I wouldn't be nervous if we land Zepeda, we have him for 4 years to find his replacement plus Kenny's won't get that big and Jo has probably outgrown 149 at this point.
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Not the same situation at all. The brothers are good.
But as for the Merrill situation - notice that NONE of his family were on the floor for his finals match. That was pretty sad to realize.
I think the only 1 who may sit/contend behind Zepeda, if he’s 157 for 4 years, would be Amato. I think Borge will be 149.
Yep. all of the above. Carl has 30 schollies, rev share AND they can pay kids through NLWC.
Super surprised Connor Pierce didn't hop in the portal. He could definitely AA at 149
Far be it from me to tell them how to be good but they aren’t going to ride the pine behind guys they can’t beat then somehow overtake them in freestyle. It’s never happened to my knowledge. Competing and wrestling actual matches is super important for development.
Plus, if PSU was the only place to get good at wrestling then why is the returning world team made up of only 2 guys who wrestled at PSU out of 10 weights. And one of them was a HS kid when he made the team so it’s difficult to attribute that to the PSU room.
The point is there is ample evidence to support the fact it’s a ridiculous notion that sitting on the bench at PSU is the best thing for their wrestling.
Per Cael last year. Has this changed?
“I don’t think very many programs are going to have 30 scholarships. I mean, we’re definitely not going to have 30 scholarships, not even close.”
Carl is also the same dude crying poor in his fundraising emails. That they were "behind" other schools in terms of monies to the PSU team.
Sounds like the political fundraising emails i get.
Yes, that is sad. Merrill seems like such a great kid too. You never know what these guys have to deal with.
I have seen it referenced in an article where it says they received 20 more scholarships but it really might just be a case of lack of understanding from the writer. They have the ability to add 20 more scholarships but I don’t know whether they did for sure.
FY 2025 NCAA financial report came out in Feb and they had 10.81 for 2024-2025 but that was pre-settlement. I don’t think we will see it officially until the FY 2026 one comes out in 2027.
Interesting that they received $3,768,707 in donations (plus another $147k in endowment). Sports camp revenues were $579,205.
Wrestling received almost $1.5 mil in NIL rev share.
https://storage.googleapis.com/gops.../IW8b4ZXbrdkZIDoc9OFKuwsOMrNWoYNqwPs8w3Gl.pdf
Thanks for this. I suspect you’re right here, that there is confusion. Doesn’t seem like within just a few months they would go from “not even close” to 30 and also there not be widespread reporting of it. But stranger things have happened.
No argument of the overall point that they have more resources than anyone else, of course.