HokieDave87

I give Mekhi the win bc of Carter locking hands during rideouts but that has nothing to do with Covid years and everything to do with me being an extreme homer.

Not saying you're wrong but I've seen plenty of victims go to the current GF and still be afraid to go to police. Have you heard of the facebook group "have you dated that guy before?" ....that's basically the entire premise and it's very common for people to go that route, also very common for them to exaggerate so I'm not saying Carter is guilty just that the way this is being reported is not exonerating him either.

Also if you care enough to have a nice watch that's at least a few grand for special occasions you almost certainly have a Movado/Bulova or something around 500+ that you wear daily.

Seen plenty of high school football stars get their drivers license before the majority of the grade. It's more evident in wrestling because if the top 4 guys do it that's a major % of the starting lineup but it's common in football as well, and I'm sure in other sports I don't pay attention to.

Minnow was posting rumors from the MMA board after Tom Ryan publicly said "Amy shared with me that the family is requesting prayers but choosing privacy at this time" - ruining HS kids announcements is one thing, this makes him a genuinely bad human being.

I've never seen any kid/program get penalized for the 250 mile rule and I've seen kids train across the country while still in HS. I'm assuming the last point is what happened.

Schwab is no DT, but he definitely would move the needle

I think it's very common for guys not within the 250 mile radius to train on their own dime at their future school. I don't know about the Jax Forrest situation where they're paying to bring him in. I guess he is on a world team so you could be bringing in a training partner but I think Iowa would be all over that if they could/wanted to be. It also seems like a very extreme ask to bring in Keegan Bassett to help his RTC guys train. If I had to guess I'm going to guess Bill Bassett is at fault here and maybe Brands could've handled it better but overall had the right idea.

The reasons he stated he committed are where I disagree, this is all speculation but I think most of that was probably just natural stuff you say when you pick a place: 1. Fan growing up: He was a PSU fan 2. Passionate fanbase: True; but maybe a little more than he bargained for when he saw it up close 3. Tom & Terry: Don't think anybody is truly picking TnT over the staff at PSU/Ok State and even others at this point 4. Jesus Trained: You can be a Jesus trained guy at Iowa but there are other places that do a lot more of that stuff 5. Spencer Lee: I think this was the actual reason, and picking a school to train with a guy who's going to be a few weight classes below you, and doing a lot of traveling doesn't seem like a it should win when you really think about it. 2/5 were objectively true here. Couple this with a potential issue (I don't think the money disappeared for him, but maybe the people putting the money up weren't so friendly behind closed doors, or were a bit aggressive with Melvin?). All speculation, and hopefully we do get more info.

He didn't really do anything new IMO. His original commitment process was always silly, this just shows exactly why but I think we all already acknowledged it was a weird move. No need to re-visit that. Just because he originally committed in a weird way doesn't mean he shouldn't be able to change if he has second thoughts. Miller immediately removing Iowa makes me think something behind the scenes may have happened as well. Chittum's on school 5 but nobody seems to care. If it wasn't Bassett this would be a non-story.

Fair point, but hard to argue that it isn't good for him personally

Him being an "attention whore" is a strategy to build a brand which is good for him and for the sport.

Call him what you want but he's built a large enough social media following that he can probably get legitimate compensation for it.

I got no skin in this game, I don't like PSU hoarding talent. PSU always seemed like the best overall fit with his personality on/off the mat. More bible study type of stuff that you don't hear a lot at Iowa. He grew up a PSU fan too.

Iowa never made sense tbh. OSU and PSU are the only ones with the firepower to snag him after he committed. PSU is my guess but he runs the risk of sitting behind Blaze and not being "the guy"