Dogbone

Agree that it wasn't a duck for seeding purposes. What I find interesting is Nebraska also sat ranked wrestlers last year vs Purdue, including Cronin against Ramos. Maybe the dual just falls at the time of year when guys need rest. With Ersland a long time assistant under Manning I assume they have a good relationship so it could just be a timing issue.

There was another MTV True Life: MTV for documentary True Life: I’m on a diet. That followed Cory Cooperman around his senior (?) year.

A potential rematch of the epically bad Alton v. Grajales match... Sign me up!

I believe he red shirted in football as well but I also believe it doesn't matter as you get 5 years to compete 4 years in any sport. So he could use up his football eligibility in 4 years and then wrestle in his 5th, hypothetically.

Don't get me wrong, I think Kueter is the favorite if he goes as he is the better P4P wrestler and all around athlete just will be interesting considering the size different. Kueter may not be in his best wrestling shape but I can't imagine he is that much of a disadvantage condition wise than Nash. Heck, Nash hasn't even wrestled a full 6 minute match in the last 6 or so years. My point with the lineman reference was to highlight Nash's strength advantage even if he is no longer 330. Not that it matters but LBs typically use their hands to keep lineman off of them while DT are in the trenches trying to move lineman and gain leverage to control gap assignments.

In addition, I think his caloric intact was fairly high to try and keep that weight up for football. There was an article (might be behind a paywall) that mentioned he cut out soda, lemonade and only eats 4 eggs now instead of the 8 he was eating during football. I imagine he didn't actually start at 330 and once he started eating better and attending wrestling practices the wight came off. Regardless, he is a full size 285 who is used to battling against 300+ lineman. A match with The Cooter will be an interesting style matchup.

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.