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JoeBagobagels

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Most fun facts aren't fun or funny but this one is. No Iowa high schooler has won an NCAA title since Cory Clark in 2017. I found this both fun and funny. Now I did ask Grok so maybe it's wrong, but I don't care I laughed.
 
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El_Jefe said:
So you're saying we should pump the brakes on Dreshaun Ross hype?
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As I've said, I don't get the Ross hype. He's no Steveson and Steveson didn't win it as a freshman. I don't even think he's a good of a prospect as Kerklviet was.

I think Merrill is going to finish higher as a freshman.

But regardless, I think we can all agree that Iowa is becoming irrelevant as a wrestling state.
 
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Coastal2 said:
As I've said, I don't get the Ross hype. He's no Steveson and Steveson didn't win it as a freshman. I don't even think he's a good of a prospect as Kerklviet was.

I think Merrill is going to finish higher as a freshman.

But regardless, I think we can all agree that Iowa is becoming irrelevant as a wrestling state.
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If that continues, and the Hawks also continue to struggle recruiting out of state elite recruits it begs the question: how many more years until Iowa becomes a wrestle through dual meet?
 
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El_Jefe said:
So you're saying we should pump the brakes on Dreshaun Ross hype?
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🤔🤷‍♂️ I'm a fan of the fat Electrician and his Podcasts. He was talking about Iowa wrestling and how great high school Iowa wrestling was so some men in the comments pulled out the per capita thing I mentioned that doesn't matter so I was interested in how long it has been since an Iowa resident went to college and won a national championship.

Grok said 2017 and it was wrong. It was 2019. So it's basically six years. Pennsylvania has had a resident with an NCA national championship. Going back to 2016, they didn't have any win in 2015.

It was busting balls in YouTube comments. 😎
 
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JoeBagobagels said:
Fun facts actually can be funny and fun.
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Let's be fair about this: the state of Iowa did produce a Senior World Champ in 2021.

Of course, he had moved to NLWC one year earlier.
 
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Coastal2 said:
Isn't it already?
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In all seriousness, last season they had 3 duals they did not wrestle through. Wyoming due to the elevation, and OSU and Iowa.
I keep waiting for the enjoyment of slobber knocking Ryan's and Brands' teams to wear off and just wrestle through them as well.
 
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