*****Official 2026 NCAA Championship Thread Day 1*****

sdvike

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Dean Peterson will be our first guy. On Deck Mat 5.

I think we will learn a lot on how the tournament is going to go for Dean based on this first match with Lauridsen. If Dean comes out active and scores some points then I think he will have a good tournament. He can’t sit around and wait until the 3rd/OT then win it.
Hope the knee is good to go. Still ticked at that "ref".
 

sdvike

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Keep an eye on Poulin ISU vs Sotelo Mich early here for upsets special. Sotelo been gaining confidence and wrestling pretty good.
 
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IRON HAWK

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ODD how people view things!!!
Looks like people viewed this and came to the conclusion that, IOWA should be 1/2 as good because we spend 1/2 the money!?!?!? NOT TWOOOO certain that's how things work!!!!!

For example, you can spend less on a product but its quality may not be anywhere near as good!!! OBVIOUSLY, you can also "spend wisely" and maybe get MORE then your moneys worth. I guess that would be the argument here? TnT should be/ could be making better choice on how the $$$$ is spent?

Problem is, we are not certain how this money is totaled up either? Does this include coaches/ trainers/athletes/equipment/travel - in other words everything?

ASSuMEing it does, a decent size chunk of IOWAs dough is going into OTHER things besides GETTING the actual wrestler!!! Now some things like coaches salaries can be higher or lower depending on skool and who you have on staff. BUTTs, the problem is, OTHER expenses such as travel, meals, tournament costs etc...... Do NOT change.

NOT sure how much of yo money that eats up, BUTTs, that money is a HIGHER % of IOWAs dough then F*** st dough!!! So lets just say IOWA pays 2 MIL per year on coaches and OTHER expenses for wrestling besides what goes out TWOOOO the wrestlers!!!! That leaves IOWA 2 million to work with.

In the same scenario, F*** st has basiclly SIX mil!!!! It goes from DOUBLE yo cash, to TRIPLE yo cash to go out and offer wrestlers!!! Using my POKER example AGAIN! I will take MY THREEEEE hands against yo one hand ALL DAY LONG!!!!!!

LETS F-IN GO HAWKS!!!!!
 

Herky_Hancock

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Quint kessenich for espn I love as sideline sort of person. But I swear he has a different wig or different haircut every time he appears...
 

Dean111!

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It switches you to Flowrestling. I couldn't find the dashboard yesterday. I hope it is there today. I have watched the NCAAs at work for years on Trackwrestling with the little green and red guys!
Icon in upper left-hand corner (menue), then select Matcenter' from drop down list.
 

jrod65

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Matcast up!

Its Time Sport GIF by UFC
 
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Anyone that's having issues with iheartradio, download the Varsity Sports app!!!
No need to create an acct, just hit skip, then search for University of Iowa.
 
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Cria1987

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You can listen to the radio feed from the Hawkeye Sports app.

Click on Sports
Click on Men’s wrestling
Click News
Click on Iowa wrestling notebook 2026 ncaa wrestling championships (2nd article)
Click on listen live
Click on mens wrestling
Click play button on audio stream
Can you screen shot the app and steps? 😳
 

HawkeyeAlumni

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Did Iowa Wrestling Twitter disappear for anyone else? Hell of a time not to have an account.
 

Cria1987

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You can listen to the radio feed from the Hawkeye Sports app.

Click on Sports
Click on Men’s wrestling
Click News
Click on Iowa wrestling notebook 2026 ncaa wrestling championships (2nd article)
Click on listen live
Click on mens wrestling
Click play button on audio stream
Nvm. Was on the wrong page. Thank you!
 
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