Dogbone

I think most people know Spencer is not 100%. But he is healthy enough to wrestle, at some level, in the NCAAs and US Open. There is some hurdle, physical or mental, that is preventing him from wrestling back at NCAA or even trying to give it a go vs. Suriano. The questions now are will he ever get past that hurdle.

He made weight and is in the bracket at the #1 Seed.

You lost me at golf fanatics don't care about the Ryder Cup. Most certainly are interested in the results and cheering for USA (assuming American). I don't know anyone who was "devastated" by the results of the NCAA Team Championship, but a lot of people certainly care about it and it makes the tournament more interesting when it is a competitive team race. And unquestionably, Cael and PSU donors care a lot about the team championship. There is a reason they are bringing in mercenaries at their weakest weights and not just trying to develop RBYs backup to be the best he can be and see how it goes. Micheal Beard was a low AA, but as soon as Dean was available they brought him in. I don't think they did it because they don't care about the team race.

Rulon is NOT in the bracket.

Eierman will be competing 13 lbs higher than the last time we saw him.

Nagao like every transfer before didn't do it for the money. The next transfer to publicly state that they transferred for "the bag" will be the first. For some reason, every fan of the team receiving a transfers believes it 100%. That doesn't mean that PSU isn't getting guys because they are unquestionably the best program right now. They also aren't telling guys, no money for you, you come here to develop and be the best you can be...

Teske will be a 6th year senior who has yet to AA and had his worst NCAA tournament up at 133 after finishing 7th at B1Gs Nagao finished 5th in his first NCAA tournament in the same 133 bracket and was 2nd at B1Gs. He also beat Mendez at both the B1G tournament and NCAA tournament. No one knows what will happen but I can certainly see the appeal of recruiting Nagao over Teske.

Hopefully he steps on the scale and has control over his weight and health. Not a contender but I imagine this was a goal to get back into shape. Best of luck!

Basch tweeted ticket information will come out May 9.

I would guess he does this for every commit. Does he really distinguish between the "big" commits and lessor hyped ones? That would be odd and kind of disrespectful to not be hyped after someone, regardless of recruiting ranking, just made a major life decision to come wrestle for you.

I am fine with the 3 pt TD, I don't think it will change much as far as how the product on the mat looks but the scores will look different. More bonus points and the potential for greater comebacks if someone gases. Maybe a guy like Nagao could be impacted a little, but they can still choose top and get turns. RT point. I think the goal was to disincentives guys from just riding to ride not to incentives guys to turn. Current mat wrestling is a terrible product to watch (and I like mat wrestling) so something needs to be done. It seems simpler to just require Top to have to work for a turn and CALL STALLING, but probably minimal impact and maybe the ankle riders will just cut Bottom now. 2 pt, 3 pt, and 4pt NF. Makes sense and is easier for causal fans to follow. Overall, a good set of proposed rule changes.

LOL. - Offering any wrestler (a non revenue sport) $250K doesn't make sense so regardless of whether it make sense or not to offer $250K for 1 year, that is the market. The only schools Bernie seemed to have interest in/take visit were the only schools with the wherewithal to offer a significant financial package. Did he pick PSU for $25K less and the opportunity to join NWLC post college, maybe, was it 6 figures less, HAHAHA. Maybe he really did pick PSU for the grad school too or he just likes the weather in State College better than Cali. Additional LOL for suggesting he is not an immediate title contender.

As a fan of the team race, this is disappointing. I understand if from Bernie's perceptive and best of luck to him. LOL at anyone suggesting PSU didn't offer a financial package comparable to $250K. That propaganda is only being pushed out there so the other 9 PSU starters don't expect a similar deal.

Iowa fan talking about who went to prison... Making AJ feel welcome already

Luke Smith still has eligibility?? Man, these extra Covid years are crazy.

On Basch's pod. He stated 2 weeks ago he wasn't thinking about it. He said he entered to complete his goal of winning 3 titles, world and Olympic titles and that could include staying a MN. Did not say what has changed since being at MN. They then went out of the way to say "no one has offered him a bag of cash." Like all previous transfers, he is doing it to find the right fit and it has nothing to with the money.

Before Spencer's MFF, I don't recall very many negative comments about him, even from non hawkeye fans. He always seems beloved by all. But I also don't take "why did Lee only win 8-0" as a negative comment even though Yianni has never had the same level of scrutiny so that could be the difference. What stuck out to me was how aware of message board/on line comments he pays attention to. I can't imagine anyone on Iowa's campus actually says the things he was complaining about to his face so I would guess it only comes from being on line. I would think that would be fairly easy to turn off, unless he seeks it out to use as motivation. Regardless, glad he gave the interview and opened up.

I understand why the natives are getting defensive about the Tulsa. It was fine. But if you ask us to compare it to other NCAA host cities, then you will get compared to Cleveland, Philly, StL, KC next year, etc. Overall it is not a knock on your city, but there are things that are not on par with other recent host cities. It doesn't mean there wasn't any good food or drink options, just not as many or convenient as others. The arena certainly needs a upgrade. If it goes back to Oklahoma, OKC in 2014 was better in my opinion than Tulsa.

I doubt they land any of them with the rumor Gable could come back. It would be dumb to transfer and then have to ride the bench.

Garrett Grice, 133 at Virginia, #54 on Willie's 2022 Big Board in the portal

It's crazy to me that this is a rule that needs to be added.... 100% Yes! I think folk style will be better with a pushout rule, ideally TD would be changed to 3 points and pushout point = 1 to encourage guys to finish the single leg as opposed to just running guys out of bounds but you have to start somewhere. I don't think it would be terrible if it was both feet out (for pushout point) either but willing to see how whatever gets implemented plays out.

Exactly. For the record, I meant to type one OF the best but I like your phrase of uniquely dominate which illustrates my thoughts better. It's okay that people value different criteria in these arguments, but to pretend there is no context is silly. For example @headshuck (as I understand his argument) likes Steveson because he was physically/athletically more dominate/rarely challenged and doesn't put as much weight on pins. I can respect that. I just put more emphasis on pinning/TF and pinning guys quickly. Steveson was physically and athletically dominate but Lee had a unique ability to end matches very quickly. David Taylor's 2012 NCAA tournament was the most dominant (as I value "dominate") that can I recall and that will probably always distort my opinion on his career. Lee Kemp was before my time but I understand and respect why someone who saw him wrestle might claim he was better.

#5 is interesting that they included the "AND". It would seem to only apply to Shane Griffith? Carr, Mekhi and AJ Ferrari all past champs with eligibility but they are previous UWW medalist so don't need #5.

Umm, this is the internet. This kind of reason and logic are not looked kindly around these parts.

WHAT?!? Spencer wasn't undefeated. OMG this changes everything. I said what I said and answered the question the OP asked. If you want to rank him differently or provide your own opinion, feel free. I won't lose sleep if you don't think Spencer is one of the best.