Bill Farrell Discussion Thread

[treep2000 861]

Kicking it off with the basic question... where's the registrant list?  :-)

[de4856 345]

2nd question: is it being streamed? 

[Jaroslav Hasek 1,762]

The Farrell will be streamed live on Flo. 

Entries aren't public but Flo will soon publish an article about who has registered so far. Some pretty big names registered early. Kyle Snyder, Jordan Oliver, Frank Molinaro, Seth Gross. Nomad's got the rest. Should be an excellent tournament. 

[Lurker 817]

38 minutes ago, Jaroslav Hasek said:

The Farrell will be streamed live on Flo. 

Entries aren't public but Flo will soon publish an article about who has registered so far. Some pretty big names registered early. Kyle Snyder, Jordan Oliver, Frank Molinaro, Seth Gross. Nomad's got the rest. Should be an excellent tournament. 

Gross. Interesting!

[bnwtwg 172]

Why is Snyder attending? Will he be attending Yarigyn in January? If so, seems odd for him to make weight so quickly (I assume he is probably walking around at 235-240 at this point?)

Follow up question: say Snyder wins 97, does the 2nd place then get the auto bid to OTT since Snyder already is in? Do they wrestle for a true 2nd? This would obviously apply to any winner that has already qualified for OTT.

[yonz_g 59]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

Why is Snyder attending? Will he be attending Yarigyn in January? If so, seems odd for him to make weight so quickly (I assume he is probably walking around at 235-240 at this point?)

Follow up question: say Snyder wins 97, does the 2nd place then get the auto bid to OTT since Snyder already is in? Do they wrestle for a true 2nd? This would obviously apply to any winner that has already qualified for OTT.

The highest-placing American, that isn't qualified, gets the auto-bid.

[Antitroll2828 220]

Flo mentioned today at 74 kg we could get Mehki Lewis Vs Nolf semi with the winner getting Imar in the finals 

[steamboat_charlie v2 797]

1 hour ago, bnwtwg said:

Why is Snyder attending? Will he be attending Yarigyn in January? If so, seems odd for him to make weight so quickly (I assume he is probably walking around at 235-240 at this point?)

Follow up question: say Snyder wins 97, does the 2nd place then get the auto bid to OTT since Snyder already is in? Do they wrestle for a true 2nd? This would obviously apply to any winner that has already qualified for OTT.

I'd imagine with a new coaching staff and not that much time to work with, it'll be imperative to get a good amount of real competition.  Provides a measuring stick for whatever new ideas he's trying to implement, and you get more teachable moments in real competition than you might otherwise get in a couple weeks of practice.  

[Jaroslav Hasek 1,762]

2 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

Why is Snyder attending? Will he be attending Yarigyn in January? If so, seems odd for him to make weight so quickly (I assume he is probably walking around at 235-240 at this point?)

Follow up question: say Snyder wins 97, does the 2nd place then get the auto bid to OTT since Snyder already is in? Do they wrestle for a true 2nd? This would obviously apply to any winner that has already qualified for OTT.

Yariguin is not a rankings series event this year so it will be interesting to see how that affects attendance. I'm lots more Russians and way fewer Americans. I'm hoping Snyder goes to Rome instead. The first of just two rankings series events that will take place before Tokyo is two weeks before Yariguin in the middle of January. 

[nhs67 466]

3 hours ago, Lurker said:

Gross. Interesting!

At 57kg, no less...

[TBar1977 3,446]

Nolf and Cenzo are in the field.

[AnklePicker 383]

4 hours ago, Antitroll2828 said:

Flo mentioned today at 74 kg we could get Mehki Lewis Vs Nolf semi with the winner getting Imar in the finals 

Will there be no Russians?  What about Chamizo?  Doesn’t he live in NYC?  Why not win a few thousand bucks?

[Jaroslav Hasek 1,762]

25 minutes ago, AnklePicker said:

Will there be no Russians?  What about Chamizo?  Doesn’t he live in NYC?  Why not win a few thousand bucks?

I don't think there is any prize money. foreign wrestlers with UWW licenses are able to register but they have to pay for their own travel, room and board.

In other Farrell news, at Penn State media day it was revealed that Jason Nolf and Vincenzo Joseph will both wrestle 74kg, and Rutgers announced that Nick Suriano will enter at 57kg. also only the champion (or highest placing American) gets the OTT bid, so I don't expect many medical forfeits in the championship rounds. 

man this tournament is going to kick ass, imho.

[de4856 345]

SnyderMan said in an interview that he was going to compete in a ranking series event in January. And looking at the UWW’s calendar the only ranking event in January is the Matteo Pelicone in Rome. I have never heard of this tournament before so, I have no idea about who may come, but since it is a ranking event, hopefully it draws some quality competitors. 

[maligned 413]

9 hours ago, yonz_g said:

The highest-placing American, that isn't qualified, gets the auto-bid.

Highest American MEDALIST that hasn't already qualified for trials gets a bid.

[AnklePicker 383]

20 hours ago, Jaroslav Hasek said:

I don't think there is any prize money. foreign wrestlers with UWW licenses are able to register but they have to pay for their own travel, room and board.

In other Farrell news, at Penn State media day it was revealed that Jason Nolf and Vincenzo Joseph will both wrestle 74kg, and Rutgers announced that Nick Suriano will enter at 57kg. also only the champion (or highest placing American) gets the OTT bid, so I don't expect many medical forfeits in the championship rounds. 

man this tournament is going to kick ass, imho.

Last year winners of brackets with 6 or more wrestlers received $1000. If I’m Chamizo and I live and train in NYC...why not?

https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/infos_03_newyork.pdf

Edited November 6, 2019 by AnklePicker

[Jaroslav Hasek 1,762]

25 minutes ago, AnklePicker said:

Last year winners of brackets with 6 or more wrestlers received $1000. If I’m Chamizo and I live and train in NYC...why not?

https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-02/infos_03_newyork.pdf

those are last year's prizes. This year, that section of the invite just says "Top (3) place winners in each weight will receive attractive awards."

[Sstern 51]

36 minutes ago, Jaroslav Hasek said:

those are last year's prizes. This year, that section of the invite just says "Top (3) place winners in each weight will receive attractive awards."

Leg lamp ala Christmas Story?  It is that time of year!

[Lurker 817]

10 minutes ago, Sstern said:

Leg lamp ala Christmas Story?  It is that time of year!

But it’s a major award!

[nom 645]

Serious q - if I show up on Saturday, can I get in?  Tickets sold in advance? Any rules?

[pamela 1,020]

On 11/5/2019 at 11:29 AM, Lurker said:

Gross. Interesting!

 

On 11/5/2019 at 2:32 PM, nhs67 said:

At 57kg, no less...

I have no idea how he’ll make 57kg with the current weigh-in rules but it will be fun to see him compete at that weight.

Will the cut mess up his NCAA weight certification or allowable % or anything? I don’t understand how that works.

[nhs67 466]

6 minutes ago, pamela said:

 

I have no idea how he’ll make 57kg with the current weigh-in rules but it will be fun to see him compete at that weight.

Will the cut mess up his NCAA weight certification or allowable % or anything? I don’t understand how that works.

I'll have to quote Cael here, since he was asked about it with Berge at their media day:

Freestyle does not effect NCAA.

[TBar1977 3,446]

1 hour ago, Lurker said:

But it’s a major award!

It's Fra gee lay!

[de4856 345]

I am curious to see if Spencer Lee will be competing at this, or at the US Open in December.  

[Lurker 817]

11 hours ago, TBar1977 said:

It's Fra gee lay!

Must be Italian