This week's Iowa slight from Mr. Foley

[MSU158]

I have to admit that I thought many may have overreacted to his "mailbag". However, this gem definitely makes me believe he has some issue with the Brands. Notice who is NOT mentioned in his response:

Q: As a former Pennsylvania wrestler I've taken great pride in Penn State's surge to the top wrestling program in the nation. Lehigh, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Pitt, F&M and others have done their best in past years to represent PA on the college level, but it took Sanderson at Penn State to bring it all home. And when Sanderson took the Penn State job he went out of his way to say that Pennsylvania is the heart of the nation's wrestling and he was going focus on recruiting in-state, which he has done successfully (Ed Ruth, Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, Nico Megaludis).

So that set up is a long-winded way of asking what happened with Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale? They are two world-class products of Pennsylvania wrestling, so why did they end up going to Iowa? Can you shed some light on the situation? And I'm not buying the rationale that Penn State was full up with Suriano and didn't have room either on their roster or for scholarships. You don't pass up a kid like Spencer Lee … ever.
-- Steve S.

Foley: There are any number of reasons that Spencer Lee traveled to Iowa for college rather than stayed in Pennsylvania. My instinct tells me that Jody Strittmatter, who coaches both guys on the Young Guns, influenced their decision to go to Iowa. However, I am almost as certain that Strittmatter wasn't heavy-handed about the approach, and rather these kids just grew up knowing about their coach's Iowa roots, hearing stories and maybe envisioning themselves in the singlet.

Coach Sanderson probably didn't go down without a fight, but the reality is that these guys probably saw much less opportunity to start right away at Penn State than they did at Iowa. You mentioned Suriano, but there are others in the room waiting to get their chance. Maybe that was something the duo chose to ignore. It's also possible that they wanted to wrestle together in college and Iowa was the best fit for that situation.

Coach Sanderson is smart enough to realize missing out on one or two recruits doesn't sink a program. However, if this somehow continues to happen, then there is something with which Penn State fans can finally start to worry about.


How do you not even mention the Brands brothers as a factor?????????

 

[Kdezeeuw]

I have to admit that I thought many may have overreacted to his "mailbag". However, this gem definitely makes me believe he has some issue with the Brands. Notice who is NOT mentioned in his response:

Q: As a former Pennsylvania wrestler I've taken great pride in Penn State's surge to the top wrestling program in the nation. Lehigh, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Pitt, F&M and others have done their best in past years to represent PA on the college level, but it took Sanderson at Penn State to bring it all home. And when Sanderson took the Penn State job he went out of his way to say that Pennsylvania is the heart of the nation's wrestling and he was going focus on recruiting in-state, which he has done successfully (Ed Ruth, Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, Nico Megaludis).

So that set up is a long-winded way of asking what happened with Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale? They are two world-class products of Pennsylvania wrestling, so why did they end up going to Iowa? Can you shed some light on the situation? And I'm not buying the rationale that Penn State was full up with Suriano and didn't have room either on their roster or for scholarships. You don't pass up a kid like Spencer Lee … ever.
-- Steve S.

Foley: There are any number of reasons that Spencer Lee traveled to Iowa for college rather than stayed in Pennsylvania. My instinct tells me that Jody Strittmatter, who coaches both guys on the Young Guns, influenced their decision to go to Iowa. However, I am almost as certain that Strittmatter wasn't heavy-handed about the approach, and rather these kids just grew up knowing about their coach's Iowa roots, hearing stories and maybe envisioning themselves in the singlet.

Coach Sanderson probably didn't go down without a fight, but the reality is that these guys probably saw much less opportunity to start right away at Penn State than they did at Iowa. You mentioned Suriano, but there are others in the room waiting to get their chance. Maybe that was something the duo chose to ignore. It's also possible that they wanted to wrestle together in college and Iowa was the best fit for that situation.

Coach Sanderson is smart enough to realize missing out on one or two recruits doesn't sink a program. However, if this somehow continues to happen, then there is something with which Penn State fans can finally start to worry about.


How do you not even mention the Brands brothers as a factor?????????

Especially when that was, what like reasons #1-3 in Lee's top ten list?

I'm with you...I didn't think much of it before, but there definitely seems to be some Foley hate toward the U of I.

 

[goiahawkeyes]

To say that Strittmatter guided them to Iowa is laughable! Lee mentioned that Jody was very hands off...so were his parents for that matter. Look at all the other hammers in that program. Just recently we started landing them (Kemerer, Young, Lee, Teasdale). I'd like to see a list of all the programs that those guys have gone to over the past 5 years.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

To say that Strittmatter guided them to Iowa is laughable! Lee mentioned that Jody was very hands off...so were his parents for that matter. Look at all the other hammers in that program. Just recently we started landing them (Kemerer, Young, Lee, Teasdale). I'd like to see a list of all the programs that those guys have gone to over the past 5 years.

They go everywhere - even some to his beloved UVA

 

[wasdt21]

jody has worked long and hard to build up what he has and such irresponsible speculation by foley is dangerous and stupid. he owes jody strittmatter an apology.

 

[Mattski]

Suggesting there are guys in the psu room that may have lead these two to choose elsewhere is laughable as well. Lee and Teasdale aren't concerned with who's in the room or who else is coming at or around their weights, obviously.

 

[Cali_Nittany]

I put Foley on "ignore" a long time ago.

 

[hawkssox1]

I have to admit that I thought many may have overreacted to his "mailbag". However, this gem definitely makes me believe he has some issue with the Brands. Notice who is NOT mentioned in his response:

Q: As a former Pennsylvania wrestler I've taken great pride in Penn State's surge to the top wrestling program in the nation. Lehigh, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Pitt, F&M and others have done their best in past years to represent PA on the college level, but it took Sanderson at Penn State to bring it all home. And when Sanderson took the Penn State job he went out of his way to say that Pennsylvania is the heart of the nation's wrestling and he was going focus on recruiting in-state, which he has done successfully (Ed Ruth, Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, Nico Megaludis).

So that set up is a long-winded way of asking what happened with Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale? They are two world-class products of Pennsylvania wrestling, so why did they end up going to Iowa? Can you shed some light on the situation? And I'm not buying the rationale that Penn State was full up with Suriano and didn't have room either on their roster or for scholarships. You don't pass up a kid like Spencer Lee … ever.
-- Steve S.

Foley: There are any number of reasons that Spencer Lee traveled to Iowa for college rather than stayed in Pennsylvania. My instinct tells me that Jody Strittmatter, who coaches both guys on the Young Guns, influenced their decision to go to Iowa. However, I am almost as certain that Strittmatter wasn't heavy-handed about the approach, and rather these kids just grew up knowing about their coach's Iowa roots, hearing stories and maybe envisioning themselves in the singlet.

Coach Sanderson probably didn't go down without a fight, but the reality is that these guys probably saw much less opportunity to start right away at Penn State than they did at Iowa. You mentioned Suriano, but there are others in the room waiting to get their chance. Maybe that was something the duo chose to ignore. It's also possible that they wanted to wrestle together in college and Iowa was the best fit for that situation.

Coach Sanderson is smart enough to realize missing out on one or two recruits doesn't sink a program. However, if this somehow continues to happen, then there is something with which Penn State fans can finally start to worry about.


How do you not even mention the Brands brothers as a factor?????????

Why do read his crap if you know how he feels?

 

[MSU158]

Why do read his crap if you know how he feels?

Did you not read my 1st sentence?

 

[DonHawkeye]

Do yourself a favor and stop reading Foley's Scumbag

For God's sake we all know how he hates folkstyle wrestling, so why wouldn't he mention that the Iowa room had 2 guys in the finals at the weight these 2 may project at internationally and that they have a unmatched track record for lower weight success.

He puts Fox news or MSNBC when it comes to slanting things.

 

[Sandor45]

"My instincts tells me that Strittmatter influenced both their decisions in going to Iowa."
This is straight up slander. If I was Jody Strittmatter, I'd be fing furious.
This Foley shithead gets a soapbox every friday which to sprout his pretentious opinions about wrestling and how he knows more about it than you do.
Fact of the matter is, Foley doesn't know shit about the college wrestling scene. He's to busy taking pictures of yaks in Mongolio and trying to come off as this psuedo cool hipster journalist who thinks he's the voice of the wrestling Gods.
Foley, you are far from the voice of wrestling. Your know-it-all attitude comes through in your writing. It's not journalism bro, it's your narrowed minded opinions.
In the past, Foley tried to be tact in his insults to Iowa, but either through jet lag or from drinking too many craft beers and reading books by authors neither you or I have the depth or intellect to comprehend, he's lost that tact and seems to just blatantly be out for Iowa.
Let me be as tact as you by saying, going to hell and take your Mailbag with you.

Signed,

Everyone

 

[MSU158]

Like I have said before, he is a source of some good information from time to time. Like almost every source, there is a bias. I try not to limit myself solely because I disagree with or dislike someone. Skim through the "crap" and take from it what interests you!


Edited to add: It's not like there is a plethora of opportunities to get a wide variety of up to date Wrestling news. If you start limiting sources, you may end up going back to reading your subscription of AWN giving you a couple of paragraphs of something that happened a couple of weeks ago!

 

[Neo_Hawk]

I posted my reply to him at the bottom of his page. What a total douche. Not only is he saying that Strit is acting unethically, he is also implying that these kids and their parents are stupid and unable to form their own opinions.
Maybe we can see a Strit vs Foley freestyle match? Go Hawks! Eff Foley!!

 

[anon_0pi0cv8t1ggvb]

Suggesting there are guys in the psu room that may have lead these two to choose elsewhere is laughable as well. Lee and Teasdale aren't concerned with who's in the room or who else is coming at or around their weights, obviously.

Agreed. And not to mention, Iowa has Meija who was the #2 ranked high school 120lber behind Lee, so for him to claim that a reason they might have chose Iowa is b/c PSU has other guys in the room who may start over them is ridiculous.

Just a lack of any sort of journalistic integrity.

 

[championhawk]

Quit giving the scumbag the attention. He wins every time any of you read his garbage.

 

[andegre]

He obviously didn't read the "10 reasons" that Spencer Lee wrote...

 

[Sandor45]

I put Foley on "ignore" a long time ago.

Why? he loves psu

 

[TarpHawk]

That inoccuous post has everyone in a tizzy? Who cares? We got Lee and Teasdale. Focus, people.

 

[goiahawkeyes]

Why do read his crap if you know how he feels?

We read his "crap" so that we can stick up for Iowa wrestling. Week in and week out he goes out of his way to slap Iowa in some way shape or form. I honestly don't even know why he writes for Intermat....he's not good. And that's not coming from a pissed off Iowa fan, that's just coming from a guy who can read.

 

[Sandor45]

That inoccuous post has everyone in a tizzy? Who cares? We got Lee and Teasdale. Focus, people.

At the end of the day, you're 100% right. But, Foley has been an internet tough guy for far too long. Strimmater doesn't deserve that kind of press. Yes, it was a little mention on a bloggers article, but that's how rumors start and before you know it, everyone thinks Young Guns is persuading it's kids to go to Iowa. I didn't hear boo from anybody when those same kids went to psu or any other schools.

 

[Chuck C]

Foley is to the Iowa Wrestling board as Finebaum is to the Iowa Football board.

 

[wasdt21]

it's not iowa wrestling that took a hit it's youngs guns and jodys livelihood i'm sure he can handle it because he's the best at what he's doing, but if enough people out there feel he is being unfair then his business could suffer.

 

[goiahawkeyes]

I'm pretty sure the people close to the program and the athletes know Jody is legit and wants what's best for each athlete / kid. This just put a little ding on his national "appearance" which is unfortunate. I don't think anyone inside YG thinks he's funneling guys to Iowa or anywhere else.

 

[WrestleEveryDay]

I have to admit that I thought many may have overreacted to his "mailbag". However, this gem definitely makes me believe he has some issue with the Brands. Notice who is NOT mentioned in his response:

Q: As a former Pennsylvania wrestler I've taken great pride in Penn State's surge to the top wrestling program in the nation. Lehigh, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Pitt, F&M and others have done their best in past years to represent PA on the college level, but it took Sanderson at Penn State to bring it all home. And when Sanderson took the Penn State job he went out of his way to say that Pennsylvania is the heart of the nation's wrestling and he was going focus on recruiting in-state, which he has done successfully (Ed Ruth, Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, Nico Megaludis).

So that set up is a long-winded way of asking what happened with Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale? They are two world-class products of Pennsylvania wrestling, so why did they end up going to Iowa? Can you shed some light on the situation? And I'm not buying the rationale that Penn State was full up with Suriano and didn't have room either on their roster or for scholarships. You don't pass up a kid like Spencer Lee … ever.
-- Steve S.

Foley: There are any number of reasons that Spencer Lee traveled to Iowa for college rather than stayed in Pennsylvania. My instinct tells me that Jody Strittmatter, who coaches both guys on the Young Guns, influenced their decision to go to Iowa. However, I am almost as certain that Strittmatter wasn't heavy-handed about the approach, and rather these kids just grew up knowing about their coach's Iowa roots, hearing stories and maybe envisioning themselves in the singlet.

Coach Sanderson probably didn't go down without a fight, but the reality is that these guys probably saw much less opportunity to start right away at Penn State than they did at Iowa. You mentioned Suriano, but there are others in the room waiting to get their chance. Maybe that was something the duo chose to ignore. It's also possible that they wanted to wrestle together in college and Iowa was the best fit for that situation.

Coach Sanderson is smart enough to realize missing out on one or two recruits doesn't sink a program. However, if this somehow continues to happen, then there is something with which Penn State fans can finally start to worry about.


How do you not even mention the Brands brothers as a factor?????????

He didn't mention the Brands brothers, so he must hate Iowa? Come on. Are you looking for a reason to be pissed off? Do they really need to be mentioned? Of course they were a factor. The point of the question is why Penn State didn't get their in state recruits. He gave legitimate reasons as to why. Quit looking for a reason to be pissed off and enjoy the fact that Iowa got these 2 studs.

 

[MSU158]

He didn't mention the Brands brothers, so he must hate Iowa? Come on. Are you looking for a reason to be pissed off? Do they really need to be mentioned? Of course they were a factor. The point of the question is why Penn State didn't get their in state recruits. He gave legitimate reasons as to why. Quit looking for a reason to be pissed off and enjoy the fact that Iowa got these 2 studs.

Seriously? I have been the one more or less defending him until this point. Many believe there has been a "anti-Hawk theme" for some time. I am sorry, but no matter the form of the question, not mentioning the Brands brothers as a major reason that Sanderson didn't get Lee or Teasdale either shows serious ineptitude on Foley's part or an Anti-Brands slant. Which one would you prefer it to be?

 

[dunkej01]

Quit giving the scumbag the attention. He wins every time any of you read his garbage.

Im not so sure if "quit giving the scumbag attention" is the answer. If you feel he is wrong, he needs called on it. He has a voice and a forum that very few have in this sport.

Jody is great guy and these innuendos are irresponsible at best. It would be my opinion that Jody probably was so neutral he probably could have been viewed as backwards toward Iowa in reality.

Jody does more for this sport as a whole and PA specifically then anything foley is pushing in his columns.

Journalism these days is a joke across the board. Its more blog than journalism really.

smh

 

[24 so far]

Apparently Foley has "instincts" that no one else possesses. Either that or he's too busy to read and/or view all the other content out there on the recruitment of Lee and Teasdale and just chooses to ignore the detailed information that was provided by said content.

I had forgotten long ago that Foley is a wrestling "journalist", thanks to MSU I now know that he is still employed. And the next time I'll know Foley is still employed is when MSU posts some of his content again.

 

[brucefan]

We read his "crap" so that we can stick up for Iowa wrestling. Week in and week out he goes out of his way to slap Iowa in some way shape or form. I honestly don't even know why he writes for Intermat....he's not good. And that's not coming from a pissed off Iowa fan, that's just coming from a guy who can read.

Why? Because people like the OP gets their knickers in a twist and post on message boards and get a bunch of people to click through and read their articles, which earns them income. It's not rocket science, just capitalism and market forces. They don't have to be good; in fact, dreck usually pays better than quality because you not only capture the people who agree with you but all the people who want to complain about you. Win-win.

 

[Neo_Hawk]

He didn't mention the Brands brothers, so he must hate Iowa? Come on. Are you looking for a reason to be pissed off? Do they really need to be mentioned? Of course they were a factor. The point of the question is why Penn State didn't get their in state recruits. He gave legitimate reasons as to why. Quit looking for a reason to be pissed off and enjoy the fact that Iowa got these 2 studs.

Nice first post troll. Ignore the Top Ten and other obvious factors as to why they came to Iowa and you can state any reason you feel as fact.

 

[Cali_Nittany]

Why? he loves psu

He loved PSU so much that he predicted no PSU wrestlers in the finals (let alone champions) this year. Just one example. Don't get me going.

 

[24 so far]

Why? Because people like the OP gets their knickers in a twist and post on message boards and get a bunch of people to click through and read their articles, which earns them income. It's not rocket science, just capitalism and market forces. They don't have to be good; in fact, dreck usually pays better than quality because you not only capture the people who agree with you but all the people who want to complain about you. Win-win.

I read what MSU posted. I won't be and haven't "clicked on" a Foley article in years. I have no idea how long he's been at it, but I "clicked on" one or two of his articles way back when, and determined it wasn't worth reading then. And that had nothing to do with Iowa. It had everything to do with Foley.

 

[MSU158]

He loved PSU so much that he predicted no PSU wrestlers in the finals (let alone champions) this year. Just one example. Don't get me going.

It helps to do your research BEFORE you put your foot in your mouth......

Q: Please look into your crystal ball and tell us who is the 2016 NCAA champ by weight and the team champion.
-- David E.

Foley: As you may expect I have to remind you that this is heading into the conference weekend and will almost certainly change after the Resilite residue settles Sunday night …

125: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State)
133: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)
141: Kevin Jack (NC State)
149: Zain Retherford (Penn State)
157: Jason Nolf (Penn State)
165: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State)
174: Bo Nickal (Penn State)
184: Gabe Dean (Cornell)
197: J'den Cox (Missouri)
285: Nick Gwizdowski (NC State)

 

[Sandor45]

He loved PSU so much that he predicted no PSU wrestlers in the finals (let alone champions) this year. Just one example. Don't get me going.

It helps to do your research BEFORE you put your foot in your mouth......

Q: Please look into your crystal ball and tell us who is the 2016 NCAA champ by weight and the team champion.
-- David E.

Foley: As you may expect I have to remind you that this is heading into the conference weekend and will almost certainly change after the Resilite residue settles Sunday night …

125: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State)
133: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)
141: Kevin Jack (NC State)
149: Zain Retherford (Penn State)
157: Jason Nolf (Penn State)
165: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State)
174: Bo Nickal (Penn State)
184: Gabe Dean (Cornell)
197: J'den Cox (Missouri)
285: Nick Gwizdowski (NC State)

Oh snap!
I don't know what's worse, Foley or the psu fans who post about things they don't know about.

 

[Azchief32]

He didn't mention the Brands brothers, so he must hate Iowa? Come on. Are you looking for a reason to be pissed off? Do they really need to be mentioned? Of course they were a factor. The point of the question is why Penn State didn't get their in state recruits. He gave legitimate reasons as to why. Quit looking for a reason to be pissed off and enjoy the fact that Iowa got these 2 studs.

Uh no...there are so many more legit reasons other than "Jody steered them by being Mr. Subliminal"...How about all of the reasons Lee stated, at least for himself?

 

[Neo_Hawk]

It helps to do your research BEFORE you put your foot in your mouth......

Q: Please look into your crystal ball and tell us who is the 2016 NCAA champ by weight and the team champion.
-- David E.

Foley: As you may expect I have to remind you that this is heading into the conference weekend and will almost certainly change after the Resilite residue settles Sunday night …

125: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State)
133: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)
141: Kevin Jack (NC State)
149: Zain Retherford (Penn State)
157: Jason Nolf (Penn State)
165: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State)
174: Bo Nickal (Penn State)
184: Gabe Dean (Cornell)
197: J'den Cox (Missouri)
285: Nick Gwizdowski (NC State)

With only 2 days left in April, THIS, might have just jumped ahead of a few good AZ Chief come backs this week, to earn my nomination for "Smack Down of the Month" Although AZ did provide a video link and........... presentation does counts for something.....going to be a close one.

**Update: Both MSU and AZ Chief were smack downs of the same poster Cali Nittany. Sorry Cali - you are definitely in the lead for Face Plant of the Month. But don't stress it, I have won the award 3 times since July 2015. Here is the thread link to the first Smack Down. https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/snap-another-great-match-up.122793/
Judge for yourself. #badweek #factcheck #checkbeforeyoupost

 

[Cali_Nittany]

It helps to do your research BEFORE you put your foot in your mouth......

Q: Please look into your crystal ball and tell us who is the 2016 NCAA champ by weight and the team champion.
-- David E.

Foley: As you may expect I have to remind you that this is heading into the conference weekend and will almost certainly change after the Resilite residue settles Sunday night …

125: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State)
133: Nahshon Garrett (Cornell)
141: Kevin Jack (NC State)
149: Zain Retherford (Penn State)
157: Jason Nolf (Penn State)
165: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State)
174: Bo Nickal (Penn State)
184: Gabe Dean (Cornell)
197: J'den Cox (Missouri)
285: Nick Gwizdowski (NC State)

When I have time, I will find the preseason article. This was not the original predictions.

 

[artradley]

I have to admit that I thought many may have overreacted to his "mailbag". However, this gem definitely makes me believe he has some issue with the Brands. Notice who is NOT mentioned in his response:

Q: As a former Pennsylvania wrestler I've taken great pride in Penn State's surge to the top wrestling program in the nation. Lehigh, Edinboro, Lock Haven, Pitt, F&M and others have done their best in past years to represent PA on the college level, but it took Sanderson at Penn State to bring it all home. And when Sanderson took the Penn State job he went out of his way to say that Pennsylvania is the heart of the nation's wrestling and he was going focus on recruiting in-state, which he has done successfully (Ed Ruth, Zain Retherford, Jason Nolf, Nico Megaludis).

So that set up is a long-winded way of asking what happened with Spencer Lee and Gavin Teasdale? They are two world-class products of Pennsylvania wrestling, so why did they end up going to Iowa? Can you shed some light on the situation? And I'm not buying the rationale that Penn State was full up with Suriano and didn't have room either on their roster or for scholarships. You don't pass up a kid like Spencer Lee … ever.
-- Steve S.

Foley: There are any number of reasons that Spencer Lee traveled to Iowa for college rather than stayed in Pennsylvania. My instinct tells me that Jody Strittmatter, who coaches both guys on the Young Guns, influenced their decision to go to Iowa. However, I am almost as certain that Strittmatter wasn't heavy-handed about the approach, and rather these kids just grew up knowing about their coach's Iowa roots, hearing stories and maybe envisioning themselves in the singlet.

Coach Sanderson probably didn't go down without a fight, but the reality is that these guys probably saw much less opportunity to start right away at Penn State than they did at Iowa. You mentioned Suriano, but there are others in the room waiting to get their chance. Maybe that was something the duo chose to ignore. It's also possible that they wanted to wrestle together in college and Iowa was the best fit for that situation.

Coach Sanderson is smart enough to realize missing out on one or two recruits doesn't sink a program. However, if this somehow continues to happen, then there is something with which Penn State fans can finally start to worry about.


How do you not even mention the Brands brothers as a factor?????????

Whole lot of stupid in the article. First, there is zero indication -- and a direct denial -- that Lee and Teasdale made a pact to go to the same school. It's one thing to make an educated guess, it's another to make a wild guess in which the only evidence available points against that guess.

Worse is the notion that Lee thought he had a better chance to start at Iowa. Has he seen Lee and Suriano wrestle? Although they split the two matches, Lee completely dominated Suriano in all aspects of both matches. He had two takedowns to Suriano's one. By my count he had a combined 4:45 of riding time to Suriano's 20 seconds. And he clearly turned Suriano to his back but got robbed of backpoints by a slow official. And that's not to mention the numerous times Suriano ran out of bounds.

I don't think Lee is worried about finding a starting position on any team in the country.

 

[artradley]

When I have time, I will find the preseason article. This was not the original predictions.

You can look, but I can't imagine anybody in the world didn't predict any PSU champions, let alone no PSU wrestlers in the finals.

 

[LaxHawk174]

Whole lot of stupid in the article. First, there is zero indication -- and a direct denial -- that Lee and Teasdale made a pact to go to the same school. It's one thing to make an educated guess, it's another to make a wild guess in which the only evidence available points against that guess.

Worse is the notion that Lee thought he had a better chance to start at Iowa. Has he seen Lee and Suriano wrestle? Although they split the two matches, Lee completely dominated Suriano in all aspects of both matches. He had two takedowns to Suriano's one. By my count he had a combined 4:45 of riding time to Suriano's 20 seconds. And he clearly turned Suriano to his back but got robbed of backpoints by a slow official. And that's not to mention the numerous times Suriano ran out of bounds.

I don't think Lee is worried about finding a starting position on any team in the country.

You see this across the board, the minute a top flight recruit commits to Iowa, is the minute the 'subtle' and 'not so subtle' downplaying of their talents begins. Before Lee had committed to Iowa, he was THE most coveted recruit in the country that had not yet committed, bar none. Then all of a sudden, his size is an issue, he's not as good as he's made out to be because hes been wrecking weak weight classes. Oh 50 KG at JR worlds is a joke compared to 55 KG at JR worlds, his injury is a risk factor, Oh he went to Iowa because Suriano was at PSU and he had a better shot to start at Iowa.

I guarantee if the duo had committed to PSU, there would be even MORE talk of a decade long dyansty on the horizon, he would be the next great 4x champ, he will undoubtedly grow into 125 just like many other college greats who were small in high school. There would be no talk of Jody steering recruits to Iowa through subliminal messaging (despite so much evidence that already contradicts this claim).

 

[Cali_Nittany]

Here's some crow for you MSU:

Q: Last year I asked a question that you addressed in your April 4 mailbag, which I will ask again this year. Less than week after the 2015 NCAAs have wrapped up, who are your 2015 NCAA finalists at each weight class and your top five team finishers?
-- Nick M.

Foley:
125: Nathan Tomasello (Ohio State) vs. Thomas Gilman (Iowa)
133: Cody Brewer (Oklahoma) vs. Cory Clark (Iowa)
141: Dean Heil (Oklahoma State) vs. Brandon Sorensen (Iowa)
149: Jason Tsirtsis (Northwestern) vs. Hunter Stieber (Ohio State)
157: Isaiah Martinez (Illinois) vs. Ian Miller (Kent State)
165: Alex Dieringer (Oklahoma State) vs. Bo Jordan (Ohio State)
174: Taylor Massa (Michigan) vs. Zach Epperly (Virginia Tech)
184: Gabe Dean (Cornell) vs. Blake Stauffer (Arizona State)
197: J'den Cox (Missouri) vs. Kyle Snyder (Ohio State)
285: Nick Gwiazdowski (North Carolina State) vs. Adam Coon (Michigan)

Top five teams: 1. Iowa 2. Ohio State 3. Ohlahoma State 4. Penn State 5. Cornell