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I have followed this pretty close.... from what I have read... Brennan believed he had a medical redshirt coming in 2021...however the NCAA did not give out redshirts that year because is was a free year. That's why Starocci and others are getting 5 post seasons. If Brennan had wrestled 2021 his 5th post season would have been last year. The NCAA either grants the redshirt or it does not. Humphries was declined for the exact same reason - no med shirts in 2021 since it was a free year. A wrestling stat service (nameless) reached out to LR this season about Brennan being ineligible. Somehow he wrestled all season, without confirmation from the NCAA that he was eligible. If he had been eligible by the NCAA this would not be an issue right now and they not have had to apply for a waiver. LR fans have said that Brennan was deemed eligible twice over the season - was that by the NCAA or by LR? The NCAA only grants the shirt once - why do you have to keep checking? WHat I believe has happened (which could come out as wrong later) - is that the LR compliance department deemed him eligible, but the NCAA did not. How the LR coaches and compliance department could assume and carry on business as usual without confirmation of med shirt year from the NCAA is baffling. If the NCAA did grant it, it would be against their own policy (Humphries) and we would not be in this situation of having to review it and submit a waiver. If LR said they did receive that confirmation, then how did they get it and Humphries did not and why are they still having to submit a waiver. To me all signs point toward a LR compliance misunderstanding and mishandling of the situation. But like I said, I could be wrong, but nothing adds up. If he is deemed eligible, we may see a lawsuit from guys like Humphrey and probably others who used a med shirt during the free year. Another year for those guys is another year of NIL earnings and possibly finishing a masters program. IF he is deemed ineligible, then obviously this is a huge mark on the LR compliance and a very unfortunate situation for the program, Brennan and his family. This would also make him ineligible the whole year...now it's another can of worms with LR defeating Oregon State by 4 points for the team title at the Pac12. Also, the only way to go here would be to give the 2nd place pac 12 wrestler the allocation since the Pac12 is guaranteed and allocation. If they give it to the alternate, then you have taken the allocation from the Pac12. Obviously the longer this goes the more likely they don't do anything.

The longer the Brennan situation goes without comment, the more it seems the NCAA will leave as is. Does Humphries now sue for loss earnings if he had gotten another year under the same exact scenario?

Schwab commented on it and will comment more after the NCAA's. But what does he know, he's just a coach in the B12. I expect there to be discussions about it and what took place at the conference and NCAA level.

Vegas has the probability of Kasak winning at 55% (-120) and Blaze at 7% (+1300) at winning the weight.

That's good.... I wouldn't mind seeing him back in Minny... I think he is actually a two year guy, maybe three if he doesn't say anything and makes it all the way to the NCAA without anyone noticing. I am wondering if he is able to stay at 133 as well. His first half season at Minny he was 141 then went down...it will be 5 years later, so I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up at 141. I think it's a real possibility he ends up out West somewhere.

I think he graduated or he graduates this year as well.. After being a NQ 3x then not making the tourney, that's a pretty good sign that you need a change of scenery. I am guessing there are multiple factors. Hopefully he is on the right track.

It would be a good fit if Wells redshirted. Did he leave on good terms? I can alsosee him landing out west somewhere to be able to compete his last year closer to home.

That's Dick Beyer who actually did wrestle at Syracuse....and later coached high school wrestling in Ohio. Don't ask me how I know this.

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Going to Michigan

It's hard to take someone serious in the first place, but when they don't even know the conference...sheesh. If Figs vs Robinson happens, that's going to be a twist em up scramble fest.

Like Bearclaw.... I am wondering if Nagao is sticking around.

Ashton Sharp... Fargo champ....

Definitely in the top interviews of all-time

I am just getting here..haha. @nhs67 Thanks a ton buddy for my picks. Appreciate it a ton. That helped me out a lot. I am good with my team - Glad to get Stiles! Thanks all you guys - Should be another fun tourney!

He wrestled 4 years straight w/o a redshirt, with one of them being the free year in 2021 - so 3 years of eligibility. He had a redshirt and an Olympic redshirt available to him. He came back after those two years for his 4th year of eligibility and a total of 5 with the free year in 2021. Hamiti's first year was 2022 after the free year...he never redshirted... he's wrestled 4 years. Brennan took a medical shirt ( or so he thought) in 2021, the year it was a free year to wrestle. That's the difference for Brennan.

BINGO! GO BEAVS!

Nope, they were too busy with the gambling scandal?

I don't think that a wrestling correspondent that talked directly to 5 coaches who saw directly what happened, then reported what he was told from those coaches is the same as "somebody saying they heard someone say something. at t" But like I said, you can believe those 5 coaches and Dresser are lying and there was no controversy. At the end of the day they wrestled and you got what you wanted for your boys. Right?

I would consider a wrestling correspondent that actually talked directly to 5 coaches who were there at weigh ins and Dresser who coaches there to carry more weight than "hearsay" You can believe that everyone is lying if you would like.

I guess if you don't consider talking to 5 coaches who were in the weigh in room as a good source.

Top 20 in their 5th year with a couple AA is irrelevant?

Same question I had... if he was ineligible for the NCAA he was ineligible all season. OSU lost by 4 points to LR at the Pac12.

Dresser : "“I’m just disappointed. You know, nobody wants anybody to sit out. But if this was the NCAA Tournament there would have been two or three wrestlers that would not have wrestled,” Dresser said. “Because the NCAA wouldn’t have put up with the hooey that went on this morning.“There’s policies and there’s procedures that you follow. So I hope all those guys learn, because they got a freebie today. Because if they pull that in Philadelphia, they’ll be watching. Just the fact that they were eliminated then they were put back in, I could go on and on.” Rock Harrison - who says he talked to 5 coaches who were there.... Rock Harrison @rockreax Mar 8 Little controversy at @Big12Conference championship. I was informed that two wrestlers were not in line skin check with credentials at 7:45 and still working out. Big 12 head official was speaking with NCAA coordinator of officials to ensure the proper protocol is implemented. Also from Rock Harrison: Regarding the @Big12Conference weigh-in controversy, I was not in the weigh-in area at the time of the issue in question. I did speak with five coaches who were. Below are rules 9.2 15 and 3.22.1.b from the rulebook, and you can draw your conclusion(s).

Its' been sitting there in Wrestlestat the whole year....waiting for someone to find it.