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It’s a party! Jessica and Spencer are joined by Kensley AND Evan to discuss all of the many, many (many) gymnastics-related events of the past week. 

• WOGA Classic (1:18): Kensley was there and discusses Ashton Locklear’s return, the Blakelys, and the presence of the entire Brazilian women’s team
• NCAA news (6:38)
  • How the mid-season blues affected LSU, Georgia, and apparently shorted out live stream and live score capabilities across the country
  • The bars drama at Denver and why Brenna Dowell did not compete
  • Evan needs you to know that if you’re not Lynnzee Brown’s double layout, you’re doing it wrong
  • George Washington’s best meet promotion ever
  • Trinity Thomas is too perfect for this code
  • Nebraska’s entirely non-pusillanimous vault rotation, and the floor-side throne that brought out peak-narcissism Spencer
  • The worst commentary disasters of the weekend
  • Why Missy Marlowe and Jenny Hansen reigned as heroes
• Crack or correct—10s edition (56:45)
  • Lynnzee Brown’s tumbling AND dance element brilliance, Katelyn Ohashi’s split-leg DLO is back, and Jessica takes Spencer (a.k.a., the 10.0 Grinch) to movement science school over Kyla Ross’s vault landing
  • 67% of the 10s awarded this season have gone to UCLA. What’s up with that?
  • Do teams with meets against UCLA, Oklahoma, and Florida get crack-by-association?
• Mini-commission – the “bubble” teams (1:29:38)
  • A mini-commission from Mohini Bhardwaj Forever has us profiling the bubble teams for regionals qualification like Utah State, North Carolina, Bowling Green, and UIC, plus thoughts on the new play-in format for NCAA postseason competition (spoiler alert: we likey)

GYMTERNET NEWS (1:43:30)

• Skinner 2020?
• Related: Maile O’Keefe is heading to Utah a year early and competed L10 in Las Vegas this weekend
• Larisa Iordache has been cleared to return to training, and guess who’s out of retirement (again) to coach her. 
• A rundown of the latest DUMPSTER FIRE news (it’s a dumpster fire)
• Katelyn Ohashi was on Busy Tonight and Jessica has feelings about it. Plus, Ohashi’s parents gave great quote in the Seattle Times. 
• It was Svetlana Boginskaya’s birthday, so celebrate by listening to our 2015 interview with her.

FURTHER READING

• Jessica’s interview with physical therapist-gymnastics coach, Dave Tilly on the Shift Show
• Week 6 Ranking Notes
• Sunday Live Blog – February 10, 2019
• Saturday Live Blog – February 9, 2019
• Friday Live Blog – February 8, 2019
• Things Are Happening – February 8, 2019
• Roster Notes – Week 5
• 2019 RQS Calculator
• Only the Best – Week 5

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