Coastal

Ghostery for the win.

Pop up blockers are a helluva thing.

As an organized, state sponsored evasion of testing, yes. I'm sure there athletes in all Olympic sports crossing the line but the flagrant distain for regulations is gone.

HAD is the key word there and it wasn't an individual, it was an entire organization evading proper testing procedures.

Wrestlers who wrestle internationally or at least attempt to rarely juice as they are subject to Olympic style drug testing. That's where they got Fix and Valencia. If there was an example of a wrestler who was significantly stronger than others and skipped attempting to qualify for Srs, U23s, U20s,... while in college, they'd be a really likely suspect for PEDs.

Spent a lot of time hitting either the heavy bag or women for exercise.

But by your criteria, Starocci's Ferrari picture wasn't during this season so it shouldn't count.

The institution didn't fail as much as aging demographics and a shrinking rural population has an adverse affect on all of the PSAC schools.

All the PSAC schools have decreasing enrollment except for Slippery Rock for some reason but some are in much better shape than others.

There is a study that the higher percentage of Neanderthal DNA one had, the more susceptible to Covid-19 one was.

Yep, Oklahoma State is a shell of it's former self when it comes to wrestling. That's where we are today. Most states have a University of "State" and a "State" State or A&M that is often times a land grant university. Then there are private schools that were usually started by or for a huge donor like Vanderbilt, Duke or Stanford then city univesities like Pittsburgh, Miami...Chicago is interesting as they were once a sports power and are still are part of the BIG academically. Lastly are the religious schools, SMU, Baylor, Notre Dame... All of them have one thing in common, a funding source outside of tuition. Some schools started on third base, they didn't hit a triple.

We could raffle off my sister. She'd provide a lot of warmth in a upper Midwest winter or tons (literally) of shade in the summer.

You needed to make that decision more than 75 years ago if you want in the BIG or SEC and those plus Notre Dame are the only ones making money in college athletics. 75 years ago Clarion was Clarion Teachers College. When did you want them to make the decision to become an athletic power? Ten years ago when they had 5K students? Today when they have less than 2k?

It's mostly the PSAC schools north of I-80 that are really struggling. I don't think Indiana is having any issues for example.

It's not as easy as just asking for a check for most programs but fundraising is immensely easier at schools with larger fanbases but even the Iowa and Penn States of the world still fundraise. The recruiting trail is where the real difference is. The big schools are watching the finals of Ironman the smaller schools are watching the 7/8 match and asking if they are interested in wrestling in college. I know one coach that puts thousands of miles on his car hitting small tournaments every Saturday.

Thank you. I think were going to see the gap widening every year between the top teams/spenders and the non-spenders. There will be more all Americans at schools like Utah Valley where someone transfers home. I think a lot of people thought Barraclough was an all American caliber wrestler who was stuck behind national champion caliber wrestlers but he wasn't a guarantee so he wasn't getting huge NIL payments. Wick transferring home was another example but with a better resume.

Has there ever been a larger gap between the last trophy team and the field?

You do realize that Clarion isn't even Clarion any longer but PennWest Clarion. The only decisions made in the last couple of decades have been trying to stay open. A college that puts out teachers and nurses isn't likely to get a benefactor to keep the sports programs running on all cylinders.

Lot of rumors Pinto is transferring.

Opportunities used to exist for all. Clarion used to have the opportunity for an occasional national champ, then an occasional all-american, now an occasional NQ. Cael Sanderson and Co could coach there and without any resources and an inferior academic school they are not going to become a national power.

If you think a school like Ohio State and Cleveland State or Kent State have the same opportunities, I don't know what to tell you. Schools make money on football, the NCAA makes money on the basketball tournament. Everything else loses money. A huge alumni base makes it much more likely that there is a billionaire alum will to spend on a niche sport.

Not really. St Francis had their first FBS win this past season. They made the basketball tournament this year. If a school that is having the most success in their sports history drops out of the rat race, other will drop or at least drop sports.

Imagine is Mess was even better on his feet but awful on top and bottom? Ono might go through a season with nothing but bonus. There are levels to these things and Ono is on another planet

But it's known that Gable was cheating so all of his records should be looked at with a suspicious eye.

You'll see much few Cael wrestlers become college coaches because there is an option of significant MMA money today.