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Last night @Jason Bryant pointed out that in Jesse Mendez's corner was newly minted Hall of Famer Logan Stieber (Distinguished Member category). And over the weekend, @Iwrite was kind enough to share with us the bio for the third Banach Brother, Steve, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in the "Outstanding American" category. This got me thinking about who would be the next wrestler to get into the Hall of Fame based primarily on college and international achievements. I took a quick perusal of the Distinguished Members category by year (https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/awards/Distinguished_Member?page=1) and estimated that in the last 25 years there have been between 50 and 60 honorees who were there based primarily on college achievements, or a combination of college and international with a heavy dose of college. So let's say 2 to 3 get in next year. Who are those guys? One caveat, a wrestler has to be retired for 5 years to be eligible (and I believe that is five years from any combat type?). Some ideas: Cole Konrad - 4x AA, 3x finalist, 2x champ in college (4,2,1,1). Pan Am Gold while in college. World University Gold. Bellator heavyweight champ. Steve Mocco - this one might come with a caveat. He is already in the HOF as a Glen Brand honoree (for wrestlers from Iowa) and a Dave Schultz honoree (high school). Maybe the Brand and Distinguished Member are mutually exclusive? Tommy Rowlands - 4x AA, 3x finalist, 2x champ in college (2,1,6,1). University World Champion, Pan-Am Champion, 2x U.S. Open Champion, and 6x U.S. National Team Member. Ben Askren - No brainer. 4x AA, 4x finalist, 2x champ in college (2,2,1,1), 2x Hodge Award. Olympian, Pan Am Gold, World Grappling Champ, ONE and Bellator Champ. Who have you got?

As a PSU fan? Yes, please, and thank you.

Add a one in front of that three. His best win last year was over Konner Doucet. Doucet was also losing to low AA (Slavikouski) / R12 (Taylor, Heindselman) guys, so that is the range Kueter belongs in, call it 10 - 15, to start the season.

Maybe they are anticipating the removal of scholarship limits, but the imposition of roster limits, and thinking of it as a way to park an athlete off roster?

I was just surfing the Iowa board review of U20 and U23 trials thinking there needs to be a thread on Iowa wrestling based on the success of the Special K's. And boom, the Vak abides.

This is huge. Choosing wrestling over football is a big deal.

Sorry to hear about the driving. I am of a like mind. I enjoyed going into the office. My employer, at the time was one of the last to close and first to open. I was able to work from home, but chose to go to the office four days a week. But now we have a new owner with no office near by. So I work from home every day. While there is an upside to the lack of commute, I miss the socialization.

Makes sense to me too. If he does not make the Bills' 53 man roster and does not get signed to a practice squad, then he will still have time to wrestle this year. Though, I am not sure what the eligibility/ transfer rules are with regard to that.

You can add Max Dean to that list too. He was forced to go up to 197 because he could not beat Aaron Brooks, just like Truax (and Bartlett with Nick Lee).

If Starocci can't beat Arnold, what chance does Kennedy have?

I just finished listening to an old Rewatchables podcast where they did Hoosiers. In the "half-assed internet research" portion of the podcast they said the NCAA suspended 5 players for three games for appearing in this movie, and made them forfeit their pay. Per the NCAA spokesman, ''You can't use your athletic skill in a sport for pay.'' https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/28/sports/5-players-banned-after-movie-role.html

Standard deflection and denial from someone who suffers from the real concerning form of TDS, the one that blinds you to all he does, the one that makes you believe he has not earned his conviction and additional charges, in spite of his entire career being spent in a court room by his own choice and through his own actions.

Interesting that you bring up one lie as a reason for getting fired and support for Trump in the same post, but do not see the irony.

What is it?

That is an amazing and impressive resume. And this is a well deserved honor for him. Thank you for sharing.

Ready, fire, aim. That was criticism, not compliment.

I only played squash once and got my ass kicked by an old man.

This phenomena was predicted by Trump himself in 2016. "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?"

Maybe, but the structure of these three year deals for undrafted free agents is highly contingent. They get paid a weekly amount during training camp. Then the headline number on the contract only kicks in if they make the 53 man roster. And none of that is guaranteed. They only get the full amount if they are on the roster for the full year.

Too late. I spent it all at Lou Malnati's

You don't get this level of context when you just look at results like I do. This is great.

Barraclough has been a spot starter for four years, appearing in 2 - 7 duals per year, but he does not have any post-season matches.

My guess is they are not looking for him to make the roster this year. They know how big a project he is. Park him on the practice squad for the year, coach him up, and see what happens. It doesn't hurt that the HC has a wrestling background. https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/sean-mcdermotts-wrestling-background-helped-shape-his-life

This is something I can get excited about. I was never a fan of the fake wrestling career. Felt like a waste from the get go to me, but it was his dream so, so be it. His athleticism clearly meant nothing to fake wrestling, but it will be the only thing that can save him in the NFL.

That is some topnotch work.