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@MrPatMineo NIL and subsequently the portal are out of control. Something needs to change.

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@TheCoachSentes Bo would’ve won an NCAA title, too

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@MatScouts1 It’s illegal in folkstyle

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@MatScouts1 I don’t think more riding time is the answer. 🤮

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@johnnidijulius 3 pt takedowns haven’t encouraged more action/wrestling; they’ve just given you 1 more point for doing the same thing

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@johnnidijulius 1st takedown- 1 pt
2nd takedown- 2 pts
3rd takedown- 3 pts
4th takedown- 4 pts

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@VNcaas I don’t like giving a point, but perhaps choice instead.

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@cyclonepaniro Jax graduated in Jan of 2026

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@EvanRGSmith “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal” (Mt 6:19)

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@EvanRGSmith They get tossed into a box and ultimately thrown away.

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@MatScouts1 It WAS a takedown but it was the bad timing by the ref that resulted in the review and ultimately no takedown call. Had the ref called the takedown when it was a takedown, we most likely wouldn’t be having this conversation. Timing as an official is everything!

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@ZacPauga Now that’s how you wrestle!

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@Rhino184 Ya I can see that now. It dos look like there could be control at that point.

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@WrestlingSNL I don’t get what all the confusion was about. Locked hands. Escape. Takedown. 5 pts!

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@JustinJBasch I think they will have at least 5.

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@JustinJBasch I believe they will.

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@rossbchek Haven’t heard that one before.

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@NCAAWrestling The sight I adore on the basketball floor is wrestling mats from door to door.

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@IzzakOlejnik The best I’ve seen!