Jimmy Cinnabon

My take: 125 Lee by FALL Iowa 6-0 133 RBY by MAJ Iowa 6-3 141: Woods by DEC Iowa 9-3 149: Murin by DEC Iowa 12-3 157: Haines by DEC Iowa 12-6 165: Kennedy by DEC 15-6 174: Starroci by MAJ 15-10 184: Brooks by MAJ 15-14 197: Warner by DEC 18-14 HWT: Kerk by DEC 18-17 Iowa wins 18-17 (This result is subject to Woods being healthy enough to wrestle, of course.)

DeSanto in HS finals Ronnie Bresser Sebastian Rivera (twice I think) Nick Piccinnini (by fall) Forgot: Nate Tomasello Anyone else?

Is it pronounced "Re-alh" or "Reel"?

He definitely has the personality to be in the WWE. They should market him as Razor Ramon, Jr.

What does he say? And is he religious? I've never heard him do all the Jesus talk.

Sign him up, Dana!

Cocky, brash, haughty, pompous, boastful...who is it?

Iowa is 4 more Spencer Lees from overtaking Penn State.

Nah, no matter how much they call Cael Sanderson "Carl" or "Bael" they acknowledge that 159-0 with 4 NCAA titles beats Spencer. Lee, even if he wins his 4th, has lost multiple times in NCAA competition (3?), and been pinned by Piccinninininininini. That can't trump 159-0 even for the biggest Hawkeye Homer.

No, I think Spencer Lee is the Iowa GOAT. I am responding to those other posters on this thread claiming it's Barry Davis or someone else instead.

Spencer Lee is the GOAT according to Iowa fans. Put up a poll on Hawkeye report and list Barry David, Ed Banach, Lincoln McIlravy, whoever, against Spencer Lee and Lee will come out on top. Lee has his own dedicated tab on page on Iowa's official page...and he's still an active athlete. This is just short of erecting a lifesize 5'2 statue outside of Carver Hawkeye next to Gable's statue. I guarantee it. Call it recency bias if you want but as of 2023 Spencer Lee is considered the GOAT of Iowa Hawkeye wrestling.

Would a third win over Lewis be enough to put Starocci in his own tier?

But is it the best wrestling state in America, period? If no, then what state is, if you have to pick one?

When was I off the board? So you admit PA is the best wrestling state?

Yes

Because Iowa has been dominant for so long and taken such great pride in Iowa being the best wrestling state...and the unadulterated worship of Spencer Lee, who happens to be from PA, contradicts this Iowa-centric mindset.

Go to Carver Hawkeye and survey the crowd. I guarantee 95% will say it's Spencer Lee.

This doesn't make sense. If you were actually from Utah, and Utah were actually a rival of Pennsylvania in terms of wrestling I might buy it. Also, GOAT Coach and GOAT Wrestler are two very different things.

Get Real

He was injured by Mean Dean's bow and arrow

No Iowa fan thinks Barry Davis is better than Spencer Lee.

These two teammates, wrestling at 174 and 184 are both super dominant. Both are 2x NCAA champs and have never lost a NCAA final. Carter is 55-2 career so far. Aaron is 55-3 career so far. Both are great from neutral and hammers on top, although they have slightly different styles. Who is better, in your opinion?

He grew up in Saegertown, PA and Murrysville, PA. He won 3 PIAA state titles in PA and was runner-up his last year where he lost to fellow Pennsylvania Austin DeSanto.

As a PA native it gives me great pride to see how Iowa fans universally recognize their GOAT wrestler is Spencer Lee, a PA boy. I hope that once he finishes his amateur career he starts his coaching career in PA. I'm sure he'll eventually push the Brands out of Iowa City, but I think they are young enough that a 25 year old Spencer won't be evicting them from their offices any time soon. How about Spencer Lee coaching at a place like Lock Haven?