ScottishSteel Posted March 20 Posted March 20 Gotta be the Pac - they need members Irrationally proud former WPIAL wrestler No Scotland, No Party . . . Go Beavs
trojanhorse Posted May 6 Posted May 6 No listing anywhere yet, at least that I could find. Given the cryptic message I would agree probably the Pac 12 or outside shot the SOCON?
ScottishSteel Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Hasn't been officially signed off yet as a varsity sport - Leeth implied it was all but official but no announcement yet 1 Irrationally proud former WPIAL wrestler No Scotland, No Party . . . Go Beavs
Animal197 Posted May 7 Posted May 7 At the NCWA (where TSU competes now) tournament in March, the rumor was Pac10 2
romeo07 Posted May 7 Posted May 7 Their facilities are nicer than a lot of current D1 programs. https://www.flowrestling.org/video/12792325-grant-leeth-gives-tour-of-tarleton-states-new-wrestling-facility
rsotelo Posted May 7 Posted May 7 3 hours ago, romeo07 said: Their facilities are nicer than a lot of current D1 programs. https://www.flowrestling.org/video/12792325-grant-leeth-gives-tour-of-tarleton-states-new-wrestling-facility Not nicer. They have lightweight mats. No way I would want my kid or athlete training daily on that surface. Easy way to ruin knees and shoulders. I could understand HS programs needing to use these surfaces, but NO WAY any college should even consider these for daily practice. Perfectly fine for a 7 minute match, but after drilling 100 double legs on that surface and you want to give up wrestling. 2
MoveCountermove Posted May 7 Posted May 7 5 hours ago, rsotelo said: Not nicer. They have lightweight mats. No way I would want my kid or athlete training daily on that surface. Easy way to ruin knees and shoulders. I could understand HS programs needing to use these surfaces, but NO WAY any college should even consider these for daily practice. Perfectly fine for a 7 minute match, but after drilling 100 double legs on that surface and you want to give up wrestling. How can you tell? I thought it was supposed to hurt like concrete until you warm it up, and then it’s a little more like dirt… 1
SetonHallPirate Posted May 10 Posted May 10 On 5/7/2026 at 11:34 AM, DocBB said: Never even heard of the school... It's a member of the Texas A&M University system in Stephenville, Texas, about 90 miles southwest of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. They have recently (in the last couple of years) finished their transition from Division II to Division I, and will be (as of July 2026) all-sports members of the United Athletic Conference, and would have a nice natural rivalry in that regard with Little Rock. 2
SetonHallPirate Posted May 11 Posted May 11 (edited) 15 hours ago, JWC said: UAA? That’s Wac… They're rebranding from the Western Athletic Conference to the United Athletic Conference on July 1, 2026. Edited May 11 by SetonHallPirate
SoonerKing Posted May 12 Posted May 12 The school has transitioned yet have they upgraded the wrestling program from club team to a university sponsored sport?
trojanhorse Posted May 12 Posted May 12 The United Athletic Conference currently is only for football and has school like East Kentucky, Austin Peay, and North Alabama in it. No UA-Little Rock. In fact Little Rock is a member of the Ohio Valley Conf. So now I am confused, is the WAC becoming the UAC? If so, would they be merging the 2 together for everything or just football? However, this is wrestling and I do believe TSU would be best fit to join the PAC 12, especially with the additions of SDSU and NDSU, and having UA-LR real close to cut down on travel.
TexRef Posted May 14 Posted May 14 On 5/12/2026 at 1:29 PM, trojanhorse said: The United Athletic Conference currently is only for football and has school like East Kentucky, Austin Peay, and North Alabama in it. No UA-Little Rock. In fact Little Rock is a member of the Ohio Valley Conf. So now I am confused, is the WAC becoming the UAC? If so, would they be merging the 2 together for everything or just football? However, this is wrestling and I do believe TSU would be best fit to join the PAC 12, especially with the additions of SDSU and NDSU, and having UA-LR real close to cut down on travel. That is a 6 hour drive.
MPhillips Posted May 14 Posted May 14 10 hours ago, TexRef said: That is a 6 hour drive. Six hours won't even get you out of Texas will it... 1 .
SetonHallPirate Posted May 15 Posted May 15 On 5/12/2026 at 2:29 PM, trojanhorse said: The United Athletic Conference currently is only for football and has school like East Kentucky, Austin Peay, and North Alabama in it. No UA-Little Rock. In fact Little Rock is a member of the Ohio Valley Conf. So now I am confused, is the WAC becoming the UAC? If so, would they be merging the 2 together for everything or just football? However, this is wrestling and I do believe TSU would be best fit to join the PAC 12, especially with the additions of SDSU and NDSU, and having UA-LR real close to cut down on travel. The WAC is rebranding as the UAC. As far as Little Rock being a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, that's true...for now. They move to the UAC on July 1st.
JWC Posted May 15 Posted May 15 1 hour ago, SetonHallPirate said: The WAC is rebranding as the UAC. As far as Little Rock being a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, that's true...for now. They move to the UAC on July 1st. 1
TexRef Posted May 15 Posted May 15 17 hours ago, MPhillips said: Six hours won't even get you out of Texas will it... Depending on where you start in Texas. From Dallas to El Paso it is just over 9 hours, and a time change. That's right, going to El Paso you enter into the Mountain Time Zone. Houston to El Paso is 10.5 hours.So yeah, it's a big place.
ScottishSteel Posted May 18 Posted May 18 5 hours ago, flyingcement said: Rotten if true - why invest in a facility and everything else but then not go through with it? 1 Irrationally proud former WPIAL wrestler No Scotland, No Party . . . Go Beavs
romeo07 Posted May 18 Posted May 18 So I'm supposed to believe that a program that just won the female NCWA national championship, came in second for the men's NCWA national championship and just built a 10,000 sqft $1.2 million dollar facility just decided to shut everything down? Yea, ok... 1
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