Beard in portal
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Good luck to Michael wherever he lands!
Well, that stinks but I’m not the least bit surprised. Best of luck to him. He has been a class act.
Okay, so then what does 184 look like in 2024? Oh, I know what you’re going to do! What about 174? 165? 125?
Cael has a decent track record with upper weights (and lower weights), so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt. For now. He’s on a short leash. Tom Ryan may be available soon.
Geez. I was hoping this would not happen. Think he has 3 years of eligibility left. Dean will be gone next season and the difference between them is razor thin to say the least.
I can’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to sit another year either. With a returning national champ coming back at the weight there isn’t any other option for him. He can’t drop to 184lbs and he can’t go up either.
Best of luck to him but I think this was inevitable.
I’m sad, but hope he lands somewhere good that won’t impact the team race.
That fits! Let’s hope MB finds a great new home (Penn?) and has the career he deserves. Some of life’s lessons are pretty harsh, but, it seems entirely likely that he will stand tall on the mat and off.
This stinks. I was hoping Cael could find a way for another redshirt year and then have Beard for 3 more years after Dean.
How do you blame a young man who is so talented like Beard who does not want to sit behind a national champion? Careers go fast and to sit 2 years in a row would not be fun. We always wish our top transfers would be at a weight where we have less depth but it does not always work out that way.
I love SonnyAbeFan's sense of humor! I bet every athletic coach in USA would love to have Cael's record! With further transfers/portal who knows when 22 to 23 wrestling team roster will be finalized! A lot happens in 1 year much less 2.
I love SonnyAbeFan's sense of humor! I bet every athletic coach in USA would love to have Cael's record! With further transfers/portal who knows when 22 to 23 wrestling team roster will be finalized! A lot happens in 1 year much less 2.
Beard graduated from HS in 2018. Your plan would have him wrestling through the 2026 season.
Michael might want to get on with his life at some point.
I hope it’s Lehigh…
Quick story on this for those interested: https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-stat...n-state-wrestler-enters-ncaa-transfer-portal/
If he could go to northwestern and get his degree from there that would be a big plus for him.
Then you would be out of the big ten but then again that may give him a higher seed.
He will get good coaching there, a fantastic education, and won't impact the team race in the Big Ten or likely the NCAA championships.
Yes, Rob Koll, but also two time NCAA champion and former Nittany Lion, Vincenzo Joseph.
The problem with Stanford is that Beard is 1 year from graduating, and Stanford notoriously admits next to nobody for grad school.
So next year at this time, he'd likely be right back in the portal looking for another new home.
Even less likely he goes to Penn -- the Ivies don't allow grad students to compete athletically at all.
Colbert is committed to Army.
IDK who Watters is, and can't find him on Google.
In any case, the guy I'd want is Correa. And he won National Preps at 182 as a FR at Seminary, so he's really good and probably not a college 184. If that means Ball starts for a year, we could do a lot worse.
If woods got 200k for 2 years,
I would guess that Beard should get 300?
Outstanding. A great school, local...and not Iowa, Michigan or Ohio State!
This thought has crossed my mind also. Stranger things have happened.
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