Idaho

Yep.. real fast. Also common are two takedowns and a few guts.

Someone had to do it....

Not an answer in full, but part of the difference is the scrambling and the defense of not giving up a takedown - they were not scrambling like they do now when they were a sophomores in HS.

It's funny how when you read online, people are very defensive when you question these young guys getting held back in HS to get another year before college. In most cases they are going to be 19 their senior year, wrestling 14 year old freshman in some cases, because they are "both in high school." Then when they wrestle someone a year older in college, they lost because they are "still in high school," despite being in the same age group.

Agree... Kish needs a little more time before decisions are made about his job. The goals for some teams are to stay in that top 10-15 realm with consistent AA's... which is not the same as other teams. One team's success is not the same as others. Being an OSUw fan, I was a little disappointed in how Cleveland Belton performed this year. I would have thought that he would have been pushing AA down a weight based on his previous performances, but he never hit his stride. Perhaps dropping a weight was not the best idea.

If you are a fan of mid/low level programs, consider giving to your school's wrestling giving day. Most schools in this category are the teams that lose wrestlers due to not having the funds and donors to match NLI from bigger schools. Some teams also rely on giving day to help supplement their budget for the next seasn. This week, Oregon State has their yearly DAM PROUD DAY on April 30th. There are several matching gifts for the number of donors as well as the amount raised. There is an anonymous matching donor that is for a significant amount of money. Only gifts on April 30th count toward matching. Please consider giving to Oregon State Wrestling and other programs that need more public support to stay relevant and keep their doors open. GO BEAVS https://www.damproudday.org/organizations/osu-wrestling

When you already have an AA, two R12 and an R16 in the lineup, I would say the odds of having an R12 guy next year are pretty good. I would be more "stunned" if they didn't have an R12 guy than if they did.

No kidding.... Bear Claw was a graduate transfer....those guys all stayed several years when they could have transferred much earlier and started somewhere else.

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.