2026 Transfer Portal

[headshuck]

Did we ever find out exactly why Bo Bassett changed his commitment?

[MoveCountermove]

8 minutes ago, VakAttack said:

Exactly.  Iowa, known to be utterly devoid of transfers.

Built not bought! Which suddenly means “we didn’t buy because someone else is reported to have offered more money…so it doesn’t count as buying because we used less money. So it’s not buying. Cuz everyone knows buying only counts when you pay for something that someone else would have paid less for. Then it’s considered buying. But when YOU are the people paying less, it’s built on culture, not exchange of funds for services.”

[MoveCountermove]

6 minutes ago, headshuck said:

Did we ever find out exactly why Bo Bassett changed his commitment?

Wasn’t it money/perks that Brands wasn’t willing to do the song and dance over? The Bassetts wanted perks or flights paid for or something and Brands essentially said no, stop trying to milk us. Then Va Tech landed him and Melvin Miller

[Simpleman424]

24 minutes ago, MoveCountermove said:

Wasn’t it money/perks that Brands wasn’t willing to do the song and dance over? The Bassetts wanted perks or flights paid for or something and Brands essentially said no, stop trying to milk us. Then Va Tech landed him and Melvin Miller

That’s the word on the streets

[Simpleman424]

44 minutes ago, MoveCountermove said:

Built not bought! Which suddenly means “we didn’t buy because someone else is reported to have offered more money…so it doesn’t count as buying because we used less money. So it’s not buying. Cuz everyone knows buying only counts when you pay for something that someone else would have paid less for. Then it’s considered buying. But when YOU are the people paying less, it’s built on culture, not exchange of funds for services.”

That’s the problem with giving some fan bases some successes. They finally get all 10 guys to just qualify for NCAA’s for the first time in 5-6 years and all the sudden they’re elite financiers, coaches and culture setters…

[JMill]

8 minutes ago, Simpleman424 said:

That’s the problem with giving some fan bases some successes. They finally get all 10 guys to just qualify for NCAA’s for the first time in 5-6 years and all the sudden they’re elite financiers, coaches and culture setters…

Sort of like Chica.. err.. Hammond Bears fans after one decent season…

[JimmySpeaks]

On 5/8/2026 at 9:26 AM, jajensen09 said:

Its not bought. Nebraska isnt offering the $$ these other programs are. They are offering a culture and to be developed 

Show your proof. Post every school and what they’re offering. 

[ionel]

3 hours ago, MPhillips said:

Three years running...

 

[flyingcement]

 

[flyingcement]

D1 Portal activity from Non-D1 teams:

Team		Outgoing	Incoming	Net	Gross
Central Oklahoma (DII)	DII	0	2	2	2
Minnesota State-Mankato (DII)	DII	0	2	2	2
Southeastern (NAIA)	NAIA	0	2	2	2
Indian Hills (NJCAA)	NJCAA	1	1	0	2
Western Wyoming (NJCAA)	NJCAA	2	0	-2	2
Wisconsin-Parkside (DII)	DII	0	1	1	1
Wisconsin-La Crosse (DII)	DII	0	1	1	1
Vanguard (DII)	DII	0	1	1	1
Providence (NAIA)	NAIA	0	1	1	1
Oklahoma City (NAIA)	NAIA	0	1	1	1
Northern State (DII)	DII	0	1	1	1
New College of Florida (NAIA)	NAIA	0	1	1	1
Montevallo (DII)	DII	0	1	1	1
Iowa Western (NJCAA)	NJCAA	0	1	1	1
Gannon (DII)	DII	0	1	1	1
Central Methodist (NAIA)	NAIA	0	1	1	1
Brockport (DIII)	DIII	0	1	1	1
Arcadia (DIII)	DIII	0	1	1	1
Augustana (DII)	DII	0	1	1	1
Doane (NAIA)	NAIA	0	1	1	1
North Idaho (NJCAA)	NJCAA	1	0	-1	1

[MoveCountermove]

19 minutes ago, flyingcement said:

 

Hmmm. That’s interesting.

[2001Hokie]

5 hours ago, headshuck said:

Did we ever find out exactly why Bo Bassett changed his commitment?

Family history of kidney problems last I heard...

[jajensen09]

7 hours ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Show your proof. Post every school and what they’re offering. 

A handful of recruits were going to nebraska the switch because of $$$ Bassett and Miller being 2. Aj got offered more, robinson more. Nebraska isnt offering / doesnt have the big $$ to drop like iowa. Iowa spends on 1-2 wrestlers what Nebraska does the entire team. Go to Nebraska for things better than money.  Now its even working better. Look at all these Nebraska guys getting asked to go to RAF. Nebraska is the a better place to go now than almost every school. Has certainly passed iowa

[JMill]

7 hours ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Show your proof. Post every school and what they’re offering. 

[Simpleman424]

45 minutes ago, jajensen09 said:

A handful of recruits were going to nebraska the switch because of $$$ Bassett and Miller being 2. Aj got offered more, robinson more. Nebraska isnt offering / doesnt have the big $$ to drop like iowa. Iowa spends on 1-2 wrestlers what Nebraska does the entire team. Go to Nebraska for things better than money.  Now its even working better. Look at all these Nebraska guys getting asked to go to RAF. Nebraska is the a better place to go now than almost every school. Has certainly passed iowa

Literally a two second search shows how much money Nebraska is spending…

Top 10 Overall Budgets (FY25): According to FOIA-reported data from March 2026, the highest-funded programs in terms of total operating budgets include:

Penn State (\(\$7.86M\))

Oklahoma State (\(\$5.05M\))

Iowa (\(\$4.02M\))

Ohio State (\(\$3.18M\))

Nebraska (\(\$3.06M\))

Rutgers (\(\$3.01M\))

Virginia Tech (\(\$3.01M\))

Michigan (\(\$2.98M\))

Iowa State (\(\$2.68M\))

Arizona State (\(\$2.66M\)

These budgets cover operational costs and in many cases include substantial NIL backing for student-athletes.

And a separate search…

Nebraska wrestling benefits from a strong NIL environment, with top college wrestlers nationally potentially earning $100,000–$400,000+ annually, according to estimates. 

[jajensen09]

5 hours ago, Simpleman424 said:

Literally a two second search shows how much money Nebraska is spending…

Top 10 Overall Budgets (FY25): According to FOIA-reported data from March 2026, the highest-funded programs in terms of total operating budgets include:

Penn State (\(\$7.86M\))

Oklahoma State (\(\$5.05M\))

Iowa (\(\$4.02M\))

Ohio State (\(\$3.18M\))

Nebraska (\(\$3.06M\))

Rutgers (\(\$3.01M\))

Virginia Tech (\(\$3.01M\))

Michigan (\(\$2.98M\))

Iowa State (\(\$2.68M\))

Arizona State (\(\$2.66M\)

These budgets cover operational costs and in many cases include substantial NIL backing for student-athletes.

And a separate search…

Nebraska wrestling benefits from a strong NIL environment, with top college wrestlers nationally potentially earning $100,000–$400,000+ annually, according to estimates. 

Iowa lol lol lol

[Simpleman424]

5 hours ago, jajensen09 said:

Iowa lol lol lol

Yea sliding in at ~600k more than Nebraska…I didn’t think you’d get the point of that post. You’re acting like their Nebraska is some penny pinching program just pulling in guys on culture and coaching. No…you’re still a top 5 spending program and just behind Iowa. You can make up your fake scenarios of Iowa offering Bo and Miller twice as much (and others) or whatever you want but the numbers bare it out.

Edited May 10 by Simpleman424

[MoveCountermove]

3 hours ago, Simpleman424 said:

Yea sliding in at ~600k more than Nebraska…I didn’t think you’d get the point of that post. You’re acting like their Nebraska is some penny pinching program just pulling in guys on culture and coaching. No…you’re still a top 5 spending program and just behind Iowa. You can make up your fake scenarios of Iowa offering Bo and Miller twice as much (and others) or whatever you want but the numbers bare it out.

Careful…logic misses with this one

[nhs67]

3 hours ago, Simpleman424 said:

Yea sliding in at ~600k more than Nebraska…I didn’t think you’d get the point of that post. You’re acting like their Nebraska is some penny pinching program just pulling in guys on culture and coaching. No…you’re still a top 5 spending program and just behind Iowa. You can make up your fake scenarios of Iowa offering Bo and Miller twice as much (and others) or whatever you want but the numbers bare it out.

There is a strong case to be made that the reality is that Nebraska is actually spending more on NIL than Iowa.

The numbers given include money spent on coaching staffs (college and rtc), rtc athletes, and facilities/training - not just NIL.

It would be safe to say that Iowa spends more in all those avenues - more/bigger rtc, highest paid college coaches, the best facilities, etc.  It would not be wild to assume Iowa spends $1 million more in those areas.  Thus making NIL comparable, if not less at Iowa.

Edited May 10 by nhs67

[Idaho]

4 hours ago, Simpleman424 said:

Yea sliding in at ~600k more than Nebraska…I didn’t think you’d get the point of that post. You’re acting like their Nebraska is some penny pinching program just pulling in guys on culture and coaching. No…you’re still a top 5 spending program and just behind Iowa. You can make up your fake scenarios of Iowa offering Bo and Miller twice as much (and others) or whatever you want but the numbers bare it out.

Uhhh.... 4.02 mil and 3.06 million is not 600k difference....it's 960k ... which in my math is almost a million dollars. 

Edited May 10 by Idaho

[Simpleman424]

48 minutes ago, Idaho said:

Uhhh.... 4.02 mil and 3.06 million is not 600k difference....it's 960k ... which in my math is almost a million dollars. 

Correct, I read that wrong. Still not fitting the scenario being exaggerated here…

[MoveCountermove]

23 minutes ago, Simpleman424 said:

Correct, I read that wrong. Still not fitting the scenario being exaggerated here…

By which you mean $4.02 million vs. ~$0…?

[JMill]

For reference 2025 open records:

Tom Brands $710k

Terry Brands $237

Ryan Morningstar $127k

Bobby Telford (must’ve been paid by outside)

Mark Manning $293k. 

Bryan Snyder $132k

Tervel Dlagnev $152k

James Green $93k

 

[JimmySpeaks]

19 hours ago, jajensen09 said:

A handful of recruits were going to nebraska the switch because of $$$ Bassett and Miller being 2. Aj got offered more, robinson more. Nebraska isnt offering / doesnt have the big $$ to drop like iowa. Iowa spends on 1-2 wrestlers what Nebraska does the entire team. Go to Nebraska for things better than money.  Now its even working better. Look at all these Nebraska guys getting asked to go to RAF. Nebraska is the a better place to go now than almost every school. Has certainly passed iowa

Bahahahahahhahahahahaha.   Keep telling yourself that.  

[HokieDave87]

On 5/9/2026 at 10:47 AM, MoveCountermove said:

Wasn’t it money/perks that Brands wasn’t willing to do the song and dance over? The Bassetts wanted perks or flights paid for or something and Brands essentially said no, stop trying to milk us. Then Va Tech landed him and Melvin Miller

Wasn't really a money issue, Bassett's could've paid for it, they've paid plenty over the years for training opportunities out of pocket. Bo wanted open access to come to the RTC whenever and a set place to sleep. Brands didn't want to accommodate that and allegedly the disagreement escalated. 

Pretty sure Bo crashes on Caleb's couch when he comes to Blacksburg as of now, we don't pay anything for him to come down and it's just additional training partners so we view it as a positive when they want to come down.