Rutgers first national champion Nick Suriano has re-enrolled at the university this week. Suriano won a title at 133-pounds versus Daton Fix on a controversial call in 2019 before taking an Olympic red-shirt last season. Suriano and his father told many people that he would never return to college or Rutgers wrestling and yet here […]
Colleges and universities across the US are planning to roll out strict COVID-19 testing measures at their campuses for those starting back this Fall. In some instances, like Cornell University in New York or Baylor in Waco, all students, faculty, and staff will be required to test negative before being admitted on campus. Even more extreme […]
Quick thoughts about the tournament. It’s the only preseason tournament that I’ve ever been to that finished ahead of schedule two years in a row. Some of the teams at this tournament didn’t bring their A squads and lots of starters were coaching their teammates. Wrestling is a tough sport. A bunch of these studs […]
What happens when high school and college kids study intersectionality and Social Justice? In most places it is merged with all courses. If you major in this area you learn through various diagrams showing matrices of privilege and persecution. It’s not only Caucasian privilege causing black oppression, and male privilege causing female oppression; its heterosexual […]
First of all, this was no easy task. I choose this time frame because I consider it the same wrestling era. Out of era comparisons are even more subjective that I didn’t go there. There have been so many extraordinary wrestlers over the last 20 years that didn’t wrestle each other there can be no […]
I first met Dan Hinkel when I was 12 years old, almost 40 years ago. He and his family taught me how to wrestle and in the process I learned so much more than wrestling. Hinks coached and taught at Kutztown University for 55 years. He influenced countless young men though his coaching during his […]
I dislike how much PC culture and blind nationalism has totally invaded my primary escape from reality. I love college wrestling but dislike the NCAA in the most extreme way. Did you see what the NCAA has ruled? Here Origins Of Political Correctness-must watch The intolerance of the NCAA is reaching new heights. Just as […]
It’s that time of year wrestling fans. Schools are mostly back in session. Schedules and rosters are being released and calendars are getting marked up for future match dates. I’m reaching out to coaches that I know to get their projected line ups for the coming season. Lots of things can happen between now and […]
As my twitter followers know, Fresno State made it official today by naming Oregon State assistant coach Troy Steiner as their head coach as the school begins reconstituting its wrestling program. It was widely speculated that Steiner would be named coach starting last week as some grapevine started leaking out about the job not being […]
Editors Note- This is the 3rd west coast job to open up this year. I hope that Boise State conducts a serious hiring search. Could Ivan Ivanov be a candidate? Boise State announced Monday that long-time wrestling coach Greg Randall will not return next season after 23 seasons with the program. Idaho Statesman file photo […]
Takedown Wrestle Radio From last fathers day
INDIANAPOLIS— The NCAA has announced the qualifier allocations for the 2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships as listed in the chart below. Each qualifying tournament was awarded spots per weight class based on current year data. Each wrestler was measured on the following: Division I winning percentage at the weight class; rating percentage index (RPI); […]
Division I Rank Name School Weight Avg. Points 1 Jason Nolf Penn St. 157 5.20 Do your self a favor and see this guy wrestle, seriously! 2 Joe Stolfi Bucknell 285 5.11 3 Zain Retherford Penn St. 149 4.96 Most physical NCAA wrestler 4 Alex Dieringer Oklahoma St. 165 4.78 Always impressive. 5 Nick Gwiazdowski […]
NCAA STAT LEADERS – MOST DOMINANT 3-PSUers that’s why they are so fun to watch. Full Details Division I Rank Name School Weight Avg. Points 1 Jason Nolf Penn St. 157 5.13 2 Zain Retherford Penn St. 149 5.09 3 Joe Stolfi Bucknell 285 5.06 4 Alex Dieringer Okla. St. 165 4.81 Interview 5 Nick […]
Rank Name School Weight Avg. Points 1 Zain Retherford Penn St. 149 5.09 2 Jason Nolf Penn St. 157 5.09 3 Alex Dieringer Oklahoma St. 165 4.79 4 Nick Gwiazdowski North Carolina St. 285 4.78 5 Thomas Gilman Iowa 125 4.71 6 Morgan McIntosh Penn St. 197 4.57 7 Nahshon Garrett Cornell 133 4.48 8 […]