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was thinking more along the lines of the Texas Chainsaw dinner sequence

Gotta wonder what family dinner is like in that household.

Think Harer for Rutgers can have some great potential. Everyone just remembers his state finals loss to Bassett but you have to be pretty good to win as much as he did in PA.

The Pitt-Johnstown commitment is imminent!

If my memory serves me right, wasn't Sollars having a decent end of the year? I remember he pinned Remy Cotton at B10's and dropped a close one to Gabe Arnold in R16 come NCAA's.

Netflix will pick up the Starocci doc when everything comes to light eventually.

I see some disrespect for Mendez saying he will only get as high as 5th at 141. Outside of Bassett and Stanich, who can challenge him?

RU faithful is hopeful that the new AD will hold us to some expectations so Goodale starts realizing that dual meets are not the only thing that matter in this sport.

The Kizhan Clarke and Ronnie Perry runs to the finals were both some of the most fun memories I've had watching NCAA wrestling in the last decade+ or so. Moisey fits here too but somebody already mentioned him.

Imagine trying to show any of his NCAA wrestling to his UFC or WWE fans...

That was an all-timer Minnow crashout. Made his fans harass Mrs. Kasak to give him an apology. If it turns out it's Kasak involved in this, I wonder if he makes it a point to change the narrative that he was right for posting negative slander about the kid.

We all know Minnow or at least one of his groveling idiots lurks this board.

My favorite tradition in NCAA wrestling of recent memory. I hope it really does continue this year.

Oh yeah, he's definitively given up on another NCAA season.

Yeah, the UFC crowd on X will say how easy it really is to win Olympic Gold vs. a belt.

I'm shocked the thread didn't fall apart after this one.

I predict Jordan Williams will do a funny Tik Tok dance this season... hell, he may even do 2

Hey, give me some credit. I watched a couple Iowa matches last year.

Wait, was this when he was ejected from the team for a month? If not, I can't remember this story.

I don't think I ever said I hated Jordan Williams for getting into bar fights. I just said it's what I associate with him more than not being in wrestling shape.

DAMN I forgot about Pat entirely... And his rap sheet might be enough to rival Camp's racketeering charges.

"You can't even say the whole open liquor thing in my car, since I live in my car." - Ricky LaFleur

We'll see. Sounds like Brands & co. already took care of it internally, per the article.

I was more so leaning towards the bad end of "headline grabbing" choices here (following the idea of the video I linked in the OP). Certainly there is a spectrum to "negative publicity" though. Williams I associate more with his multiple bar fights/arrests and transferring/grades controversies than I do for not being in shape.

This video, mixed with the All-Star topic started here recently, made me think it would be a fun idea to try this. If you had to build a roster with the most controversial /headline grabbing wrestlers, old or new from any era in their career, to generate attention towards the NCAA season, who would you pick? I think my roster would look something like this: 125 Gilman (Iowa) 133 Long (PSU) 141 Marion (Iowa) 149 Jenkins (PSU) 157 J. Williams (Iowa) 165 Marstellar (Oklahoma State) 174 Nickal (PSU) - potentially my most questionable take. He wasn't really that controversial this early in his career. 184 Starocci (PSU) 197 Campolattano (Ohio State) 285 Ferrari (Nebraska) I am sure there are other choices I could think, but these are who first came to mind.