Official Portal Watch
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that's not the first. it's not even the second.
This one is not a surprise. I doubt he even flew with the team back to Wisconsin.
Michigan tampering is the least surprising thing ever
I don't believe you. Prove it.
Central Michigan?
The only question is is he replacing Amine or Griffith. How do you know where you are going 24 hours after the tourney finishes if nobody contacted you illegally beforehand is my rhetorical question
crazy how that works. 1 day after and he’s transferring and knows where. Seems totally legit.The only question is is he replacing Amine or Griffith. How do you know where you are going 24 hours after the tourney finishes if nobody contacted you illegally beforehand is my rhetorical question
Maybe he’s got schools in mind already and doesn’t want 75 calls. Or he’s only looking at certain graduate schools.The only question is is he replacing Amine or Griffith. How do you know where you are going 24 hours after the tourney finishes if nobody contacted you illegally beforehand is my rhetorical question
I read somewhere he’d be a graduate transfer. Regardless doesn’t have to b tampering. I’d assume he knows whether he wants to wrestle 165 or 174 and what schools he’d want to go to that could offer NIL.
In the era of NIL, you'd think you'd want to entertain free agency for longer than 1 day.
Hopefully some news on Bailey and Little (Little Rock) soon.
two names i heard but haven’t seen any confirmation on are wolak from columbia and cardenas from cornell
Unless that isn't his priority. I'm sure at least a few still feel that way.
Cardenas went in last window.
so did Wolak, who committed his final year to Tech.
then there is Connor McGonigal who won AS Classic but lost wrestle off to Crookham.
(Hawks should kick the tires on that imo)
anyway...that's three prior
That would be the best move they could make to improve their team.
I was talking with some Wisconsin fans/boosters this weekend at the tourney. They are still upset Bono was hired over Askren (he was being considered). Especially since Bono was pretty much on his way out at SDSU.
He contacted them, maybe?The only question is is he replacing Amine or Griffith. How do you know where you are going 24 hours after the tourney finishes if nobody contacted you illegally beforehand is my rhetorical question
I think there is a lot of tampering and illegal contact going on with the way the portal is anymore. This goes for basketball and football too, not just wrestling. It really is the wild west anymore.
Would Askren take the coaching job at Wisconsin now if offered?
2024 NCAA D1 Wrestling Off-Season Transfer Tracker
| Athlete | 2024-25 Year | Weight | Entered Portal | Transferring From |
| Dean Hamiti | Senior | 165 | March 25 | Wisconsin |
| Jacob Joyce | Freshman | 125 | March 25 | Stanford |
| Sammy Alvarez | Graduate | 149 | March 25 | Oklahoma State |
| Jason Kraisser | Graduate | 157 | March 25 | Iowa State |
| Gage Cook | Sophomore | 285 | March 22 | Army |
| Cam Soda | Junior | 141 | March 21 | Edinboro |
| Connor McGonagle | Graduate | 133 | March 21 | Lehigh |
| Devin Wasley | Sophomore | 174 | March 21 | Minnesota |
| Peyton Moore | Sophomore | 141 | March 21 | Missouri |
| Damen Pape | Junior | 184 | March 21 | Northern Colorado |
| Nathan Higley | Sophomore | 141 | March 20 | George Mason |
| Brock Delsignore | Junior | 184 | March 20 | NC State |
| Carter Blough | Sophomore | 197 | March 20 | Michigan State |
| Brock McMillen | Junior | 157 | March 20 | Pitt |
| Braxton Fries | Sophomore | 133 | March 20 | Ohio State |
| Jacob Houpt | Freshman | 125 | March 20 | Kent State |
| Connor Strong | Senior | 184 | March 20 | Penn |
| Anthony DeRosa | Junior | 184 | March 20 | Bloomsburg |
| Peter Casale | Sophomore | 285 | March 20 | Rutgers |
| Brant Whitaker | Junior | 165 | March 20 | Missouri |
| Billy Brosko | Freshman | 285 | March 20 | Drexel |
| Ryan Boersma | Sophomore | 285 | March 20 | Missouri |
| Braden Welch | Sophomore | 174 | March 20 | App State |
| Korbin Shepherd | Junior | 133 | March 20 | Missouri |
| Carson Hatch | Senior | 285 | March 20 | CSU Bakersfield |
| Zachary Espalin | Junior | 125 | March 20 | Navy |
| Evan Tallmadge | Freshman | 125 | March 20 | Navy |
| Macray Klohs | Freshman | 197 | March 20 | NDSU |
| Coen Grimm | Freshman | 197 | March 20 | Buffalo |
| Aiden Smith | Sophomore | 157 | March 20 | Northern Illinois |
| Hayden Pummel | Junior | 174 | March 20 | Northern Illinois |
| Kaiser Simpson | Freshman | 141 | March 20 | Cal Baptist |
| Gurshaan Gill | Freshman | 285 | March 20 | Cal Baptist |
The Opening day for the Transfer portal is a lot like Black Friday for the Bigger teams to go shopping and buy up all the good guys to fill spots in their line ups. It will be the ruination of college sports as the smaller schools with a lessor market will be developing the talent and then watch it go down the road to someone who has WAY MORE CASH and there is very little the small schools can do to stop it from happening. These big schools will keep cherry picking the best talent from the small schools and eventually when budgetary cuts need to be made at the small schools wrestling will be among the 1st to get cut... remember what effect Title IX had on mens wrestling back when it was established as the law.
I like both, but can Alvarez still make 141, and can McGonagle still make 133? Both are AA caliber at their lower weights, but neither has done it before, and both are going into their sixth year. Two more potential fringe AAs. I suppose if the alternatives are Schriever and Matthews...
I don't like today's environment but the small schools you mention have the ability to do the same to smaller schools than them.
We like fringe AAs. They’re right in our wheelhouse.I like both, but can Alvarez still make 141, and can McGonagle still make 133? Both are AA caliber at their lower weights, but neither has done it before, and both are going into their sixth year. Two more potential fringe AAs. I suppose if the alternatives are Schriever and Matthews...
Congrats to Nasir Bailey for becoming Littke Rock’s 1st ever AA and putting that program on the map.
(Bailey crumples up the map).
Does anyone still think NIL and the portal are good for collegiate sports?
There's a big misconception about Do Not Contact. It means teams can't reach out to him. It doesn't mean he can't talk to a ton of teams. He will, or already has, contact every team is interested and they can all recruit him. It doesn't mean that's he's 100% set on where he's going, even if he knows where he wants to be right now.
