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Not the best Big 12 Tournament, but Mizzou qualified 9.

That is his brother. Luke's dad, Drew, is the head coach at Parkway Central and wrestled at Missouri State and Mizzou. Great wrestling family!

Smith has done this a few other times during his tenure at Mizzou. I agree with Hawks chances of becoming an AA.

There is no reason Iowa or Penn State shouldn't wrestle Mizzou. A home and home with either of those teams would be good for the sport. Credit to Oklahoma State, who kept Mizzou on their schedule during MU's time in the MAC. Every other year, OSU is the biggest draw for MU. Looking forward to that dual.

OSU had national champion Tony Purler at 126 lbs. Purler won the title at 126 for Nebraska, Jaworsky the 134 title at NC.

For many years SIU-E wrestlers did very well at the NCAA D1 tournament. Tim Wright, Allan Grammer, Al Sears, Booker Benford a few names that come to mind.

Personally I'd like to see Hawks there, but either guy should do well for the Tigers.

Mizzou has 9.9

There is absolutely no reason Iowa and UNI shouldn't wrestle every year.

I'm disappointed Iowa won't wrestle Mizzou. Seems as if this would be a logical dual for both schools. That being said, Penn State doesn't seem to be in a big hurry to wrestle Mizzou either. I know Brain Smith would love to add either team to his schedule.

Joe Seay was also fired at OSU and later Tenn-Chat.

I know we wrestled a dual against Dayton in 1994. Not sure how much longer the program survived after that. That being said, Dayton wasn't very good at the time, as we shut them out.

In regards to the SEC... LSU had a really good team at one time. Kevin Jackson transferred to Iowa State because they dropped the program. I want to say Tennessee (mid-80's) had a national champ and dropped the same year. Kentucky was also a solid program. Auburn was a top 10 (if not a top 5) program when they dropped. Outside the SEC, Notre Dame has a solid program. When they dropped, JJ McGrew transferred to Okie State where he won a national title. ND was a privately financed program. Its still tough to take that they dropped it. Rumor at the time they would bring it right back once the heat passed, but here were are 30 plus years later. Marquette was also privately funded, but still dropped.

Dayton also had a team at one time.

I'd like to see Iowa wrestle Mizzou in a non-conference dual. It seems as if this dual would make a lot of sense. Of course, I wouldn't mind a Mizzou/Penn State dual. I know MU has tried to schedule both teams in the past.

You didn't see many coaches post-50 years old back in the 90's. A lot of that was based on what you said about Gable. There was belief it you couldn't get out on the mat anymore it was time to go. It is my understanding that Gable wrestled with his guys, mind you the top guys in the nation, well into his 40's.

Which sports world? Wrestling? Are you saying most basketball players graduate high school at 19? Or is your world limited to wrestling? I don't see this as a positive. Of course, that's just my opinion. To each their own.

Graduating at 19 is not common. Sorry.

In 5 years the Brands bothers will be 59. It would probably be about time for them to retire at that point. Are there many 60 year old wrestling coaches?

Mizzou is trending up. A very good tournament for the Tigers, who will return 5 AA's and a National Champ next season. The tournament will be held in Missouri, which is sure to be a boost for the Tigers.

Sorry, I see you were replying to the transfer question.

Sammie Henson was a 3X state champ from Missouri. He took 4th in the Olympic Trials (Greco) as a senior in high school.

Been a second. But in the 80's and 90's, it was not uncommon for someone to be 17 when they graduated high school. To your point, it's not the case today, but the feeling at the time, when you had to wrestling someone older than the age of 23, was that the 23+ person was had an advantage. Again, that was then. There was no medical redshirt that I can remember., no Olympic redshirt, no Covid year, almost no gray-shirting and mostly 18 year old freshmen.

Bizarre. At some point it's time to move on with life. For the record this was the NCAA's original intent when allowing a "Redshirt" season: Rationale. Student athletes just out of high school may not be ready for the academic and athletic demands at the university level. Redshirting provides the opportunity, with tutoring, to take classes for an academic year and become accustomed to the academic and physical rigors of university athletics.