Jimmy Cinnabon

Can you imagine if one day Spencer returns to his native PA and becomes head coach for Penn State?

I was admittedly a poor high school wrestler - a starter yes, but by necessity. But there have been D-1 champs, All-Americans, even world medalists who have posted on wrestling forums such as this. My question to you...is what minimum wrestling credentials does one have to achieve to obtain respect? High school state placer? College starter? D-1 All-American?

Spencer is winning it. It's as stone cold lock. I'd need 20:1 to take the field.

Make him Head Coach, pay him $3 million a year...

If Spencer is still recovering I wonder if this will affect his international aspirations post graduation. Hope his knees allow him to participate in at least one Olympics.

I would love to see a MMA fight between Ferrari and PD III

Casey Cunningham

It's totally normal for a married guy in his 30s to be talking about homeownership and mortgaes.

I use "world" to mean international comps -- he has won a bunch. Medal record Representing the United States Men's Freestyle wrestling World Cup 2015 Los Angeles 65 kg 2014 Los Angeles 65 kg Pan American Games 2015 Toronto 65 kg Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2015 Krasnoyarsk 65 kg 2013 Krasnoyarsk 65 kg 2011 Krasnoyarsk 66 kg Golden Grand Prix: Baku - Memorial Heydar Aliyev 2014 Baku 65 kg 2010 Baku 66 kg Paris Grand Prix 2015 Paris 65 kg Pan American Championships 2009 Venezuela 66 kg

*pours a 40 over my keyboard*

That's going to disappoint Iowa fans I think, even if he is AD at Iowa. ADs aren't really known for their influence on recruiting in individual sports.

How about Brent Metcalf? Hawkeye legend, loved just as much by Iowa fans, 3x NCAA champ, World gold medalist, currently coaching at the college level. Why wouldn't he be a more logical choice than Spencer?

Yes, I am aware of that. Howard is an example of a blue chipper who has yet to live up to the hype, largely due to his injury problems.

I don't think he has. I think Iowa fans are just so in love with Spencer that they can't see any of the other logical choices.

From reading Iowa message boards its seems like most Hawkeye fans favor Spencer Lee to be the Iowa Head Coach once Tommy B hangs 'em up. I get Spencer is great and all, has his own "Spencer Lee" tab on the Iowa wrestling webpage, but he's still a college student who is only now going into his final year. He's a 25 year old kid who I think still plans on competing for Olympic gold and World medals, if his body isn't completely spent from college wrestling. Iowa has such a rich history of wrestlers who are at the same level as Spencer in terms of NCAA accolades, have Olympic and World level medals, and actual high school or college coaching experience. Why wouldn't one of those guys be the front runner rather than Spencer? As a Penn State fan, even during the David Taylor years and complete and utter lovefest with the Magic Man, I can't recall Penn State fans clamoring for DT to be Cael's successor while he was still in college. Granted now that Taylor is almost a decade removed from college, a multiple time World champion and Olympic Gold medalist the talk of him coaching seems much more reasonable...

How good is he expected to be? Is this the next Robbie Howard or Zain Retherford? Or perhaps a Nick Lee?

Somehow I received an email for this game which promised I could play as Yianni. I tried it...and it is comically bad. So bad it's worth a try LOL https://fantasyfightleague.live/wrestling22/play?token=&utm_source=Clean+List&utm_campaign=6a705e369f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_10_13_06_42_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1ae6f1f3dd-6a705e369f-472473812

I think Penn State wins the team title this year comfortably. Iowa will take second.

Glad to see you all on the other side...now let's talk wrestling!