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Snyder lived in his basement for a time when he first arrived

I heard Favre was a healthy baby, 21 inches and 222 pounds at birth, and that weight has not fluctuated even a single pound ever since.

Yeah, I was just going for the laugh (thank you @Idaho). I'm all for these guys having the freedom to choose. As for why he might not have gone to NC, maybe he didn't know how much he liked Coleman Scott. Scott came to him, and it seems like a relationship formed. Good for Carroll. I just find it hilariously un-self aware to talk about loyal and true. As so many of us do, he needs an editor.

Loyal and true to his fourth program?

Cheese it boys, its the thread cops.

There is a simple reason why you count 55, because you are correct.

I love, love, love that he is talking about himself in the third person. Seems perfect for the rest of his persona. I am not convinced of this, but does the fact that he will be taking his official visits imply that he is a free agent within the family? Are they no longer a package deal? Or were they never truly a package deal and we just heard it enough times from each other that we believed it?

Maybe the knee injury happened at 666?

Yep. I have said it before, no one gets better at wrestling by not wrestling. And I will add that someone who is on the internet gets worse by being on the internet. Yes, I know what it implies.

hence the word especially

Ditto

I actually think this is a poor example of what you are talking about. To me, Hodge's outlier level of dominance of his era is an indicator that he could have success in the modern era too, especially if given access to modern training techniques.

If you were a Chicago White Sox fan you would realize it is also a baseball score.

I have bad news. I stole Tom Ryan's cell phone.

I remember feeling pretty good about his freshman year. Sixth place as a true freshman at a tough weight made me a buyer.

Something just occurred to me. Does the Jake Paul fight restart the 5 year waiting period for Askren?

Such a confusing response

Should every single digit guy be a HOFer? Single digit guy = 4x AA where the sum of their placement is a single digit. There are 52 single digit guys.

And if he had a different ref senior year, he would have lost.

rumor has it

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.