Recruiting
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He’s on a roll. Just shows that it doesn’t take intelligence to be an insider, imo.
Where are we at with the Raneys? They just took a visit to Oklahoma st.
Bouzakis flirted around with transferring to a few schools, Iowa being one, in order to suck a better deal out of Ryan and fOSU to stay put. A real shady move as it turned out. Safe to say when he loses his spot at fOSU he will not be on our radar.
Maybe @jayridescarbon can kindly stay off my nuts everytime it’s mentioned…. Or just in general.
46 overall c/o 2026. IL State Champ + Fargo CD Champ
Penn State guys like to be on other guys nuts....😂😂
Absolutely. Go back to the football board
We stand a chance. He and Jax have had 3 officials, with tOSU this weekend. We were the only program so far that didn’t check all his boxes, but the negative he mentioned was distance from home. Nothing we can do about that. Maybe his parents can move to Iowa for a while like Gabe and Spencer’s parents did. Not sure what dad does for a living but they live very nice. Sounds like PSU had a lot of social hanging out time with team members and he kept repeating the PSU favorite word FUN. He’s talking about wanting to wrestle with Mendez and a few other current team members of tOSU this weekend. Thought that wasn’t allowed, otherwise they could have rolled with Drake also at our visit. I really hope he comes to a meet at Carver that is rocking, that may keep us in consideration. If distance is a big deal, then I guess Iowa State and Taylor down in Oklahoma would be off the list also. I have a gut feeling PSU and tOSU are the teams to beat, maybe will go far from home for lord Taylor?
From what I heard he had a great time on his visit and was blown away by the love he got.
It's going to be Iowa, tOSU, okiest and PSU.
Advantage Iowa - best/biggest fans, most money,
disadvantage - RTC, distance from home
Advantage tOSU - Ryan has put in a LOT of work. Including hosting a Bishop McCort dual at their arena.
disadvantage - RTC
Advantage okiest - DT is his idol. RTC is real deal
disadvantage - distance from home
Advantage PSU - close to home, RTC, proven success rate at NCAAs/Worlds
disadvantage - they're "the" team. Bo has mentioned a few times going to a program to BECOME the program.
Advantage Iowa - best/biggest fans, most money,
disadvantage - RTC, distance from home
Advantage tOSU - Ryan has put in a LOT of work. Including hosting a Bishop McCort dual at their arena.
disadvantage - RTC
Advantage okiest - DT is his idol. RTC is real deal
disadvantage - distance from home
Advantage PSU - close to home, RTC, proven success rate at NCAAs/Worlds
disadvantage - they're "the" team. Bo has mentioned a few times going to a program to BECOME the program.
Actually Jax Forrest dad is the Head Coach of Bishop McCort. Bo's dad was not allowed on staff due to the transfer thing they got nailed for. Jax's dad is actually the head coach unless that changes this year. Last few years Jax dad was the Head Coach.
One more thing in Iowa’s favor is Owen McMullen being a hawk. One of his best friends. Not enough to land him, but if he’s really having a hard time deciding between Iowa and another school it could break the tie.
That’s okay. We knew we were not getting him.
Let’s get:
1. Bassett
2. Raneys
3. Ross/Mocco
We get these 4 and we will making a statement.
Also, rather see him go to Penn State because we know what we are chasing. Would hate to see him go to Okie State or worse, Iowa State. They are on our heels.
Let’s get:
1. Bassett
2. Raneys
3. Ross/Mocco
We get these 4 and we will making a statement.
Also, rather see him go to Penn State because we know what we are chasing. Would hate to see him go to Okie State or worse, Iowa State. They are on our heels.
Thought he was leaning staying in state at tOSU. Would have loved to get him since Jax is also long shot, but Ryan has to be depressed hearing this news. Tough to loose generational in state talent. If Ross chooses wrestling but goes PSU or Oklahoma State, it will be devastating.
Would be pretty funny to see PSU have to cheer for a Sebolt kid after years of trashing SWA.
You can say it's ok but in reality they have yet another best of the best. Even if we got all the guys you mentioned, which isn't at all likely given recruiting history. We are still behind chasing.
I do not post here often at all. But I read a lot of the posts, just because I love the sport so much. This has got to be one of the most depressing posts I have ever seen.
So, you are saying you would rather Blaze go to Penn State instead of OK State or Iowa State? And the reasoning for this is because OK State and Iowa State may be closing the gap on your team in 2nd place, and you do not want to lose 2nd place. So, you would prefer he go to Penn State, who is the best in the nation, because you are not going to catch them anyways? So, you are ok with and settling for the 2nd place trophy? Did I get this right, if not correct me if I am wrong.
There is actually a very logical component to this. First off, I don’t believe ANY Iowa fan wants a top recruit to go to PSU. But, it is a bit easier to swallow them choosing an incredible dynasty over you. Meanwhile, their choosing OkState or ISU over Iowa is a pill much harder to swallow since it becomes considerably harder to identify why it happened or how to fix it….
Where did I say we wouldn’t catch them or that I was happy with us being in 2nd.
Blaze can only score so many points and is one person. If we get the other #1s at their weight that I mentioned, we would be closing the gap.
Don’t put words in my mouth and stay positive
If I couldn’t get them all, I would rather have 2 Raney’s than one Blaze. Call me crazy!
He would displace another blue chip at PSU, so keeping someone very good off the mat. 2nd is better than 3-5 while your striving for #1.
Was not putting words in your mouth at all. Was just asking the questions so that I could figure out what it was you were saying. I took it as you were more worried about being caught and passed for 2nd place, instead of catching Penn State for a National Championship. Not taking shots or anything.
And as far as Blaze keeping someone very good off the mat, I am not too sure about that. With Bartlett being a senior that definitely leaves a big hole in their lineup, with no one really good to fill it. If they do land Blaze he may go day 1 at 141 or Davis or Nagao bump up and Blaze goes 133. Curious to see how Davis does at 133 this year being up a weight from last year though. For some they are not the same when having to go up a weight. And I am not sure if Nagao will ever be the same as two years ago when he went on a tear during tournament time, after the injuries he has had. But who knows, maybe Van Ness goes down to 141, making room to shuffle things around where they do have logjams from 149 to 165, which then you are definitely right. Who knows? haha
Definitely looking forward to some good wrestling and seeing where all of these top recruits end up at!
Dude it was a total troll. And it was a dumb one. What kind of moron wouldn’t rather be 2nd than 3rd or lower? Ridiculous.
Bringing this back up because you're trying to drum up new subscribers?
