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Wrestling 2023 B1G Tournament

Some people have a pathological superstition that prevents them from acknowledging good until the end goal has been achieved. As a sky-is-falling behavior continues to “deliver” the end goal, the behavior only intensifies in a misperceived positive feedback loop.

As you’ve probably noticed over nearly the past decade, Miles only adopts this behavior until the goal (PSU winning the championship) is reached. Afterward, he doesn’t continue to perseverate on perceived individual shortcomings. And I’m sure he pats himself on the back for his well-practiced superstition having delivered us all a championship to celebrate.

Some sports fans are simply nuts and not to be taken seriously.
Like for "Miles."
 
The comparison is to our seedings as a team. And we aren't doing as well as our seeds.
So maybe our wrestlers shouldn’t do so well during the season. That way, they wouldn’t be seeded so high and be so disappointing to you in the BIG tourney.
 
Some people have a pathological superstition that prevents them from acknowledging good until the end goal has been achieved. As a sky-is-falling behavior continues to “deliver” the end goal, the behavior only intensifies in a misperceived positive feedback loop.

As you’ve probably noticed over nearly the past decade, Miles only adopts this behavior until the goal (PSU winning the championship) is reached. Afterward, he doesn’t continue to perseverate on perceived individual shortcomings. And I’m sure he pats himself on the back for his well-practiced superstition having delivered us all a championship to celebrate.

Some sports fans are simply nuts and not to be taken seriously.
ALL sports fans are simply nuts and not to be taken seriously buddy.
 
I'm putting these in my cellar for a year to see how they age.
I predict they will make terrific juice.
I'm hoping I'm wrong about Alex, but I'm the same guy that got trashed for saying that PSU missed on not offering Sasso a scholarship. I haven't heard much about that situation the last 4 years.
 
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So maybe our wrestlers shouldn’t do so well during the season. That way, they wouldn’t be seeded so high and be so disappointing to you in the BIG tourney.
See..that's where you are wrong. It's okay to be disappointed when they under porform and thrilled when they over perform.
 
I'm hoping I'm wrong about Alex, but I'm the same guy that got trashed for saying that PSU missed on not offering Sasso a scholarship. I haven't heard much about that situation the last 4 years.
Everyone get trashed on this board except the little inner circle of about 6 or 7 posters and that's fine by me....I could care less. I'm all about Penn State wrestling and know more about its history and its origins than any of them.
 
I'm hoping I'm wrong about Alex, but I'm the same guy that got trashed for saying that PSU missed on not offering Sasso a scholarship. I haven't heard much about that situation the last 4 years.
If Sasso were at PSU he’d be a favorite to win it all at 157 this year.

Levi would be in RS and murdering the open tournament circuit.
 
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Everyone get trashed on this board except the little inner circle of about 6 or 7 posters and that's fine by me....I could care less. I'm all about Penn State wrestling and know more about its history and its origins than any of them.
Did you ever "hang out" in the room?
 
Did you ever "hang out" in the room?
Actually yeah. I was related to a great PSU wrestler in the late 70s under Coach Bill Koll as a kid. I wrestled for a local high school and started in junior Olympics. I was close to the program up through Coach Lorenzo also. So eat that. 😆
 
Everyone get trashed on this board except the little inner circle of about 6 or 7 posters and that's fine by me....I could care less. I'm all about Penn State wrestling and know more about its history and its origins than any of them.
Lol. Please start a Penn State Wrestling History thread and teach us what you know.
 
Actually yeah. I was related to a great PSU wrestler in the late 70s under Coach Bill Koll as a kid. I wrestled for a local high school and started in junior Olympics. I was close to the program up through Coach Lorenzo also. So eat that. 😆
There it is Ladies and Gentlemen. Miles, aka Guns, used to tell this (almost exactly the same) story years ago. Identity confirmed!
 
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Well I got yelled at when the round was over. Jacob Warner’s mom came and said I was disrespectful to her son for celebrating Dean’s win while looking right at her. Of course she was just a random Iowa fan to me, no clue who she was.

Oh well!
 
There is a statistical bias against the top teams with a lot of high seeds when measuring performance against seed. For example, in the extreme, if every one of your guys is the 1 seed, then you literally can’t overperform your seeds, and if even one guy loses at all, you’re underperforming. There is only downside, even though you’re likely completely dominating the tournament. Every tournament is going to have upsets. With a team with 7 top 2 seeds and 9 top 5, we’re going to be the team getting upset, and it’s nearly impossible for us to be upsetting anyone. Given this bias, it’s really disingenuous to compare our results to our seeding. The team is doing fine. If we win half of the weights and qualify 9 guys, it takes a real Debbie Downer to call that disappointing.
Agree 100%. I would be interested to see how many matches we wrestled yesterday as an "underdog." I wouldn't imagine it was more than a few. Without those types of matches, you literally cannot outperform your seed.
 
Everyone get trashed on this board except the little inner circle of about 6 or 7 posters and that's fine by me....I could care less. I'm all about Penn State wrestling and know more about its history and its origins than any of them.
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I hate that I want to know who the 6 or 7 are.
That tells you what kind of PSU historian that guy is. Every single poster on this board has gotten trashed here. Even Willie. Even Roar. (That doesn't mean they deserved it.)

Well, maybe not John Brooks and Kerk Sr. At least not by the PSU posters here.
 
Agree 100%. I would be interested to see how many matches we wrestled yesterday as an "underdog." I wouldn't imagine it was more than a few. Without those types of matches, you literally cannot outperform your seed.
Outside of both of Steen’s matches, I think the only one was Van Ness vs Murin, which was 5 vs 4.
 
That tells you what kind of PSU historian that guy is. Every single poster on this board has gotten trashed here. Even Willie. Even Roar. (That doesn't mean they deserved it.)

Well, maybe not John Brooks and Kerk Sr. At least not by the PSU posters here.
But Willie puts bacon in carbonara.
and I heard likes pineapple on pizza..
 
The argument of someone who is wrong. The seeds show I'm correct.
No, but I can see your logic skills allow you to believe you are right about a lot of subjects that you are completely full of shit on. So please, shut up. Your idiocy could be contagious.
 
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I'm hoping I'm wrong about Alex, but I'm the same guy that got trashed for saying that PSU missed on not offering Sasso a scholarship. I haven't heard much about that situation the last 4 years.
It’s a broken record re: Sasso. He has said he didn’t like Penn State so I hope he enjoys his Black Shirt and Ryan’s homilies
 
It’s a broken record re: Sasso. He has said he didn’t like Penn State so I hope he enjoys his Black Shirt and Ryan’s homilies
I personally never heard he said he didn't like Penn State. He really liked Ohio State when he went to camp out there when in high school. I don't blame any kid wanting to go to his choice of schools. I just thought PSU should of made a play for him for his talent. I think his one slip up in high school scared PSU away. Maybe he made the right choice. 5 time AA and academic AA. It's is old news now, I just was defending myself about my concern about Alex offense and someone was sarcastic on me making such a comment about the future. I know I was right about Sasso 5 years ago. Enough said .
Let's go win another NCAA Championship.
 
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Here we go! We’re down to our last 8 PSU matches of the tourney -- 6 going for 1st and 2 aiming for 3rd. Here’s what the Penn State Wrestling Club shows as the team standings for the 3 that still have a mathematical shot at winning:


Team Standings
Team
Score​
# F​
# Consi
Semi​
# 3rd-4th​
# 5th-6th​
# 7th-8th​
Max
Possible​
Penn State
129​
6​
2​
2​
1​
171​
Iowa
119.5​
3​
4​
2​
2​
3​
149.5​
Nebraska
98.5​
5​
2​
2​
134.5​

What: Finals (1st through 6th Place Matches)
When: Sunday March 5 at 4:30 PM (Eastern)
Where: Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich

Live Video Streaming:

Live Audio Streaming (Jeff Byers scheduled to start broadcasting at 4:10 PM):

Mat Assignments link (scroll down to 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, choose Mat Assignments then Mat Schedule – ignore the message that you have to be a Flo Pro subscriber)
Penn State Wrestling official Twitter link
Penn State Wrestling Club link (for team scores and more)
 
Who says he will suffer? Have you asked him or Cael? Me neither. We are all allowed to speculate and to give our opinions that's why it's a message board...and no...we are not having a great tournament. Our 125 pounder got hammered twice...we got no bonus in the semis from anyone other than Brooks...our 2nd seeded 141 pounder did not wrestle to seed, our 149 pounder went chalk, our 165 pounder wrestled poorly as a 5 seed and lost to an 11 seed....so no, in fact it has not been a great tournament for us.
And somehow, they are going to win the B1G title. Amazing with how remarkably poorly they have wrestled in this tournament.
 
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