Who is the King of the Portal so far?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Is David Taylor the champ or is it Tom Brands?

Taylor's bounty:

1. Richie Figs
2. Gary Steen
3. Alex Facundo
4. Zach Ryder
5. Casey Swiderski

Tom's bounty:

1. Dean Peterson
2. Nasir Bailey
3. Jordan Williams
4. Rocky Elam

Edited April 7 by Jimmy Cinnabon

[CHROMEBIRD]

Flip it around. King of the portal will be the wrestler who ends up with the best deal, degree, and NCAA hardware.

[Mr. PeanutButter]

You forgot Swiderski for Okie and mistakenly added Elam for Iowa. I think Zach Ryder is the biggest get out of the bunch you have listed but don't forget PSU - they poached Ono from Japan who has a real possibility of bringing multiple NCAA and likely world titles to PSU/NLWC. That's big. Oh, and Rocco Welsh. Double Oh - they poached the VaTech recruit!!!

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Just now, Mr. PeanutButter said:

You forgot Swiderski for Okie and mistakenly added Elam for Iowa. I think Zach Ryder is the biggest get out of the bunch you have listed but don't forget PSU - they poached Ono from Japan who has a real possibility of bringing multiple NCAA and likely world titles to PSU/NLWC. That's big. Oh, and Rocco Welsh. Double Oh - they poached the VaTech recruit!!!

Ono only had 2 years of eligiblity.

[Truzzcat]

42 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Is David Taylor the champ or is it Tom Brands?

Taylor's bounty:

1. Richie Figs
2. Gary Steen
3. Alex Facundo
4. Zach Ryder
5. Casey Swiderski

Tom's bounty:

1. Dean Peterson
2. Nasir Bailey
3. Jordan Williams
4. Rocky Elam

did I miss elam to Iowa?

[MPhillips]

3 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

did I miss elam to Iowa?

Nope. It was addressed three post' up...

[ionel]

Gotta be UNC

[BAC]

A little off-topic, but can I ask... what on earth is Gary Steen thinking?

From the outside, his transfer to OSU makes exactly zero sense.  He has no hope of starting at PSU ever again, save an injury or two, but he also has no hope of starting at OSU.  Talk about going out of the frying pan and into the fire:  instead of getting routinely worked in practice by Luke/Ono/Nagao/Davis, now he gets routinely worked by Spratley/Figs/Sakamoto.  What's the point?  If this is just about making the 30-man roster cut, I'm not sure it'll be any easier at OSU than PSU.

Why not go somewhere where you have a chance of starting?  After four years of paying his dues in the PSU room, you'd think he'd want to go someplace where they're actually in need of a 125lb'er. 

 

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Is David Taylor the champ or is it Tom Brands?

Taylor's bounty:

1. Richie Figs
2. Gary Steen
3. Alex Facundo
4. Zach Ryder
5. Casey Swiderski

Tom's bounty:

1. Dean Peterson
2. Nasir Bailey
3. Jordan Williams
4. Rocky Elam

At least three other schools (four including Mizzou) are ahead of Iowa.

[MPhillips]

2 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

At least three other schools (four including Mizzou) are ahead of Iowa.

Quantity over quality?

[ionel]

1 minute ago, MPhillips said:

Quantity over quality?

... no one can beat UNC

[CHROMEBIRD]

1 hour ago, BAC said:

A little off-topic, but can I ask... what on earth is Gary Steen thinking?

From the outside, his transfer to OSU makes exactly zero sense.  He has no hope of starting at PSU ever again, save an injury or two, but he also has no hope of starting at OSU.  Talk about going out of the frying pan and into the fire:  instead of getting routinely worked in practice by Luke/Ono/Nagao/Davis, now he gets routinely worked by Spratley/Figs/Sakamoto.  What's the point?  If this is just about making the 30-man roster cut, I'm not sure it'll be any easier at OSU than PSU.

Why not go somewhere where you have a chance of starting?  After four years of paying his dues in the PSU room, you'd think he'd want to go someplace where they're actually in need of a 125lb'er. 

 

Is he buddies with RBY? idk