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Hamiti lost to Carr and Olejnik to not place. It’s shocking on the surface, but in reality 165 had about 12 guys that seemed like sure-fire AA’s. No shame in losing to Carr or Olejnik at all. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s way different than NFL free agency. In the NFL they sign contracts with terms that both player and team negotiate and have to honor, with certain guarantees. This is quite literally not regulated in any way and boosters, fans or companies can pay whoever they want, whatever they want. No ones supposed to be talking to anyone until they actually enter the portal, but if someone from Iowa (just using them as an example, don’t kill me) wants to get someone from let’s say Virginia. Some rich Iowa fan in the hallway outside NCAA’s can run in to that kids old high school coach or their parent or uncle and say “I have on pretty good authority if your kid enters the portal, we can find a way to get him $50k a year. And if we can’t, he can just pull his name out of the portal no harm done” and it works. Sometimes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, LaMont and Hillger signed with the gopher wrestling club. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, maybe I had blocked those from memory lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have no idea how they’re going to get full four years out of Haines, Mesenbrink, Sealey, PJ Duke, Facundo, and Zack Ryder. It’s going to be quite the log jam. But, Cael always gets it to work out. Asher Cunningham and the older Gibson are good wrestlers that may never start. Edit- somehow forgot Will Henkel, who is damn good as well. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve watched Pat McKee wrestle well over 100 matches, probably closer to 200 matches counting high school, and I can’t remember anyone dominating him as bad as Figs did in that round of 16 match. I wasn’t really considering him a title threat before that, but afterwards I felt much more confident in it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think he could certainly win 9 straight NCAA titles. 21 straight conference championships no though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think some realignment between the pac 12 and big 12 for wrestling is long overdue Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Next year 125 Davis, Lilledahl RS 133 Nagao Year after 125 Lilledahl, Davis RS 133 Nagao Year after 125 Davis 133 Lilledahl Nagao graduates. Seems pretty seamless to me. Could flip around Davis/Lilledahl redshirt years if they want too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was pretty adamant on a couple of posts that I thought Nick Feldman would come in and win a title on day 1. I will eat crow on that. Hindsight 20/20 kind of a silly prediction haha. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oh dammit I hate when I do that lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I heard Smith is stepping down and Maple is getting the job. The reason he didn’t take the OU job was because of this. Just what I heard. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are you hearing that anywhere beyond a few guys on the Hawkeye report saying they’d be good fits Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think the US Open is in April that’s usually pretty fun Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s going to continue to get worse wayyy before it gets better. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Millard is a 157 would struggle to win a match as a starting big ten 165 and Wester is worse than Millard. They’ll both redshirt. Need a transfer at both spots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If he hits the portal, I hope he was good buddies with Trent Hillger and Taylor LaMont and follows them over the border west. Gophs need a 165 bad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Different circumstances for each. The only two that had the same reason were Spratley and Jamison. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is a neat statistic, but I would’ve traded this for just five qualifiers if all five actually did anything. Disappointing season for the gophers for sure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Brayton Lee, Troy Spratley, Aaron Nagao, and Tagen Jamison all qualified for NCAA’s this year for different teams after being on MN last year. I believe that’s what they were talking about. Cael Carlson was the other one who narrowly missed qualifying for Oklahoma. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

A lot of kids, athletes or not, go to different schools for their undergrad than they do for their grad degree. My brother did his undergrad at NDSU and is getting his graduate at Rutgers. It’s very common and sometimes even encouraged to get different experiences. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Most of these guys would not be wrestling. I think Brock Hardy still would be. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wasn’t Olejnik a grad transfer? I look at those guys in a different light. It’s possible that NIU doesn’t even have a grad program in his degree. There’s a lot of factors that could come in to play there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Wonder if Clayton Whiting from Missouri doesn’t hit the portal. Lost his 184 spot to Hawks and O’Toole is bumping to 174. Whiting was a highly ranked recruit out of Wisconsin AWA guy with some nice wins in his first two years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Willie tweeted today that Mcgonagle is currently in the portal Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk