Three college wrestling programs have been thrown in the trash since April. That’s a lot, and there hasn’t been a lot of focus on it. Probably because of the huge shift in coaching at PSU, ISU, ASU and Illinois. But this is MASSIVE! And finally, the NWCA is getting involved. They are putting together a [ Read More ]
Below is the transcript of the press conference when Kevin Jackson was introduced to ISU as their new head wrestling coach, replacing Cael Sanderson. The Press conference took place Friday May 1. Text is taken from Cyclones.com Kevin Jackson “I am truly humbled to be in this position today to lead Iowa State’s wrestling team. [ Read More ]
Reports are out now that David Taylor has been granted a release from Iowa State. That may not seem like that big of a deal to some. Until you realize that not only was he the top recruit for ISU, but he was a four-time Ohio state champion in high school and winner of the [ Read More ]
Rookie mini-camps usually serve as an induction into professional football, but for Jermail Porter, the Patriots’ camp was an introduction to playing football. The ultimate NFL neophyte, Porter never had so much as played a down on a football field before the camp. The 6-foot-5-inch, 310-pounder, signed as an undrafted free agent, looks the part [ Read More ]
Most Batman actions figures have an eight pack, rippling arms and a cape. Jake Herbert, Northwestern’s senior 184-pound wrestler, doesn’t have a cape, but he does have two national championships, a Hodge Trophy (given to the most outstanding wrestler in the NCAA) and the eight pack. On March 21, Herbert capped off his Northwestern wrestling [ Read More ]
Waterloo native Mike Van Arsdale remembers the first time he met Kevin Jackson. Jackson, who was greeted with a loud, long, standing ovation when he was introduced as Iowa State’s new head wrestling coach Friday in a press conference inside the Jacobson Building, also recalls that chance meeting fondly. “As a senior in high school, [ Read More ]
Check out his second professional MMA fight. Dude taps out in the first round. Thoughts?
“The resources there are unbelievable,” Sanderson said of the State College, Pa., campus. “There was a lot of weighing things. It was back and forth in my mind. I didn’t really have a wrong answer. I could stay here, where I love Iowa State and that is never going to change. This is the place [ Read More ]
So this is a good point that Gable brings up. Why would Cael have left Iowa if he wants a national championship? Yeah, Penn State has the second best high school wrestling program in the nation – second to Utah (he said this jokingly – Pennsylvania has the best in the nation) and they have [ Read More ]
Want the brackets? Easy. Here are the brackets for the 2009 NCAA DIV I Wrestling Championships. Have fun. If you want to save it to your computer, right click on the link and select Save Link As. Done and did.