Dogbone

A Junior World Champ in 2022, State Champ last March, who was in the college room in the summer and fall v. a guy who hasn't been on the mat for 4 years.... a mismatch in my book

It always makes me laugh when someone "doesn't care" spends time to click on something and post in the thread that they don't care about. I have no idea if either will AA but the idea that nothing matters unless its two AAs wrestling or it doesn't matter until March is terrible for the health of the sport.

I disagree with Basch. His reasoning seemed more of defense of why Gable hasn't taken off thinking you have to be a certain age than anything AJ has done. I am no WWE expert, but to me AJ is perfect for WWE. All hype (with athletic ability) and no need to back it up in a scripted contest. He really strives on attention and crowd reaction. Heck, he has everyone talking about doing the split double bird more than anything he has done on the mat in the last two years. Even when he won the Natty he had people talking about his 665 deadlift interview. To me, Gable doesn't have that persona. He may talk a little crap but not with any personality, in the WWE you have to sell it. Gable only gets people talking for when he does something on the mat.

Huskers have already announced Nash will go. Will Kueter? Maybe the lack of big matches so far this season has me jaded, but wrestling doesn't seem to be able to get out of its own way. It would be great if Iowa would announce so it could be marketed broader than to just diehards wrestling fans. I could see a lot of cross over intrigue with two football players going head to head.

If we are in a spot where anyone is suggesting AJ could even get into Northwestern as a option than I would say AJ is out of any realistic options. Time to focus on the WWE.

What changed from when Rutgers was recruiting the family this summer? Surely the splits double bird didn't shock Goodale. They weren't recruiting boy scouts. I don't think he ends up at Rutgers either but it seems like Goodale was willing to take them.

Is Pinto healthy? He was injured last week and didn't go in either dual. Ayala dec. Smith 3-0 Teske dec. Van Dee 6-0 Real dec. Hardy 9-0 Ridge MD Rathjen 9-4 Robb dec. Franek 9-7 Caliendo dec. Taylor 12-7 *Arnold dec. Wilson 15-7 - If no Arnold then toss up, but I'll go Kennedy dec. Wilson *Pinto MD. Riggens 15-11 - If no Pinto then toss up but I'll go Bron Ton dec. Riggens Allred dec. Glazier 15-11 *Keuter dec. Nash 18-11 - If no Keuter then Nash pins the backup IA Hwt.

If I "record" the event and watch it later on YouTube TV, am I included in the 34K? Just curious how that is determined.

Penn State

I don't think Kerk is going to lose to a guy who hasn't wrestled for 3-4 years. He looks to have jumped a level from last year, let alone to back when he was losing to Cass. But it will be really interesting how Nash looks, where is cardo is at and if he can make a run at NCAAs. His size and strength will certainly be challenge for most HWTs. His ceiling is probably 5-8th, which would be really big for Nebraska.

Why does anyone think this changes AJ or any Ferrari from going to Iowa? It will get downplayed, just some pushing and shoving, punch didn't even connect, it was the other guy who started it, even if by starting it that means not allowing your head to be pushed down after the match, it was only the one finger solute, come on the tournament's name was soldier solute, just a little misunderstanding. Nothing in Iowa's history suggest this behavior is so egregious that there would be even a hand slap. Dust up with ISU after the match, Desanto's actions, Gilman body slamming Waters... Just add it to the list of things opposing fans will use to say Iowa is disrespectful thugs and Iowa fans will say is no big deal, only because it is Iowa that people are making a big deal about it. And move on until the next thing.

There is always a justification to disrespect an opponent... He "started" it, so all is well.

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I don't think Grey is lying directly just bending the truth to fit his narrative. Are guys ever 100% healthy, probably not. Every coach can probably make this claim, and no one is going to come out and say, "yep, it was a tough matchup so we ducked". They all finished their previous match without noticeable injuries, notice Grey isn't saying they couldn't have gone. Unfortunately, Grey can say it is what is best for the athletes and it probably is (no punishment for ducking and no risk of injuries, real or not), BUT it is bad for the overall sport. It is a bad trend. If everyone keeps doing what is in their best interest, the sport will continue to suffer. The coaches might have too big a voice. Football and Basketball have people above the coaches who make the ultimate decisions. FB coaches would choose to only play minimal conference games and cupcake non con schedules, if they were allowed/rewarded. Most administrations/league offices don't have knowledge or care about wrestling so they just default to the coaches who should be experts, but they do what is in their best interest (natural) and are not actually good stewards for the sport (that isn't their jobs).

133 - Van Dee didn't have a great CKLV so that could of just been giving Burwick an opportunity after grinding in the room. 174 - No real starter, might be Bubba going forward 197 - Not everything is a duck. call it a duck if you like but at this point Sloan is on a different level than Allred, who hasn't started the year off as well as he finished last year. Usually ducks are when someone doesn't want to take the risk of a loss for seeding purposes, but that wasn't the case here. Could be a number of things. It appears Nash is going to try and give it a go but I don't see how that has anything to do with Allred bumping up in a dual that was already decided.

How did Myles Martin make a GOAT list? Great wrestler/ 1x NCAA champs that were pinned might be a better headline?

Jimmy Cinnabon.

A head coach whose team was on an upward trajectory and just finished 12th at NCAAs left that job to be an assistant coach (likely next HC) and people are wondering if it is a desirable place to coach?!?

This checks out, after PSU invented wrestling in 2010 their next move was start training with international wrestlers shortly thereafter. No inside knowledge, but Gomez did sign with Cliff Keen. I suppose a CK athlete can train and go to school at PSU but as you mention, somewhat unnecessary unless Cael is determined to break the scoring record.

Come on now, it wasn't the coach it was the AD who had to sign off... The coach had nothing to do with it, remember, completely out of his hands. In all seriousness, I thought we already knew this was happening. As a Grad Transfer he doesn't need a waiver so I assume this is just a procedural step.

PSU is still closer to breaking the scoring record than Iowa is to beating PSU at NCAAs.

The Iowa Style was fatiguing and scoring on guys with a high offensive pace. Guys didn't just get fatigued because they were pushed to the edge of the mat while the crown yelled "Stalling". No one, including Iowa, really wrestles like that any more. Better defense and scrambling have made points more of a premium so guys are more reluctant to be overly aggressive. I don't think its a failure of a certain style but more the evolution of the sport.

While it would be great for the Huskers. Nash is listed at 330 and transitioned his body to be "lean" 330 last offseason. His goal is the NFL and shirking his body to wrestle a semester doesn't really make sense. Fun story but most likely he is using wrestling workouts to get better at football and stay in shape similar to Tanner Farmer.

I have enough confidence in the Cornell coaches that they wouldn't risk putting Shapiro in any unnecessary harm this early in his season/career. If they thought he could "push through" then I suspect it is nothing serious. He is a freshman. Sometimes freshman lose matches you wouldn't think they would.