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Harry Rodriguez from Evansville Harrison is wrestling 149/157 at Lyon College in Arkansas!

I had a random thought today, let's say Jordan Oliver qualifies the weight for the Olympics but gets hurt and can't compete. Would Nick get a chance to wrestle off McKenna for the spot? Because this was a weight that no one sat out from the challenge tournament, they didn't do a true 2nd, but if they had Nick would have gotten a chance to wrestle McKenna for true 2nd(I also think they should've done true 2nd anyway because the difference in pay for their monthly stipend for being 2nd on the National Team instead of 3rd is different but that's a different story). There's almost zero chance of this situation happening, but just a random thought I was curious about.

I would've thought Covaciu would've been pretty good at 174 this year, but I don't see him listed on the roster? 133 looks interesting with Asa Garcia, Kyle Luigs, and Cayden Rooks. Rooks had some really close matches with top guys last year, Luigs had some big wins at 141 his freshman year, and Asa had a decent redshirt year last year. Who do you guys think comes out of here? Maybe if Konrath isn't healthy one of them goes up to 141?

I would say only having 3 guys ranked is a product of not having any offseason national tournaments this year. I think those tournaments are more important for Indiana guys because of the in-season travel restrictions in the state, so they don't get as much of a chance to accumulate nationally relevant wins. Hopefully more tournaments start to open up, so we can change that number!

I would say it's more of a fundraising thing. These college programs are able to fund raise to pay the athletes way more than the OTC could. In essence, there are a lot more college wrestling alumni that are willing to donate back to their program than there are people donating to the senior level athletes at the OTC. Some say that USA Wrestling isn't funneling the funds in the right direction, but that's a whole different discussion. In terms of the fairness, I actually think there are NCAA rules about keeping the RTC separate. However, it seems like these rules are kind of vauge, interpreted differently, and not really enforced. For the most part, these schools have separate RTC practices than their normal practice time so the college athletes can choose to go these practices to work with the RTC athletes on their own. So, it's not exactly like you said about the RTC athletes practicing with them, but at the same time, different colleges seem to interpret the rule differently as well. It's an interesting topic for sure! I think the RTCs have done a lot to help wrestling, so I'm in favor of them. Think about how many more guys are still wrestling and trying to make the Olympics compared to 10-12 years ago. I think this is in big part due to the RTCs and the Living The Dream Fund. Even if it does create a bit of an advantage for some schools, it seems to be beneficial for wrestling in the big picture, in my opinion.

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That's an interesting point, but I also think there is value in Indiana putting out the most competitive team possible. If Indiana can make it a respectable dual against Team USA, maybe it could push us closer to the top tier of wrestling states, thus giving more validity to credentials state-wide.

Kinda curious why Purdue isn't in the mix if he plans to be an engineering major?

Just speculation, but I wonder if Jim Harbaugh is referencing Mason in this article. He mentions that they have some one that may want to wrestle too in the 2nd to last sentence. http://coachingsearch.com/article?a=What-Jim-Harbaugh-wants-to-see-if-a-player-wants-to-play-a-2nd-sport-in-college

Well Burroughs was a 149 his first 2 years, and I think his freshman year was Coughlin's redshirt-freshman year when he all-americaned at 149. Definitely interesting to think about!

Off the top of my head, I remember a lot of hype about Howe vs Walpole, Angel vs. Macke, and to a lesser extent Maurer vs. Dolly. The Maurer-Dolly match was the only one that lived up to the hype(and exceeded it). But, none of those compare to this one

Anybody know what the schedule of times is for tomorrow?

From what I understand, he was getting advice from college coaches that, because of his injuries, he should be giving his body a break at some point and not be wrestling year around. So, basically, he could choose to wrestle the high school season and sit out all of the national tournaments, or he could choose to sit out the high school season and just focus on the national tournaments. I think he made a great choice, and he is a great kid with a great family!