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Recalling wrestling in the late 60s and early 70s, stalling was an art form perfected in college. Refs rightfully call it much quicker which I think is the influence of freestyle on the sport and much better conditioned athletes with apologies to Dan Gable, Rick Sanders (rest his soul), etc. who wouldn't know how to stall.

Again, your analogy to mideastern msysoginistic customs completely misses the point. I agree with you that the solution is to allow girls to wrestle each other on female teams. As a father of both daughters and sons (who wrestled in college) and as a former high school and college (pre Title IX) wrestler, putting kids, both boys and girls, in this position isn't right. The pin move that Schaack called a "Saturday night ride" just doesn't seem like something parents want to witness as their son puts it on someone else's daughter in front of a couple of thousand screaming fans.

Your analogies are so far off target as to indicate a complete lack of undertanding of the issue but do point out one of many pathologies in our society. Your solution and others', "pin her and move on" represents an expeditious solution but indicates a complete lack of understanding of the kid's principled reaction. BTW I participated on TN's first integrated wrestling team. The black wrestlers on that team would be offended by your poor attempt at analogy.

Either one of them could have pinned her too. It's a case of conviction and principle. Difficult for many to understand.

Why? Are DI and DII going to wrestle each other?

Have to admire a kid who follows his principles and all the more so because he appears to have been the higher seed.

I believe he was a PG. So you have 19 year old wreslting the corpulent (kind of a big baby!) 16 year John Hannah.

The stories I could tell about Pez (Actually Pezavant - named after an aunt!) but the statutes will never run. I don't believe there was more than a cumulative one point differential in the three state championship matches. I was at everyone but the only points I recall were escapes. Bill was the larger heavyweight but neither was that heavy. I doubt if Pez was over 210 at his heaviest. He was about 5'9" and built like a brick dodo house. The amazing thing was to see John Hannah throw Pez around like a rag doll before John's departure to Albertville after his junior year. Major Worsham would let ND practice with Baylor prior to the regional and state tournaments since Baylor didn't participate and headed to the National Prep tournament.

This is why I like CoachT. The only place where two of life's greatest mysteries are addressed: 1) Why won't Bradley wrestle Baylor, and 2) How could Animal House not win the Oscar

You're preaching to the choir, seriously. The irony is for the far too few (thank you Title IX!) who get to go to the next level, most will never experience the kind of crowd who will come to this match or come to the Baylor/McCallie or Bradley/Cleveland matches. This is way beyond geopolitical or macro economic consideration in importance to the lives of these children. This is for the very psychological health of these young men! You would have to be a cruel and heartless human being to deny them the opportunity to demonstrate their wrestlting skills in front of tens of thousands adoring fans!! Excuse me. I'm going to have to go get some Kleenex.

Great post! I had completely missed the geopolitical and macro economic reasons for a B and BC match. I was selfishly only considering what a great spectacle it would be.

We still get to argue about it.

Thanks to Title IX, UT wrestlers are a dying breed but I'm told we have really a fine women's rowing team now. Who needed all those minor men's sports anyway?

There are no DII representatives on the TSSAA's Board of Control. I'd say you can infer that representatives of DI control, run, boss, rule, govern and reign over the TSSAA. I understand that it's a very democratic organization.

You're probably going to get banned from CoachT for life for such a dispicable insult. You're right about McKenzie but that too is a moot point.

I agree 100% with you except it isn't a "mute point", it's a moot point. The real over and under is how many local and regional high school wrestling fans would come to see the match or even better a tri match with McCallie. My guess is 3,000.

I believe that would be two. I think the topic needs some help: True No. 1 Team* * fill in the asterisk with any qualifier you want such as "True No. 1 Team that won't wrestle teams that might beat it consistently" or "True No. 1 Team that gives financial aid"

It is possible but not probable, kind of like it is possible for Vanderbilt to beat UT in football but not probable.

At 18 or most any age, I would have smiled at 90 win,lose or draw.

I believe Bill Cherry, Major Spencer or Dr. Walker for that matter would have told you that you shouldn't have said anything to him. I don't recall anyone on McCallie's bench ever verbally reacting to a kid's taunts before. Not a classy action by Bullard but I think not wearing tights has made them less inhibited.

I noticed a discussion between the wrestler and McCallie bench after the 171 match but assumed they were complimenting him on how the new Baylor singlets really show off their legs much better than their tights. I'm shocked they would have anything else to discuss!

I heard him utter the word but never saw him write it. Turns out we're both incorrect: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Dufus It's doofuses. Not of Latin origin but Scot. I also heard him use the word as a verb as in: "Quit doofusing around you doofi(sic)." However it's spelled, he's a heck of coach. Van Deusen

You'd have to use a logrithimic scale to rank SH 8th. The drop off between 7th and 8th is precipitous.

Got me! I have a novel idea: Bradley, SD, CBHS, Baylor, McCallie, Father Ryan, etc. wrestle each other in the state duals! So simple, I can't believe no one has thought of that.

And Decosimo has the Cauliflower ears to prove it.