TexRef

I like what Pendleton has done so far, but he needs a few more years under his belt.

I saw them together in Texas as well. Randy didn't have as much hair and Rick was nice enough to remind him of it lol

It seems like every year someone on this forum and the past one, brings up "This is the year that John Smith retires". Is it me or have we run out things to talk about that involve college wrestling? I like the Coleman Scott hire and that Espo took the job in Colorado Springs. I just don't think Smith is going to retire, soon.

I would say that Branch is the only one on your list that has a snowballs chance.

When Boise State had a program and Andrew Hochstrasser, they went to Stillwater for a dual. At that time the #1 guy @ 133 was Jordan Oliver and the #2 guy was Hochstrasser. I went to the dual and the place was packed. A lot of people wearing Okie State wrestling gear, and some of it was more than 5 years old lol. The community REALLY enjoys OSU events and recruits love that! A women's volleyball recruit might not know a thing about wrestling, but she likes that GIA is packed! Oh Hoch and the broncos lost the dual. It was worth the price of admission!

Kentucky's Rick Dellagatta had some epic battles with Iowa's Randy Lewis.

He found out they don't have Tasty Cake out in Arizona, changed his mind.

Ramos is a smart guy, but I am not sure if he is going to instill a zone defense for the Heels.

It always seemed like Kolat liked the service academies because he could train the kids "hard" and not have a snowflake parent/administrator get in the way.

@MPhillips I thought it was sacrilegious for an Ohio college to drop wrestling. My buddy's dad wrestled for Toledo, when they still had a program.

Or Bill Cosby wearing a Temple sweater

The "because" is that bringing back wrestling is another opportunity for Oregon State to beat OU and they don't want that! They spent a ton of money to add baseball (right after Oregon State won its 2nd CWS) and that hasn't amounted to much. I can imagine a bunch of people in Eugene saying "If those Aggies can win a CWS title, we can too!"

Not sure if the Utah schools will be required to bring a few bottles of fry sauce to share with the host teams.

We would enjoy his services at the Dallas, Texas castle lol. Then he might be rumored to be the leading HC candidate for the hopefully proposed D1 program in Texas. They haven't raised the money, haven't made an official announcement, but Tony Ramos is currently rumored (by the clowns in Texas that claim to know everything about the wrestling scene) to be the leading candidate for the HC job. Please donate.

I think it would more along the lines of WACKY PAC

There are a lot of small colleges that drank the Kool Aid that Mike Moyer sold them, that if they add a men's and women's wrestling program they will have over 60 new athletes on campus, and most paying full price. The pitch goes on to explain that the institution can hire 1 coach for both programs and only pay them $50K. A legal slot machine! A bad recipe for sure.

Is this Hoosiers? Gene Hackman, is that you?

That wristband on the floor was from my wrestling tournament! He was on a recruiting trip, looking for next gumby type kid with an unorthodox style.

If there was a way to "accessorize" wrestling with more shit Nike could sell, then they would support wrestling more. Let's face it, wristbands, batting gloves, and a sliding glove or whatever they call it, makes more money than a single pair of wrestling shoes.

That is a great line in a great movie.

So Nebraska and Iowa should be high on your list?

Like the Californians lol

I officiated a match at Western Hills about 15 years ago with another blind kid. He was a lighter weight kid and seemed tough. That has turned into a hard scrabble area for sure.

Now more people can enjoy some Pete Rose treatment!