Jason Bryant

We don't have that information, which is why we can't look at it.

Let’s find something more concrete then … I cite it because it’s the only thing I can find and I’ve been at the Worlds every year since ‘07. I first noticed it in 2009 when the Greco brackets were just so much bigger causing those days to just go on forever. Like another poster said above though, I’m not going to spend the time on it to prove a forum argument true or false - I do that too much as it is. Problem is our general ignorance on how other countries actually operate their wrestling associations really prevent us from being able to speak on it informatively or with numbers that can validate a position. I’d love for us to have stats on everything …

it’s the only verifiable thing we have at the moment. If someone wants to put in the work to find something more viable, I’m all ears. Worlds is essentially open with the only qualifier is you must compete at your continental championship.

It’s the best we have that isn’t solely U.S. centric data. By comparison, Every single “Fargo” has had more MFS entries than GR, so here, it’s clear among the two styles, FS is more popular. I don’t have any explanation as to why GR has more entries at worlds than MFS traditionally…

Let's make this an apples-to-apples comparison in its simplest form. Among women, freestyle is the most popular style worldwide. Among men, Greco is the most popular style worldwide.

Most years, GR has more entries at Worlds than MFS …

The great forum poster from the early 2000s Skandar Akbar once held an iconic TheMat.com posters party, but accidentally posted the wrong address. People allegedly showed up at a house of ill repute … notably missing was the Mayor of Cleveland.

Seems to have a weird similarity here: Allow me to go hypothetically conspiratorial for a moment - wrestling was axed in part to keep the NCAA from investigating the department. Is swimming in the same situation? They get shut down to keep more eyes and hands prying into Notre Dame’s entire athletics program? I’m not alleging anything … but … what if?

He’s part of the three person “Jury of Appeal” aka review committee at the World and Olympic championships. Of those at that level, his English is the best.

If they win medals in 5/6 weights, it’s percentage wise one is their top years. Jeez people.

Morgan State did not last season and they would have needed individuals to qualify via the at-large process.

Gee, I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.

Just let me enjoy my childhood franchise (and its tangentially connected mouse spinoffs) in peace!

I’ve said this over and over, and I’ll say it again. You kill funding for 90-95% of countries with wrestling if it’s no longer an Olympic sport. Olympic committees and the governments that fund them don’t spend resources on non-olympic sports (there’s a handful of outliers). Your suggestion is sport suicide. Hard pass.

One-off entries/events are what they are. Metzger was much more active in 2012 in the run-up to the 2012 Trials than he was his one day wrestling at the Open in 2014.

DJT's name was on the bracket at the 1962 National Prep championships for NY Military Academy and the weight was won by future HOF Distinguished Member Bill Harlow. That bracket was displayed at the New York Athletic Club for a period of time. He's not everyone's cup of tea by any stretch, but we've embraced people as wrestlers for far less.

Seppuku with a hat is a new one. Real Ultimate Power used a frisbee.

Lindenwood dropping killed any chance of the Ohio Valley Conference picking up the sport and taking the stragglers as affiliates.

Last two were books often cited in wrestling - Ben Askren's book Funky was pretty interesting to get a deeper backstory into a guy I know fairly decently - and then Chop Wood, Carry Water, which is one that seems to get referenced a lot. I go back to wrestling this coming time with Mat Return, a book sent to me by a fan via instagram. There's a lot of the wrestlers writing books thing I need to revisit, if nothing else, to broaden my knowledge on specific subjects.

99%PI is one of my favorite listens - it's not anything I have any background in, but I find how Roman and his staff sets things up are great. Been a longtime listener to that podcast.

Yawn is right. Don't worry, I won't waste my words or goodwill to educate and inform you any further.

You used a term that's incorrect on how they are classified. You said FGCU was D2. They aren't. You said "since D2 and D3 combined" referencing why there's no D2 men's ice hockey. That isn't correct either. I then explained the differences and what the current world of college hockey looks like. Your follow-up explanation of what you "already knew" isn't close to how these schools compete or classified. Their level of performance is immaterial. If everyone call NAIA schools "D2 schools" - then "everyone' is not correct. Categorizing a level with incorrect terms is exactly what it is - incorrect. You used an incorrect term to describe a level of competition that doesn't exist in NCAA hockey. Also, games against club programs or junior colleges aren't countable competition in the NAIA bylaws, so if they're playing those games, they're counted as exhibition games on their schedules. FCGU isn't D3 in anything. They're D1 in their varsity sports and everything else is club. That isn't D3. It's not hard to call them the right things and classify them per their proper organizations. For example: The ACHA D2 college hockey champion is not a D3 champion. Have a good weekend.

No. Basically look at the D2 schools in two groups. There's 19 Division II schools with varsity men's hockey programs - 13 of them play Division I. Alaska, Alaska-Anchorage, American International, Augustana (S.D.), Bemidji State, Bentley, Ferris State, Lake Superior State, Michigan Tech, Minnesota State, Minnesota-Duluth, Northern Michigan, St. Cloud State. The remaining six are in the Northeast-10 conference and they play pretty much D3 schedules but aren't eligible for the D3 postseason. I am almost 100% certain they don't offer athletic aid for hockey (I'm actually checking on this for confirmation) Assumption, Franklin Pierce, Post, Saint Michael's, Saint Anselm and Southern New Hampshire. The college hockey fans would like the NE-10 schools to move to Division I to create an opportunity for a new conference up there. The women's varsity programs at those same schools compete for NCAA championships - since there's a "National Collegiate" Division (commonly, but not accurately called D1). They don't play D3 schedules like their men's programs do. Oddly, two NE-10 schools - American International and Bentley - play D1 men's hockey. There's also six Division III schools that play D1 men's hockey: Clarkson, Colorado College, RIT, RPI, St. Lawrence and Union. Tennessee State, an HBCU with the backing of the NHL's Nashville Predators, has announce its starting a Division I program in 2025-26. They will compete as a club team this coming season. The future for college wrestling isn't quite as similar. D2 and D3 are growing. D1 is trickling smaller.

They don't have varsity hockey. There is no "D2" NCAA hockey to begin with.