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Transfer Portal 2026 + Other team movements
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Willie posted that a “former AA” is entering the portal today. A surprise he said. I hope it’s not Scooter.
Probably would make sense for him. Not sure if he sees the lineup again unless there’s an injury.
That's a good guess.
I will throw out Ty Watters. They are sniffing for 157s in the midwest.
It's Jaxon Smith from Maryland. Going for 174. I would want him at Tech. But only at 184
This reeks of OKST -- otherwise why would a 3-yr 197 then 2-yr 184 cut to 174?
Would let Lockett stay at 165, or shirt to grow into 174 next year (with Routledge starting 165).
Dear god he's going to be what,27?, next season? I had my military contract served, obtained my college degree, spent a few years pissing around Montana and Wyoming for fun, got married and had my first child by 27. This guy will have wrestled and maybe gotten a degree? This is absurd.
Idk the solution, but we can't have 27 year olds competing in COLLEGE athletics. Or shouldn't have at least. All that said, maybe now he can eat and stop cutting so much.Echemendia will be 27 in September. Mo Endene will be in year 7 of college wrestling with an injury supposedly disputed by his school. Ferrari will be in year 7 without ever having a wrestling related injury..
Ono was granted 1 year by NCAA ( maybe 2 on appeal ). Someone make this make sense.
Ono was granted 1 year by NCAA ( maybe 2 on appeal ). Someone make this make sense.
I know he's married, been for at least 5yrs. He may have kids. He's probably making a decent living, to wrestle and be a big man on a college campus.Dear god he's going to be what,27?, next season? I had my military contract served, obtained my college degree, spent a few years pissing around Montana and Wyoming for fun, got married and had my first child by 27. This guy will have wrestled and maybe gotten a degree? This is absurd.
I made the decision to move on from my college athletic career before I was 21, and had a PhD, wife, and professional career before 27, but it's a different world now. With NIL, I'd make totally different decisions today than I did 25yrs ago. We can hate the system, but Echemendia (and countless others) are doing what most of us would do in the same situation.
You're right, he's not the only one and it's the system. I still dislike it and will make jokes and gripe about 27 year old college athletes.
Wow a PHd , look at the big brain on Brett.
Took me 6 years to just get my bachelors and can’t blame it on athletics or anything other than was distracted at times by the social scene . Well it was the 80’s.
Yeah I’m with you. If you can stay in college, wrestle and make a couple hundred grand doing it most would take that. He will probably make more $ this coming year than he would in whatever career he is going into. I don’t love 27 year olds competing in college athletics but I sure as hell would do the same if given the opportunity. I was 22 my final year of competing in college. Another 5 years on campus kind of boggles my mind
Age disparities rub me the wrong way a bit, especially now as my kids are competing (ie. my 10yr old son is competing against 12yr olds in his 5th grade track meets). But, this is a problem the NCAA created, I'm not going to hate on the "young" men who are taking advantage when I would do the same thing. He's financially supporting himself and his wife with his job as a collegiate athlete, what's there to move on to? I can be bitter that I was born two decades too early to get the opportunity, but my angst isn't directed towards those who do.
Bothers me in high school and middle school where the impact is more meaningful. For college it doesn’t bother me in the least. Many may disagree but I don’t see being 19 yr old being disadvantaged vs 24 or 26 yr old. In addition I have no desire to see someone who starts college a couple years later due to Military or some other obligation punished
While it's not as big of a deal in weight class dependent sports, it's certainly a factor in other sports. Echemendia is hardly closer to winning a national championship now than he was half a decade ago (and he'll be outclassed by several <20 this year, again), but you aren't going to find many 19yr olds who are ready - physically or mentally - for the NFL.
I think we all can agree that the age disparities for K-12 sports are nonsense.
A lot on the portal in this episode, so I'm placing this episode of BaschAMania in this thread.
0:00 - Start of the Show
01:40 - Iowa State News
07:45 - Ryan Crookham to Iowa
13:30 - National Duals Update
17:10 - Vincent Robinson to Nebraska
32:30 - Endene to Little Rock
38:20 - Fuggit Returns Home to Missouri
30:20 - Jaxon Smith & Echemendia Hit The Portal
41:15 - Thomas to Maryland & Pettit to Iowa
54:30 - Austin Gomez Retires
59:00 - Quick Assistant Coach Openings
1:00:45 - Portal Predictions
0:00 - Start of the Show
01:40 - Iowa State News
07:45 - Ryan Crookham to Iowa
13:30 - National Duals Update
17:10 - Vincent Robinson to Nebraska
32:30 - Endene to Little Rock
38:20 - Fuggit Returns Home to Missouri
30:20 - Jaxon Smith & Echemendia Hit The Portal
41:15 - Thomas to Maryland & Pettit to Iowa
54:30 - Austin Gomez Retires
59:00 - Quick Assistant Coach Openings
1:00:45 - Portal Predictions
I had done a tour in 'Nam (19 months in country ... combat medic), finished my hitch stateside, finished med school and was finishing up my surgical residency when I turned 27. I had passed my MCAT when my draft number came up #6 so I enlisted to choose my MOS. Used the GI Bill for med school. (Full disclosure though, I started college just before my 17th birthday. They "double promoted" kids back in the 1950's and 1960's and I skipped third and eighth grades.) I still can't fathom still being in college as an undergrad at the age some of these guys are! I can't imagine cutting weight for all those years.
Similar, started school young then skipped 3rd grade and graduated early to play spring football. I was 16 when I played my first college football game. But, even then we were outliers; I recall most of my fellow incoming freshman teammates being at least 18. School, football, and working part-time; by the time I realized the NFL wasn't an option (by like the first week of freshman season) I could not wait to be done and just focus on my career (and a future family).
I was more concerned about gaining weight then, especially because there was no NIL and NCAA still didn't allow much as far as food/supplements to the athletes. I was working part-time so I could afford 6k kcals/day of chicken and rice to maintain my weight. But I thought I was a king because tuition + room & board was $15k-$20k/yr for the general student body, and they didn't have coaches getting them cushy on-campus jobs. What a different time.
You skipped 3rd and 8th grade man you missed out they were so fun I did them twice.
The draft lottery is just crazy to imagine. Imagine seeing that on TV (as you did). I’m 58 so missed all that, but my number would have been 282 - safely in the not-drafted group. For the younger people on here, check out the draft lottery image attached. Those having birthdates numbered 1-195 were called to serve
Can I just say the Iowa portal thread is like George costanza talking about he was going to trade for Barry bonds and maybe Ken Griffey junior.
Dear god he's going to be what,27?, next season? I had my military contract served, obtained my college degree, spent a few years pissing around Montana and Wyoming for fun, got married and had my first child by 27. This guy will have wrestled and maybe gotten a degree? This is absurd.
What about this guy?
McDaniel student working to become oldest college football player ever
It's not every day you get a do-over in life, but a 60-year-old Carroll County man is getting that chance.
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What about this guy?
McDaniel student working to become oldest college football player ever
It's not every day you get a do-over in life, but a 60-year-old Carroll County man is getting that chance.
The draft lottery is just crazy to imagine. Imagine seeing that on TV (as you did). I’m 58 so missed all that, but my number would have been 282 - safely in the not-drafted group. For the younger people on here, check out the draft lottery image attached. Those having birthdates numbered 1-195 were called to serve
The draft lottery is just crazy to imagine. Imagine seeing that on TV (as you did). I’m 58 so missed all that, but my number would have been 282 - safely in the not-drafted group. For the younger people on here, check out the draft lottery image attached. Those having birthdates numbered 1-195 were called to serve
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I had a low number too… but the war ended in the nick of time for me… two months before I graduated from high school!The draft lottery is just crazy to imagine. Imagine seeing that on TV (as you did). I’m 58 so missed all that, but my number would have been 282 - safely in the not-drafted group. For the younger people on here, check out the draft lottery image attached. Those having birthdates numbered 1-195 were called to serve
I spent the night of the December 69 lottery in the Skeller. Lots of anxiety and anticipation. As numbers were called those whose caught low numbers drifted towards the back and poured it on. Those whose numbers had not yet been called kept sipping. By the end of the night everyone was uproariously drunk. High numbers in the front and low numbers in the back. A night I’ll never forget. By July of 1970 I was a maggot at Parris Island.The draft lottery is just crazy to imagine. Imagine seeing that on TV (as you did). I’m 58 so missed all that, but my number would have been 282 - safely in the not-drafted group. For the younger people on here, check out the draft lottery image attached. Those having birthdates numbered 1-195 were called to serve