FanOfPurdueWrestling

100000% Princeton isn’t a hard sell for anyone that can get in.

I had a coach pack up and leave one day and it really sucked. Sent out a text that day and was never seen again. Sucks for everyone involved but I don’t think we can blame a coach for finding better opportunities and trying to grow their career and brand.

Yeah he can finish out his NCAA career chasing a championship/more AA finishes and then still have plenty of time to train Greco. Hopefully he can step up his Greco and get the US a medal at worlds and the Olympics!

133 pounder got whacked with a bong. There’s a thread here somewhere if you want to search. He got pretty ***ducked** up from it.

lucky for you I’m not a Purdue graduate that hates on IU. IU is the cooler do the two schools, Purdue is more dweeby. They also have the edge in wrestling at the moment. Other sports idk and idc about. Congrats on the degrees, I didn’t know they actually have those out at IU I thought it was all block parties and frat houses down in Bloomington. Your two degrees is probably equivalent to my one from Purdue

It’s sucks Princeton is down as they are always a top wrestling Ivy, but it seems as a whole the Ivy League is elevating itself. I love seeing the Ivies do well bc it’s where the brainiac wrestlers end up and these kids need the outlet to succeed at sport and academics and not choosing a state school instead due to lack of possible success.

Dude that was 50 years ago….

I hadn’t thought of that. I figured they were holding him for NCAAs and EIWA. I hadn’t considered holding him for Olympic trials. I’d hate to see that as a college wrestling fan first and foremost, but I also want to see Vito healthy in that trials bracket as a fan of wrestling.

Sorry for the double negative, when I said this: “doesn’t seem to just not give a shit about duals, they just do prioritize them over the post season,” I meant that they do care, just not enough to risk injury or other. I’m on your side; you’re just angry at me for illegally streaming. I like Cornell and wish them the best, I’d much prefer to donate to their RTC that give money to the ACC.

“So you spend some money on streams of your choosing, but you don't value other streams enough to pay for them: so you steal them.” You hit the nail on the head with that one. If it’s any consolation I wouldn’t be able to watch it without the person proving it. I am part of the demand but your witch hunt of me is like imprisoning the kid with a gram of some drug rather than going after the person growing/making 100 pounds. Streaming was suppose to make life easier, instead everything is spread out everywhere. I’d easily pay a good amount for all wrestling being housed under one umbrella or company or service.

You’ve heard that about Purdue? Ersland is old school Iowa style through and through. He has some other coach’s in the room that have other specialties other than grind-grind-grind, it’s not the cutting (as far as I know) it’s the brutal amount of live and red flag type days. I learned from the Young Bucks doc that Tom Ryan and OSU went ~1 month in season not wrestling live due to injuries. That’s unheard of, Purdue consistently has the most matches in season, and does crazy live in the room. Ersland thinks grinding is fun, and some kids do too, but the mindset in wrestling is shifting. I hate to sound negative, I love Purdue Wrestling and think they can be a great team under Ersland. I think people like Tyrell Todd and Kendrick Maple left due to their style not being able to be worked into the program. Too much focus on Iowa style.

My understanding is they’re gone very soon as a conference? I recently learn of the idea of geographically based conferences and I couldn’t be more for that outside of Ivys and Big10. Cut down travel costs, create and foster rivalries. How do I get in charge of this shit?

Although @BigRedFan just laid into me, sorta for a silly reason, you and he both are knowledge and bring up amazing points. I don’t follow Cornell very closely, obviously, since I was asking for an illegal steam. Vito very clearly has some medical issue, injury, or other. I worry about how he will perform come the post season since he’s sitting out so consistently and late in the season. Cornell doesn’t seem to just not give a shit about duals, they just do prioritize them over the post season, which is very fair. Thank you both for contributing!

Don’t let the dude above us see this, you’re contributing to the degeneracy. Blatantly Promoting Theft. /s

Bro this is the internet; you’re not going to change my mind. I have Flo Pro, BTN, and BTN+. I can’t justify buying every streaming service available just got a few duals a year I want. Even Ben Askren on FRL talks about illegally streaming lol. If anyone wants one I found this: https://youtu.be/LzCg8o9NnIo?si=bZdp9utJ33-iA22p

Iowa seems like a school that will only hire Iowa wrestlers

Great tangentially related point! Those dudes (the Brands Bros) put out for their kids and vice versa.

Unfortunatly true- these MFers need to go to the real world or something man lol

Copass has medically retired. Purdue has had atrocious luck at heavyweight (Shawn Streck, Eli Pokorney, Thomas Penola, now add Copass.) Marcos Polanco wasn’t on my radar until this year, due to being at Purdue. I can’t tell you anything there bc I don’t know anything. Purdue is constantly building and then getting knocked back. The constant gripe is overtraining leading to constant injuries and burnout.

Someone point me to an illegal stream or replay? This is a good one and I want to avoid results in hopes that I can watch it essentially “live” on an illegal replay

I know nothing about him but also find myself rooting for him when I know he’s wrestling!

Tough dual meet for Purdue fans…. Couldn’t beat an illinois team redshirting half their starters smh

That’s my first thought. Any school that could snag him would have preferential treatment from 10 nationally ranked HS students off the bat.

This brings up a great point. How do I throw my hat in the ring?

I watched all these today. Seems like a shitty all around situation, why would Flo pursue the non-compete to Willie who helped them so much. glad both groups seem to be doing well now.