latest because I definitely don't remember him wrestling in 2011. Okay. I don't think I've ever seen Gordon Burroughs wrestle.
00:24:42
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In college? I feel like I watched the finals. Yeah. you've Never seen it. ah Man, so you run your bottom half again by me one more time.
00:24:53
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My bottom half. Sammy Alvarez, Lachlan McNeil, Pinero Johnson, and Kyle Parco, respectively. You don't have Jordan Williams.
00:25:04
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No, Williams loses McNeil. He loses in the blood round to McNeil. Tough one. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. My eighth to first, Lachlan McNeil, so Jordan Williams, Teague Travis...
00:25:20
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Panero Johnson. How did he get sixth? Hang on. How did Teague get there? Teague Travis loses in the first, well, not the first round.
00:25:32
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The first round for his second round. First round for everybody else. And then he beats Trey McDaniel, Ethan Fernandez, Kanan Webster, Ethan Stiles, Jordan Williams, and then loses to Ridge Lovett in the Conti Semis.
00:25:44
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So, a little bit of it. After Fernandez, who did he beat? Ethan Stiles. Oh, no. Kanan Webster. Dang, you have Webster losing to Real Buddha, huh?
00:25:58
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Do i Hang on. Everything just freaked out on me. Hang on. Where even is it? yes ah Yes, I do. I have Real Budo beating him.
00:26:10
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I don't think... I don't know if Kanan loses to Real Budo or Tee, Travis. But I made that call. ah Fifth place, Panero Johnson. Fourth, Kyle Parco. Third, Ridge Lovett. Second, Shane Van Ness. And first, Caleb Henson.
00:26:27
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Not as Your picks are not as cool as mine, i have to say. Not as cool. Because you didn't have back-to-back Husker champs. Right. That is pretty cool. But, I mean, the T, Travis, that's pretty interesting.
00:26:40
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That's neat, yeah. They tweeted out today. Could he beat in the blood round for you? ah Ethan Stiles. Stiles. Yep. So does Stiles beat Parker?
00:26:52
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Stiles makes it to the quarterfinals. So he beats Parker? By beating Kyle Parker.
00:27:01
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Who ends up taking fourth. So...
00:27:06
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Kyle Parco beats Colin Real Budo in the blood round. That's right cooper funny, actually. I have the same thing. I have Parco beating Real Budo in the quarters, but just a different kind of situation.
00:27:18
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Yeah. um Whoa.
00:27:24
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Knock it off. Go ahead now. ah Go ahead. My dad has... Jordan Williams taking eighth. Colin Robuto taking seventh.
00:27:35
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Keague Travis taking sixth. Lachlan McNeil taking fifth. Caleb Henson taking fourth. Shane Van Ness taking third. Ridge Lovett in second. And Kyle Parker.
00:27:48
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Kyle Parker for the win. Oh, yeah. He's got three Hawkeye champs. That's right.
00:27:56
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Wait. Oh, Buchanan. Yeah. Ayala.
00:28:04
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great We only have a slight bias, but all of our biases are different, which is great. Bro, I don't have a bias. my only highest My only bias is that i I want all the teams to do well, all of them equally.
00:28:19
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I want to see every team get dude maximize their potential. You know what? i'm I'm glad you said this. but I don't care about um I'm glad you said this because and I think i think the the the best example that we've had of why a team race is great for the sport happened at D3s this weekend. Did you see this?
00:28:39
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Oh, I heard about it. So the team race for the last, I don't know how long, way too long. There have been two teams that have won the D3 team title. It's been Wartburg or Augsburg.
00:28:52
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johnson and Johnson and Wales. Johnson and Wales? I think it was Johnson and Wales. ah ah made a run for it, and then they they want they won two weights, and Wartburg won two weights, but Wartburg had a major, and so they tied, but still. just You could just tell from from the energy that you were seeing from video of D3 Nationals that it was great.
00:29:18
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It's a perfect example of why it's so why it's so important for the sport. so um Yeah, when whenever we get that back in D1, it's going to be awesome. Dude, I can't wait.
00:29:31
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and Hopefully sooner rather than later. Yeah.
00:29:35
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Sorry for technical issue. The price master. You can't mute him. Having some slight technical issues, but we should be fine. Reese, don't touch any cords.
00:29:49
Speaker
I think it's maybe because I keep moving my papers around. Probably. They have powers. Powerful papers. how is my powerful papers how and how um How do I sound coming through here?
00:30:00
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You sound great. You sound you sound great, Reese. sound Loud and clear. Okay. Yep. 157. All right. I got to move my papers again. Let's see if you really sound like you should based on what you're about to tell me with 157. Is there something you want from me?
00:30:17
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I want you to make the right call.
00:30:21
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Shit, bro. I don't know. Did I make the right call? Did I make the right call? Oh, oh yeah. I seen it. No, I did not see me. Motherfucker. for Really?
00:30:33
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No, yeah. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. i So here's what I picked for context. Eighth place, Caleb Fish, seventh, Vinny Zerbin. That's pretty cool, right? Vinny Zerbin gets on the podium.
00:30:46
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I have him there, too. Sixth place, Hippolito. Me too. Fifth place, Ryder Downey. No. Oh. Fourth place, Entrell Taylor. Third place, Ja'Cory Tamer.
00:30:58
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Okay, so our... I'm a believer. Our fifth through thirds are all just rotated, so that's great. Okay, what do you... Okay, anyway. Second place, Myer Shapiro.
00:31:11
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And first place, Tyler Kasach. Boo! Nobody wants that. nobody wants that Nobody wants that. There's a part of me that kind of wants it because I was talking about how ty Tyler Kasach was one of them one of them ones you know earlier in the season. Yeah. at some point At some point the season, Reese is like, man, Tyler Kasach is starting to look like Zane Rutherford, Jason Nolfe, Bo Nickel.
00:31:38
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And you know what? He's kind of right. He's kind of right. But I'm not going to let it happen. And you know you know, it's not even me. You know who's not going to lot of happen?
00:31:50
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Myra Shapiro. My picks. Joey Blaze, Vinny Zerbin, Hippolito, and then Entrell Taylor, Ja'Cory Teamer, Ryder Downey.
00:32:01
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little rotation from what Reese had. Second place, Tyler Kasach. First place, Myra Shapiro. The way it should be. I probably should have done that. Okay, I'm sorry. If I darpa if if i didn't have to defend myself from haters like Ron, maybe I would have done that.
00:32:16
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But sometimes I value being right over being supportive. all the other ones
00:32:22
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that's just how That's just what it boils down to. on that a I'm sorry. apologize. It's going to be okay. It's going to okay because he he'll win anyway.
00:32:35
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I'll be right. and you'll be wrong.
00:32:39
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but I home but i'm like i wouldn't i would probably wouldn't pick Tyler Kasach on my team, but it would be funny if I did. Tell them the real picks. Go ahead.
00:32:50
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Go ahead, Cooper. It is Ed Scott, 7th, Caleb Fish, 6th, Rafael Pulido. Fifth, Jeromy... No, Jacory.
00:33:03
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Jacory Teemer. Fourth, Entrell Taylor. Move your hand out of your face. Out of your... Put it down. Put your hand down. There's juice. He's got the You juice?
00:33:14
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He's juicing? Fifth place, Jacory Teemer. third Fourth place, Entrell Taylor. Third place, Ryder Downey. Second place, Tyler Kasach. And first place, Myers Shapiro.
00:33:27
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Shapiro. Shapiro. Wow, interesting. We we all had like extremely similar aa Beautiful work, Ryan. Beautiful work. I had Zerbin, I think, and you guys didn't have Zerbin. had Zerbin.
00:33:42
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Ryan had Scott. We didn't have Scott. Who did you have that we didn't have? I had Joey Blaze. Joey Blaze. That's what it was. And you guys had Fish. I didn't have Fish.
00:33:54
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Oh, yeah. But we had we had that Taylor-Teamer-Downie rotation. so Yeah.
00:34:04
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All right. let's ah let's Let's start getting through these a little bit quicker. okay
00:34:13
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place, Cameron Amin. Seventh place, Cameron Steed. Sixth place, Hunter Garvin. Fifth place, Terrell Bearclaw. Fourth place, Julian Ramirez. I almost... No, no, no, no, no.
00:34:26
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Fourth place, ah Peyton Hall. Third place, Julian Ramirez. Ooh. Second place, Mikey Caliendo. First place, Messonbury. What? Why are you doing that? Peyton Hall's always smashed Julian. Really? Yeah.
00:34:41
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Pretty sure. i think. Like pinned him consistently. Oh, he did pin him. I do remember him pinning him. But I mean, yeah. I mean, that could... This year is probably... Like, why would you think this year any differently? Because Peyton Hall has been like, this is probably the best year he's wrestled.
00:35:00
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Uh... Yeah. Let me take a look here. Well, I was being supportive, so... No, I greatly appreciate that. Peyton Hall is...
00:35:10
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ah
00:35:13
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Let's see. We've got one, two. All right. They've only wrestled twice.
00:35:24
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They've only wrestled twice. and it's And it was a pin and an eight two decision. So...
00:35:32
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i ah Let me go through my picks. Cam Steed, Andrew Sparks, Cam Amin, Terrell Baraclaw, Julian Ramirez, Peyton Hall, Caliendo Mesenbrink.
00:35:44
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Wow, very similar. Yeah.
00:35:49
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Man. But those are my picks. Yeah, 65 this way is sleepy. Ho-hum. Give him the real picks. Give the real picks, Coop. Bo Montanono. Bo Montanono.
00:36:04
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Bo Montanono. but Bo Montanono. Bo Topatapu. You sound like Will Coakley trying to say that last name. quiet.
00:36:16
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Julian Harris at 600 Garvin. Peyton Hall. Cameron Amin. Amin.
00:36:27
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Terrell. Barra. Barra Clow. Barra Clow. Barra Clow. Barra. Barra Duke.
00:36:38
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Second, Michael Caliano. And first, Messonbury.
00:36:45
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That was like a gauntlet of last names. Terrell Bubichu. Bubuchow. Terrell Babadook.
00:36:55
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Alright. Yeah, I mean, 165 is it's a little cut and dry. Yep. I don't know. Moving on. 174. one seventy four
00:37:07
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74, my top eight. Eighth place, Simon Ruiz. Seventh place, Garrett Thompson. Sixth place, Lenny Pinto. Fifth place, Carson Archla. Fourth, Danny Bronicle. Third, Dean Hamidi.
00:37:21
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And for my finals, I went second place, Levi Haynes. And first place, Keegan O'Toole. The Iceman. Man, we so I was ready to be pretty similar to you.
00:37:34
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i don't have Archla or Bronicle in there at all. Yeah, Bronigal, I feel like that's... Probably not a lot of people have Bronigal, but i mean... Bronigal... Bronigal loses to Wask.
00:37:45
Speaker
In the blood round? Yeah, and where does Harshla go? What the heck? mean, I have Harshla beating Devos. Oh, I have Harshla losing in, like... Pinto?
00:37:57
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The third round of the backside to Lorenzo Norman. ah Do you have him losing to Pinto? I do indeed have him losing to Pinto. Dude... Picture, I want you to picture that match.
00:38:09
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How is he losing to Lenny Pinto?
00:38:13
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Um, I don't know, dude. If you asked me before conference weekend, picture how is he going to lose to Dan Bronigal? Dude, no, Danny Bronigal. Wouldn't have been able to do it.
00:38:25
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Oh, Carson? Yes. I mean, Danny Bronigal is good. He has the ability to beat all kinds of guys. Yeah, I mean, Danny Bronigal losing to Pinto.
00:38:37
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that kind of throws a wrench in what I'm saying, but yeah, Lenny Pinto is just not, he's just not disciplined enough in my opinion to, he's going to just completely and totally i would like screw it, attack himself out of that. Yeah. You're, you, you're really, you're, you, you hone in on him being super offensive, but that not being a good thing for him.
00:39:03
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I mean, is that not true?
00:39:06
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I don't know. We'll see. We'll see. ah All right. For me, Garrett Thompson, Danny Wask, Lorenzo Norman, Lenny Pinto, Simon Ruiz, Levi Haynes, Keegan O'Toole, Dean Hamity.
00:39:22
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Dean Hamity over not just Levi Haynes, but Keegan O'Toole. Yeah, he gets the job done, and it's so you just it's an electric it's an electric factory.
00:39:32
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Is this just you doubling down out of spite because he lost at Big 12s? I think he gets the job done. that i don't think there's anything wrong with that. This is it. This is the year he finally... This is the weekend. He finally gets those big wins.
00:39:49
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Yeah, I mean... He's due. he's He's career-long due. Career-long due. Yeah. Career-long due.
00:40:01
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We'll see. Cooper? a Eighth, Simon Ruiz. Seventh, Garrett Thompson. Sixth, Cade DeVos.
00:40:14
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Fifth, Carson... Harchlis. Harchlis, yeah, I assume. Patrick Kennedy, third Levi Haynes, second Keegan O'Toole, and first Dean Hennig.
00:40:32
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Yeah! What do you have against Keegan O'Toole? and um No, he's great. <unk>s about levi hanynes Keegan's great. Keegan's great. So what makes you think he's going to lose to Hennig? I just don't understand.
00:40:44
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I mean, he almost lost him. I was going to say. He's got two more weeks. Dude, there's no way he is like You can tell the way he moves. like He is not healthy.
00:40:56
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So maybe two weeks two more weeks, he'll be able to move a little bit better. I don't know. Maybe. um this that's just maybe or yeah I mean, it could go well they could go either way. He's felt Hamidi.
00:41:07
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I feel like that's good. That helps O'Toole more than it helps Hamidi. you You might not be wrong. We'll see. Yeah, i was we'll see. We'll see. I just don't get it. I just don't get the disrespect.
00:41:20
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the did The disrespect that they're putting on his name. Yeah. Two-time champ. The two-time? The two-time champ. Versus the guy who didn't even all-American. Well, look, look man, if you're if you're annoyed by the disrespect that I'm putting on a two-time champ's name, you better buckle up for 184. Well, I don't care about Carter Sriracha.
00:41:42
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I'm going to Doesn't matter to me. All right. Well, let's hear what you got. right, 184. ah Eighth place, Edmund Ruth. Seventh, Bennett Berge.
00:41:54
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Sixth, Gabe Arnold. Fifth place, Foca. Fourth place, McAnally. Third place, Plot. And second place, Carter Starachi. First place, partnerter Parker Kekheisen.
00:42:09
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I'm with it. I'm with it. I don't quite have the same, but I'm with it. Jackson Smith, Chris Foka, Gabe Arnold, Bennett Berge, Dustin Plot, Max McAnally, Carter Starachi, Parker Kekheisen.
00:42:25
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Who do I have Foka losing to on the backside? wheres Where did you have Foka placing? Seventh. I have him losing to Gabe Arnold in the Consies. Gabe Arnold.
00:42:38
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He loses in the quarters to McAnally, which honestly, i think that could be a really good quarterfinals.
00:42:48
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But I could be wrong. Gabe Arnold and then losing to Gabe Arnold? When does he beat Gabe? No, I don't. Nope. He does not wrestle Gabe Arnold on the front side. losing Don L Washington, baby.
00:43:02
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right
00:43:04
Speaker
but that makes Let a man, let a, let a man dream.
00:43:10
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Cooper, your picks. Eighth. My dad has Edmund Ruth, Chris Boca, Bennett Burge, Gabe Arnold, Max McAnally, Dustin Plott, Carter Sirachi, Parker Kekin.
00:43:30
Speaker
Dang, Ryan and I had... That's like a reordering. we had all this We had the same top four and just a little bit different yeah lot bottom four. Yeah. Interesting. All the same guys.
00:43:44
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Yeah, I don't think there's many guys that can really slip into the All-American area except for Isaac Dean, Reese Heller, Jackson Smith. I have him placing.
00:43:57
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I guess you're wrong. Maybe Bachman? don't know. Somebody's going to have a run. Yeah. i guess you're not wrong
00:44:04
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maybe bachman i don't know somebody's going to have a run yeah Who knows? Don't know who. It's impossible to guess that shit. Don't know who. Okay, so neither... No one wants Carter Strachey to win, right?
00:44:22
Speaker
Yes, that should be clear now by now. Yes, none of us do, at least. I mean, I'm not... do not like that. if If you take all biases out of account, do you think Strachey could win?
00:44:37
Speaker
ah No, I think Starachi for sure can win. he's He's probably the favorite. Yeah, he's probably the favorite for sure. He's the favorite. But here's the thing. I think if it was Starachi against Ferrari, um I might cheer Starachi.
00:44:55
Speaker
But Parker Kekheisen's great. I love Parker. And that that might just be because in general, I love Northern Iowa. They're a great team.
00:45:06
Speaker
But... Yeah, I mean, if I had to route between or if i had to pick between rooting for Parker Keckyes and Ricardo Sriracha, I'm picking Parker. So... Hey, man.
00:45:20
Speaker
Reese, let's hear it. Let's hear it for place, Salazar, seventh Volker, sixth Bronigal, fifth bar,
00:45:34
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Fourth, Luke Serber. Third, Steven Buchanan. Second place, Jacob Cardenas in first place. Mother freaking effer, man. All and all right.
00:45:48
Speaker
All right. all alright Troy Munoz, Zach Bronigal, Wyatt Volker, Luke Serber, Michael Beard, Steven Buchanan, AJ Ferrari, Jacob Cardenas. I don't have Josh Barr placing.
00:46:03
Speaker
I mean, yeah, I don't blame that. name Shame, shame. I know your name. he loses it He loses to Stephen Little ah in in the first round of eight on the backside.
00:46:15
Speaker
Terrible pick. First round of, oh, the round of 16, you mean? mean No. Round of eight. The round before the blood round. ah round Yeah, round of 16.
00:46:27
Speaker
there's ah There's eight. the one There's eight. There's 16 total guys. interrupt So the blood round is the round of 12. The round before the blood round is round of 16.
00:46:42
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Interesting. Go ahead, Cooper. mag 8th, Max Stout. seven 7th, Wyatt Balkner. 6th, Steven Little. 5th, Luke Serber. 4th, Josh Barr.
00:46:53
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3rd, AJ Ferrari. 2nd, Jacob Cardenas. 1st, Steven Buchanan. Buchanan. Buchanan. All right. Buchanan, we got the rotation for the top three.
00:47:08
Speaker
Rotation. and lenon says the best one right there That's not what I heard. She's pretty biased. All right.
00:47:19
Speaker
All right. Final weight Heavy weight. Final weight, best weight. So interesting this weight Let's say no, no, no, no. Because fourth through eighth could be done so many different ways.
00:47:35
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Not really. mean, sure. Yeah. I don't know. This way is not deep either, though. Let's be real. Like this way kind of started off promising. And I just feel like it's it's kind of falling apart. Why? What makes you say that?
00:47:46
Speaker
I mean, like really, Trumbull is a big ah big part of that, a big factor there. Getting hurt? Getting hurt and just not really being. I mean, even at the start of the year, he he wasn't the guy you thought he would be.
00:47:58
Speaker
Or at least the guy I thought he would be. Was it the same with Feldman? I feel like because there isn't a clear pecking order in your mind that you're like, yeah, this weight isn't deep. No, no, no. Isaac Trumbull, younger Bastida.
00:48:09
Speaker
I mean, these are those two. it, Ali. Those were two guys that were potentially going to be in that tier with like Kirk Lee and Hendrickson for me.
00:48:22
Speaker
I don't know about Trumbull. Well, Bastida for sure. bestida for sure trumbull that's what i'm saying i'm saying okay there was a lot of and and then the worst thing that could have possibly happened evan i'm not saying that i don't like this that i root against this but gable steveson the worst thing for the intrigue of this this weight yeah it's like it's like penn state saying hey we're done with wrestling and then they come back yeah it's like well the team race is gone again yeah Yeah, that would be way worse too. That would just be 10 times as bad as Gable Stiepsen coming back.
00:48:56
Speaker
so Okay, let's hear it. Owen Treppen, 8th place. Luke, is that his name? Luke Luffman? yeah Yes. 7th place. 6th place, Schultz.
00:49:07
Speaker
5th, Feldman. 4th, Keter. No, no, Hendrick. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 4th, Keter. 3rd, Hendrickson. 2nd, Kirk. 1st, Gable Stiepsen. Whether it's third or second, who cares, Sammy?
00:49:19
Speaker
Who cares?
00:49:23
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Eighth place, Jimmy Mullen. Seventh, Colton Schultz. Sixth, Owen Treffen. Fifth, Nick Feldman. Fourth, Ben Keeter. Third, Greg Kirkfleet. Second, Gable Steveson. First place, Wyatt Hendrickson. That's why it's different, Reese. That's why it's different.
00:49:38
Speaker
Because you got to ride. You got to ride with your boy. I should be riding with our boy. The fact that He did. He supported us. does it Does it by any quantifiable statistical means make any sense to pick that?
00:49:54
Speaker
No. But it's the heart of the cards, Reese. The heart of the cards. The heart of the cards. I blew it. I blew it, okay? You blew it. But it's in it's in pen and paper for you.
00:50:06
Speaker
No change in that. Cooper? Cooper, let's hear what Ryan said.
00:50:11
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Josh...
00:50:14
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Josh Heinzelman. You're starting off on a bad note already. You might want to fix that one, but go ahead. Josh. No, teach me how to say it. no and No, no, no, no, no.
00:50:27
Speaker
You had it right. I'm just not happy with the pick. Go ahead. Yeah. Seventh, Colton Schultz. Sixth, Nick Feldman. Fifth, Owen Treffen.
00:50:38
Speaker
Fourth, Ben Keter. Keter. Dude, we all had Keter at fourth. Yep. Third, Greg Kervel.
00:50:50
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Spell it out.
00:50:57
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Great. Great job. Second, Wyatt Hendrickson. First, Gable Simpson. Man, we all did the rotation on 97 and 285.
00:51:10
Speaker
One of us is going to be right for both of those weights. We didn't do the rotation.
00:51:16
Speaker
Yeah, we did. Ryan had Gable winning. Yeah, I had Gable too. Yeah, but you had Hendrickson taking third. Oh, so we did the Hendrickson rotation?
00:51:27
Speaker
Yeah. I guess none of us had Kirkfleet winning. Yeah. That's the one thing that can't happen. If that happens, that's the worst outcome. Yeah, that would suck. Not anything against Greg Kirkfleet, but you wrestled for Penn State.
00:51:41
Speaker
Yeah, enough with the winning. Yeah.
00:51:46
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right. And then that, so that, that leads my team race out to be without any bonus points. I didn't calculate any bonus at all. Penn state one 28 Oklahoma state, one 15 Iowa, 94 and a half Nebraska 65. Nebraska takes home a trophy.
00:52:05
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You have Oklahoma state with 115 points, not including bonus. not including bonus Not including bonus. I mean, dude, I have Spratly winning it.
00:52:16
Speaker
I have Jameson taking fourth place. Teague Travis takes sixth, which is probably crazy. I don't even have Fish placing, though.
00:52:26
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don't even have Fish placing. 165. Cam Amine is at sixth. I have Dean Amity winning 74. Yeah. ah Plot at fourth. Cerber somewhere in there at fifth place and White Henderson winning it. I have three champs for Oklahoma State, so it's not... There you go.
00:52:46
Speaker
That'll do it. I'm a little bit of a cowboy this year, and you know what? Should have been a cowboy. It's good song. Dad? What's up?
00:52:57
Speaker
Our...
00:53:00
Speaker
What are you looking for? Dude. Dude. Of course I have Penn State. Cooper, there's nothing that's going to happen that changes Penn State winning a national title this year.
00:53:12
Speaker
I have to literally, you know, factor in a plane crash or bus explosion. Something tragic. A tragedy. Do you want me to pencil in a tragedy, Cooper? I didn't think so.
00:53:27
Speaker
Oh my goodness.
00:53:30
Speaker
No, the Penn State wrestling team. All right. so let's... Let me and me read out my team scores.
00:53:41
Speaker
Oh, you have team scores? Well, sort of. Okay. Let's hear it. Let's hear it.
00:53:50
Speaker
ah Well, my top four. i i At the very least, I have my top four. I got i make i could even give you the top five. Go for it. Nah, just the trophies. Well, I got Penn State with 169 points. Holy shit.
00:54:07
Speaker
That's two points shy of breaking the record. Without any bonus.
00:54:15
Speaker
without any bonus No, no, no, no, no. no no I put bonus in. Oh, okay. totally I just do like a rough estimate. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, that that makes more sense then.
00:54:26
Speaker
Keep going. um I mean, i feel and I feel like that's... I mean, unless Davis place places, I don't think that's going change. Well, and like Haynes and Strachey would... I don't know.
00:54:39
Speaker
Yeah, anyway. Iowa with 109. OSU nebraska takes fourth place with 86 and a half. And just outside is Illinois with 76 points. So top five finished for Illinois. That's pretty cool.
00:54:54
Speaker
I just yeah gave them the benefit of the doubt big time. Yeah. I have them at ninth. i have Virginia Tech at fifth just outside of fourth place. So e with how many points? 61. 61.
00:55:06
Speaker
ah sixty one See, that's what I'm saying. So, I mean, Illinois I have with 76 points. Oh, God. In fifth place. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. I just... You have a high concentration.
00:55:19
Speaker
Six AAs. Illinois. And a champ.
00:55:24
Speaker
Bird. The Bronigals. Ruth. Luffman. And... And ki Webster. Yeah. Wow. That's not... That's not out there outside the realm of possibility, but...
00:55:40
Speaker
Interesting. nothing
00:55:43
Speaker
All right. Well, hey, let's wrap it up there, folks. If you're still listening and you want to tell us what your picks are, feel free to drop in the comments. We had somebody already do that. They had some interesting picks. That's where I saw the the idea of Bailey winning 133.
00:55:54
Speaker
one thirty three And I was like... Oh, somebody... So we we actually get commenters? Somebody... Yeah, we had yeah we had we had one person comment give us their picks. so That's cool. If more people do that, great. That'd even cooler.
00:56:09
Speaker
Even cooler. More picks better. What's up, Cooper? Do you want my dad's team? I mean, what? It's going to be Penn State, Iowa, Oklahoma State, Nebraska. This is what it's going to be It's going Iowa, Iowa State, UNI, Iowa Central.
00:56:26
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five Penn State, Iowa, Oklahoma State, Northern Iowa, Minnesota. Okay, Northern Iowa. i would say i I would have guessed Nebraska.
00:56:38
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Northern Iowa. Nebraska took six. Whoa, whoa, whoa. So who's the top four?
00:56:47
Speaker
Penn State. Penn State, Iowa, Oklahoma State, Northern Iowa. Okay. Northern Iowa. How is that going to happen? I don't know. I have Northern Iowa. um no. I have them at sixth.
00:56:58
Speaker
I mean, I have them, I don't know, top ten. I don't know. Jared Sim is going to have to do some work at 174. Sim is going to have to do some serious work. Yeah. I mean, I guess I do have Apple at eighth place. He could do better than that.
00:57:14
Speaker
It's true. It's true. All right. I'm tired. I got a lot. to have to put, going have to really put this stuff together with all the different clips we have now. So, all right.
00:57:26
Speaker
Thanks for listening, everybody. go ahead and like, share, subscribe, do all that stuff. Yeah. yeah Have good one. Goodbye. Bye-bye.