Foley's Friday Mailbag for 2/10/17

[Tom McAndrew]

Foley gives a match-by-match prediction for the National Dual title match between PSU and Ok. St.

For those keeping track, this is week 19, and despite promises he tweeted, no response to Flo's article about Olympic reffing corruption from Foley.

Foley also throws in a veiled promotion for the National Duals having some consequence at NCAAs. That poor horse.

You can also read this week's Mailbag at THIS LINK.

 

[Lyco1990]

Tom don't worry about the horse. He no can no longer feel the beating. Funny, no real mention of the whooping of tOSU. 7-3 vs his what was it 4-6

 

[El-Jefe]

The dead horse's beatings will continue until its morale improves.

 

[RoarLions1]

Tom don't worry about the horse. He no can no longer feel the beating. Funny, no real mention of the whooping of tOSU. 7-3 vs his what was it 4-6

Guess I read his prognostication differently, not that it matters since the wresting is really what matters. T.R. was asked "Does Ohio State have a shot to knock off Penn State tonight?", and he was giving one scenario how it could happen.

 

[dunkej01]

This is another exhibit of lazy journalism.

A real journalist would have call tO$U and asked them what the deal is w snyder.

He took the message board approach of shooting from the hip with his thoughts and didn't research it.

Does a disservice to him in my opinion.

Foley remains too concerned about things he can't control in DC over what he can by being true to the sport he covers.

 

[greenmanRD]

Tom don't worry about the horse. He no can no longer feel the beating. Funny, no real mention of the whooping of tOSU. 7-3 vs his what was it 4-6

He learned.

Q: I'm excited for Penn State vs. Oklahoma State in the NWCA Division I National Duals championship. I would love to hear your weight-by-weight predictions on that dual meet.
-- Darren D.

Foley: Penn State 25 , Oklahoma State 8
125: No. 2 Nick Suriano (Penn State) dec. No. 11 Nick Piccininni (Oklahoma State), 5-1 (3-0 PSU)
133: No. 3 Kaid Brock (Oklahoma State) maj. dec. George Carpenter (Penn State), 13-1 (4-3 OSU)
141: No. 1 Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) maj. dec. No. 11 Jimmy Gulibon (Penn State), 9-1 (8-3 OSU)
149: No. 1 Zain Retherford (Penn State) dec. No. 3 Anthony Collica (Oklahoma State), 9-2 (8-6 OSU)
157: No. 1 Jason Nolf (Penn State) dec. No. 6 Joe Smith (Oklahoma State), 7-3 (9-8 PSU)
165: No. 4 Vincenzo Joseph (Penn State) dec. No. 8 Chandler Rogers (Oklahoma State), 9-4 (12-8 PSU)
174: No. 7 Mark Hall (Penn State) dec. No. 9 Kyle Crutchmer (Oklahoma State), 4-3 (15-8 PSU)
184: No. 2 Bo Nickal (Penn State) maj. dec. No. 6 Nolan Boyd (Oklahoma State), 14-5, (19-8 PSU)
197: No. 9 Matt McCutcheon (Penn State) dec. No. 8 Preston Weigel (Oklahoma State), 4-1 (22-8 PSU)
285: No. 3 Nick Nevills (Penn State) dec. No. 6 Austin Schafer (Oklahoma State), 3-2 (25-8 PSU)

 

[El-Jefe]

This is another exhibit of lazy journalism.

A real journalist would have call tO$U and asked them what the deal is w snyder.

He took the message board approach of shooting from the hip with his thoughts and didn't research it.

Does a disservice to him in my opinion.

Foley remains too concerned about things he can't control in DC over what he can by being true to the sport he covers.

"From what I understand Snyder's money is held in escrow until he graduates."

Tan Tom has explained this in interviews.

"From what I understand" Google doesn't work at Foley's house.

 

[Lyco1990]

Guess I read his prognostication differently, not that it matters since the wresting is really what matters. T.R. was asked "Does Ohio State have a shot to knock off Penn State tonight?", and he was giving one scenario how it could happen.

I see your point Roar and actually went back and read the mailbag. Similar to this weeks prediction, I read it as an answer that was if Penn State was flat they would be in a fight for the W. Then his predictions. Not saying your interpretation is wrong just different from mine. Trust me I have the ut most respect for you and your posts.

 

[BruceK-PSU83]

Guess I read his prognostication differently, not that it matters since the wresting is really what matters. T.R. was asked "Does Ohio State have a shot to knock off Penn State tonight?", and he was giving one scenario how it could happen.

I agree with this. Foley wasn't making a prediction, he was providing a scenario of how tOSU could beat PSU. And while the scenario was unlikely, it wasn't totally crazy.

But as you say, it doesn't matter.

 

[21Guns]

Not only does he avoid the topic of Olympic officiating corruption, he avoids even answering it in his emails. I've sent off a half dozen overtures to him via email, and nothing back.

 

[RoarLions1]

I see your point Roar and actually went back and read the mailbag. Similar to this weeks prediction, I read it as an answer that was if Penn State was flat they would be in a fight for the W. Then his predictions. Not saying your interpretation is wrong just different from mine. Trust me I have the ut most respect for you and your posts.

Heavens, no biggie at all.

 

[SetonHallPirate]

I agree with this. Foley wasn't making a prediction, he was providing a scenario of how tOSU could beat PSU. And while the scenario was unlikely, it wasn't totally crazy.

But as you say, it doesn't matter.

I actually had thought about, while I still worked there (actually, this is several years back, when the Dual Impact Index was still in its infancy), working on something along the lines of "how (lower-ranked) Team X could beat (higher-ranked) Team Y", with scenarios such as the following. Basically, the idea was to provide a scorecard of how to force a tie, and for fans to be able to chart how their duals were going in-progress compared to what needed to be done to win the dual. As you may have noticed, of course, that never got off the ground (actually, I never ended up pitching it).

 

[dunkej01]

Not only does he avoid the topic of Olympic officiating corruption, he avoids even answering it in his emails. I've sent off a half dozen overtures to him via email, and nothing back.

LOL...me too. Nothing in the bag or even the courtesy of an FU email back. Maybe we should get Hipps in on it.

Im all for a coordinated campaign to fill his inbox if others want to join in the douchebaggery.

 

[21Guns]

LOL...me too. Nothing in the bag or even the courtesy of an FU email back. Maybe we should get Hipps in on it.

Im all for a coordinated campaign to fill his inbox if others want to join in the douchebaggery.

Count me in amigo.

 

[PSUAllTheWay]

Well, at least he picked the right team to win this time ...

 

[a_mshaffer]

Foley is grilled a bit on T-row and Funky today... decent chuckle http://www.flowrestling.org/article...e-59-iran-world-cup-ncaa-results#.WJ4l9vkrLcs

 

[FineMaterial]

Guess I read his prognostication differently, not that it matters since the wresting is really what matters. T.R. was asked "Does Ohio State have a shot to knock off Penn State tonight?", and he was giving one scenario how it could happen.

Weak sauce.
"Does Ohio State have a shot to knock off Penn State tonight?" The answer is NO!