Bernie Truax in the portal

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Early buzz has him transferring to Iowa

[Eagle26]

Early buzz has him transferring to Iowa

To wrestle off AJ?

[Le duke]

Early buzz has him transferring to Iowa

If you are a 184/197 guy and your goal is to win an NCAA championship with your one remaining year of eligibility, this is a pretty bad idea.


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[PortaJohn]

11 minutes ago, Le duke said:

If you are a 184/197 guy and your goal is to win an NCAA championship with your one remaining year of eligibility, this is a pretty bad idea.


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There is no early buzz that Traux is heading to Iowa.  @Jimmy Cinnabon again is just regurgitating something he saw on HR except this time no one on HR is even claiming Iowa is pursuing him.  

[VakAttack]

To be clear, there is no buzz on him going to Iowa outside of a poster on HR saying "you think Iowa will go after him?"  I haven't heard anything definitive on him, but the initial rumors were Penn State, though that doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless Brooks is staying down, or (as has been supposed) Truax wants to go back down to 184, that would leave either Haines or (more likely) Facundo on the bench.

[VakAttack]

Just now, PortaJohn said:

There is no early buzz that Traux is heading to Iowa.  @Jimmy Cinnabon again is just regurgitating something he saw on HR except this time no one on HR is even claiming Iowa is pursuing him.  

Great minds.

[Le duke]

To be clear, there is no buzz on him going to Iowa outside of a poster on HR saying "you think Iowa will go after him?"  I haven't heard anything definitive on him, but the initial rumors were Penn State, though that doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless Brooks is staying down, or (as has been supposed) Truax wants to go back down to 184, that would leave either Haines or (more likely) Facundo on the bench.

Truax weighed in below 190 at NCAAs. Could easily go 184.


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[PortaJohn]

8 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

To be clear, there is no buzz on him going to Iowa outside of a poster on HR saying "you think Iowa will go after him?"  I haven't heard anything definitive on him, but the initial rumors were Penn State, though that doesn't make a whole lot of sense unless Brooks is staying down, or (as has been supposed) Truax wants to go back down to 184, that would leave either Haines or (more likely) Facundo on the bench.

Good chance Levi hits a growth spurt, takes a RS and we never see him wrestle under 174 again.  Heck next time we watch him wrestle might be 184 and he'll finish his career at 197.  Take a look at his dad during the NCAA finals.  He's a big man.  Starrocci is staying put at 174 and most likely doesn't come back for his 5th.  Most likely Brooks goes up to 197.  

[VakAttack]

4 minutes ago, PortaJohn said:

Good chance Levi hits a growth spurt, takes a RS and we never see him wrestle under 174 again.  Heck next time we watch him wrestle might be 184 and he'll finish his career at 197.  Take a look at his dad during the NCAA finals.  He's a big man.  Starrocci is staying put at 174 and most likely doesn't come back for his 5th.  Most likely Brooks goes up to 197.  

So the presumption for next year is

165: Facundo

174: Starocci

184: Unclear but possibly Truax

197:  Brooks

?

 

Also, hard to believe Starocci won't come back to try to get an unprecedented 5th title with the opportunity, but I know he has his eyes on the UFC.

[flyingcement]

1 minute ago, VakAttack said:

So the presumption for next year is

165: Facundo

174: Starocci

184: Unclear but possibly Truax

197:  Brooks

?

 

Also, hard to believe Starocci won't come back to try to get an unprecedented 5th title with the opportunity, but I know he has his eyes on the UFC.

If Starocci does an Olympic redshirt or goes UFC I would expect both Haines and Facundo to bump up

[nhs67]

Just now, flyingcement said:

If Starocci does an Olympic redshirt or goes UFC I would expect both Haines and Facundo to bump up

Facundo did better, in high school mind you, 171+ I think.

[PortaJohn]

10 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

So the presumption for next year is

165: Facundo

174: Starocci

184: Unclear but possibly Truax

197:  Brooks

?

 

Also, hard to believe Starocci won't come back to try to get an unprecedented 5th title with the opportunity, but I know he has his eyes on the UFC.

Yes, that is a likely lineup.  Haven't heard anything about PSU being on Traux's radar but it would fit.  If not Traux then insert Barr.

I believe Carter is on record stating he doesn't care about winning a 5th.  He seems to already have one foot out the door.

 

[VakAttack]

Pyles just Tweeted that he was guessing Truax to Penn State. Pastry's attempt to reverse troll Iowa falls flat again.

[Gus]

2 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

Good chance Levi hits a growth spurt, takes a RS and we never see him wrestle under 174 again.  Heck next time we watch him wrestle might be 184 and he'll finish his career at 197.  Take a look at his dad during the NCAA finals.  He's a big man.  Starrocci is staying put at 174 and most likely doesn't come back for his 5th.  Most likely Brooks goes up to 197.  

Heck, maybe Levi wrestles 285? Might even have a decent pull to make it to 285 by the time he's a 7th year senior.

[Phantom]

6 hours ago, Gus said:

Heck, maybe Levi wrestles 285? Might even have a decent pull to make it to 285 by the time he's a 7th year senior.

His father wrestled HWT in college his senior year for LHU..placing in EWL when it was a meat grinder.  He had been a 197lber years prior, but it helped the team. Tough man.  So yes, he can grow..

[Eagle26]

His father wrestled HWT in college his senior year for LHU..placing in EWL when it was a meat grinder.  He had been a 197lber years prior, but it helped the team. Tough man.  So yes, he can grow..

Plus isn’t Levi only 18? I agree he probably has a lot of growing to do yet

[Wrestleknownothing]

10 hours ago, VakAttack said:

Pyles just Tweeted that he was guessing Truax to Penn State. Pastry's attempt to reverse troll Iowa falls flat again.

Then joke's on Truax. I heard PSU is in the portal. Likely destination? Iowa.

[scourge165]

12 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

There is no early buzz that Traux is heading to Iowa.  @Jimmy Cinnabon again is just regurgitating something he saw on HR except this time no one on HR is even claiming Iowa is pursuing him.  

WHAAAAT! 

The hell are you saying? That Jimmy McGill-Cinnabon isn't the most legitimate source?

I don't know. He's never led me astray...if you ignore the overwhelming majority of his posts!

[D3 for LU]

Hmm, Beard has all the tools that he should need to go to the next step up... until his gas tank found a way to empty itself late in the season.

Would bringing in Truax thru the portal to LEHIGH, motivate Beard to that next higher step?

Hmmmmmmm.

D3

[82bordeaux]

This is funny...

 

 

[Indiana-Hawk-Wrestling-Fan]

10 minutes ago, 82bordeaux said:

This is funny...

 

 

Honestly how true is that? Hard to believe but idk 

[98lberEating2Lunches]

Inevitably inflation has to impact bags-o-cash, but so soon?

I don't believe it.  That's ridiculous.  Could be trolling Iowa hoping to drive up any Iowa Nagao offer.

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

That's way too much.  If I'm Real Woods I'm asking for $500k minimum if that's true.

[CHROMEBIRD]

1 hour ago, 82bordeaux said:

This is funny...

 

 

That's more than what your average professional MMA fighter makes in a year

[VakAttack]

@Husker_Du has semi-backed him up on this one on Twitter, so maybe this one is accurate, but the guy is still a moron.