Let's discuss any non portal offseason news for Penn State and college wrestling here.
2024-2025 college wrestling offseason thread
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Yeah me neither. I don't think Carter is going to be the same weight as Gabe this upcoming season. I am honestly expecting CStar to go 197lbs.
As is the case with football, is today also the 1st day that colleges can contact '26 wrestling recruits? I realize it's at a much smaller scale, but do the PSU coaches send out things at midnight? Doesn't seem like Cael's thing, but I wasn't sure?
June 15th is the 1st day that wrestlers that will class of 2026 (students that just finished their sophomore year of HS) can be contacted by college coaches.
CS & company don't broadcast what they do with regards to recruiting, and there isn't a lot of media coverage of wrestling recruiting. Most of what we know about PSU recruiting (including their actions and tactics) comes from recruits talking after the fact about what CS did. There have been stories in past years of PSU contacting the recruit in the first few minutes after they can legally contact recruits. On the flip side, there are reports where it was days/weeks/months after the 1st day of legal contact before CS or an assistant contacted a recruit. @El_Jefe could probably speak with more specifics about what has been disclosed in past years about PSU contacting recruits on the 1st day of permissible contact. My understanding is that there isn't a set pattern that PSU's coaching staff employs.
Are you sure ? Notice the #1 area is covered up. You do know that Cael sees Bo all the time now in the room. Bo has been training with the NLWC for U20 coming up.
Im really hoping our wrestling donors step up in a big way for Marcus Blaze. Young man has beaten lighting Luke and even Ramos from Purdue in a tournament. Young man has a very good shot to be a 4 time National Champion and World Champion. He has us in his top 3 right now. Let’s go Cael and staff. Having RBY back in the room will definitely help. Will see here soon. He’s the only big stud in his class that hasn’t committed yet.
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2021 - he won NCAAs, but that was a COVID year for all wrestlers
2022 - he wrestled then got injured, so that's year 1 of eligibility
2023 - he took an Olympic redshirt
That's how he has 3 years of eligibility remaining
Multiple free years.
Covid
Injury hardship? He had the car crash and didn't wrestle conference or NCAAs
Redshirt
Olympic shirt
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Generally, Cael calls his top targets on the first day. That could be at any time, and he targets fewer guys than the fans imagine. After the midnight Suriano visit, lots of coaches now make midnight calls, so whatever advantage no longer exists.
Not calling Bassett until Day 2 might have been because Keegan Bassett (and presumably more of the family) spent Day 1 at Pan Ams in El Salvador.
Also, Cael makes initial contact with the top targets. He called Anthony Knox directly, didn't delegate to Bobby Telford ... from the University of Iowa.
Cael is the number one caller. Just not sequentially.
It struck me when Willie mentioned the offer that it seemed like a NCAA violation. Hmm
From Willie's comments, it's pretty clear that this is about Iowa trying to poach Ramos, Teemer, and Volk -- none of whom were ever in the portal.
Assuming Willie's sources are correct (and I have no reason to doubt him), this is a clear-cut tampering violation.
And Bob Nicolls is an oaf. It would be completely unsurprising if he did this behind Brands' back.
Time for the NCAA to grow a set and try to get things under control.
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