The Brands do great work with the little guys as everybody here knows. I think it finally "clicked" for Cruz. He may only be 7-5, but I think he'll be a tough out the rest of the year and I think he AAs this year.
And the guy who WILL go to Harvard will in all likelihood be a lot worse than anybody who turned them down because they aren't getting paid.
I can't see the Ivies being a competitive D1 conference with the "rules" listed in this thread. They will severely decline over the next few years.
The only wrestling team champion I wrestled on was my elementary school team winning a conference title in 1976. Then after most of the boys quit the wrestling team and went into bball during Jr High I was just wrestling for individual glory since the team was so rotten after that (we'd occasionally pick up team trophies in minor tournaments). The funny thing was those guys who went into bball (to impress the girls) all rode the bench for 3 years before crawling back to the wrestling team in HS. They'd lost 3 years development and got hammered on the mat on their return. Ooopsy! None of them placed at state.
PSU was pretty flat last night. Kasak had a semi-tough match against a guy he probably should've majored, Kerk barely beating his opponent 2-0. Maybe Carl is working the boys too hard?