Jimmy Cinnabon

Great thread from a quality poster

The loss of Bo and Melvin stings. It's pretty obvious to me that both will land at Ok State, which is good for wrestling because it means in the next 5 years a team other than Penn State is going to win the title. However Iowa needs to take drastic action now if it wants to remain a top 4 program. I think Iowa needs to make one of two moves: 1. Hire Spencer Lee ASAP - I don't care if he's still competing. He can be a player-coach. And he doesn't necessarily need to be HC right away. Bring him on as an assistant coach. Iowa HAS to get Lee locked in before a program like Ohio State makes him an offer he can't refuse. 2. Have Bob back up the Nicolls Truck to PJ Duke and/or Marcus Blaze's houses. - Iowa must flip one of these guys, otherwise the power balance is irreparably tilted toward Penn State and Ok State. Iowa NEEDS star power, pronto and one of these guys could be the next Spencer. If Iowa makes one (preferably both) of these moves, they will stay a top 4 team for the next decade. If they make none, they risk falling off the medal stand altogether.

No room for him

Ok State

The OP asked how certain individuals could witness abuse yet not stop it directly. The answer is the same for the thousands (possibly tens of thousands) of people in the Catholic church who either witnessed or had knowledge of such abuse yet did very little about it.

Now do the Catholic church with its thousands of abused children.

His brother Bo is already committed to Iowa and his other brother Keegan is expected to be a Hawkeye too. Melvin released a list of his top 8 schools today and obviously is included but so are some other powerhouse programs. Is there a real recruiting race here or is Melvin a Iowa lock?

Their situations are similar, though Williams has a extensive history of alcohol related offenses across multiple schools where I believe Davis does not. Do we see both wrestlers receiving a similar outcome?

Significantly, Hellickson’s lead assistant during much of Strauss’s tenure was Jim Jordan – the two-time NCAA wrestling champion turned Freedom Caucus congressman and Donald Trump bootlick. While Jordan would register his share of on-the-record denials at the time, a number of former wrestlers say in the film that Jordan reached out to them privately and pushed them to change their stories in hopes of making the scandal, and the growing scrutiny on him, go away. The story bookends a shocking testimonial from Frederick Feeney, a respected wrestling referee who alleges that Strauss pleasured himself as the ref was showering after officiating a meet decades ago. “The next thing I know, I’m feeling his hand on my butt,” Feeney says to camera, choking back the emotion. “It affected me so bad that I didn’t even respond to him, when I should’ve knocked him on his ass at that point. But I didn’t. As I’m walking out [of the locker room], Russ Hellickson and Jim Jordan were both standing there. I looked at both of them and said, Strauss was in there masturbating beside me in the shower. Jim Jordan looked at me straight in my face and said, ‘It’s Strauss. You know what he does.’”

Anyone watch this yet? https://www.hbo.com/surviving-ohio-state

How do you feel about the fact that Bo Bassett will be 20 years old when he starts his career at Iowa?

For the record, I'm all for second (or third or fourth) chances.

Assault and public intoxication are the charges. Apparently this is at least his 3rd alcohol related arrest, with two while he was at Oklahoma State.

Not a good look for the new Hawkeye.

The biggest "problem" with Spencer is he hasn't actually said he wants the job as Iowa HC that Hawkeye fans have ordained him for. He has said he wants to be AD, though.

What hardworking, humble, young man.

I have a hard time seeing Askren being a HC if he truly needs a lung transplant. That is a long long road to recovery.

I.e. who will be the next David Taylor-esque hire who will either invigorate an existing powerhouse program or elevate a second tier program to the upper echelon? Some obvious candidates: Spencer Lee (though he has said he really wants to be Iowa's next AD) Jordan Burroughs Kyle Dake Jason Nolf Yianni D (maybe he hangs it up after being dethroned by a high schooler) Coleman Scott (after being burned by Ok State, he's still a prime HC candidate) Who else am I missing?

1. Duke 2. Jax [possibly 1b with Duke as 1a if he beats Vito] 3. Blaze, true 3rd over Hardy 4. Bassett I wonder how many Nicolls it would take to pry Duke away from Penn State?

Yeah, but he spent most of his career at Iowa.

Who are the HWC members on the team? The Lee Woods And about 6 women?

Yes, clearly HWC is the place to be!

Final X has yielded mixed results so far for Penn State/NLWC: Messenbrink gassed and lost to Carr Barr dominated by Hidlay Duke TF'd 10-0 by Yianni Lilledahl dominated by Lee Dake dominated by Valencia Maybe Penn State isn't the juggernaut everyone thought it was?

I can't imagine the revenue apportioned to wrestling would exceed the value of a scholarship...