BlueWolverine

* and just put two heavyweights on the U.S. Olympic Team ** and just coached up Lucas Davison to beat him and make the NCAA final

The dad posts and tweets all day and all night. The kid doesn't. I suspect dad is the drama.

All of this is so stupid. I agree with VakAttack about this ridiculous obsession with Pyles, fueled by idiots like Mineo as if he owns some moral high ground. I think Pyles does good work, he's an excellent match commentator, and from people who know and work with him, I've heard he's a pretty decent guy. Not sure the same can be said for the folks who bad mouth him almost daily (ie Mineo, Kania).

But they’ve tried to get transfers the last couple years, and by some accounts tried pretty hard, they just haven’t gotten any. That’s why his act that they’re above the portal is so disingenuous.

Cardenas has been committed to Michigan for a while. The ASU thing was another made-up Mineo “scoop.” I also see he deleted every one of his posts about Michigan poaching the Rutgers heavyweight that caused such a stir a couple days ago.

But Michigan isn’t actually doing that - bringing in an AA over a R16/R12 guy. Bormet has said in interviews that they’re using the transfer portal to fill some of the gaps created by extending the scholarships of Amine, Micic and Massa through Olympic redshirt and an extra Covid year. They didn’t have a lot of money to recruit with for two classes. They’re also using these grad transfers to allow their freshmen to redshirt. They’ve got some good freshmen this year, coming in next year and committed for 2025. Bormet is a pretty savvy guy, I think there is strategy behind this.

It's because everyone assumes Michigan for every transfer. It's almost like a running gag now. There's been rumors of Buchanan, Max Dean, Hamiti, and none of those were true. It's just Mineo making guesses then everyone just believes him. My Michigan connection told me yesterday there's no truth to the Yara stuff.

Michigan had a very good season. They took second at Big Tens and third at NCAAs, their second trophy in two years. Dual season was inconsistent. Ragusin and Bullock had their best seasons, as did two of their transfers, Gomez and Davison had outstanding NCAA tournaments with their best career finishes. Griffith had an outstanding tournament after a bit of a dip last season. Lemley progressed all season then had a tough NCAAs as a true freshman. Lewan and Amine had tough seasons. Lewan’s style caught up with him, same with Amine to a lesser extent. Hopefully he can bounce back next year. So I think they’re a lot most teams. Some guys make jumps, some falter, etc.

It's because those are the only programs with rolling grad school admissions. Most offseason transfers have already missed other grad program deadlines. A lot of student-athlete grad transfers into Michigan are in those programs.

There is no way this is true. It all stems from some anonymous fan account on Twitter. Michigan literally can't get undergrad transfers through admissions (they lose too many credits); that's why they only get grad transfers and the rare first-year freshman (ie Micic). So if someone claims they're trying to talk some sophomore or junior to get into the portal, it a lie. Edited to add: That's also why the Buchanan/Wyoming stuff two years ago wasn't true (and he transferred to Oklahoma as an undergrad), which is where this Bormet characterization started. Built on lies that get repeated enough that people believe it to be true.

Super excited for Austin, pretty remarkable journey he's had from retiring and falling out of love with wrestling 3-4 years ago to now an Olympian. Just hope that knee is ok for the postseason. Didn't seem to affect his wrestling too much, though he did grimace several times standing up and was limping a bit - despite what the "fake injury" twitter fans want to say.

I believe he's suggesting that Bono appears less than professional both in his dress and his actions. Bono is a clown, who makes a big spectacle of himself and draws attention away from his wrestlers with his matside antics.

Ragusin is redshirting. Lemley is the plan for 141. I think Gilcher is the plan for 149 if/until Gomez. 197 is between Yatooma and Striggow as he wrote. 184 is Rogers/Bullock as he wrote. I appreciate the work that InterMat and Flo (and others) put into covering the sport. This guy, Mark Spezia, does a nice job and doesn't deserve a whole thread labeling his work "stupid" when he probably got this projected lineup directly from Michigan.

I know a lot about Michigan and their projected lineup. Outside of putting Lamer at the wrong weight, this is pretty accurate. What's your problem with it?