Would also love to see Luke Lilledahl from SEM in the black and gold. He's very saavy and smooth. Beat Kilkeary in the finals at Super 32. In my opinion he's a 133, not a 125. Slight chance of growing into 141. The family has a great relationship with Sammy the Bull as well. Let's get greedy and have 4 SEM wrestlers on the roster (Arnold, Franklin, Shapiro, and Lilledahl) 😉
Arnold is a Hawk
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Thanks and welcome to the Hawkeye family! I hope you have a troll resistant jacket in your closet.
Yeah, there are 2-3 guys that have multiple aliases and troll accounts. It becomes clearer and clearer the longer is me reads these boards.
The Sem-Hawkeye pipeline is now OFFICIALLY open for business. And that pipeline is STRONG. . . .
Brother, I'm half black, not half stupid........ Let them come. I'm a Hawkeye parent now and WILL handle myself accordingly. Bobby T. said it best, "Sometimes you have to take a knife and gut 'em!!!"
Don’t think 65 is an option at all. He is a big strong young man!!
Big Bobby def has a way with words… 😆
Great attitude to have on board!
Thank you. I believe he would slot in perfectly at 174 after Nelson.
I LOVED Gabe's comment that version two of him is going to be very scary. Can't wait! I'm imagining something scary like Kennedy 
Sure, but you'll need a prescription from a therapist to hang out here for more than 30 days. 😉
Congrats to the son and family.
Hey coach, first, I'm impressed with how your son presents himself - it's clear that you and your wife have been outstanding parents - reminds me of Spencer and his family.
Second, there are two scenarios regarding you hanging out in this cesspool. One scenario is that Gabe is a 4-time undefeated NCAA champion. The other scenario is that if/when he loses matches, there will be criticism on here. I'm confident you'll know how to handle it and not react (completely ignore it like you didn't even read it). Seems like you have solid perspective on things related to wrestling, heck it's been part of you for a long time.
Last comment, a question -- do you and Gabe do full-gos with each other, and how does that turn out? Does old-man strength and cunning win out?
A lot of REALLY GOOD recruits coming and Mr. Arnold might be my favorite one so far!!!! Either he or Jesuroga are probably my favorites so far. Thank-you for becoming a Hawkeye and welcome to the family!!!
Athletics transends "cultural" fits, music choices, and most other bullshit in life. Do what makes you the best. Yes, yes, yes.
Hey @ao_coachphil just fair warning, when Gabe doesn’t tech/pin his way to 4 undefeated national titles prepare to hear how horrible he is from the football fans on here
You do need to learn how to "chop wood, carry water" first.
We are a very eclectic group here and enlightenment is a prerequisite.
So you have homework. 2023 comes very quickly.
Future lineup
125- Jesuroga
133- Ayala
141-Schriever
149- Henson
157- Riggins/Rathjen?
165- Kennedy
174- Arnold
184- ?
197- Franklin
HWT- Kueter
Could be scary good.
125- Jesuroga
133- Ayala
141-Schriever
149- Henson
157- Riggins/Rathjen?
165- Kennedy
174- Arnold
184- ?
197- Franklin
HWT- Kueter
Could be scary good.
I remember Willie talking about a recruit and family on the official weekend that was really surprised how much they liked Iowa. Had a feeling it was the Arnold family! Welcome!
After the kick in the dick receiving the Spencer Lee news (which good for him, he deserves to wrestle healthy). Hearing that this young stud is going to don the black and gold was the only bit of news that could neutralize that wound.
We are inheriting a great kid and family from what I can tell. Welcome aboard, can't wait to scream my lungs out for this guy.
We are inheriting a great kid and family from what I can tell. Welcome aboard, can't wait to scream my lungs out for this guy.
Ha! I promised my son that this year I was going to focus on MY health and get my body back to where I can give him what he deserves. Once I am where I need to be, we’ll do exactly what J’den and I did; go to the room, family is only, and work it all out. (That match with J and I is still on Youtube).Hey coach, first, I'm impressed with how your son presents himself - it's clear that you and your wife have been outstanding parents - reminds me of Spencer and his family.
Second, there are two scenarios regarding you hanging out in this cesspool. One scenario is that Gabe is a 4-time undefeated NCAA champion. The other scenario is that if/when he loses matches, there will be criticism on here. I'm confident you'll know how to handle it and not react (completely ignore it like you didn't even read it). Seems like you have solid perspective on things related to wrestling, heck it's been part of you for a long time.
Last comment, a question -- do you and Gabe do full-gos with each other, and how does that turn out? Does old-man strength and cunning win out?
I’ll let you know how this one works out.
Future lineup
125- Jesuroga
133- Ayala
141-Schriever
149- Henson
157- Rathjen/Block?
165- Kennedy
174- Riggins
184- Arnold
197- Franklin
HWT- Kueter (good luck if he's as good at football as we hope)
The future looks VERY bright.
i will say this, perfect timing. with the spencer news and kemdawg speculation,some guys would be jumping off the ledge. young gabe's commit saved the day. almost like good karma.
The more the merrier, but we are in good hands with Ayala and Jesuroga for years to come at 125-133. Don't know if Henson is a career 141, but if he is the lighter weights are in great shape. Schreiver is a scrapper too. Looking good down low.
The Iowa cupboard is far from bare folks. This squad up and down the lineup is going to be a handful.
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Great, so that turd Curtis Lowe being a turd on here opened the door for the next great Hawk?! Seriously though as a fan all you gotta see is Gabe wrestle a couple matches and do a couple post match interviews and you can see he’s a top level recruit
Welcome aboard! Both Gabe and Pops seems like great people. Thank You for picking the Hawks!
Gabe looking right at home in the black and gold Iowa gear.
Gabe looking right at home in the black and gold Iowa gear.
FWIW, and for your viewing pleasure, this was the match that I fell in love with Gabe as a recruit, but never in a million years did I think we’d have a shot with him. Learned about his connection to Mizzou and thought he’d be a lock in Columbia…. Although the takes and L here, his mat IQ blew my mind! Not to mention, check out the size, age, and physical maturity he’s giving up here but still being the “bully”.
And now here we are. Pickled tink! GO HAWKS!
Congrats to the kid and to Iowa and their coaching staff. I’m assuming 174/184? Big get in a much needed weight.
After watching that video against Paddy. Maybe he’s a 157/165 guy. I have no idea lol.
After watching that video against Paddy. Maybe he’s a 157/165 guy. I have no idea lol.
Not a bad showing at all from 15 yr old at the time, especially considering who he was going up against. Paddy Gallagher is known for his pace and physicality and he’s damn good at both. Gabe hung in there with him and showed some impressive scrambling.
Lol you know anything about this recruit?
