Interviewed_at_Weehawken

Except, there is probably little more embarrassing in sports than when one man is trying to crawl off the playing surface and the other man grabs him by the foot, pulls him back in and says something to the effect of "Uh uh, you're not going to get away from me, I'm not done with you yet." This translates to freestyle, folkstyle, BJJ, MMA, the playground, NFL football, etc.

Wrestled him in freestyle when both were pursuing the Olympics. Askren absolutely embarrassed Pendelton and was talking to him during the match.

I just thought it was funny! (and Gus was whom you were responding to) But seriously, I thought going back to 2007 was humorous.

Like they prob did with the Iowa State 133.

In 2007 lol!!! Thanks for answering the question. Going back 17 years, the precise age of the kids whom "no name" Askren may be theoretically recruiting.

Also, Ben has complained about the facilities and how they are probably unable to build a modern wrestling facility. (I've never been to UW, but apparently not a lot of area to build new structures.)

Also coming off a bad stretch, which goes under the radar because they are not Iowa or Oklahoma State. (to add to your point)

* in their teens

So you are saying that he has name recognition?

My 19 year old is at an ACC school and knows who he is!

Kids in their know who he is. UFC. Flo. PFL. Fargo, etc.

I'm assuming you haven't travelled to Long Island much?

I disagree. It comes out looking weird in retrospect, but at the time the NCAA was trying to make sure athletes (across all sports) would be willing to play their sport in 2020-2021. The fear was that athletes would not enroll/play for fear that their season would be canceled if COVID numbers spiked. This was the NCAA saying "go ahead and play, it won't affect your eligibility one way or the other. Free year!" I'm pretty sure the NCAA was concerned about football/basketball revenue if they didn't do this. Could it have been tweaked a bit? Yes, I'm sure. It doesn't help the Pat Lugos of the world, but it kept the NCAA going.

I thought the special wrestle offs would keep him out. That's not the case, but I also had a pretty good idea that Vito wouldn't be making the trip, and he isn't. Looks like a "pitch count" situation.

Hmmm... I said earlier this year that I was planning on flying to Raleigh for this dual, but then realized there was little chance Vito would make the trip and decided I'd rather go another weekend. I was told that "of course Vito will be wrestling; what would make someone say he wouldn't?!"

Well, the rulebook says "duals," so there is that...

Multiple Nevills!

From a guy who didn't bother wrestling off. Leaving the easiest shot we have to qualify the weight in the hands of someone else.

I'm 0-1.

Why even give coaches bricks if there is no video review?

Nixt may have been intentionally stopping the match, MM may actually be looking to score from the position.

Looked great against Hardy and McNeil, those matches were in the middle there... but not as much of an audience. I would say he had stepped it up from the Etch loss. Then misses a weekend, and now these last two matches...

That sounds correct. BTW, Askren basically said today that he would like to see the refs let MM wrestle through that position.

Nicely done, Sir!