Recent content by NEICyFan
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General (non-ISU) Wrestling Twitter/News Thread
UNI's best season was 2 years ago. They would have been lucky to be within 15 points of Iowa. -
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US Open 2026
This much I can tell you. 8 am in Iowa is 6 am in Vegas. So it doesn’t start then. -
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Brent Metcalf Head Coach?
This. So weird. And never mind literally no one doesn't think he has more potential than he's shown. -
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Brent Metcalf Head Coach?
Maybe you should look at the results. His losses to Botello (UNC backup) and Willochell (Wyoming, 0-2 at NCAAs; pinned) were both at 133. He was majored in his two losses at 141, to Nebraska's backup and a guy from SDSU who went 0-2 at NCAAs. It isn't that he doesn't have promise or things... -
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Brent Metcalf Head Coach?
Yeah no. Check their season results and get back to us. -
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Brent Metcalf Head Coach?
Wrestle offs can often be deceptive due to familiarity. Grice did what Grice did while Pearson went out and got smoked by a couple guys who went 0-2 at the NCAAs, and Nebraska’s backup. -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
I'm confused. He has a year left. And what's different about eligibility for wrestling, vs. the other NCAA sports? Ever heard of the football and hoops players in college for 7-9 years? -
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Brent Metcalf Head Coach?
Grice won two matches at the NCAAs. Sakamoto is 0-3 in his career, including losses to a couple of mid-D1 backups last season. Not a super tough question. -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
I'd sure as heck hope not. -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
He's a lot different than Yonger coming in. Yonger was a two time world medalist, and in his 2nd year in folkstyle/D1 wrestling he was an all-American. Rin has no world medals and in his 2nd year in folkstyle/D1 wrestling he was getting handled by mid-major D1 backups. And that was with practice... -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
0-2 last season, with losses to mid-major backups gets you going like this? -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
You don't think he was a fine addition? Or you wouldn't prefer additions with a better pedigrees? ;) To be abundantly clear, he was 100% a take and I'm glad we have him. Sakamoto is an interesting add to the room, though I expect him to be 3rd string. -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
I assume this would mean Thompson to 197. And that Bartelt isn't good enough/small enough for 184. -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
I'm hopeful this is preparing us to get excited for someone > Smith. He's a fine addition and all, but hopeful for something more. -
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Off-season 2026; Roster Needs/Portal
On some level, you're both right. A factor is Iowa fans are high in number, defensive, and sensitive. So anything to do with Iowa plays well for schmucks like this guy. Mineo is a clown. He's been trolled and exposed by a few programs feeding him bad info. Heck, last year he was caught using a...