2026 Soldier Salute

Lil Nicky Scarfo

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Iowa wrestling saluting the soldiers:

 

Sportfan2017

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Wait.....other teams are sending ranked wrestlers that could actually beat us?? F*** that.......we aren't gonna risk our records and seeds. We're only sending guys that are outside AA ranking and need wins or are bench players. We started this tournament to benefit US.....errr.....salute soldiers. Yeah.....the real Iowa way! It isn't our fault that other teams started sending highly ranked wrestlers that threaten our plans. @ 174 you got #9 Wask, #11 Steed and # 16 as well. Kennedy...Go fishing. , #6 Bennett Berge and #7 Joey Novak @ 197? Endene.....take the weekend off. #8 Christian Carroll at HWT.?.....Kueter....you need a rest. #2 Aiden Sinclair @ 184? Ferrari.....you need to take up hunting....it's duck season. Enjoy the hunt. We created this tournament for us TO WIN...not for us to COMPETE.
 
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El_Jefe

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Wait.....other teams are sending ranked wrestlers that could actually beat us?? F*** that.......we aren't gonna risk our records and seeds. We're only sending guys that are outside AA ranking and need wins or are bench players. We started this tournament to benefit US.....errr.....salute soldiers. Yeah.....the real Iowa way! It isn't our fault that other teams started sending highly ranked wrestlers that threaten our plans.
Wondering if the opposite isn't true -- that the other teams aren't sending anybody good, so Brands said why bother. (Yes, I'm being charitable.)

Guess we'll find out when brackets are released.
 

Sportfan2017

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Wondering if the opposite isn't true -- that the other teams aren't sending anybody good, so Brands said why bother. (Yes, I'm being charitable.)

Guess we'll find out when brackets are released.
We shall see. If that happens you will be right but I will still claim to be right anyway :). Actually...based on what I have read today.....it may very well be a bit of both. Supposedly Carroll and Sinclair are going and Berge will be there if healthy. Novak is questionable. We shall see.
 
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El_Jefe

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We shall see. If that happens you will be right but I will still claim to be right anyway :). Actually...based on what I have read today.....it may very well be a bit of both. Supposedly Carroll and Sinclair are going and Berge will be there if healthy. Novak is questionable. We shall see.
I won't be right because I don't really believe it myself.

Ticket sales may be less than the number of athletes.

OK, with Iowa's backups at an off-campus arena, ticket sales might be less than the number of coaches present.
 
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o_rawdaddy

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Wondering if the opposite isn't true -- that the other teams aren't sending anybody good, so Brands said why bother. (Yes, I'm being charitable.)

Guess we'll find out when brackets are released.
Brands doesn't seem to play the games as much as others. While not the most tactical coach ever, he does like to wrestle. His schedule shows this. However, there goes the tactical side of him because he's inconsistent.

Classic guy who goes to the best Italian restaurant in town and orders a cheeseburger.
 
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jack66

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All these holiday tournaments are a shadow of what they once were. Though the Soldier Solute was never much more than an Iowa intrasquad meet.

The Midlands had just one top-10 wrestler this year; The Scuffle will probably have fewer than 10.
 

Cstroke

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They had issues with two of their guys at 197 if I remember correctly.
no sense taking more chances.
 
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Aardvark86

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I defy anyone to try to read the brands quotes (in the voice of tom brands) and not crap your pants laughing.

the circularly defensive syntax and substance is just so spot on.
 
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El_Jefe

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JA1339

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I defy anyone to try to read the brands quotes (in the voice of tom brands) and not crap your pants laughing.

the circularly defensive syntax and substance is just so spot on.
I love this line by Tom: “We're looking for the elimination of the bad things.” 😆
 

PUR158

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I defy anyone to try to read the brands quotes (in the voice of tom brands) and not crap your pants laughing.

the circularly defensive syntax and substance is just so spot on.
Tom sounds a bit like Chris Farley when he was losing his breath during his "van down by the river sketches".
 

Lil Nicky Scarfo

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Great 197 hope Ludington takes his 2nd loss of the day to Robert Platt of UNC. Lost 6-1 earlier to Joey Novak who rode him for 3+ minutes