Portal April 1st
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what good is a freshman title over any other title if you never repeat? Would you rather your team win the title and you come in second, or you win the title and your team come in second? I vividly remember McGinness telling me that his title was somber in a way because Lincoln lost that year.
Alright enough with the BS, WTF is going with the PORTAL. I know there has got to be a ton happening behind the scenes, but damn I thought we would hear some good news by now!
I give them till this afternoon and then I'm really gonna be posting about some nonsense.
I give them till this afternoon and then I'm really gonna be posting about some nonsense.
Are teams more hesitant/unable to offer that can’t turn down immediately sign money, are wrestlers being more hesitant, or was there just less back alley deals being ironed out at ncaas?
I'm not sure what you're actually asking here? I wasn't saying anything about inherent value of a true freshman title vs others. I'd bet most true freshman title winners win another, at minimum. As far as team titles, unless you wrestle for a very small # of programs I doubt a team title is ever a realistic thought in your head.
Willie paints with a broad brush. A few posters spouting minority (and silly) opinions become "the board" in his view.
As someone who saw him in practice at Iowa on multiple occasions, he wasn't close to being a contributor or in the 2-deeps. Multiple injuries and extended time away from the sport will not get him any closer. It's clearly not my decision to make, but wrestling is absolutely his path.
Or the portal has only been open since Wednesday and it was a holiday weekend.
The Little Rock guys committed 10 days after the portal opened last year.
Dean - 2 weeks+
Endene - a month
Patience is not a virtue for many in the cesspool.
Not saying its 100% impossible at this point but Ben really needed to be healthy enough for spring practice and with that to see how he looked in reps at DE because playing LB seems a bit far fetched now.
The young LB core is really salty. Cam Buffington will be a really good MLB and they just brought in two top 10 national LB recruits. Kirk has one more elite team run left before retirement and IMO its not coming next season- although will be good- but 2-3 seasons.
Crazy to say this given the goliath Ohio St football is but I could see Ferentz vs Campbell in a BIG title game soon.
The portal isn't going to be as exciting as the past few years. There aren't 5th, 6th, and even 7th year guys looking for a new home and in turn there aren't those same guys blocking younger recruits that don't want to wait for them to get out of the way.
AND the money is different starting this cycle. With all NIL contracts over $600 having to go through the clearinghouse moving forward, it's a lot harder to just throw cash at guys.