BruceyB

If I were on primetime ESPN and asked what it took to win a national title, and chose that moment to say "It was all me, there is no God, no Allah, no nothin'. The only way you can reach your goals is to believe in yourself." Then yes, I would scoff at myself.

But now we need someone to take the heat off of Starocci. Oh.. wait.. Who's going to be the one to take the heat off of Brooks?

I think that the portal is just a formal way to say that you are open to transferring. It doesn't seem like there are any actual regulations on changing schools. Unenroll, get dismissed, quit, who knows.. You can join any team for second semester.

I am very excited to see what Ware can do at NCU. I do think Nickerson did a great job there, but it seems to be a good hire with a lot of upside. Best of wishes to NCU and Ware.

These are the kinds of posts I want from the notable guys that cover our sport.

You know exactly what this means.. or you're terrible at your job. Take your pick. Smfh.

You know it's bad when C.P. is skeptical on a public format. I'm not faulting Flo for being hesitant to make comments, but when nothing concrete has come out and Pyles is essentially saying this doesn't look good.. you know it really doesn't look good.

I admittedly know very little about how all of this works, but I'd imagine there is something more significant coinciding with that test than just plain ol' over-the-counter DHEA. 4 years is crazy.

I forget the exact interview, but last year after OTT, he really came off arrogant and disrespectful, especially in regards to DT. His lack of humility and the disrespect for David Taylor rubbed many, including myself, the wrong way. When you supplant an aging legend of the sport, have some class and respect for what they accomplished, at least in the public eye. And I would say that is still a lesser offense than the one mentioned by @BigRedFan.

Yeah, let's listen to what is coming out of Aaron Brooks' camp for what happened.. Last year he popped positive and the issue was later fixed. If he didn't learn how diligent he needs to be about what he puts into his body after that, then I don't feel bad for him. Second, how dumb do you have to be to take something that replenishes your hormones without asking if it's legal first? If he had low-t would he just go take some testosterone boosters because the doc said he was low? DHEA was likely the mask for whatever he was actually doing. If it wasn't then he is just an absolute moron for taking hormone boosters without checking if they were legal. He's a cheat, he's dumb, or he's a dumb cheat. If he's dumb enough to take two different "meds" in a calendar year that caused failed USADA tests, then he deserves whatever criticism he gets. I don't know of any legitimate cases of people "accidentally" failing USADA tests. That's just the default excuse. With all of the knowledge given to athletes and with what is at stake with a false test, it would be pretty tough to be that naive.

As opposed to wrestling where the biggest insult would be to call him a fish.

I was actually curious if he was a diver as well. It sounds like he was not a competition diver, but a diver that day.

How does a swimmer break their ribs? Or did he have broken ribs going at the trials?

Thanks for helping me kill my afternoon.

Where does one find the HR forum?

Ah, how did I not think of him sooner?! The famous Les Anderson of Iowa State managed the feat in 1958, 1959, and 1960. Who could forget the #2 seed Anderson pulling the 7-5 upset over Michigan's #1 seeded Max Pearson? Les' dreams of being a three-timer were famously thwarted when he fell to Oklahoma's Stan Abel in 1959. We all know the story of how Les Anderson moved up from 130 to 137 for his final season where he once again stood atop the podium to finish his college career.

Dan Gable was one of the answers. Three years count.

Great job. 1 to go.

Neither were finalists as freshman. I don't think it's going to be any of the big names, but it's definitely possible I overlooked someone. I've dug pretty deep, but not too deep pre-1960.

Give me this hint.. would this likely be the first time I've heard of either of the two remaining wrestlers?

Not Hodge, either Brands, Barry Davis, Kolat, Brooks, Dake, Taylor.. But one of the fab five IS Dan Gable. Edit: No Banach, Carr, or Zalesky, or Guerrero..

Also, I notice that you said "every year" and not "all four years" are you including pre-four years of eligibility?

Ah. I wasn't sure what his seed was that year. Okay, so I have Steve Mocco.