2025-2025 Transfer Portal Needs, Wants, Updates
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Maybe Bailey and Romney are options? Completely spitballing but they're two guys with a couple years left possibly looking for better training partners.
Third with his gray shirt at Iowa.
He’s won Super 32 and Beast of the East in high school and now is almost done with 3 years training in a college room. You act like he’s Bastida or something. The guy knows folkstyle.
I like Chittum, and don’t want to appear to be bashing him. He is a very good wrestler and could possibly AA in his future. This is only in comparison into him and AJ and who will have a bigger impact on the team.
wouldnt that be something. could have quite the lineup if the right chips fall out way
I’d much rather take my chances (and resources) on a year of a guy like Zach Elam than I would getting anywhere close to AJ.
couldnt agree more. elam or little would be great for the program. we dont need ferrari antics at ISU let iowa deal with him
You are a wrestling poster that I absolutely respect but man, making that bold of a call on Carroll with like 12 career matches seems knee jerk. He clearly wasn’t in a good place mentally and physically this year. We saw some incredible athleticism from him even in a few matches this year. He is a guy who has a ceiling that a transfer like Novak (who I really like btw) doesn’t have. I hope he comes back if he feels ready to endure the grind and focus on being an elite college wrestler.
I love this take. Carroll beat stemmet and current big 12 champ voelker while clearly going through some things. That man has incredible potential and from all accounts is a great person and teammate.
I don't think you can leave it to this based on what we as fans have seen so far. Maybe internally they have developed more and the staff feels good (which I would trust) but going off of their public showing so far you try to grab a transfer if frost is bumping up.
Man...it's been almost 40 years since we've won a natty. Next year's roster with either AJ or both him and Angelo immediately puts us in contention to legitimately challenge PSU....you can't say with a straight face that's not tempting
Angelo isn't leaving Iowa, but in this fun hypothetical I completely agree. It's the same thing Iowa did knowing they wanted to get Angelo, take a gamble on the other two so you can make sure you get the top prize.
agreed. hard to say what kind of jump osmany is capable of. meza showed a ton of grit this year in my opinion. grice is a wildcard clearly talented but for one reason or another ends up on the outside looking in
I had a long typed out examples of how bad this guy is, but I don't want to put that on blast. Let me say this, I know for a FACT, this guy has done some horrible stuff to girls. FACT. All at OSU. He is not a guy looking for fights like Anthony, he is a guy that likes girls, all ages. IF they don't like him, doesn't matter.
Making bold calls is kind of my m.o. Many are definitely wrong. Remember though, that it’s not just this year’s results, but also his freshman year at OSU.
I’m all for bringing him back if he is able and willing, FWIW. Definitely the ceiling is high. But we’ve had 2 years of results now, and flashes of pretty good and also flashes of pretty bad. I do hold him to high expectations as a top P4P recruit. Those guys should be point scorers right away. Not development projects.
Adding AJ still does not put us close to PSU.
Somehow getting Angelo (not happening) would put us closer but still a wide gap, and I think we will be pretty damn good.
Just because he hasn't been arrested doesn't mean he has it in his nature to be humble. didn't someone just share a video of him beating his dog? Maybe it was playful, but I wouldn't give him the benefits of any doubts.
