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Pure speculation, but wondering if he wanted to move up to heavyweight next year and Bastida getting a medical redshirt put a damper on that

Is Perry going somewhere?

$200k gives them some incentive…

Uh, no. Isn’t the coin toss really only relevant to who sends out their wrestler first? In college there bumping is very rare and would probably be even more rare in the finals of a National Duals event

Do you think he transfers?

Yup. For grins, I just checked out the thread about Brooks “no false prophets, no Muhammad” comments and sure enough @Scouts Honor was one of the primary defenders of Brooks. Funny enough he seemingly made several of those comments in defense of Brooks before even listening to the interview, and was conflating people being upset with Brooks’ comments specifically (where comments like that are not normal across other sports), and just thanking God/Jesus in general.

Also, what a dumb statement by that guy lol. They made the title game because they prayed more than the other teams? First of all how does he even know that? Second of all I didn’t realize religion was a competition

Ok I don’t recall that.

Who said it didn’t happen in other sports?

We can increase 197

Agree. The “he’s wasting his time wrestling” argument may have had some validity a year or so ago when he hadn’t spent any time on the football field at Iowa yet. To say it now is just Jimmy’s usual trolling.

Based on Cael’s interview answer, sounds like he was already aware of the Oklahoma event, but didn’t seem interested. Guess it’s possible he wasn’t aware of the payout.

That thread did include this snippet - apparently the Ivy does allow medical hardship years even if you remain enrolled: If you are enrolled at Cornell and medically able to participate during your season, you are considered to have used a season of eligibility regardless of whether you compete. In limited circumstances (i.e., medical hardships, leaves of absences) there are exceptions to this rule.

Interesting. Looks like former themat poster klehner has been lurking here

Well apparently not an advocate, but more of a soft announcement

Wow. Just announced on FRL. National Duals sponsored by Paycom, winner to receive $200K, 2nd and 3rd $150K. I guess Taylor knew this was coming (Cael too) and was trying to drum up interest with his tweet https://nwcaonline.com/news/2025/1/21/national-wrestling-coaches-association-the-national-duals-invitational-sponsored-by-paycom-brings-high-stakes-wrestling-to-tulsa.aspx

Kharchla has been looking pretty good too. That one should be a good match

Do you know if Greg was enrolled the whole time?

I’m not sure I’d say “probably.” Maybe. I actually agree with the pastry’s numbers for the most part. Mesenbrink is the overwhelming favorite, and Starocci is favored as well. And then they essentially have 8 other guys with a shot. Sure one of Mesenbrink or Starocci could lose (I’d be shocked if both did), but they could easily have 2 others win. I think 3 is the most likely number, maybe 4 if we’re going off of history

I’d still pick Feldman to place higher at NCAA’s right now, I mostly just think this could be a candidate for a Carvering

He didn’t wrestle any matches one season, but I’m not sure if he wasn’t enrolled. It shows as a season on wrestlestat, unlike Yianni for example who showed as Spartan Combat for the years he wasn’t enrolled. Could be wrong but isn’t there something about only being enrolled for 8 total semesters? He still shows on the roster now, so would think if he knew he was done for the year and was saving semesters he would have unenrolled from this semester. He’s also listed as a senior, so to your original point maybe this is all moot and he is graduating.

Also the amount of time he’s been enrolled, right?

1) Carver 2) Feldman may be dealing with a lingering injury 3) If people think part of Kueter’s problem is giving up too much weight, he won’t be giving up as much vs Feldman Looks like wrestlestat is picking him too

I believe Greg would need to transfer and get a medical shirt if he wants to wrestle next year.

Agree. I’m picking Kueter to win in a bounce back