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Same with Wolak. Getting a degree from Columbia and then spending his last year in grad school at VT. That’s awesome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Correct. Brooks beat the brakes off of Parker and Trent. It was like watching an adult wrestle a child. If the team title or scoring record had been up for grabs, you might’ve heard Casey barking for more output from him in the third, a la Ed Ruth. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Deakin special? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Did it look to you like that E1 was a gift to Hidlay? It certainly appeared that way to me. I don't want to call it a pity point but it looked like he could have ridden Hidlay for days. That match was one of the best matches, technically and tactically, I've seen at the college level. Brooks owned every second of that match. I don't think I saw Hidlay get to his underhook a single time.

Man, I hope he got his degree from UW. OSU is a junior college in comparison. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I see a (6) next to a Truax in the bracket, and a Truax winning the 5th place match at 184. So, Starocci, Kasak and Truax all outplaced their seed.

College DT was great (2x Hodge...) but Aaron Brooks is the only guy Cael has ever coached who would be a legit senior worlds/Olympic medalist, today, as a college student. I can't say the same thing about Nolf, Zain, DT, Nickal or Ed. And they were all amazingly good wrestlers.

It’s rumored that Casey makes more than most HCs, right now. Casey would likely have to take a pay cut at everywhere other than a few other schools. And pack up his life to move to some other place he either hasn’t lived before or hasn’t lived in for almost 20 years. I just don’t think it’s happening short of Michigan, Iowa, or other top program. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

In contrast, Carter Starocci won NCAAs with a broken hand one year and likely a torn LCL this year. Yianni won NCAAs on a torn ACL. Spencer Lee, need I say more. Dozens of other examples. A broken ring finger is a pretty poor excuse in comparison for a guy people were saying should be the #1 seed, who went out in the blood round. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Iowa is spending $30 million on a new “world class wrestling facility”. They have more than enough money. They don’t have any new ideas or blood, though. Meanwhile, Penn State could be wrestling out of an old Quonset hut and still drawing better recruits. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Beat the current national champ, and took down Yianni and was leading late until Yianni got him with a TD + NF to win. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think Cunningham will end up at 184 by the time he’s in college and done growing, FWIW. Just a HS junior, wrestling 160 this year. That kid is going to break people in half. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Erisman. Two AAs there is an outstanding achievement. Also, Campbell just had their first AA. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And Penn State wasn’t in the conference. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If Nagao can get right and they get some points out of 174/184/197, that is a salty ass lineup. I know Iowa fans think Ayala is going to smoke everyone from yesterday onwards but Lilledahl is really, really good. Beating people of the same caliber as Ayala as a high school senior. Figs’ training partner, actually. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Felonies? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Penn State will have top 1/2 guys at 141, 149, 157, 165. I’d bet Kerk returns. Not sure about BB. At 125, they sent out a true freshman who lost in the R12 in OT, after losing 3-2 to the eventual champion. 133, an AA who didn’t look right all year, R12. Could see Lilledahl (2x World silver/1x gold) go at 125 while Davis RS. That kid is amazing. At 174, 184 and 197: Zack Ryder (2x World medalist), Facundo (2x World medalist), Barr and an absolute killer in Connor Mirasola. I think Cael redshirts Mirasola, though, and he’s a legit 4x contender after a full year of PSU/NLWC work. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bartlett was the only final-match loser with a smile on his face. Cracking jokes with Hardy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Gadson posted something about DT to Iowa after the Olympics. Big, huge doubt there, bud. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Starocci OW, Brooks Hodge Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is this your first time watching them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You must not have watched previous Hidlay-Brooks matches. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yes, he did, and I love it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Have Watters and Kasak wrestled in high school? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

It’s Cael and Starocci’s fault, of course. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk