Zack Ryder to OSU

[KennyEBHS]

Does this fuel the feud between Cael and David?

[Ragu]

No

[KennyEBHS]

11 minutes ago, Ragu said:

No

I think it does. Have you noticed that Cael has not come out and wished David luck, and David has not mentioned learning anything from PSU. Something does not smell right.

[wrestle87]

25 minutes ago, KennyEBHS said:

I think it does. Have you noticed that Cael has not come out and wished David luck, and David has not mentioned learning anything from PSU. Something does not smell right.

Except that this is patently false.

He gave a long interview about this after he initially took the position, may have been immediately after he finished wrestling at worlds.  He went in depth about how making the decision was gutwrenching because Cael and all the guys in the PSU room were his family and PSU wrestling was his home.  

Never let facts get in the way of a good story though...

[BFosr1]

Thompson to tOSU to compete the circle??

[CTMopar]

Iowa won't win the dual next year...Maybe a bone both wrestlers in good hands!!!

[okokzach]

14 minutes ago, CTMopar said:

Iowa won't win the dual next year...Maybe a bone both wrestlers in good hands!!!

• 125: Spratley - Peterson
• 133: ?Sakamoto - Ayala 
• 141: ?Hughes - Bailey
• 149: ?Jamison - Williams
• 157: ?Swiderski - Estrada
• 165: Lockett - Caliendo
• 174: Facundo - Kennedy
• 184: Ryder - Ferrari
• 197: Merrill - ?Ludington
• 285: Doucet - Kueter

Honestly a lot of tossups at this point. It will be more clear once we see some of these guys at these weights, but for now I wouldn't say there's a favorite for the dual. There's still plenty of time left in the portal as well. 

[juniorvarsity]

Why not Facundo 165 and Lockett 174?

[flyingcement]

1 minute ago, juniorvarsity said:

Why not Facundo 165 and Lockett 174?

Facundo seems to have a bigger frame (and Lockett the higher ceiling) but otherwise not sure.

Lockett is really good though.  I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if he were to defeat Mesenbrink at some point

Edited April 6 by flyingcement

[okokzach]

2 minutes ago, juniorvarsity said:

Why not Facundo 165 and Lockett 174?

Dee has said he wants to be at 165 and he doesn't want to redshirt. He wrestled up this year to get tougher competition but I don't think he's truly a 174. Could be down the line, but probably not next year. 

[de4856]

Well I am happy to see Zack go to Ok St. it will make even more interesting. 

[BarSeries]

 

[MPhillips]

Nickal is such a flake...

[nhs67]

25 minutes ago, BarSeries said:

 

Bo posted this on his twitter with the caption that he had 'recorded a few weeks ago' and '...awkward.'

[MPhillips]

3 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Bo posted this on his twitter with the caption that he had 'recorded a few weeks ago' and '...awkward.'

YAHTZEE!  He's a flake...

[Caveira]

On 4/4/2025 at 6:43 PM, KennyEBHS said:

I think it does. Have you noticed that Cael has not come out and wished David luck, and David has not mentioned learning anything from PSU. Something does not smell right.

Didn’t some kick dt on the way out ?   On fb or in social media.   Something wasn’t right with that either.  

[okokzach]

Zack comes across as very likeable even though he spells his name wrong

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, okokzach said:

Zack comes across as very likeable even though he spells his name wrong

... wait like Stevenson and Messenbrink? 

[MPhillips]

10 hours ago, okokzach said:

Zack comes across as very likeable even though he spells his name wrong

 

10 hours ago, ionel said:

... wait like Stevenson and Messenbrink? 

Likable guys...

[1032004]

21 hours ago, BarSeries said:

 

This certainly seems to support the idea that he was not already planning to leave before Welsh joined.  He did make it very clear he wanted to be a 4xer though.

[1032004]

Unrelated to Ryder specifically, one thing I thought was interesting about that interview was how they talked about how much they wrestled live at PSU practices.  Ryder I believe mentioned doing 3 live matches with Dake, and I think Nickal said something about wrestling 8 in a row.  

So much for the people that say doing a lot of live wrestling is bad?

[Truzzcat]

31 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Unrelated to Ryder specifically, one thing I thought was interesting about that interview was how they talked about how much they wrestled live at PSU practices.  Ryder I believe mentioned doing 3 live matches with Dake, and I think Nickal said something about wrestling 8 in a row.  

So much for the people that say doing a lot of live wrestling is bad?

Japan goes live for an hour and thats pretty much the entirety of their practices you just go with a lot of different partners. At least from what Spencer said when he was over there.

[BarSeries]

33 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

So much for the people that say doing a lot of live wrestling is bad?

Why do you think Japan is so good?

[Gus]

36 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

Unrelated to Ryder specifically, one thing I thought was interesting about that interview was how they talked about how much they wrestled live at PSU practices.  Ryder I believe mentioned doing 3 live matches with Dake, and I think Nickal said something about wrestling 8 in a row.  

So much for the people that say doing a lot of live wrestling is bad?

Also sounds like they work their tails off. So much for the idea of they just sit around and "have fun". There is no substitute for hard work.

[Truzzcat]

Just now, Gus said:

Also sounds like they work their tails off. So much for the idea of they just sit around and "have fun". There is no substitute for hard work.

Using a gym term but I don't think they do "junk volume". Seems like they are very efficient in the work they do.