Not common at that age, but it sucks.
Iowa & HB news - 2025-26
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I read something posted about this style of injury and I hope for his sake it's not entirely true.
I read the recovery for this can be fairly long if what I read is true he's going to be very lucky to be 100% any time next season.
Sounds like his hip doesn't keep him from wrestling but it hurts like a bitch..
86paul has broken a few hips...
8 months maximum to 100% is what it's looking like. 6-7 is probably more likely Oct-Nov
Just need him back for national duals
20 year old bodies are amazing and freaking heal slicker than coyotes who fall off cliffs chasing road runners, but there is going to be serious loss of power and explosiveness that can only be regained through effort and time. 8 months and elite athletic prowess is a stretch, even for an otherwise healthy and very athletic young man.
God speed to him.
Saw that Otoguro retired. The Brands brothers could make anyone hate wrestling.
Iowa fans will be laughing at us. Do they realize this is at least as bad for them?
That’s terrible news, long recovery ahead, hope it goes well for him
Honestly, it's consistent with my position about DT taking the Cowboys job - a bigger threat to Iowa than PSU.
I find it funny that when people like me told them Iowa should ditch the Brands brothers and bring in DT, the majority of them laughed hysterically at us and said "but...but...he has no experience".
I'm gonna enjoy watching David Taylor be Tom Brands's daddy...
For now. DT has the best chance to actually "level the playing field" with PSU because he understands what makes a program great in a way that absolutely no one at Iowa does. Levelling the playing field is nowhere even close to Slumlord Millionaire's idea of getting the ability to throw the biggest bags of cash at mercenaries.
For now, though, OK St and DT are still years behind PSU. Iowa will be a mere speed bump on their way to his true vision.
Right, go to their board and they thinks it’s great what happened but what they don’t seem to realize DT is actually putting together a team that is passing them immediately, they are also convinced that suddenly Peterson, Bailey and Williams are all title contenders next year
If Arnold was smart, he'd be in the portal.
It’s that time of the year when all their guys are title contenders 💁
For a round of 12 guy, yikes. Guess $200k doesn’t buy what it used to, dang tariffs.
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Unless the plan is to bump Ferrari up to 197. I figured at this point they would have poached Elam. Hard to believe Ludington will go at 197 first year.
Why?
He's doing exactly what many in the transfer thread said Ryder should have done. Stay and battle for a spot in the lineup.
Maybe his NIL deal is multi-year with a no unilateral portal clause. I mean, if Dean's has performance incentives, I don't see why not.
If I were cutting the big checks and that kind of clause was "legal" then a no unilateral portal clause would be one of my a standard Ts&Cs for big-time recruits.
I agree with your point about Ryder but I don't agree with that sentiment by many on here.
I see Arnold as a somewhat different situation. Instead of letting Arnold get more experience at 184, TnT swapped him out for the heir apparent against most of the toughest competition. It's obvious that Angelo will be the starter at 184 next season.
Not only did TnT do Arnold dirty not letting him compete, now Arnold has to cut back down to compete with the returning 4th place finisher at 174. Rutger should be throwing him some $$$ to take the cruise liner to Jerzy.
A cursory review of my posts would reveal I'm not one of the many.
I only speak for me.
@Cali_Nittany explains Arnold's predicament well. Book it.
When you ask "are you my therapist?" you might need one. It's a Freudian slip.
Was Micic projecting? I mean he never won at NCAA's despite winning at Freestyle in 2023 and he wrestles for Serbia.
I mentioned before that Micic is perfectly qualified to explain the difference in competing in both styles. But Dake has also been in the room with Ono and said Ono is very good and won’t have a problem. Dake has no dog in the fight. I’m just excited to see how it all unfolds against top competition.
How stupid do you look now that your boy Dean Peterson coming out saying that you talk out your ass and everything you have said about his transfer to Iowa is bs?
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Serious question for anybody, but especially the Iowa lurkers (several suggested I not post there). What methods, techniques, networks, and technologies do those Iowa insiders employ that they know the inner workings of every single other significant program, right down to every athlete interaction, funders of NIL, etc? Do they use some high tech surveillance equipment? Do they drug every athlete in the top 200 of college wrestling and get downloads of every program’s interaction right down to the structuring of every deal offer? What’s the scoop? How do they know absolutely EVERYTHING?
I think Dean will fit right in at Iowa..
He should turn heel pretty quick... Iowa fans will love him, the rest of the conference not so much.
He should turn heel pretty quick... Iowa fans will love him, the rest of the conference not so much.
They all share a neurolink that is hot spotted into Ironbirds brain.. It's run with Coax cabling with splitters so it even gets more distorted than normal..
Or another theory is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicity_(film)
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