National Duals Retrospective

[Snoopy226]

There might be chatter from a fan group than lacks the ability to do anything but chatter. There isn't any chatter from anybody that I have seen, nor heard that has the credibility nor the push to try and make this tournament anything other than what it is labeled, an early season invite that generated an early season interest.
The push and credibility last time came from the coaches association and Koll and Ryan waited until Cael, Smith and Brands were not available for the coaches vote. Koll and Ryan also used false information (lied) about NCAA involvement.

Johnny Dijulius, among others, is still absolutely yapping about a dual National Championship and making current Nationals only individual. Thinks both can be great events, completely disregarding the impact on current format at Nationals. If it was individual only there would be no bonus points, much less interest in backdraw, no real reason to root against another “team” (most of us don’t dislike 95% of the wrestlers but certainly are happy to root against their singlet in a team competition), etc.

I hope the idea is dead. National duals is a fun early event and worth doing for bragging rights and fan entertainment if it can be scheduled in a way that doesn’t interfere with Freestyle schedule and early season conditioning considerations. Whether all top teams compete or not.

 

[Nitlion1986]

Johnny Dijulius, among others, is still absolutely yapping about a dual National Championship and making current Nationals only individual. Thinks both can be great events, completely disregarding the impact on current format at Nationals. If it was individual only there would be no bonus points, much less interest in backdraw, no real reason to root against another “team” (most of us don’t dislike 95% of the wrestlers but certainly are happy to root against their singlet in a team competition), etc.

I hope the idea is dead. National duals is a fun early event and worth doing for bragging rights and fan entertainment if it can be scheduled in a way that doesn’t interfere with Freestyle schedule and early season conditioning considerations. Whether all top teams compete or not.

As I posted, nobody with the credibility nor the juice is pushing for it. More importantly, nobody associated with the current national invitational.
As far as Johnny Dijulius, he is still trying to figure out how OSU didn't win 5 individual matches in the PSU dual.

 

[tullfan68]

good thing PSU didn't go tam tom would have been beaten twice this yr!

 

[DELion]

I don't run nor lift much anymore. I do push-ups, still do handstand against the wall push-ups and a little routine with dumbbells. My cardio is I take the dog for a walk through the woods that includes 2 climbs. I wear a 35 pound vest.
Sometimes I wear the vest and go up and down a significant hill.

My version of a 35 pound vest is a backpack. Heading out for a long trip in about a week (which means I'll miss Big Tens and NCAAs unfortunately -maybe my priorities are out of whack).

 

[El_Jefe]

There might be chatter from a fan group than lacks the ability to do anything but chatter. There isn't any chatter from anybody that I have seen, nor heard that has the credibility nor the push to try and make this tournament anything other than what it is labeled, an early season invite that generated an early season interest.
The push and credibility last time came from the coaches association and Koll and Ryan waited until Cael, Smith and Brands were not available for the coaches vote. Koll and Ryan also used false information (lied) about NCAA involvement.

Bad ideas don't die. They go into hibernation. The only question is for how long.

 

[bdoncsecz]

Can you imagine being Tan Tom and talking crap on PSU all the time, and after each time getting his boot injected into his mouth. Maybe he learned this time? Seems the Iowa hypocrite blowhards have finally learned ...