moodybooty Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I’ve been hearing more and more career stories as the season gets rolling, and it made me wonder about the community here. Did you wrestle in college? What was it like for you, both the wrestling and the lifestyle? I tried to walk-on to the NCAA team, quickly discovered meal points and boxed wine, then joined the club team by the end of my first semester. Didn’t compete too much, but was happy to fall in love with the sport in a new way! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Elite Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 1 hour ago, moodybooty said: I’ve been hearing more and more career stories as the season gets rolling, and it made me wonder about the community here. Did you wrestle in college? What was it like for you, both the wrestling and the lifestyle? I tried to walk-on to the NCAA team, quickly discovered meal points and boxed wine, then joined the club team by the end of my first semester. Didn’t compete too much, but was happy to fall in love with the sport in a new way! Wasn't near good enough to wrestle in college. I now live vicariously through other great wrestlers. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I wrestled at a now-defunct NAIA school and was below average wrestler I had a great time though! We were a Hard Knocks kinda program (alot of D1 got kicked out because of drugs transfers) and the school was throwing money at athletics (we had two wrestling houses and the country's ugliest football field) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cinnabon Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I was a high school JV superstar. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 No D1 offers for me. Wanted to study mechanical engineering so did not want to go D2/D3/NAIA route which were the only schools that recruited me. No club wrestling team at my college but that would have been fun. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Nope. Not in college. Not in high school. Not in junior high. Not in grade school. Come to think of it, I never wrestled. 3 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Cinnabon Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Nope. Not in college. Not in high school. Not in junior high. Not in grade school. Come to think of it, I never wrestled. How did you become such a fan of the sport then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: How did you become such a fan of the sport then? Through my nephews. They were pretty good and it sucked me in. I like watching someone who is better at something than I will ever be at anything. And they qualified on that front. I also have a niece who is a ballerina who I follow closely, though she is getting close to retirement age. 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Intermurals, did have small school offer but went with the 4 yr full ride academic. Thought about walk-on but prob wouldn't have a left arm now cause was never beating Lee Roy. Did beat John when in grad school ... in golf. 3 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ionel Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Through my nephews. They were pretty good and it sucked me in. I like watching someone who is better at something than I will ever be at anything. And they qualified on that front. I also have a niece who is a ballerina who I follow closely, though she is getting close to retirement age. So that is you over on the ballerina forum. 2 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Elite Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said: How did you become such a fan of the sport then? He's not. He's a volleyball guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 6 minutes ago, ionel said: Intermurals, did have small school offer but went with the 4 yr full ride academic. Thought about walk-on but prob wouldn't have a left arm now cause was never beating Lee Roy. Did beat John when in grad school ... in golf. Beating a Smith in anything should be considered an athletic achievement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, ionel said: So that is you over on the ballerina forum. It is amazing how much better her arabesque has become through statistical analysis 2 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, ionel said: So that is you over on the ballerina forum. Balletknownoth ing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 18 minutes ago, Interviewed_at_Weehawken said: Balletknownoth ing Balletknowitall 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom formerly Tofurky Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNwrestling Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Wrestled at small college in MidTN. That post of the pins spiking in 2006 make a ton of sense. That was my first year in college and can tell you just how many lights are on each of the ceilings of the gyms around here. I wasn't good. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim L Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 (edited) Yes. DIII and it was a huge part of my college experience. I got better every year and ended up being pretty good DIII guy but nowhere close to where I wanted to be. After I was done there was a hole in my life that I struggled to fill. I competed in Judo and BJJ for many years and that helped but it was never quite the same as competing in collegiate wresting Edited November 9, 2023 by Jim L 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 was undefeated in college, in the two years I wrestled intramurals I went 4-0. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leg rider Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I was an invited walk-on on a D1 college wrestling team, my whole time was spent as a back up. I recognized early on that I was skilled enough to be a good workout partner for the guys that started, and ocasionally got a win against a starter in practice, but I was not athletic enough to be the guy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrestleknownothing Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 28 minutes ago, 11986 said: was undefeated in college, in the two years I wrestled intramurals I went 4-0. Why did you stop? You were only 156 matches away from immortality. 1 1 Drowning in data, but thirsting for knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhs67 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I wrestled in college. Ended up being okay at it I guess. 3 "I know actually nothing. It isn't even conjecture at this point." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11986 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 42 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said: Why did you stop? You were only 156 matches away from immortality. unfortunately, I did not hang 'em up for good off that win streak. Wrestled in an open tournament at age 34, didn't go so well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interviewed_at_Weehawken Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Was a fair to middling wrestler on a top 10 D2 team. It was late 80s to early 90s and we actually had D1 national qualifiers. I beat d1 starters and lost to d3 backups lol. I'm not sure if the difference in talent between divisions was as pronounced back then. I wrestled some Greco, made a decent account of myself against some highly ranked guys. Came out of retirement at an open when I was 33. Took 2nd out of 20 ish. Beat some college guys, lost 4-0 to a pretty decent post-collegian. Was whole body sore for over a week AND got staph! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenandGold Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 I wrestled at a school starting their first year transition to D1 (wrestling and volleyball were exempt from 5 year time out to only 2 years). Probably around 0.500, started a couple years, it hurts to bend over and tie my shoes now, wouldn't change a thing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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