Ness' last NCAA season was 2010. In the last ten years, I don't recall his international career full of entertaining highlights, but I could be wrong. I think injury derailed his Olympic hopes.
It’s interesting that Donny takes over for Tanelli at Columbia. Tanelli was seven or eight years behind Donny at UW. Was Donny holding out for a bigger job, or did Tanelli make Columbia a more desirable job?
You really think Mocco would wipe the floor with Jackson and Taylor? Jackson was an Olympian as a 19 year old, and Taylor was an Olympic Medalist. Both guys were way bigger than Konrad, and Mocco didn't wipe the floor with Konrad.
Cary was on the Badger coaching staff and left mid-season. The rumors were that it was because it was an awkward situation with the Steiners there too (these guys were all still competing internationally in the same/similar weight class).
Not a national champ, but John Peterson never qualified for state in high school, placed fifth at NAIA, then won an Olympic Gold and Silver, and World Silver and Bronze.