Bo Bachelor round 2

[JimmyCinnabon]

6 minutes ago, nhs67 said:

Michigan.

I know so many states are different, I just thought it interesting in comparison.

I have no dog in this race and I enjoy everything Bo and his group do.  Big fan.

Yeah I don’t care how old Bo is or why. 
 

States are very different. You are correct. My brother is 15 months older than me. He was two grades ahead of me. My college girlfriend was 14 months younger than me and graduated the same year I did. She is from New Jersey while I am from Pennsylvania. 

[jackwebster]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9924543/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7692010/

Idk

[1032004]

10 hours ago, nhs67 said:

I think that's an entirely acceptable age and it makes sense.

Also, bad ass kid you raised.

And that’s only 3 months older than Bo…

(but I know you are not complaining about Bo)

[AgaveMaria]

POKEMONSTER wrote

"I'd personally be embarrassed being a 19 year old senior year. What the hell are they doing in high school still? Move on to college and stop playing with the kiddies. " 

Illness, injury & even birthdays come into play for some. An older article.

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/delaying-childs-starting-age-for-school-a-tough-call-for-parents/2017/08

One more current.

https://www.theparentz.com/parenting/when-should-a-child-start-school

I know of two cases of twins where the birth date came into play & caused problems.

One, starting school. The other, problems with advancement in their Church.

The one starting school came up against an administrator who held fast to the "mandatory" birth date to start school. Twins born minutes apart around Midnight. Before midnight - just made the cutoff to start school. After midnight, one day later & missed the cutoff so started that grade a year after his brother.(identical twins) Parents did not have the money to hire an attorney & the administrator would not bend at all. Caused problems that plagued the kids for a long time.

The other, a church rule. Birth right at midnight, New Years Eve/New Years day. Again, roulette with the Bishop of their church - another rule bound type.

Kid born just before midnight was "a year older" on paper so was ordained a Deacon in his church the year he turned 11. His identical twin brother was not ordained a deacon until the next year - the year he turned 11. He did have the distinction of being "first baby of the New Year" where it happened so the family got a ton of presents & such for him - and just the bills for the first son.

We know at times the kid has no say of parents are adament about holding a kid out/or back for a year. Then comes medical reasons for some. Or Home Schooling & transition to regular school & the kid tests far behind for the indicated year & is now older than his classmates.

We live with what happens & it is not always good for the kids. 

When in High School we had a wrestler who was way more mature. Very good wrestler. Was disqualified when protests were made & investigation placed him at 23 years old. Was living in the Indian Dormatories, born on the Reservation and no Birth Certificate available. He was not a big kid - wrestled about 145 or so - but much more mature than everyone else. Once off the team he walked out of the dorms & left. Apparently hitched rides back to The Big Rez - this was 1960's.

Just some interesting stuff. 

 

[GimJustafan]

bob to the bassets 

 

 

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, 1032004 said:

And that’s only 3 months older than Bo…

(but I know you are not complaining about Bo)

UWW says he will be 19 this year?  Meaning before January 1st, 2026.

[JimmyCinnabon]

Why are people so upset about someone spending an extra year in school? I really don't get how upset people are over this. People are losing their minds.

[Truzzcat]

20 minutes ago, JimmyCinnabon said:

Why are people so upset about someone spending an extra year in school? I really don't get how upset people are over this. People are losing their minds.

This has been a thing in Ohio for a long time. I am pretty sure both Stieber's did the same thing. I think the prevalence of social media have just made it more widely known. As someone who did not hit puberty until I was going into my senior year it would have been very beneficial. Ultimately, I do not think it gives you an advantage when you get to college for most guys it probably flattens out their growth curve sooner.

[JimmyCinnabon]

3 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

This has been a thing in Ohio for a long time. I am pretty sure both Stieber's did the same thing. I think the prevalence of social media have just made it more widely known. As someone who did not hit puberty until I was going into my senior year it would have been very beneficial. Ultimately, I do not think it gives you an advantage when you get to college for most guys it probably flattens out their growth curve sooner.

You were certainly a late bloomer then. I am a late bloomer in almost everything except biology. I hit puberty when I was 11 years old, the summer before I went to middle school. 

[1032004]

13 minutes ago, Truzzcat said:

This has been a thing in Ohio for a long time. I am pretty sure both Stieber's did the same thing. I think the prevalence of social media have just made it more widely known. As someone who did not hit puberty until I was going into my senior year it would have been very beneficial. Ultimately, I do not think it gives you an advantage when you get to college for most guys it probably flattens out their growth curve sooner.

And of course you’ve got club coaches like former tOSU wrestler Brakan Mead telling kids they should be held back 

[ionel]

22 hours ago, Gene Mills Fan said:

My mother was a kindergarten teacher for 35 years. She advocates for late year birthdates holding back. She realizes many of the younger kids could keep up and perform academically but the majority of the late date students were too immature to be in the classroom and she observed there was an academic disadvantage.   I was september and 17 in freshman year college. my brother was Oct birthdate and she said she always regretted not holding him back, his grades always bit lower than mine and he was second smallest in the class.

Well the research I refer to was not about the teachers but about the kids.  The importance is starting to read to them early, age 2 for example, and do things to educate them early.  If you can teach a 4 year old a low single surely he/she can learn simple math of scoring, reading etc.  Sports is a great way to learn discipline as well as reading, math etc.  Shoot if they are playing soccer might be a great time to learn Spanish while it's easy for them just like English.  

[1032004]

So if like 10% of the allegations against Starocci are true, is it safe to assume PSU shouldn’t be “the right fit for Bo’s journey as a person” as long as Carter Starocci is still training there?

[Gene Mills Fan]

48 minutes ago, ionel said:

Well the research I refer to was not about the teachers but about the kids.  The importance is starting to read to them early, age 2 for example, and do things to educate them early.  If you can teach a 4 year old a low single surely he/she can learn simple math of scoring, reading etc.  Sports is a great way to learn discipline as well as reading, math etc.  Shoot if they are playing soccer might be a great time to learn Spanish while it's easy for them just like English.  

My moms position 80% of children not 5yrs old in September for start of kindergarten had lower scoring and learning time adjustment. Her opinion had absolutely nothing to do with sports. Probably for the reasons you state; pre school kids with no early introduction to reading and learning skills, but that is the majority kids coming to school to learn the alphabet and numbers. If your too young(immature) your not sitting and learning your just fidgeting and adjusting to new surroundings and nothing is absorbed.  Correct if learning was actually a family practice before kindergarten we would be way ahead, its more and more parents waiting for kindergarten so they can get rid of their kids for the day and have someone else teach them. 

[VakAttack]

I haven't gotten to listen to Basch and Willie yet, but apparently PSU is out.  WTF is Bill Bassett doing right now? 

[headshuck]

I haven't gotten to listen to Basch and Willie yet, but apparently PSU is out.  WTF is Bill Bassett doing right now? 

The Shedeur Sanders slide into Minnesota?

[wrestlingfan22]

25 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

I haven't gotten to listen to Basch and Willie yet, but apparently PSU is out.  WTF is Bill Bassett doing right now? 

Both of them didn't elaborate with specifics but confidently said they think PSU is not an option. Also, both said they were skeptical it would be OSU. If Bo and Melvin are a package the only teams left on Melvin's list are ASU, Pitt, UM, Nebby, Mizzou and NCST. Could also see tOSU, VT and Rutgers being in play. 

[Dogbone]

26 minutes ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

Both of them didn't elaborate with specifics but confidently said they think PSU is not an option. Also, both said they were skeptical it would be OSU. If Bo and Melvin are a package the only teams left on Melvin's list are ASU, Pitt, UM, Nebby, Mizzou and NCST. Could also see tOSU, VT and Rutgers being in play. 

So the new final 3 was not the final 3 or we going back to Melvin's finalist for Bo too?  Outside of the attention he gets, what is the point of releasing schools, crossing them off a list, putting them back on?   

[VakAttack]

3 minutes ago, Dogbone said:

So the new final 3 was not the final 3 or we going back to Melvin's finalist for Bo too?  Outside of the attention he gets, what is the point of releasing schools, crossing them off a list, putting them back on?   

Not on his list, but I'm wondering if Rutgers makes sense, which is something I think @Husker_Du posited long ago. Not as prestigious but more room to spread out and they'll at least be competing in front of a real crowd. Gonna have to swallow a pill on the NIL though. The Minnow would be in overdrive on his behalf, even more than he is now. 

[Dogbone]

4 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Not on his list, but I'm wondering if Rutgers makes sense, which is something I think @Husker_Du posited long ago. Not as prestigious but more room to spread out and they'll at least be competing in front of a real crowd. Gonna have to swallow a pill on the NIL though. The Minnow would be in overdrive on his behalf, even more than he is now. 

I wouldn't mind him going to a Rutgers or Pitt type school that will bring more attention than the traditional power.   

If he is really taking PSU, OSU off his list, then the NIL hit will be pretty big regardless, imo.  I think there is a large gap in the NIL budget for the those 3 and everyone else.  Maybe Oh St is up there but they haven't been in the conversation for some reason.  

[OMW]

44 minutes ago, wrestlingfan22 said:

Both of them didn't elaborate with specifics but confidently said they think PSU is not an option. Also, both said they were skeptical it would be OSU. If Bo and Melvin are a package the only teams left on Melvin's list are ASU, Pitt, UM, Nebby, Mizzou and NCST. Could also see tOSU, VT and Rutgers being in play. 

That would be something if listening to God has him in Tempe wrestling for the devil (no, not Zeke, but Sparky).

[Gene Mills Fan]

From local Alliseeisgold to Nebby next year; with room for Melvin. Hardy Taylor will be gone, Minto will be up in weight.

JB is the GOAT why not follow?

[JBluegill133]

Kind of a weird question, can a wrestler wrestle for a specific college but also at a different RTC/WC? So in this case Bo chooses to wrestle at Pitt but then in the offseason trains at NLWC? 

[VakAttack]

I am listening to Baschamania right now and they actually both mentioned Rutgers, so that tracks with my memory of prior statements by Willie.

[wrestlingfan22]

25 minutes ago, JBluegill133 said:

Kind of a weird question, can a wrestler wrestle for a specific college but also at a different RTC/WC? So in this case Bo chooses to wrestle at Pitt but then in the offseason trains at NLWC? 

It would be very rare for either school to let him do that (outside of maybe some short trips to train at other RTCs), but USA Wrestling would have no qualms about it. 

[VakAttack]

Corby (pretty connected guy on the Hawkeye board) just wrote that PSU is now back in play?  Hard to keep track at this point.  Man, God is willing to let a LOT slide.

Edited June 27, 2025 by VakAttack