Iowa targeting an 8th transfer starter - Travis Wittlake

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Travis Wittlake, 4th at NCAAs, has entered the transfer portal.

 

Iowa is targeting him for 174/184.  https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/wittlake.425491/

This would make him their 8th transfer starting this year....80% of the Hawkeyes roster is transfers...wild!

Edited September 10, 2023 by Jimmy Cinnabon

[Ohio Elite]

Nothing surprises me at this point..

[poorwrestler]

The original poster is purely speculating lol. He’d be a good target for most teams. What are we doing here?


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[Plasmodium]

He is not going to Penn State if he has one year left.  Looks like he'll benefit from a change of scenery, but there ain't much to see in Iowa.

[Wrestleknownothing]

He has a "do not contact" designation in the portal, so seems like he has already made up his mind where he is going. Iowa does seem logical. And an 80% transfer starting lineup would be wild. Even more wild is it still may not be enough to crack the podium.

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[headshuck]

It would be interesting to see how donor money has increased over the past few years. 10x?

[Corby]

Jimmy never stop please. I bet that poster is Brands lol. Iowa should go after Wittlake for 184 no doubt. 174 they don't need him PK will only miss a few

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

31 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

He has a "do not contact" designation in the portal, so seems like he has already made up his mind where he is going. Iowa does seem logical. And an 80% transfer starting lineup would be wild. Even more wild is it still may not be enough to crack the podium.

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An Iowa team starting 70% transfers...or 80% if they do get Wittlake...what does that say about the Brands' ability to attract and develop their own talent?

Iowa is becoming a team of mercenaries, all for the sake of trying to win another NCAA title.

 

 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

20 minutes ago, headshuck said:

It would be interesting to see how donor money has increased over the past few years. 10x?

Have to think Bob is happy about the transfers, no?

[ionel]

32 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

He has a "do not contact" designation in the portal, so seems like he has already made up his mind where he is going. Iowa does seem logical. And an 80% transfer starting lineup would be wild. Even more wild is it still may not be enough to crack the podium.

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Does Oregan St need a 174, this would be a good spot, where is @potato?

[ionel]

42 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

He is not going to Penn State if he has one year left.  Looks like he'll benefit from a change of scenery, but there ain't much to see in Iowa.

but can you transfer and get NIL just for the dodgeball?

[Eagle26]

Iowa could get the best non-PSU wrestler to transfer in at every weight and still might lose to Penn State

[Plasmodium]

2 minutes ago, ionel said:

but can you transfer and get NIL just for the dodgeball?

Not sure.  Iowa does have a sweet draftkings nil to see.  I should have mentioned that

[1032004]

4 hours ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

An Iowa team starting 70% transfers...or 80% if they do get Wittlake...what does that say about the Brands' ability to attract and develop their own talent?

Iowa is becoming a team of mercenaries, all for the sake of trying to win another NCAA title.

 

 

Well 50% of those 80% wouldn’t have been needed if their starters didn’t get suspended.  So it tells us the Brands need to do a better job of keeping their wrestlers (and son/nephew) from gambling.

[Warm Up Champ]

Hoping he is coming home for his last year!  Let’s go Beavs!

[Offthemat]

10 minutes ago, Warm Up Champ said:

Hoping he is coming home for his last year!  Let’s go Beavs!

Could be.  Closer to home, needs an opening at 174 would be my guess. 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

18 minutes ago, Warm Up Champ said:

Hoping he is coming home for his last year!  Let’s go Beavs!

After Iowa, Oregon State is the 2nd most logical choice.  0% chance he ends up at Penn State.  They simply don't need him and he also burned some bridges when he decommitted from PSU.

[TexRef]

11 hours ago, Plasmodium said:

He is not going to Penn State if he has one year left.  Looks like he'll benefit from a change of scenery, but there ain't much to see in Iowa.

Have you been to Stillwater in the winter?! 

[Plasmodium]

1 hour ago, TexRef said:

Have you been to Stillwater in the winter?! 

Oh yeah. Water that is not moving.  It's still.

[Nittanychris]

7 hours ago, 1032004 said:

Well 50% of those 80% wouldn’t have been needed if their starters didn’t get suspended.  So it tells us the Brands need to do a better job of keeping their wrestlers (and son/nephew) from gambling.

[SunDevil]

ASU has a huge hole at 174. Comes to join his pal Ant Montalvo. 

[TexRef]

57 minutes ago, Plasmodium said:

Oh yeah. Water that is not moving.  It's still.

Good one! 

[ionel]

2 hours ago, TexRef said:

Have you been to Stillwater in the winter?! 

They have winter? 

[Dogbone]

On 9/10/2023 at 8:44 AM, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

An Iowa team starting 70% transfers...or 80% if they do get Wittlake...what does that say about the Brands' ability to attract and develop their own talent?

Iowa is becoming a team of mercenaries, all for the sake of trying to win another NCAA title.

 

 

NCAA points from transfers in KC: PSU > Everyone else...

[Interviewed_at_Weehawken]

11 minutes ago, Dogbone said:

NCAA points from transfers in KC: PSU > Everyone else...

Really? They only picked up Nagao, Messenbrink, Truax, and Kerkvliet?  I'm not missing any, am I?