2008 Olympic Picks

5pointcrossankle · 08-01-2008, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by quick_single

How can you pick Taghavi as the Silver medalist when he can be in the same bracket as Stadnik? Even 1st round.

im just adding some spice to the mix, you never know but i believe taghavi will be the dark horse that will have a high placing

quick_single · 08-01-2008, 10:45 AM

I think so too, but you can't pick a Silver medalist until you see brackets.

ODH · 08-01-2008, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by quick_single

This is flawed. It wold be more accurate to simply say that upsets occur at the Olympics. I can name countless Russians or Soviets who were upset by non-American opponents over the years. I can do the same regarding other non-Soviet favorites.

Lowney beat Kougouashvili.

I obviously am most famaliar with the US victories and considering they all happened in the last two Olympics, that is a large number of Russia favorites getting upset.

ODH · 08-01-2008, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by Big

Saitiev didn't choke when he whooped Monday.

Agreed, but it sounds like you are conceding that he choked against Slay.

akzent · 08-01-2008, 01:02 PM

Try here for each weight division:
http://www.oddschecker.com/olympics/wrestling

Well they obviously don't know that in international wrestling, there isn't a top-3 anymore

Big · 08-01-2008, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by ODH

Agreed, but it sounds like you are conceding that he choked against Slay.

I don't think Saitiev choked against Slay. He just didn' take him seriously enough. He said many times after he wished to wrestle Slay again but could not find him. Most Russian fans still can't understand where Slay came from and what happened to him after Olympics.

Herkey#1 · 08-01-2008, 03:16 PM

Originally Posted by Big

I don't think Saitiev choked against Slay. He just didn' take him seriously enough. He said many times after he wished to wrestle Slay again but could not find him. Most Russian fans still can't understand where Slay came from and what happened to him after Olympics.

The Russian fans can go to brandonslay.com to find out what he is up to. I looked at it about a year ago and it was pretty interesting. Havnt been there since so I don't know if he is still updating it. Gonna check it out right now.

quick_single · 08-01-2008, 05:09 PM

Thanks. Can't wait.

pinartist · 08-01-2008, 05:46 PM

i wonder if they will acctually have the odds updated, its a prety interesting aspect in combot sports

karamazov · 08-12-2008, 03:23 PM

They have some odds updated now, but Americans cannot wager on that site. Probably a good thing for me.

2008 Olympic Picks

Freestyle & Greco-Roman Wrestling