It's my understanding he flipped his commitment to Penn, and I don't think he's much of a heavyweight prospect. Geez Mookie - do you ALWAYS have to be so damned negative? Wessell was an undersized heavy too, until he put on what looked like about 30 pounds of pure muscle. Destito was basically an o...

FloridaGuy wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 9:48 pm >>>>>>>>>Reply to MH:
As for overall funding——-Prioritize spending to attract/retain elite wrestlers rather than post grads via LVWC.

You've made that point ad nauseam. They are two separate buckets of $$.

I see there are several new commits to Lehigh Women’s Wrestling. One of them is Morgan Edwards from Blair. I saw her wrestle at Blair at a Boys Blair/North Hunterdon match. She wrestled a boy from NH. She lost, but looked tough. Had a takedown, and she rode the kid really, really tough. This women’s...

Mountain Hawk wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 1:01 pm Are we 100% sure Beard is coming back?

Obviously things could change, but his dad said yes after the EIWA’s.

mookie wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 11:46 am Jack Bentz: 137 lbs. - 177 lbs.

Terry DeStito: 167-unlimited
Jeff Newman: 167-unlimited

theanswer wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 9:33 am Too much prize money and prestige for Taylor not to go.

I wonder. Ok St has HUGE athletic dollars. I wouldn’t be surprised if Taylor is making more money than Sanderson. If so, the money from USA Wrestling for winning a gold medal (and certainly no guarantee of that) becomes a lot less important.

Apparently there is a question as to whether or not he will be disqualified from competing in the Olympics. Supposedly tested positive for Adderall at last year's U23's. Decision expected by the end of next week.
Above as per Pat Mineo - take it for what it's worth.

Cease with the speculation :lol: , Starocci says NO to Lehigh,.. and returns to HAPPY VALLEY! :P https://www.blackshoediaries.com/2024/5/1/24146921/carter-starocci-returning-to-penn-state-wrestling-for-2024-25-season-cael-sanderson-bsd Does Lehigh offer a Masters degree in Recreation. Yes, I believ...

Lots of assumptions. Why would Midwest teams, with huge athletic dept budgets, opt to join the EIWA? If need be, they could start their own qualifier right where they are. The ACC is not joining the EIWA. Ever. The have 6 really viable programs. Pac 12 teams will qualify out west somewhere. Big 12 ...

Recent article from CBS Sports titled: SEC, Big Ten developing plan to share revenue with players in potential landmark change to college athletics Not sure how that would affect wrestling, as the vast majority of the money would go to football players, and secondly to BBall players. But even a smal...