Gable Trolled?

[pablow]

I found this on Dan Gable's Wikipedia page. Is the mat.com crowd so low that they're trolling Gable's Wikipedia page?

"Although Gable was not permitted to wrestle on the varsity wrestling squad during his freshman year, his only recorded high school loss was during his freshman year when he lost an unofficial match to teammate Matt Leamon.[6] [Citation needed]."
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Or does this means the great Cael was not undefeated as widely rumored?

 

[PaperClipPusher]

Cael was not undefeated. He lost to Paul Jenn at the Kaufman Brand Open his freshman year. #funfactwednesday

 

[rossel 33]

I found this on Dan Gable's Wikipedia page. Is the mat.com crowd so low that they're trolling Gable's Wikipedia page?

"Although Gable was not permitted to wrestle on the varsity wrestling squad during his freshman year, his only recorded high school loss was during his freshman year when he lost an unofficial match to teammate Matt Leamon.[6] [Citation needed]."
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Or does this means the great Cael was not undefeated as widely rumored?

No way to know for sure, but this has all the stench of "hurricane," a long time and predictable Iowa hater (and surprise...a psu supporter) from themat forums. He vehemently argued this on themat forums several years back.

Here are the essentials. Gable did lose in a 9th grade match. But that was while he was in junior high, not high school. Many Iowa schools had junior highs that covered grades 6 through 9. The Des Moines schools were all that way. They were completely separate from high schools - they did not train or compete with them, and the records were all kept separate.

Reading that Gable "never lost a match in high school or college until the last collegiate match" was painful for hurricane, so he would repeatedly say it was false, by combining Gable's Jr HS loss with his real HS record.

Pathetic really.

 

[pablow]

No way to know for sure, but this has all the stench of "hurricane," a long time and predictable Iowa hater (and surprise...a psu supporter) from themat forums. He vehemently argued this on themat forums several years back.

Here are the essentials. Gable did lose in a 9th grade match. But that was while he was in junior high, not high school. Many Iowa schools had junior highs that covered grades 6 through 9. The Des Moines schools were all that way. They were completely separate from high schools - they did not train or compete with them, and the records were all kept separate.

Reading that Gable "never lost a match in high school or college until the last collegiate match" was painful for hurricane, so he would repeatedly say it was false, by combining Gable's Jr HS loss with his real HS record.

Pathetic really.

Thanks for the info. I didn't know for sure how the Waterloo school district worked that then, but, as you said, Des Moines began high school back in the 60s in 10th grade and I assumed West did too. I assumed this was themat.com crowd andI was shocked that one of these losers would add this to Gable's Wiki bio. Very hard to believe a person could be so shallow and petty.

 

[SPOONER]

Cael was not undefeated. He lost to Paul Jenn at the Kaufman Brand Open his freshman year. #funfactwednesday

That is not a fact. It is false. #FakeNews

 

[CumberlandHawk]

Very hard to believe a person could be so shallow and petty.

No its not. Remember this board after nationals.Disheartening yes, hard to believe, no.

 

[DonHawkeye]

Cael lost at the UNI open

 

[rossel 33]

I found this on Dan Gable's Wikipedia page. Is the mat.com crowd so low that they're trolling Gable's Wikipedia page?

"Although Gable was not permitted to wrestle on the varsity wrestling squad during his freshman year, his only recorded high school loss was during his freshman year when he lost an unofficial match to teammate Matt Leamon.[6] [Citation needed]."
​

Or does this means the great Cael was not undefeated as widely rumored?

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Pablo, I couldn't find that quote on the Gable wikipedia page - where did you see it? Has it been removed, or did I miss it? I did see this:

<<Competing for Waterloo West High School, Gable posted a 64-0 high school record en route to winning three Iowa state scholastic championships.[3]>>

This jibes with every official bio on Gable that I've ever read. The loss echoed by the jackals on themat was not in HS competition, but rather in Jr HS.

 

[SPOONER]

Cael lost at the UNI open

Correct. That's why I stated PCP's post was false.

 

[pablow]

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Pablo, I couldn't find that quote on the Gable wikipedia page - where did you see it? Has it been removed, or did I miss it? I did see this:

<<Competing for Waterloo West High School, Gable posted a 64-0 high school record en route to winning three Iowa state scholastic championships.[3]>>

This jibes with every official bio on Gable that I've ever read. The loss echoed by the jackals on themat was not in HS competition, but rather in Jr HS.

It's been removed. My quote was a cut and paste from Wikipedia yesterday morning.

 

[IAHWKGUY]

Correct. That's why I stated PCP's post was false.

So you chose to make a jerk response rather than just correcting it?

 

[IAChief32]

So you chose to make a jerk response rather than just correcting it?

You must be new here Jerk responses are Spooner's specialty

 

[SPOONER]

So you chose to make a jerk response rather than just correcting it?

This is correct.

 

[IAHWKGUY]

This is correct.

Well I will say, I got a laugh out of both responses. As long as you own it, then you go son...

 

[NoTapedLaces]

Cael was not undefeated. He lost to Paul Jenn at the Kaufman Brand Open his freshman year. #funfactwednesday

Cael had an official record of 159-0. FACT

 

[Jts1990]

Cael was not undefeated. He lost to Paul Jenn at the Kaufman Brand Open his freshman year. #funfactwednesday

Why does every thread here turn into a PSU related discussion?

 

[NoTapedLaces]

Why does every thread here turn into a PSU related discussion?

Didn't Cael wrestle at Iowa St.? This has nothing to do with Penn St. Einstein.

 

[Jts1990]

Didn't Cael wrestle at Iowa St.? This has nothing to do with Penn St. Einstein.

You're right. Cael has nothing to do with Penn State.

What was I thinking?

 

[NoTapedLaces]

You're right. Cael has nothing to do with Penn State.

What was I thinking?

Obviously you were thinking about making this about Penn St for some reason.

 

[DonHawkeye]

Didn't Cael wrestle at Iowa St.? This has nothing to do with Penn St. Einstein.

Didn't Gable wrestle at Iowa State too? And he coached at Iowa and that is why we are even talking about it on an Iowa board. The same reason we have people trolling Penn State fans on an Iowa board about Cael.