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I could be wrong but Rocco Welsh seems to be a higher pedigree talent than Zack Ryder (all due respect to Ryder). Who is Penn State to refuse an upgrade even at a position of strength?

I noticed in the finals he and Steveson both have the lion

good tattoos are not cheap. not sure how so many kids start college with an entire sleeve unless mommy and daddy were paying or they decided on tattoos instead of having a car or something with their summer jobs.

That's awesome!!!

If we are measuring this by cumulative quality wins - although he never made a finals - I would throw in Sebastian Rivera.

good to know thanks. any idea why he wrestled at 197 in tournaments last season? maybe he's working his way down?

Echemendia is coming back, and the Frost brothers are rumored to be bumping up even with Chittum and Swiderski leaving I think they still have a log jam 125: Meza / Castillo 133: Diversent / Grice 141: E Frost / J Frost 149: Echemendia / J Frost / Paniro 157: Paniro / K. Naaktgeboren 165: Euton / Riggins 174: Gaitan 184: T. Naaktgeboren 197: Bartelt 285: Bastida

I didn't save down at different points in time, but this is the completed list from last year: Transferring From COUNTA of Athlete NDSU 16 Buffalo 15 Iowa 10 Pitt 8 Columbia 8 Oregon State 7 Northern Colorado 7 Missouri 7 Oklahoma 6 Northern Illinois 6 Cal Baptist 6 Bloomsburg 6 Arizona State 6 Stanford 5 Oklahoma State 5 Nebraska 5 Michigan State 5 Lock Haven 5 Kent State 5 Iowa State 5 George Mason 5 Virginia Tech 4 Rutgers 4 Morgan State 4 LIU 4 Clarion 4 Chattanooga 4 Bucknell 4 App State 4 Wyoming 3 Wisconsin 3 Minnesota 3 Michigan 3 Davidson 3 CSU Bakersfield 3 Central Michigan 3 VMI 2 SIUE 2 Rider 2 Presbyterian 2 Penn 2 North Carolina 2 Navy 2 Lehigh 2 Franklin & Marshall 2 Edinboro 2 Drexel 2 Cornell 2 Campbell 2 American 2 Air Force 2 Western Wyoming College 1 West Virginia 1 Wartburg 1 Utah Valley 1 Sacred Heart 1 Queens 1 Penn State 1 Ohio State 1 Northwest College 1 North Idaho 1 NC State 1 Iowa Western 1 Indiana 1 Illinois 1 Gardner-Webb 1 Army 1 0 Grand Total 247

I copied and pasted Kozak's list into excel and ran a pivot table to show number of portal entrants per team: Transferring From COUNTA of Athlete Cleveland State 29 Campbell 15 Iowa State 8 Penn State 6 Little Rock 5 Pittsburgh 4 Ohio State 4 NC State 4 Virginia Tech 3 Rutgers 3 Rider 3 North Carolina 3 Missouri 3 Lock Haven 3 Kent State 3 Virginia 2 Sacred Heart 2 Princeton 2 ND State 2 Edinboro 2 Duke 2 CSU Bakersfield 2 Cornell 2 California Baptist 2 Buffalo 2 Bloomsburg 2 Binghamton 2 App State 2 Wyoming 1 Presbyterian 1 Oregon State 1 Nebraska 1 Navy 1 Morgan State 1 Michigan State 1 Michigan 1 Long Island 1 Iowa 1 Hofstra 1 Franklin & Marshall 1 Clarion 1 Chattanooga 1 Central Michigan 1 Bellarmine 1 Grand Total 138

Much more exhaustive list courtesy of Jon Kozak: https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/13994973-2025-ncaa-d1-wrestling-off-season-transfer-tracker

Kelin Laffey and Grant MacKay are in the portal from Pitt

If Spidle wants to do a 2 year program at Michigan for a masters, maybe he can use his redshirt for Ragusin's last year and then plan to start the year after? WrestleStat shows him using his redshirt during 2021 - which would not have been required for that year anyway.

I was curious about the progress made on the funding status. Anyone aware if they are close at all to the original 2 million dollar goal?

Camacho got hurt - if they give him a medical for last year, he could be back for season number 8 next year.

we are lucky to have him here honestly

Some are great at handling certain aspects of a program. Maybe he wasn't meant to be the overarching generalist.

They recruit very well though. Is that his doing or the doing of others? If its him that is influencing the recruiting success and he is interested in supporting the team in a role that steps back responsibilities, maybe they can accommodate that while promoting another fresh face to head coach. I'm not advocating for this but just brainstorming

He had some personal issues that he was dealing with during his college selection process - and those that were not his fault at all. I am really rooting for him to turn it around. I remember him scrapping with Feldman back in the day

are you talking about whether or not they chew bubble gum during press conferences?

injury retirement

some of the smaller schools provide consistent opportunities for true freshman. Sometimes they do a lot better than people expect. Take Dillon Bechtold from Bucknell this season. True freshman at a lower profile school and made the round of 16 at 197 - an extremely competitive weight this year. I'm sure we will have some surprise candidates next year as well.

Completed: HWT Taye Ghadiali - Campell to Michigan Portal: 125: Kysen Terukina / Spencer Moore / Louie Gill 133: Gary Steen / Draegen Orine 141: Zach Redding / Isaiah Powe / Joe Fongaro / Hunter Mason 149: Casey Swiderski / Caleb Rathjen 157: 165: Alex Facundo / Brendon Abdon 174: Bryce Hepner 184: 197: Christian Carroll / Remy Cotton 285: Hunter Catka / Chase Horne

Completed: HWT Taye Ghadiali - Campell to Michigan Portal: 125: Kysen Terukina 133: Gary Steen 141: Zach Redding 149: Casey Swiderski / Caleb Rathjen 157: 165: Alex Facundo / Brendon Abdon 174: Bryce Hepner 184: 197: Christian Carroll 285: Hunter Catka Vespa had been reported as being in the portal, but I can see he wrestled a match for Kutztown this past year. Another guy who transferred mid-year was Cade Siebrecht from SDSU to Central