BigRedFan

Disappointing.

It's more a question of Ivy eligibility than NCAA eligibility. They can't graduate and stay at Cornell, so the question is how much time off did they take, and how much more are they willing to take? Yianni, Vito, and Max did not enroll while in their two years off, as you suggested. It's not clear if all of Foca/Ramirez/Cardenas/Fernandes took those years off, but after this weekend, I'll bet they want to use as much of their NCAA eligibility as possible (two years each) at Cornell. Which means a bunch of fall semesters not enrolled. (On the Hawkeye forum (aka the "cesspool" for good reason), some were thinking that Vito will have graduated and not be able to compete for Cornell next year, and if it were possible to get him at Iowa next year. Yeah, fat chance. I disabused them of that fantasy)

He'll be pushing 25 next year, if not already turned 25.

You really are that dense, aren't you?

Because the other wrestlers didn't insult nearly two billion people? Just spit-ballin' here.

Nobody cares that he is religious. What people care about is his hateful attitude towards the faith of others. The pomposity of believing that his is the only true religion is typical of true believers, and pretty much the antithesis of what his religion actually teaches.

There's some other guy whose name escapes me who doesn't have any more eligibility...

Some of the Cornell guy's had some of the highest RPIs in their weight classes. Ungar #2, Arujau #2, Cornella #6, Ramirez #5, Foca #2.

The coincidence being that the two 4xers at Cornell both trained at Cornell prior to matriculating at Cornell. This in response to your question about whether their freshman year wins had anything to do with Cornell:

Yianni had been working with the Cornell staff since junior high school (not to mention training with Vito for years), IIRC. Dake was local to Ithaca, so also spent lots of time there. Coincidence? Off-topic trivia question: who gave Vito his only high school loss?

This is Penn State! It's what they do!

You know what is dominant? Beating everyone. Only Sanderson has done it better than Yianni. Dominant is never losing in the NCAA tournament, and your conference tournament, and your league, and every tournament you ever entered in college. Yianni could only beat those in front of him ("run-of-the-mill competition"). His freshman year run through Heil, Eierman, and Meredith was as difficult as anyone's. Pretty sure that what anyone achieved in freestyle has f*** all to do with the 4x NCAA champion achievement.

Not a bad performance by a team that was missing four expected pre-season starters by the end of the year (including a returning AA), and only brought seven qualifiers to the tournament. Two champions: one a 4xer, one beating a 2x defending champion. Third place beat a former NCAA champion (Foca over Lewis). Four AAs.

"Arujau was named Outstanding Wrestler of the NCAA Championships, and Cornell coach Mike Grey was named tournament Coach of the Year."

Second row, third from the left.

Doubtful.

Why are you still reading this thread, then?

That’s not what Stormy said.

Yes

While I agree that the EIWA (not just the Ivy League teams) aren't a threat, Cornell returns everyone except Yianni, who will be replaced with possibly the #1 recruit in the country as a true freshman. They also might get three of their injured starters back next year. Threat to PSU? Probably not.

Whoever wins the last match of the tournament earns the third place trophy. Simple.

Shocking development.

Remind me again: when was the last time he said something truthful?

Something about those bright lights?

Vito's major of Fix was Fix's first loss by bonus in his college career.