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Thomas Gilman on This Past Season at Oklahoma State & His Departure | 292 Apr 10, 2025

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Thomas Gilman just spent his first year as a coach at Oklahoma State, and today we caught up to talk about his first year coaching, his retirement from competition - and, of course, the news that broke this weekend that he’s out of Oklahoma State. What a show!

01:40 - Olympic Trials & Jumping into Coaching
06:11 - Not Going to Turkey
08:45 - Coaching at Oklahoma State
12:45 - Coaching Troy Spratley to the National Finals
17:00 - The Decision to Leave Oklahoma State
20:00 - Going back to NLWC
25:30 - Transitioning from Selfish to Selfless
28:40 - Coaching Instinct vs Philosophy
31:00 - Comparing The Experience at Iowa, Oklahoma State, and Penn State
33:00 - Instilling This in Athletes
37:15 - Faith Playing a Pivotal Role
40:00 - Excitement to Get Back in Rec Hall
44:00 - Pride of Competitive Career
46:00 - Getting Covid Before Worlds

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Rocky Elam on Why He’s Transferring & Where | 291 Apr 08, 2025

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Rocky Elam is a 4x All-American with 5th, 4th, 3rd and 6th place finishes at NCAA's. He has spent his whole career at Missouri but will be transferring for his final year of eligibility. Today he joins me on the show to talk about where he’s transferring and why..

01:00 - Injuries from last year
06:30 - The Decision to Transfer
08:00 - How NIL Factored In
09:40 - The Decision to Transfer
12:30 - Call From David Carr
14:15 - Approaching a New Room & System
16:30 - Zach Headed to Rutgers
17:45 - Transitioning Within The Big 12
19:15 - Plans for Freestyle & LA 2028
21:30 - Reflecting on Time at Mizzou

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Zack Ryder to Oklahoma State, Iowa's Lineup Coming Together, & More Portal Talk | 290 Apr 06, 2025

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Another wild week in College Wrestling with the Transfer Portal, and we're here to break down all of the latest.

05:30 - Transfer Portal, Peterson Commits to Iowa
08:45 - Iowa’s Line-up: Will Iowa get a 197lb’er to complete the lineup?
16:45 - Ben Kueter Hip Surgery
18:30 - AJ Ferrari Decision Coming Soon
27:50 - Zack Ryder Heading to Oklahoma State
32:55 - Does Oklahoma State Now Have a Log Jam?
51:30 - Deals Need To Be In By April 7th, Paid Out by Around June 20th
56:15 - How Many Wrestlers Have “NIL Value”
01:08:45 - Roster Cap Deadlines
01:22:50 - Glimpse into Vegas/Open Show

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Minnesota's Max McEnelly on Incredible Freshman Season (That Left Him Unsatisfied) | 289 Apr 04, 2025

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On today's show, the NCAA Freshman of the Year, Max McEnelly of Minnesota, joins the show as we talk all things his Freshman season & Minnesota.

01:32 - Summarizing the Season
03:19 - Making the Jump to College
05:30 - Being an Underdog
08:28 - Dropping Matches to Carter & Parker
11:00 - Bouncing Back for 3rd
13:00 - Match Against Berge
14:30 - Film Guy?
15:45 - Having Gable Back For This Year
18:00 - Impact of Michael Kemerer
20:00 - Vance Vombaur in the Room
22:00 - Maintaining Momentum
24:30 - 184 Next year
25:45 - Fan Q&A
33:08 - NIL Deals

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Iowa’s Drake Ayala on New Transfers, Battling Adversity, & The Iowa Culture | 288 Apr 03, 2025

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Great having 2x National Finalist Drake Ayala of Iowa on the show today!

1:13 - Checking in Post-NCAA’s
03:40 - Growth at Iowa
06:30 - Going to Paris with Spencer Lee
10:00 - Overcoming Adversity
12:20 - The NCAA Tournament
15:20 - NCAA Finals Experience 2 Years in a Row
16:30 - Teemer & Parco Hate
20:30 - Nasir Bailey & Jordan Williams Joining Iowa
24:30 - Excitement on the Recruits Coming In
26:00 - Training Partners
27:45 - Having His Brother Dru in the Room
29:10 - Buchanan Winning National Title
30:10 - The Iowa Culture
33:30 - Leadership In the Room
36:30 - Pride in Career
38:25 - Hawkeye Streaks
40:30 - Fan Q&A

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Basch & The Brain Live to Discuss Hodge Race, Portal Heating Up, & NIL | 287 Apr 01, 2025

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The Hodge Race got contentious, the portal continues to heat up & top talent is finding new homes. We've got a fun show today. Be sure to subscribe for new episodes!

03:00 - The Hodge Trophy Race Was CLOSE!
28:50 - Transfer Portal: Rocco Welsh to PSU
39:40 - NIL and Why Are Some Numbers Disclosed & Others Aren’t?
48:00 - Iowa Picks Up Williams & Bailey
56:30 - Will They Pick Up Dean Peterson, Too?
59:30 - Will The Mirasolas Transfer?
01:02:40 - Alex Facundo to Oklahoma State
01:07:30 - Rosters to be Capped at 30 Soon
01:15:30 - Tim Flynn Calls out Iowa
01:27:15 - Dake Competing for 4 More Years

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Rocco Welsh Announces Where He's Transfering & Why | 286 Mar 30, 2025

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Ohio State's Rocco Welsh, who was an NCAA Finalist his true freshman year & has 3 years of eligibility remaining, hit the transfer portal last week, and the decision was a quick one! On today's episode, we talk briefly about where he's headed & why.

0:51 - Why Rocco is Transferring
02:10 - What Happened Back in December
03:45 - Reaction When Going Into the Portal
05:11 - Making The Decision
07:32 - Reuniting with KDTC
08:21 - The Role of NIL
09:20 - Weight for Next Year
10:00 - Offseason Plans
11:37 - What He’s Looking Forward To Do The Most
12:35 - What He’ll Miss The Most at Ohio State

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Luke Lilledahl on Ono, AA'ing, His True Freshman Year, & Freestyle Plans | 285 Mar 26, 2025

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Great chatting with Penn State's Luke Lilledahl on today's show!Luke just wrapped up his true freshman season with a 3rd place finish at NCAA's. Prior to starting college, Luke won both Cadet & Junior World Gold!

0:01 - Winning another World Title Before Season
4:14 - The Hunger For More Gold, The Fun in Competing
05:30 - Pressure of Being a Highly Touted Recruit
09:00 - Adjusting to College
011:40 - Bouncing Back from Losses & Defeat
13:30 - Losing at NCAA’s
16:22 - Being a Part of the 10 AA Team
19:00 - Making the Jump from High School to College
21:49 - Making Improvements From This Year to Next Year
24:06 - Getting the Nickname “Lightnin”
26:15 - Importance of Play Wrestling
28:35 - World Champ Ono being in the Room
32:30 - Being Teammates with Ono Next Year
38:12 - Who’s Taken on Mentor Role
41:15 - Penn State Culture
44:20 - Biggest Takeaway from Freshman Season
48:00 - Fan/Listener Q&A
58:00 - What’s Coming Up/Closing The Show

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The Transfer Portal Is Getting Wild! + Early Projected Line-ups! | 284 Mar 26, 2025

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The Transfer Portal is getting WILD! Today, we dive into everything going on in the Portal and then start to look at predicted/projected line-ups for the Top 5 next year!

04:15 - Coaching Changes Are Quiet
07:50 - There Are Buckets of Transfers
21:16 - Portal Rundown
43:13 - What’s Going on at Iowa State?
51:30 - Lucas Byrd Transferring Out?
52:55 - Jayden James Flips to Penn State
59:30 - Cleveland State Wrestling May Have a Chance
01:01:50 - Ono & Predicted Penn State Lineup for 2025-2026
01:14:58 - Nebraska Lineup Predictions for 2025-2026
01:19:30 - Iowa Lineup Predictions for 2025-2026
01:31:45 - Oklahoma State Lineup Predictions for 2025-2026
01:39:30 - Lehigh Lineup Predictions for 2025-2026

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Recapping the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships! | 283 Mar 23, 2025

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WOW! The 2025 NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships DID NOT disappoint and we are back and recapping the whole event!

0:31 - We’re back from NCAAs, Our Trip
07:30 - Starting With The Team Race
09:00 - Penn State Dominated
18:00 - Podium Picture
24:30 - David Taylor’s Rookie Coaching Season
31:50 - Ono to Penn State?
41:00 - 125lbs Recap
47:15 - 133lbs
56:20 - 141lbs
01:09:50 - 149lbs
01:18:30 - 157lbs
01:30:20 - 165lbs
01:39:45 - 174lbs
01:47:25 - 184lbs
01:54:30 - 197lbs
02:06:25 - 285lbs
02:20:00 - Closing The Show

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