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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.

I can't tell you why it's Vega, but it is him.

Siri, please play "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar

Not sure if it is his signature, but that Suicide Cradle that Daniel Lewis hit on Zahid will always be burned into my mind.

As a Rutgers fan, I actually hate Rutgers more than any other team in the NCAA. I'll say Knox is my favorite because he gives me hope that we'll have an All-American again after this recent drought.

jog my memory on this end?

Unfortunately feeling this is true.

It's always a blessed day when Bojob Nickal loses

What

Sorry, the majority of social media is irony-poisoned.

I'm willing to wager that he isn't. He's got the ragebaiting part of online engagement down fairly well though.

https://scarletknights.com/sports/wrestling/roster/anthony-knox/16641 Yes, let's.

Part of me thinks the family knew it would end like this, but actually getting to wrestle the matches erases any "what could've been" as far as Anthony being a 4xer. Like yeah, take the bracket back, but the only people who will consider him a 3xer are NJSIAA historians.

Think it's just vacated. But as far as everyone is concerned, he's a 4x champ.

As far as I know, as a Jersey shore ex-pat, Knox never had a bad boy reputation before this.

Seems like his twitter is gone and no news on other socials regarding a transfer. I'm starting to doubt we see him again.

I got about 10 minutes into this before bed last night. Had a feeling it wouldn't be anything else.

My worry with Knox is while he can AA and possibly win it all, how long will he stick around RU afterwards?

He probably didn't hear it when it happened.

Is anyone else unnerved by the smile in the mugshot? Like he's just fine with all of this.

He actually rode his horse off the nearest cliff after this was posted. Pat Mineo is delivering the eulogy at the funeral.

That's too glamorous of a way for this story to end.

Has Mineo figured out how to spin this as AJ being a good person yet?