I think you’re under estimating how both OSU and Iowa fans have felt when it comes to top recruits the past several years. Has felt inevitable. I’m not talking facts and rankings and who Cael didn’t get, but how we have felt. So to have the 3 top studs in one week commit and not one choose PSU feels like the door is opening a little (in terms of recruiting). That’s why he said they got away. It feels that way. And my feelings don’t care about your facts!
Jax Announcement Tomorrow
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You gonna let Hawk fans continue to roast @chasepollard over on your board?
You guys got a special wrestler
but an even more special kid
but an even more special kid
I’m gonna be bullish on Thompson for 2 reasons
1. He could’ve easily hit the portal (or gotten the boot) when DT and the staff came in with their lifestyle changes for the team. He’s still here (as far as we know).
2. DT clearly sees something in him, else he wouldn’t have brought him as his sparring partner to the world championships. Hopefully that investment pays dividends.
I know he was up and down last year and faded down the stretch, but I think a lot of that was cutting too much weight and not cutting the “right” way. He may not have impressed at the Hays tournament but as far as I can tell no one in the staff was there with him. Give him a full year with these guys and let’s see what he can do this next year.
Lol. The Hawk board. @west2east seems to think you're soft. And @MALOS apparently doesnt have the balls to tell you here he welcomes you banning him and would take it as a compliment.
Haha, I don’t care.
Those guys are welcome here unless they want to cause problems. They give pretty good points here and there.
oh yea, next year Hughes should fill in at 141, I forgot Jax is only a junior with all this talk him and Bo still have another year of HS. Hopefully Hughes, Jax and Jamison can all spread out over the next year or two to get them all in the lineup
@WiIdTurk oh look, a mod that isn't weak and a crybaby.. you should take notes.
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Ohhhh we want problems...
Anyone seen Lisa Morales here yet?
I just came to say congrats. Leave the drama behind. This is Jax's thread.
Jax said on flow he would like to start his 1st year but would trust his coaches on what would be best.
His answer at 9:20 below. He says likely 141 as a freshman assuming he keeps growing, and 149 later on. And that he wants to wrestle as a freshman, but would accept redshirting if that's best for the team.
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I'd give anything to see Jax have a growth spurt and him and Bassett were at same weight. Love him to definitively prove he was the best recruit of the two.
I’d like to see him run through 4 weight classes with no defeat to make himself the undisputed NCAA goat
Jax RS and then stepping in at 149 his rsFR year after Jamison graduates seems ideal. Seems crazy to think the #9 p4p class of 2023 kid (Hughes) would not be a lock by 26/27 season as a starter at 141 but remains to be seen unfortunately.
You can kick me while I’m up…it’s cool.
Until he loses a match or wins his second title at the same weight, this is my personal plan for him.
Welcome to the club. If DT is for real in challenging Cael...you better get use to trying to figure out how kids fit in.
DT now has his DT and the start of bigger things for sure. Congrats!
I believe the thought here is that anytime a top Pennsylvania High school wrestler doesn't go to PSU he was "pulled away" whether you thought he was going there are not. The fact that he didn't is significant.
I have one somewhere but I haven't seen it in a while. Hopefully my son didn't pinch it.
Yeah, there’s insufficient evidence. This was an insane hall for his first full year of recruiting
Pretty happy with this.
This isn’t a slam on Bo at all but after listening to them and watching them over the last several months Jax just “felt” like a Cowboy. I know that won’t make sense to the fans of other schools but if you know you know.
This isn’t a slam on Bo at all but after listening to them and watching them over the last several months Jax just “felt” like a Cowboy. I know that won’t make sense to the fans of other schools but if you know you know.
Honestly, I just stay out of that cesspool
You are welcome to come back anytime! Just please don't call me out for spelling wrestling "dual" wrong. 😉
Wow, I guess that’s never happened before. Look here everybody we have an Iowa guy who can’t let something go! He’s a real funny guy. Let’s all welcome him with a one finger salute.
I went to the Penn. St. forum and looked at the last few pages of the Jax Forrest thread. They think highly of Jax but rate Duke and Blaze as better and will have better careers. In general, they are somewhat respectful to the Cowboys mostly because of Taylor. Iowa gets killed there of course. We are getting good recruits, but their 24 and 25 classes will keep them winning is how they see it. Much of their confidence seems to come from the fact that they have the master, and we have the pupil. They are very cocky which makes sense because they have dominated for well over a decade. It would be great if we could start winning team championships again. They know we are no threat this year and no threat next year. I agree with their conclusion. A couple of posters expressed some concern by 2027 we could be competitive. I think they believe if they weren't so stacked with great wrestlers Cael would have put more effort into getting Bo and Jax. Being objective, you can't deny the unbelievable quality of their 24 and 25 classes. But our 25 and 26 classes could match up if we got 1 more star in 2026. In 2027 class we need 1 or 2 great recruits we could put some real fear into them if we show great development.Wow, I guess that’s never happened before. Look here everybody we have an Iowa guy who can’t let something go! He’s a real funny guy. Let’s all welcome him with a one finger salute.
All in all, that’s a fair take of the PSU board.
That's a good take. PSU fans will tell you, no one wanted Jax more than me. I almost embarrassed myself gushing over him for the past year to be honest. Lol. I still like Blaze and Duke. But I have a tendency to do that...kinda in the same way I never ever place a bet against my favorite teams. Even if it's to cover a spread. If I'm right, I want to be right with my guys being the ones making me right if that makes any sense..
Would you mind if I take your post and link over on my board? I'd like to nominate it for our Post Of The Year contest...Wow, I guess that’s never happened before. Look here everybody we have an Iowa guy who can’t let something go! He’s a real funny guy. Let’s all welcome him with a one finger salute.
@johnstownsteel
lol so this is why youre over here? Either way I’m glad to have you
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lol so this is why youre over here? Either way I’m glad to have you
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We’re watching you like a Hawk, JTS. You have a short time to deliver now and, if you fail, you may need to seek refugee status on another board for a while.
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The cockyness I can do without. There was a lot of patronizing when I have gone to certain sites, but it only makes me that much happier when we will start to contend. We are the comeback story, we are the pokes.
Most people don't know this about me but I have a mild disdain for Iowa and most of their fans. I'd be ok with OK St. being PSUs chief competitor...
All fan forums have a cockiness. Heck, just look at Iowa. They have the first big win on the recruiting front in a long time, and the peacocks come out of the woodwork on every forum known to man to proclaim it and defend against how it looked. Even normally reasonable posters got bent out of shape defending Slumlord. It makes me laugh. In the end, it's just a college sport. It doesn't take over my identity and life.
