'26 Final X, 6/19, thread

[5q]

Man i wish messenbrink would have went out for this and barr didnt get injured
To have 8 in Final X would have been extraordinary for the good guys

keep pushing DT Further away from getting closer

 

[Corby2]

Man i wish messenbrink would have went out for this and barr didnt get injured
To have 8 in Final X would have been extraordinary for the good guys

keep pushing DT Further away from getting closer

Wonder if we see Mitchell at 79kg for U23 worlds

 

[RockySmith]

I cannot wait for Aaron Brooks to be back. I hope he is training his *** off and comes back an even bigger beast than he already was. He is uniquely talented in the world and a good dude

Serious question, how does he train if he has no access to any coaches or training partners in USA wrestling? Does he go overseas and train with other national teams, kind of like when some of the Japanese team members come to NLWC?

 

[CarolinaFan1]

Wonder if we see Mitchell at 79kg for U23 worlds

Interesting thought. I believe Henkel was highest eligible placer at US Open and Singleton won U23 tournament. Assume they are all in the mix for consideration. When do the guys who earned the spot have to decide if they are going to take it? I assume Blaze, Levi and maybe Bassett if he beats Woods would be encouraged by USA wrestling to focus on Seniors since 2 weeks later.

 

[Corby2]

Interesting thought. I believe Henkel was highest eligible placer at US Open and Singleton won U23 tournament. Assume they are all in the mix for consideration. When do the guys who earned the spot have to decide if they are going to take it? I assume Blaze, Levi and maybe Bassett if he beats Woods would be encouraged by USA wrestling to focus on Seniors since 2 weeks later.

I don't expect anyone on the SR team to do U23. And this year UsaW decided we would be communist Russia and pick the u23 team if no one was top 4 for national team is u23 eligible.
65 Mendez is eligible
79 Mitchell is
97 Barr is
All other weights have guys who are top 4

Guys on national team top 3 have until June 29 to accept
So Luke Jax Landon James

 

[JA1339]

for those who haven’t seen it

Turns out Zahid’s time was short lived

 

[Cstroke]

You still read my stuff who you kidding

Pffft you assume any of us here can read…

 

[Cstroke]

I like JB’s announcing, he does great job at putting aside any hard feelings he may have for recent competitors.
i think ole Spencer is going to have his handful trying to make the Olympic team if Luke stays healthy and doesnt get too big.

 

[randyl]

As others have said ... when Dake decides to retire from competition, I sure hope we can keep hm in State College.

How many coaches are we allowed to have on at NLWC ??

 

[98lberEating2Lunches]

How many coaches are we allowed to have on at NLWC ??

I believe it may only be limited by the number and dollars associated with secret pre-commitment deals that Cael made with recruits for post-graduation payments visa vi the NLWC. Ira may know the exact figures.

 

[Corby2]

I believe it may only be limited by the number and dollars associated with secret pre-commitment deals that Cael made with recruits for post-graduation payments visa vi the NLWC. Ira may know the exact figures.

So you've no clue shocker. And your jokes suck

 

[Oldtrojan26]

I respect you. But Blaze went:

• TF win
• TF win
• Dec win over Ayala
• TB loss to Davino
• TF win

Before losing to Seidel in the consolation final. I just don’t see the anomaly/bad tourney everyone else claims. Seidel, who is really, really good, was just better that day. Everything else was what we saw all season.

I like JB’s announcing, he does great job at putting aside any hard feelings he may have for recent competitors.
i think ole Spencer is going to have his handful trying to make the Olympic team if Luke stays healthy and doesnt get too big.

I didn't see it that way at all. He clearly dislikes Dake and is anti- PSU

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Corby2]

I didn't see it that way at all. He clearly dislikes Dake and is anti- PSU

Dake and JB have actually become good friends over the last year or so.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

If it did, I didn't see it.

So, additional information provided - which would have been helpful initially:

alex1fly​

Posted 2 hours ago

22 hours ago, SweetButteryLou said:
There was a point in match two where I watched him say “ I don’t wanna be here any more “ … now I only wrestled in high school and I was terrible … but I know what I saw .. to see that from a world champion was mind blowing … discus

Literally? Or body language

JMill​

Posted 1 hour ago

2 hours ago, alex1fly said:
Literally? Or body language

One of those comic book caption bubbles might as well have popped up above his head.

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

For Zain to decide to go to World Team Trials one week out from the event is just crazy to me. He must keep himself in great shape, cardio and weight-wise. It has been such a pleasure to watch his wrestling career unfold. He has been such a great ambassador for the sport, and his impact on Penn State wrestling was and continues to be so impressive. It must be my age, but him beating Logan doesn't seem as long ago as it was.

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

I loved hearing his comments at 2:48 about how tough Zain is to wrestle at practice.

 

[Corby2]

For Zain to decide to go to World Team Trials one week out from the event is just crazy to me. He must keep himself in great shape, cardio and weight-wise. It has been such a pleasure to watch his wrestling career unfold. He has been such a great ambassador for the sport, and his impact on Penn State wrestling was and continues to be so impressive. It must be my age, but him beating Logan doesn't seem as long ago as it was.

It's like riding a bike for some . His defense is one of the best in the world and that hasn't changed. What's been impressive to me has been how he still has the ability to go get one when he needs to. When he's been on the clock I think he's scored all but once.

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

I loved hearing his complimentary comments about Joe Sealey at 3:14 and Levi at 4:45. As a Christian, it was also great to hear him talk about his spiritual journey since becoming a Christian. As an outsider, I think I have recently seen Kyle's growth in humility. When Kyle was in college and later in his early freestyle career, humility wasn't the word I would have used in describing him : ). It is just a great reminder for me that our lives are a marathon and not a sprint. As long as there is breath in our lungs, we have the opportunity to become a better person than we are today.

 

[Cali_Nittany1]

I'll pick 10 golds then since Kozak is an anti-American pinko.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

It was great to hear Marcus give a shoutout to Jordan Conaway at 4:28 and Ono at 4:46 ("Ono is king."). The training partners at Penn State/NLWC are phenomenal.

 

[Sunshine88!]

Thank God we have Kyle Snyder helping our upper weights in State College. We gotta keep he and Kyle Dake around a long time. When Dake Wrestles with an Attitude no one in the World will beat him….

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[PSU LU]

He was wrestling Chance…

HAHA

 

[Nitlion1986]

As others have said ... when Dake decides to retire from competition, I sure hope we can keep hm in State College.

How many coaches are we allowed to have on at NLWC ??

Hell, there was a thread in here somewhere last year about why do we even bother keeping a guy like "past his prime" Dake on the NLWC anyways. One of the more moronic threads offered up by any of our posters.
Dake should be encouraged to hang around as long as he feels like rolling around with our guys.

I don't understand how somebody hasn't made a run at him in a manner similar to OkieSt's run at Taylor.

 

[Aardvark86]

It's wild to me that OK ST has a Final X thread going too, and they only have 54 total posts in it (half of which I can't view since I have Clownby on Ignore). Where's their fans??

They’ve always been a little dour and minimalist. I chalk it up to the Midwest.

 

[FlyingLion]

Hell, there was a thread in here somewhere last year about why do we even bother keeping a guy like "past his prime" Dake on the NLWC anyways. One of the more moronic threads offered up by any of our posters.
Dake should be encouraged to hang around as long as he feels like rolling around with our guys.

I don't understand how somebody hasn't made a run at him in a manner similar to OkieSt's run at Taylor.

Don't think Dake has any interest in coaching until his career is over and as long as he is making national teams, that probably won't be until after the 2028 Olympics.

 

[El_Jefe]

Hell, there was a thread in here somewhere last year about why do we even bother keeping a guy like "past his prime" Dake on the NLWC anyways. One of the more moronic threads offered up by any of our posters.
Dake should be encouraged to hang around as long as he feels like rolling around with our guys.

I don't understand how somebody hasn't made a run at him in a manner similar to OkieSt's run at Taylor.

Dake has said publicly that, after being an assistant coach at Cornell, he doesn't want to be a head coach.

Maybe his perspective has changed on that after a few years away from Cornell, but he hasn't said so publicly. Plus unlike Taylor, he does not run a wrestling club.

Nobody has made a run at Snyder either. It could be as simple as "make a run at" doesn't happen as frequently as we think, or at least not as publicly as we think, and Taylor was a unique case.

 

[GregPickel]

Marcus Blaze on beating Jax Forrest at Final X: 'Feels better when you beat a great wrestler like him'

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www.on3.com

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

They’ve always been a little dour and minimalist. I chalk it up to the Midwest.

Dour . . . : )

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

Hell, there was a thread in here somewhere last year about why do we even bother keeping a guy like "past his prime" Dake on the NLWC anyways. One of the more moronic threads offered up by any of our posters.
Dake should be encouraged to hang around as long as he feels like rolling around with our guys.

I don't understand how somebody hasn't made a run at him in a manner similar to OkieSt's run at Taylor.

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'25 Senior World Championships, Sep. 13-21 - Page 22 - Forums

The Senior World Championships are next on the international calendar. They will be held at Arena Zagreb, in Zagreb, Croatia, on September 13th through the 21st.

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