IOWA WEEK!
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-Can Luke avenge a loss?
-Can a true frosh beat a two-time national runnerup?
-Can versatile handyman Braeden patch another weight class repair?
-Can SVN & Duke defeat length with strength?
-Can MM turn Mikey?
-Can Levi draw his bow and arrow?
-Can Rocco take down Ferrari?
-Can Josh beat a new dad? 
Hope nothing serious for him. Was becoming a fan of Endeme's story.
-Can the CHA upset belong to Cole?
Amazing that it’s not too farfetched to think all answers can be yes.
Is it Friday yet?
-Can a true frosh beat a two-time national runnerup?
-Can versatile handyman Braeden patch another weight class repair?
-Can SVN & Duke defeat length with strength?
-Can MM turn Mikey?
-Can Levi draw his bow and arrow?
-Can Rocco take down Ferrari?
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Hope nothing serious for him. Was becoming a fan of Endeme's story.-Can the CHA upset belong to Cole?
Amazing that it’s not too farfetched to think all answers can be yes.
Is it Friday yet?
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Just my opinion I'm think Kemmerer is getting the experience he needs to at sometime take a head coaching position. He is low profile but i can see him being successful as a head coach.
Those two could easily be bonus wins ... I felt like Levi for sure could be
I also feel like PJ could be if VV goes
if Arnold goes... this may be close early and then Barr gases him and pulls away for a maj dec
I think Duke will slaughter either of the 157 lb. guys Iowa can put out there. His pace may kill poor Williams if it is him.
Mitch has been more aggressive looking for pins this year. The only way I see Mikey having a chance is Mitch getting sloppy there, and Mikey pouncing on an opportunity.
Brands does indeed talk this afternoon. Updates to come once the video of it is up.
Nolf, I think, will be a great coach if he ever decides to go that route. His creativity and ingenuity along with his incredible work ethic, devotion, and leadership will serve him VERY well. I hope that's not in an opposing teams corner.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that age wise, Cael is the youngest of the trio. When he's ready to call it quits, Cody and Casey might be thinking the same.
Brands just stated Massoma Endene is no longer on the team. Didn't give details.
I think Williams will keep it closer... but I agree PJs pace will gas Williams and he will pull away in the end... 10-3
I think he will pull away from VV and we would be looking at 14 or 15 -3
Im jus excited to see some of our young guys take the next step and start fulfilling their destiny now!last night I had those exact thoughts for my KYPSW picks. Lots of decisions.
Bummer. Endene was certainly good enough to be an AA. Wonder what happened and if the real story will eventually come out.
Yikes thats too bad ... he was a fun story so far this season...
Awel that sucks. I was excited to see how he handled Big tens and Nationals. Wrestling a D1 schedule is one thing, wrestling two successive intense d1 tournaments, the two toughest there are, is entirely different. I thought his length and height may hurt him and he'd be a good round guy, but he absolutely could've thrown a wrench in quite a few guys plans come march.
Endene had a lot of energy and was fun to watch. Bummer that he’s not going to wrestle Friday night.
That sucks, actually.
I was hoping he'd do quite well.
I was hoping he'd do quite well.
So I didn't expect it to be THIS extreme but I guess my source was good haha
He has been a very positive story and it was cool to see a D3 guy getting his shot at D1. I was really enjoying watching him wrestle this year.
Brands' full quote:
"My statement to that is, is sometimes these things work and sometimes they don't work, and this one just didn't work out," Brands said. "We wish him the best, and that's the extent of it."
Brands on how he views the test of facing Penn State:
"You're going to have to go to stay on the mat with them. You're going to have to score. And, you're going to have to score again and again to stay on the mat with them. And so this isn't coming down to whether this is going to be like normal, because there's nothing normal about this. And the thing is, we don't have normal guys in our room. So there is a choice. There is a choice here."
"You're going to have to go to stay on the mat with them. You're going to have to score. And, you're going to have to score again and again to stay on the mat with them. And so this isn't coming down to whether this is going to be like normal, because there's nothing normal about this. And the thing is, we don't have normal guys in our room. So there is a choice. There is a choice here."
I did sorta like how the guy nevertheless asked the predictable follow up about whether he could expand on it, and Tom sorta looked confused as to how to respond rather than simply saying "no."
it's such a strange paradox - for a guy who is as physically aggressive as he is in an aggressive profession, he gets so defensive so quickly in conversational/press settings.
How does he think the rivalry with Penn State has evolved?
"I think that we have a lot of work to do," Brands said.
"I think that we have a lot of work to do," Brands said.
Assume we get Harvey Luddington Friday. He still has dates available…just wondering if Brands pulls his shirt for rest of season. Zelesky was fired after his only not top 5 finish (seventh place) just two Years out from BigTen Coach of the year and not terribly long after three NCAA Championships. Brands has been fifth and multiple 4ths…this year shaping up for a 7th place finish. And five years since they won and that was an empty arena with a bunch of sixth years COVID guys who mostly underperformed. We got the excuses are for wussies out of Spencer.
Likewise, I adore his unique gift to repeat at least one word or phrase from the preceding sentence in each succeeding sentence. It's one of the things that make him so comically imitable and lovable.
How important could the crowd be when some of the Lions' younger wrestlers take the mat?
"Yeah, you're talking to a guy that isn't one that is going to say that, 'Hey, we got to get the crowd into it. We got to keep the crowd into it,'" Brands said.
"I'm saying when it's your time to step on the mat, know what you're up against and go do what you're capable of doing. And that isn't waiting to see. That's not seeing which way the wind's blowing. Go do what you were born to do."
"Yeah, you're talking to a guy that isn't one that is going to say that, 'Hey, we got to get the crowd into it. We got to keep the crowd into it,'" Brands said.
"I'm saying when it's your time to step on the mat, know what you're up against and go do what you're capable of doing. And that isn't waiting to see. That's not seeing which way the wind's blowing. Go do what you were born to do."
Don't think so. I saw your post and had to chuckle when I read it. I used your initials because I wasn't sure you wanted your name shouted out on here.
What is Iowa's plan at 197 now?
"We want to be really, really smart with Ludington," Brands said. "He's our best option based on results at the Soldier Salute. We are going to be smart and we will take it week to week."
"We want to be really, really smart with Ludington," Brands said. "He's our best option based on results at the Soldier Salute. We are going to be smart and we will take it week to week."
Just posted this over on HR regarding Endene departure. Hope it’s not over the top..
Oof. They are stuck. Ludington definitely has talent and potential, but his results thusfar definitely point to benefitting greatly from a RS year this year. I think it has to be Ludington on Friday since he still has a date to use before they have to make a decision on the shirt, but then they're either going to have to pull his shirt for a small handful of points at nationals or have a black hole (probable non-qualifier) at 197. Next man up if they don't pull the shirt appears to be Brody Sampson, whose last match was a TF loss to a North Carolina backup and who has 4 D2/D3 losses this year. I know I'd keep him in RS, but TNT might be coaching for their jobs if things really go south this season.