After watching Iowa's NCAA performance I am wondering if the twins are learning. They had their team show up in Cleveland, rested instead of looking like they trained through the post season and wearing shoulder braces. Maybe there is hope he could get the increased toughness and conditioning the Iowa room offers without having to sacrifice a limb.
Transfer Portal 2026 + Other team movements
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That’s too bad as I would rather see Pitt get some good kids than OSU. Although OSU does win recruiting national championships.
I totally agree. He’s one of the top non PSU guys I root for. However, he seems to fit well at Lehigh and I hope he stays there.
Portal update before April 1 — here’s everyone currently available:
Ryan Crookham (Lehigh)
Massoma Endene (Iowa)
Edmond Ruth (Illinois)
Kai Owen (Columbia)
Brett Ungar (Cornell)
Nick Fine (Columbia)
James Harrington (Harvard)
Richard Fedalen (Columbia)
Alex Martin (South Dakota State)
Joseph Sciarrone (Cornell)
Benjamin Shvartsman (Cornell)
Myles Griffin (Cornell)
Christian Hansen (Cornell)
Ethan Grimminger (Duke)
Jacob Mann (Princeton)
Kelly Dunnigan (Penn)
Benjamin Rogers (Cornell)
Brayden Adams (Presbyterian)
Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian)
Alex Turley (Hofstra)
Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart)
Logan Graf (South Dakota State)
California Baptist transfers:
Caio Aron
Braden Priest
Richie Clementi
Gabriel Ramirez
Adonis Bonar II
Damian Alvarez
Hunter Vander Heiden
Drayden Morton
Mason Espinoza
Luke James
Kayden Cartee
Paul Kelly
Caeden Olin
David Alonso
Cooper Shore
Dylan Guillermo
Gabriel Schumm
Ryan Crookham (Lehigh)
Massoma Endene (Iowa)
Edmond Ruth (Illinois)
Kai Owen (Columbia)
Brett Ungar (Cornell)
Nick Fine (Columbia)
James Harrington (Harvard)
Richard Fedalen (Columbia)
Alex Martin (South Dakota State)
Joseph Sciarrone (Cornell)
Benjamin Shvartsman (Cornell)
Myles Griffin (Cornell)
Christian Hansen (Cornell)
Ethan Grimminger (Duke)
Jacob Mann (Princeton)
Kelly Dunnigan (Penn)
Benjamin Rogers (Cornell)
Brayden Adams (Presbyterian)
Trenton Donahue (Presbyterian)
Alex Turley (Hofstra)
Aidan Zarrella (Sacred Heart)
Logan Graf (South Dakota State)
California Baptist transfers:
Caio Aron
Braden Priest
Richie Clementi
Gabriel Ramirez
Adonis Bonar II
Damian Alvarez
Hunter Vander Heiden
Drayden Morton
Mason Espinoza
Luke James
Kayden Cartee
Paul Kelly
Caeden Olin
David Alonso
Cooper Shore
Dylan Guillermo
Gabriel Schumm
This has to be a stage name ... right?
Will Betancourt (Rider) in the portal. Had a cup of coffee at PSU after leaving Deadlift U.
Would love to get Edmond Ruth. Cael and Staff would help him Win a National Championship. Very Confident in that. Young Man needs an Elite Room with the Best Coaches in the world.
Not sure with his prior issues if Cael would do that
Edmund Ruth is never going to win a national championship wearing a PSU singlet. He would at best be one of those backups we brag on.
There is no spot for him anyways. Who is he beating to make the lineup?
EDMOND RUTH WILL BE BETTER THAN HIS BROTHER !!!! 4X NCAA CHAMP !!!! BOOK IT !!!!
No one . Penn St doesn't need any portal guys
How does Edmund Ruth still have eligibility?
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What year is he? There have only been the two, right? We’re not into George Foreman territory here, are we?
In today's NCAA world, if you can afford a lawyer you have more eligibility. Ever since Cornell proved that you can have a do over if you desire, as long as you have a legal team the NCAA eligibility clock keeps getting extended.
Yes. I do know Cornell's do over desires and the growing NCAA eligibility clock issue are 2 separate conversations. It is just an opportunity to slap Cornell with their need to insistently whine should never be given a pass.
Yes.
HS Class of 2019
2020 - shirt at Lehigh
2021 - free year (did not compete)
2022 - competed unattached (last match Dec 2021)
2023 - Illinois
2024 - Illinois
2025 - Illinois
2026 - did not compete (not on any roster?)
IIRC he was not enrolled anywhere in the 2021-2022 school year. And he got tossed from Lehigh with the drug arrest in North Carolina (the alleged crime occurred during the 2020 team trip to the Scuffle). So maybe if you squint hard enough, then he wasn't enrolled for a year and gets a medical shirt for 2026?
Seems like you gotta squint extremely hard, but that's all I can think of.
For a second there I thought Ironbird had managed to get unbanned and switched allegiances until I read the username lol
For those who didn't get the joke:
When Ruth was still in HS, before his recruitment opened, Spyker actually did say: "Edmond Ruth will be better than his brother. Book it." (He used exclamation points but I don't remember how many.)
I added the 4X NCAA CHAMP !!!! part to highlight the insanity of guaranteeing a HS kid will be better than a 3x NCAA champ.
Fast forward 8+ years, and Spyker is still overhyping poor Edmond.
Iowa. Shortest upper weight room in the country.
He was rumored to NC State last year but that never materialized, and he did not compete anywhere in 2026.
FWIW the VT boards claim he was an academic casualty there. Maybe something else was going on, because his 2025 season fell off a cliff too. Hopefully he gets back to where he was in 2024.
He has in the past obviously but Ed moved overseas a few years ago so him getting better currently wouldn't be from wrestling Ed
Is Spyker still around? I thought he disappeared of the face of the earth years ago. What is his handle these days, IRONHAWK?