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He will have been at PSU longer (4 yrs) than he will be at Ok state or any other school.

A lot of guys have stuck around as backups....Facundo, Steen, Evans, Bear Claw, Nevills, Lee, Levine, Ball to name a few...seems like guys like to stick around there. I'm sure Bear Claw is thankful he did.

Daschle Lamer to Oregon State

I know they granted a 1 year waiver for some who were in D1 who used a year or more in JC prior to going to a D1 school. I am not sure where it stands currently as far as how much eligibility they will receive or who meets the criteria. Things seem to change weekly.

In a somewhat related note, Monmouth NJ trying to get to D1. https://outlook.monmouth.edu/2025/04/wrestling-for-more-monmouths-club-team-pushes-for-d1-status/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ3rSdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFwdnZPc2dHcnBqRGRjVGxtAR7FBufxVM8VXuPzSbojWdWUf3iqjbl5f7ChkeDQDEKrzsg_dTZWm-DXyxRftg_aem_GrCtYlVu8uojwRW101vscA

And still 4 years of eligibility right? Or does he only get 1 back?

We will see.....

He has been in the portal for a while now. He probably should have gotten a mention. He had some big wins in HS, but has had the injury bug for a while.

Daschle is the younger brother who was at 184 - Chance at 149.

Crazy they let JC teams in..... yeah, should have went by projections for next year not this year. ASU lost their top two scorers and didn't replace them with scorers.

You can take all the action you want.... but you're the last guy that should be making bets.

I agree... the NCAA just keeps screwing things up. They just keep putting sports programs in bad position after bad position. I don't know if there has ever been a time the fan base of college sports has been so angry.... or maybe it's just me.

The roster size limit was announced long ago and coaches had to start having tough conversations with kids a while ago in order to have those kids get in the portal for another opportunity by May 2. It would have been worse if coaches had waited in hopes that it was not going to be 30, only to find out it was really going to be 30 (that they announced long ago) and kids were stuck with no options. Coaches can't wait around on the NCAA while the portal is ticking away. If it ends up not being a roster limit or a limit that is more than the 30, I am sure kids can have that conversation with their coach.

The end....

In 1994 Fried had 16 falls/tech falls combined and 10 majors (with the numbers of above). it does not split them up to see how many falls he actually had. Most likely more than "0". He also majored every guy he faced (5) in the NCAA tournament. https://web.archive.org/web/20091003014217/http://www.okstate.com/sports/m-wrestl/archive/individual-records.html

After the Stanford dual, Ethan said that 149 was a 1 year deal. However, if you are offered a bag of money to stay at 149, you may make that sacrifice and stay down. The reason he went down was because we had two good 157 in CJ Hamblin and Stiles and we were struggling at 149 with injuries. Stiles was actually losing to Hamblin in the Orange/Black wrestle-off and had to come back and get the win in OT. So everyone decided with the team lineup and the landscape of 149, that Stiles should go down. 149 was very tough cut for him to make. His first time down he was up on Gabe Willochell by 6 or 7 points and gassed hard and lost. After that he seemed to manage it ok.

I have to admit.... I laughed a lot when I saw this one. I'm guessing Rick has a good sense of humor.

I've heard if you get them in a room together with Bud Heavies, it's quite the entertainment.

Yep.... they will battle it out at 197. If I had to predict, they will probably both get starts, go to opens, etc. and a decision will be made later in the season.

My understanding was 149 was a i year deal only...so Illinois makes more sense in that regard...but money will sometimes make you lose weight...I wish that was the way it worked in real life. Motivator!

Interesting... I have heard Nebraska or Illinois. Maybe he is heading back home.

Same...that's going to be a weird situation....

There is not an emoji reaction that fits this for me....

He placed 3rd for the final spot at the Big 8 - he defeated Steve Kelly who did not qualify for the tournament by placing 4th.