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**FloWrestling Radio Live**

FloWrestling Radio live hosted by Christian Pyles and the rest of the FloWrestling crew on Mondays and Thursdays. The team discusses the hottest topics in college and international wrestling.

Latest Episodes:

FRL 600 - Penn State's Return & Lineup Updates, Tom Brands On Gable Steveson, And D1 Dual Rankings Jan 20, 2021

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - Ben is back from Tennessee where he lost to team West Virginia

0:04 - Ben shares his thoughts on the Henri Deglane and in particular 57kg

0:07 - A few more finals thoughts on Burroughs-Taylor

0:09 - Why does the criteria debate continue to pop up?

0:10 Ben lost the Peyton Robb bet and now owes us 30 push ups

0:11 - Ben’s thoughts on Iowa-Nebraska

0:15 - Tom Brands on Gable-Cassioppi

0:23 - Ben gives him an update on how his return to competition is going

0:24 - Looks like Penn State will wrestle this weekend and there’s some news on a possible Kerkvliet injury

0:25 - Ben has a new COVID-19 plan

0:27 - Previewing Michigan State-Penn State

0:30 - Bad news coming on the Tokyo Olympics?

0:40 - Jonny Ruggiano joins the show to talk about the Captains’ Cup

0:53 - NCAA D1 dual rankings have dropped and yelling at people who complain about rankings

01:12 - Questions from friends

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FRL 599 - Why Nick Suriano Might Not Return To Rutgers & NCAA Week 3 Madness Jan 19, 2021

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - Ben is out being a coach and will be back tomorrow

0:01 - Since CP and Bratke were out on Thursday, they share their thoughts on Burrroughs-Taylor

0:04 - Why criteria is just fine

0:11 - Thomas Gilman’s late match tactics continue to be puzzling

0:14 - Nick Suriano wins the Deglane looking amazing on the way.

0:23 - Why Suriano would not come back to Rutgers

0:27 - Pat McKee beats Mitch McKee and Brody Teske is into the top 10

0:36 - Dake killed a guy

0:37 - Sharifov didn’t wrestle Kyle Snyder for some reason

0:38 - Yianni looks like he’s on an up swing

0:45 - Tamyra-Forrest met in a potential Olympic Trials finals preview

0:47 - Iowa looked as advertised against Nebraska

0:57 - Missouri is on fire

0:58 - Stanford coaches get locked out of the team’s official social media accounts

0:59 - Making our way back to Missouri beating everyone badly

01:05 - Getting back to the Iowa-Nebraska dual

01:07 - Gable Steveson has no chill

01:10 - Illinois upsets Missouri

01:17 - Questions from friends

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FRL 598 - Burroughs vs Taylor Breakdown & Penn State Media Day Jan 14, 2021

Show notes

On episode 598 of FRL, Ben and Bray recap the action from Jordan Burroughs vs David Taylor, react to Penn State media day, and preview the weekend’s action.

Run of Show

0:00 – Breaking down JB vs DT

0:14 – J’den’s outstanding, but Nate Jackson looked great

0:18 – Do McKenna’s weigh ins at scratch weight give him an advantage?

0:24 – The high schoolers balled out at JB vs DT

0:30 – Penn State is out for this weekend

0:34 – Breaking down Penn State Media Day

0:35 – Iowa vs Penn State virtual white board war

0:53 – Henri Deglane rematches to look forward to

1:00 – Questions from friends

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FRL 597 - Burroughs-Taylor, Nebraska-Iowa, Henri Deglane Predictions Jan 13, 2021

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - JB & DT are really going to wrestle today

0:01 - Time to put Ben on the spot and make him make a prediction

0:13 - Previewing the Nebraska-Iowa dual

0:14 - Christian Lance had looked good and then Gable Steveson teched him with only takedowns

0:17 - Getting back to previewing and making picks for Nebraska-Iowa

0:36 - Iowa State, Missouri, UNI, Arizona State is a fire quad

0:45 - Senior-level wrestlers who have competed the most since April 2020

0:46 - A little Henri DeGlane talk and what international guys will be there

01:01 - Questions from friends

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FRL 596 - CP & Bratke Live From Lincoln Recapping the Tamyra-Adeline Card, Burroughs-Taylor Full Card Set, NCAA D1 Recap Jan 12, 2021

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - Ben got his eye split open but not by a Paul brother

0:01 - CP and Bratke are coming at you live from Lincoln

0:02 - Explaining what happened last week and why there was no FRL

0:05 - Guys on the Senior level are becoming more willing to wrestle since quarantine began

0:09 - Tamyra Mensah-Stock takes out Adeline Gray

0:14 - Thoughts on J’den Cox’s first match since last February

0:19 - Henri Deglane is officially live on FloWrestling this weekend

0:20 - Nahshon Garrett looks massive, but has no answer for Joey McKenna

0:22 - Richards looked good against Gross, but Gross is just better right now

Edge rules

0:33 - watching the opening sequence of the Richards-Gross match

0:35 - Ben was super impressed with Nate Jackson

0:38 - Full card for Wednesday

0:44 - Recapping all the D1 action

01:02 - Roger Reina is Andrew Spey’s father

01:05 - Yianni put it on Anthony Ashnault

01:09 - CP tells the story of a wild dream he had about Metz-Cassioppi

01:10 - The internet starts to fail us so we say goodbye

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FRL 595 - David Taylor On The Past Few Days, Match With Jordan Burroughs Being Moved To Jan. 13 Jan 09, 2021

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - David Taylor on how he’s feeling

0:01 - DT on what the past few days have been like and his emotions throughout all of it

0:03 - Did DT ever think the match wasn’t going to happen?

0:05 - DT on how his preparations have been for his match with JB

0:07 - DT on his match with Gabe Dean and if that was good for him to have a close match

0:10 - Does DT think pace will impact the match either way?

0:12 - Is scoring early on JB crucial?

0:15 - What are the biggest differences in JB and DT’s games since they last met in 2014?

0:16 - What does DT think JB will do to avoid DT’s collar tie?

0:18 - Is there anyone in State College who can mimic JB?

0:19 - How will the match being at scratch 86kg impact DT?

0:20 - How much is the cut to 86kg for DT?

0:25 - If 79kg had been a weight when DT was in college would he have bumped up to 174?

0:27 - DT’s thoughts on how good Penn State is right now

0:28 - Thoughts on Carter Starocci and how good he can be

0:29 - Even though he isn’t wrestling, DT shares his thoughts on the rest of tonight’s card

0:30 - DT on how wrestling is evolving and the current economy of it

0:33 - What is the right amount of matches a year for Senior-level athletes?

0:38 - Which style does DT prefer?

0:40 - DT on how M2 Training Center is going

0:42 - Bumping up to take on Colin Palmer set DT on path for these big matches

0:44 - Ben might re-arrange his schedule to make it to Lincoln

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FRL 594 - Tom Brands Message To The NCAA Was Spot On Jan 06, 2021

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - For some reason we open by talking about tacos and workout routines

0:04 - Tom Brands media press conference was electric as always

0:11 - Spartan Combat WC event live Friday night headlined by Yianni vs Ashnault

0:21 - What Ben would like to see in wrestling gambling

0:26 - Getting back to the Spartan Combat event on Friday night

0:27 - Reflecting on some terrible freestyle rules over the years

0:33 - Ben talks about some of the gambling lines he likes on the Burroughs-Taylor card

0:34 - We can’t stop talking about terrible freestyle rules

0:36 - Thoughts on Gabe Dean vs Mike Macchiavello and Vito Arujau vs Michael Colaiocco

0:37 - Breaking down some of the best college matchups of the weekend

0:39 - Bratke continues to investigate what CP thinks used to be a freestyle rule

0:40 - Back to weekend of college wrestling ahead of us

0:42 - Ben recalls a funny Jake Herbert story from 2012 Olympic Trials

0:44 - How many D1 wrestlers have come from Austin?

0:46 - Bratke can’t get over how rigged this Gilman match is

0:47 - Questions from friends

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FRL 593 - NCAA Opening Weekend Recap & Big Ten Schedule Breakdown, And Burroughs-Taylor Card Updates Jan 05, 2021

Show notes

Run of Show

0:01 - Bitcoin is on a heater and Ben wants CP to suck it

0:02 - The Big Ten schedule is finally here

0:04 - Oklahoma State wrestle-off results

0:07 - Back to Big Ten wrestling schedule talk

0:09 - Update on what’s going on with Nick Suriano

0:10 - Could there be an All-American this year with a losing record?

0:23 - Brandon Metz is our next electric factory at heavyweight

0:26 - Thoughts on Virginia Tech-Campbell

0:29 - Overall thoughts on NCAA wrestling coming back

0:33 - The team that USA Wrestling is sending to the Henri Deglane is insane

0:38 - How Henri Deglane could impact 57kg pecking order

0:48 - Updates to the Burroughs-Taylor card. We are up to 11 incredible matches

01:00 - Ben watched the Dan Gable documentary

01:09 - Getting back to the matches added to the Burroughs-Taylor card

01:11 - Questions from friends

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FRL 592 - D1 Opening Weekend Preview & How We Got The Life Of Dan Gable Documentary Dec 30, 2020

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - Wisconsin finally got a lot of snow

0:02 - Nate Jackson wants to wrestle Ben Askren

0:03 - The Big Ten has released their volleyball schedule just to troll us

0:05 - Everything you need to know about opening weekend in D1 wrestling

0:30 - Ben clarifies his comments on Dan Gable

0:42 - Question from friends on Dan Gable

01:01 - Mark Bader joins the show to talk about the Dan Gable documentary

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FRL 591 - The NCAA Season Is Finally Here & What's Really Going On With Nick Suriano? Dec 29, 2020

Show notes

Run of Show

0:00 - Catching up with the boys and sharing how Christmas was

0:03 - NCAA wrestling is officially back this week

0:05 - It was a very sad day in the wrestling community on Christmas

0:10 - Austin Gomez medically retires from wrestling

0:11 - Brand new NCAA rankings are out

0:17 - What the heck is going on with Nick Suriano drama

0:24 - Nebraska lineup changes

0:27 - Minnesota has some lineup changes as well

0:30 - What NCAA wrestling we have on tap this weekend

0:33 - NCAA 285 tiers

0:46 - Talking about the remainder of the Burroughs-Taylor card

0:54 - Questions from friends

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