A.J. Nevills posted two wins today wrestling as a Hwt. .....first an 11-0 win against San Fran State followed by a 12-11 win against Kevin Barrett of Nebraska Kearney who is the #6 ranked Hwt. in DII. Good start.
A.J. Nevills starts 2-0 for Fresno State
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That's cool. He's close to home, on the mat, and having success. Good to hear.
That begs the question........where has he been for the last 8 years?
I checked as much as I could. Barrett redshirted at Nebraska-Omaha during the 2010-2011 season. He wrestled for Nebraska-Kearney in 2011-2012....finishing 4th at NCAAs. He again wrestled for NK in 2016-2017 ......finishing with a 32-8 record. He is back again this year. Clearly took a long break in there somewhere but is a solid 26-27 yr. old college Heavyweight
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I know someone who saw the match live. Evidently AJ gave up 6 points early in the match and had to battle back from there. It takes pretty gritty determination to do that.
It certainly has not hurt him spending a year in the Penn State wrestling room. I know there is not much help from the great recruiters, but those fabulous born to be champions wrestling learning free in the room probably through some osmosis showed him the importance of "continue to score".
Probably true, but I'm not ruling out the possibility that the fabulous recruiters just taught him how to cheat his way to victory
That and Cael calling him last week to tell him how to beat his opponents.
But that begs the question? Does that mean Cael notices tendencies and, hence, can coach?
I got one of looks from my wife. She already wasn't happy that I am reading my phone while eating breakfast, then I snort laugh coffee.
No, no. Get that thought out of your head. Pour a shot of vodka, raise a toast to a championhawkass and just accept the great cheat-recuiter lucks his way through this sport and life.
Happy to do my part to ensure I'm not the only one dropping in the rankings before a single match is wrestled today.
Or, is that like his version of Spyker emailing the coaches with recruiting advice?
That can be taken two ways. I am assuming you mean the family are also winners off the mat, not that they just can't all win on the mat.
