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Make the edit button great again. MEBGA

Why haven't I heard anything of Bajrang Punia in some time????

That's what I'm thinking.....maybe I'll get him out walleye fishing again now!!! Fadz

Nate was a great hire....had a lot to offer, AND, he's one of the most decorated ISU alum's of all time. Nate's had an opportunity to coach David since he was young. This was a "win-win" for ISU and the Carr's. From a distance, it looked like Nate always let the ISU staff....Dresser, Metcalf and company coach David.......Nate was never "in the way". Great man/great son/great family.

I didn't even look at pages 2-4, but I think it was a great move....David going to ISU where his dad became a 3 time NCAA Champions and Olympic Bronze Medalist. And for Nate to come along as coach of their regional training center was a very smart move.....Nate is very good technically (I learned a number of things from him myself), he has a great personality....has a lot to offer the program.

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I have said this for years.....anybody can shoot baskets or play catch with a football or baseball, but how many can just go out and wrestle....they might get dirty, break a sweat, rip their clothes and could easily get hurt. I watched WBB this year mainly due to the Caitlyn Clark and then the Reece deal, so that probably helped a lot. A good friend of mine, who was a great Hawkeye wrestler said he had never watched so much girls basketball. I remember in the early 70's, ABC, along with Frank Gifford, focused on Dan Gable, actually did a special on him and his training leading up to the games which included Ben and John Peterson. It did create some interest in wrestling nationwide, but it can't just be a one time thing. Gifford liked Gable so much, that he wrote a book called "Gifford on Courage" (which is in my coaching library). This book included Dan Gable. Also, most of the media people out there, didn't wrestle. Again, they have the basketball and football mentality. That doesn't help the cause. I have to say, the BTN was great this year, which helps and ESPN covered the whole NCAA tournament, but the average viewer isn't going to pay for, or follow wrestling when it's split up between ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU......I'm at NCAA's, and I tape it too, but most people aren't going to follow our tournament on three different formats. I also do think Flo and Track help us....although though they have a number of critics. It's too bad ESPN couldn't focus on a superstar in our sport, like Gabe Steveson, Aaron Brooks, Kyle Dake, Jordan Burroughs, David Taylor, etc. like they did Gable....it would be great for the upcoming Olympic Games, and wow, how about the upcoming Olympic Trials. Fadz (45 NCAA's/39 in a row and counting)

Vote yes to unlimited "editing time"

But I'm looking for more than that! I'm looking out for the good of all of us!

This was my first thought....but why not unlimited time to edit????

I think Brooks already got OW right after the tournament.

I've never heard Abas pronounced that way......and remember you had Gerry and Stephan Abas in past years....both were very good. Gerry (Jaden's dad) was a 4 time all-american, and his uncle (Stephan) was a 4 time all-american/3 time NCAA Champion and Olympic silver medalist. Stephan was also named to the NCAA 75th Anniversary Wrestling team. Gerry also wrestled in one the the most exciting NCAA finals matches of all time in 1993. It was vs. Lincoln McIlravy and he was way ahead of Lincoln, but Lincoln fought back to an unbelievable 16-15 upset of the highly favored Abas. This was McIlravy's freshman year and Gable brought him out of redshirt right before Big Ten's to beef up the Iowa lineup. And yes, great tournament comeback by Kasak!!!

I believe John Fisher, who is mentioned in this article also has a win over Reinoso

I tried to find it myself ......Smith did lose to him at I believe the Cerra Palado tournament, so I just assumed that's where it happened. I have a lot of wrestling in my video library, but wouldn't know where to look.

Was it Cerra Pelado??

What match was that in???

Now that you mention it, we did have a big cluster of cables coming down from lighting to the floor in our view....a little annoying......sidenote, remember I wrestled Nate a couple of times....Fadz

Well this is my 45th NCAA/39th in a row. It was my idea by the way to stand those who have attended at least 20 NCAA's, etc., etc., along with Sandy Stevens.....I appreciate the fact that Jason B. and company brought back the original increments of 5 years instead 10 to sit attendees back down. As far as KC and other cities/venues, this year we got bumped from 2 hotels at the last second, and we had reserved them last year. Then we had a shuttle bus to and from the hotel/arena, but that was hit and miss...the bus driver was worried about her hours, and she shuttled every half hour which was a waste, but when you needed her after a session, forget it....had to get an Uber. Then after the last session (session 6), we got screwed by a so called Lyft, Uber, Taxi driver. His rig was legitimate, but I think he was working on his own.....over the phone he said "about $60, but when we got our crew in the vehicle (6 guys) he had it upped to around $80 which he said was gratuity and whatever. We almost got out of the vehicle, but decided to take the ride. The guy was speeding down every road, speeding through lights he should have stopped for etc. At this rate, the guy will get in an accident/get ticketed and more. We didn't say a word the whole way back to the hotel. When we got there, we had nothing in the back end, but he raised the rear door, so we couldn't get his license plate number. The Arena itself was fine.

This is the one I remember so well, as the guy sitting next to me in the stands kept yelling "spladle, splade", and I thought he was crazy....this went on for a little while until finally Kelly hit the spladle. At that point I asked "how did you know that?" He said, we have been working on that at practice for some time. The guy and I became good friends....I'm leaving him nameless on purpose! He too was a great wrestler....all-american/World Cup team, etc. I will never forget it.

Close.....2001

Well, in 1994, they only seeded 12 guys, but using this years brackets, If I insert Mark Branch from 1994/167 into the same slot this year, against the number 2 seed, Mark Branch was the was the 31st seed. That year he came in with a record of 8-9 and won his first national title. He then went 2-2-1. He is currently the Head Coach at Wyoming.

Did Medicine Man get commissioned to do the above photo???

I understand what you guys are saying, but there is a rich tradition at Northwestern of hosting the MIdlands Championships, Big Tens and even the NCAA Championships in 1970 as well as the first ever USA/USSR dual meet in America held in what used to be McGaw Hall, renovated into Welsh-Ryan Arena. The director of the Midlands used to be the head coach for a long time at NW/Tim Cysewski. I'm sure if it ends up in Welsh-Ryan Arena, there is a reason for it.