Bo Bachelor round 2

[VakAttack]

4 minutes ago, Dogbone said:

It does say something when your freshman younger brother needs to weigh in on your de-commitment and uses phrases like "all we wanted.."     

Yeep.

[Fletcher]

4 minutes ago, Dogbone said:

It does say something when your freshman younger brother needs to weigh in on your de-commitment and uses phrases like "all we wanted.."     

I wonder if the dad controls all family social media accounts and thought he was in a different account when making that post?

[VakAttack]

 

This seems like it may be a Bassett family issue.

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Who would think that Iowa would have a bigger unresolvable issue with the Bassett family than the Ferrari family?

[H82Lose]

21 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Who would think that Iowa would have a bigger unresolvable issue with the Bassett family than the Ferrari family?

I know Bill, he is a good dude. I am not saying that I know him well enough that I know what goes on behind closed doors, but that family is a great family.  I have watched Bo lose at Super 32, and come over and hug his dad, and then it is over, back to work. 

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

46 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

 

This made me laugh, lol.  Wonder if Rudis will offer refunds.  

While I get the intention of this photoshop, I think some of the black wrestlers at Iowa might not find this so funny.

[BarSeries]

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

14 minutes ago, BarSeries said:

If this is true, Iowa needs to report OkSt immediately to the NCAA compliance department. 

[RandolphTJones]

Im already worn out by Bo and he hasn’t even started college yet.

 

So with that said I think he goes to Penn St. I Bo-liege Okie St is content with who they have at their middle weights and Bo can step in right after SVN or Kasak. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 hour ago, Voice of the Quakers said:

The older I get, the more I realize that money is the source and solution to every problem in life.

O/U for further college commitments by Bo Bassett: 1.5

O/U for transfers once Bo Bassett enrolls in college: 1.5

I'm so happy my alma mater, for the most part, is not in this line of business.

Same thing with a jetski. The gas gets you in trouble, the gas gets you out of trouble. Depends on how and when you use it.

[VakAttack]

4 minutes ago, Coastal said:

Did you watch the Olympic finals?  Did you watch him vs Ono?   

 

You're right, he doesn't need a go to takedown he can rely on against the best in the world.

 

When the entire program hasn't had any scrambling ability at all with the exception of a few bought wrestlers like Eierman, I can see why it looks like Lee was a good scrambler to an Iowa fan.   The rest of us have watched actual good scrambling.

Yeah, what would Ben Askren know?  What a weird hill to die on, when the general point isn't wrong, but this specific one is extremely wrong.

[PortaJohn]

8 minutes ago, Coastal said:

Did you watch the Olympic finals?  Did you watch him vs Ono?   

 

You're right, he doesn't need a go to takedown he can rely on against the best in the world.

 

When the entire program hasn't had any scrambling ability at all with the exception of a few bought wrestlers like Eierman, I can see why it looks like Lee was a good scrambler to an Iowa fan.   The rest of us have watched actual good scrambling.

I'm not an Iowa fan!

Edited June 23, 2025 by PortaJohn

[Eagle26]

5 minutes ago, Coastal said:

Did you watch the Olympic finals? 

This pretty much ends the debate. You don’t make the Olympic finals if you aren’t good at scrambling. 

[VakAttack]

2 hours ago, VakAttack said:

 

Feeling less and less annoyed.

Somewhat notably, this screenshot also appeared in a Minnow Tweet, that has now mysteriously disappeared into the Great Minnow Tweet Wastebin in the Sky.

[Mr. PeanutButter]

Kinda weird how a bunch of people implied Brands cheated (donor NLI) in getting Bo to commit and now are ragging on him for not cheating and getting him to say. 

Also hilarious that Keegan Bassett was so quick to implicate every other program in being willing to break rules - and that the family expected it!

[Gene Mills Fan]

two years ago the Hawks lost 4-5 wrestlers to suspension, i don't think they looking to go thru rules arbitrations and appeals again

[Wrestleknownothing]

2 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Somewhat notably, this screenshot also appeared in a Minnow Tweet, that has now mysteriously disappeared into the Great Minnow Tweet Wastebin in the Sky.

He recently, and hilariously, posted on HVI "I owned what I said, and still do." Minnow gonna minnow.

[152lbs]

Committing as a junior seems silly to me. So much time to change your mind.

[1032004]

20 hours ago, VakAttack said:

"Look, they're not good for me as a wrestler, a person or a Christian.  But I will never say anything bad about them" is legit hilarious.

I laughed at this post on PSU board:

Bo:
"I declare Iowa is a sucky place to train, The vibe is lame, and I would loose my religion just by hanging around there.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE WITH IOWA"

[jackwebster]

2 hours ago, VakAttack said:

This is just not true.  LOL, you're using him losing one scramble position as evidence is ridiculous.  Lee is and was an awesome scrambler.

I agree, but there are a few more exceptions that prove the rule (and make me smile)

 

@~ 5:00 and in tbe last minute

 

[jackwebster]

Just now, jackwebster said:

I agree, but there are a few more exceptions that prove the rule (and make me smile)

 

@~ 5:00 and in tbe last minute

 

Here's another (and a bigger smile)

@~ 1:00 and at the end

 

[Dogbone]

2 minutes ago, jackwebster said:

I agree, but there are a few more exceptions that prove the rule (and make me smile)

 

@~ 5:00 and in tbe last minute

 

Bailing out of a position when up 10-0 while wrestling without an ACL is not an exception.  

[1032004]

Guess Yianni isn’t a good scrambler either

[jackwebster]

4 minutes ago, Dogbone said:

Bailing out of a position when up 10-0 while wrestling without an ACL is not an exception.  

Fair enough, except he bailed out after the helicopter, far-ankle business. And not that it matters but both guys were missing some knee infrastructure.

Edited June 23, 2025 by jackwebster

[BAC]

If I'm following everything correctly, it seems like this really just reduces to the Bassett family wanting Bo's (and eventually Melvin's) trips to Iowa City paid for as they train pre-college. It seems likely that they want this because they believe Jax's trips are paid for.

To me, this raises more questions than it answers.  On its face, this would be a very obvious recruiting violation.  NCAA rules don't allow schools to pay for the travel of recruits back and forth to campus pre-enrollment.  Perhaps that changes under the House settlement -- I don't know -- but it hasn't yet.

The question for me is:  how is it that Jax is able to have his trips to/from Oklahoma paid for?  Is it really as widespread as the Bassetts are saying?  Is there some sort of NIL exemption for it?  Or are they justifying it by farming the money through RTC, e.g. saying the RTCs are merely "paying the travel costs to bring in practice partners for existing members"?

My best guess is the RTCs are used as the vehicle to bypass the NCAA rule.  What I can't say, though, is whether this a shady and arguably unethical circumvention of a rule, or if it's on solid legal ground and Iowa is either too cash-strapped do this or too behind-the-times to prioritize this funding allocation.

I just can't quite bring myself to mock Iowa for screwing this up without having a better sense of how shady this practice is of ferrying recruits to/from the university. 

My guess is we'll either see Iowa change their practice to catch up with the times, or start blowing the whistle on programs that do pony up for travel costs.  Objectively speaking, it's bad for the sport to have two conflicting legal interpretations on whether this is permissible, as it creates an uneven playing field in recruiting.