Congrats on a legendary career, and thanks for the many memories.
Best wishes in the newest chapter!
Best wishes in the newest chapter!
Jason Nolf retires
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Damn, was hoping to see more of him.
Burroughs can sleep a little bit easier now.
What a great career. Very memorable wrestler.
Burroughs can sleep a little bit easier now.
What a great career. Very memorable wrestler.
22 Years of wrestling and he has never scored a point on me. It must have finally wore him out and he decided to retire rather than go through the frustration of not scoring on me.
Best of luck to a favorite of mine and someone who actually got my wife interested in watching wrestling.
Best of luck to a favorite of mine and someone who actually got my wife interested in watching wrestling.
Sigh.....gonna miss watching that dude. Not many wrestlers out there as fun to watch as he was.
Good luck Jason!
For me he was 100% the most exciting wrestler of the last 25 years …. and I’ve been watching closely for 50+. 1st rate guy. I remember him getting pissed a few times, but, can’t remember a single instance when he was anything but a classy competitor. What a legacy. Can’t wait to see what comes next.
Well, we have a 30 round magazine full of bullets that might replace him, but for now Jason remains my favorite PSU wrestler ever.
What a blessing it was to have watched him practice his craft unlike anyone else for those 5 years.
I am really bummed that he is hanging it up, a bit too soon IMO, granted his style and creativity are much more aligned to folkstyle.
What a blessing it was to have watched him practice his craft unlike anyone else for those 5 years.
I am really bummed that he is hanging it up, a bit too soon IMO, granted his style and creativity are much more aligned to folkstyle.
It's hard to accept that his wrestling days are done personally, but I'm excited that he's excited to move on to new things. I'll forever be a member of the nolfpack.
Kind of sucks. Was definitely my favorite PSU wrestler of all time. I wish he stuck around for one more cycle
From the day Cael took over PSU and started getting these type of guys and that mindset of have fun and score, it made watching college wrestling fun for me. I have had season tickets to LHU yrs ago, when Kolat, billman, lyod and others were there. But other than those few it was so very boring. These guys made it exciting to be a fan and none more than Jason Nolf.
Hard to top trying to pin someone with a headlock when you are using one hand to pinch your nose to stop it from bleeding. Great career.
Giving national finalist Micah Jordan PTSD with only 1 leg might top that.
Bittersweet times. A time when rich, vain men hemorrhage pro-athlete money to seduce amateurs to a favored school. When athletes with nowhere near the skill or all-time-great status of Jason or Zain get windfalls those two never saw, for results that’ll be dust in the wind.
Nolf, Retherford, and Nick Lee are my favorite Lion wrestlers. Not only for their relentless, stalking styles, but for the humility and grace they brought to careers today’s biggest NIL recipients will rarely see. Godspeed Jason!
Nolf, Retherford, and Nick Lee are my favorite Lion wrestlers. Not only for their relentless, stalking styles, but for the humility and grace they brought to careers today’s biggest NIL recipients will rarely see. Godspeed Jason!
As exciting a wrestler as I've ever been privileged to witness--every match was appointment viewing. Best of luck Jason for whatever comes next and thanks for the memories.
This is surprising, it seems like things are about to clear out in front of him.
I will forever remember when he pinned Martinez, who at the time was being touted that he could challenge Cael undefeated career. The one camera angle had the Illinois coaches(J.Hunter?) in background just watching in disbelief.
A bit sad. My all-time favorite. But excited to see what he does in grappling and the wrestlers he mentors. I had low seats in 2019 when he left a Van Brill indentation in the PGH arena floor.
Nolf was far and away my favorite PSU wrestler. His style was easy to appreciate; aggressive, unique, tough. He definitely left his mark in college wrestling. One of the best, for sure.
LOL NOLF liked to play with his food!
That was brutal. Damn near tech a multi-time All-American in the first period while wrestling on one leg.
Jason reinvented himself so many times in his career, and often quickly.
Early in HS, he was more of a positional wrestler. After the loss to Diehl at states, he opened up his offense and wrecked Diehl that summer at Disney Duals. That was a first glimpse of the wrecking ball he became.
In college after the Van Brill default, he became One-Legged Jason Nolf in 6 weeks.
In freestyle, he became more judicious and less of a risk taker. He finally took out Burroughs and was probably top 5 in the world, unfortunately with Dake at his weight.
I can't think of another wrestler who made so many transformations, let alone successfully. It says a lot about his ability and his commitment.
Early in HS, he was more of a positional wrestler. After the loss to Diehl at states, he opened up his offense and wrecked Diehl that summer at Disney Duals. That was a first glimpse of the wrecking ball he became.
In college after the Van Brill default, he became One-Legged Jason Nolf in 6 weeks.
In freestyle, he became more judicious and less of a risk taker. He finally took out Burroughs and was probably top 5 in the world, unfortunately with Dake at his weight.
I can't think of another wrestler who made so many transformations, let alone successfully. It says a lot about his ability and his commitment.
Taylor would tell the story of watching Nolf as a freshman just get steamrolled in the room by different wrestlers and it would be night after night. Then all of a sudden something would click and he would just beat people up. Then it was back to getting steamrolled. Taylor finally ask Nolf what seems to be the problem. Nolf looked at him and said "nothing, why" and Taylor replied you go back and forth as though you got things figured out and then for days nothing works for you. Nolf told him, oh yeah. The days I am getting beat I am working on how to make "something" work. When I finally figure it out then I fine tune it for a day or 2. Then I start working on figuring out something new.
You make an excellent observation, he was reinventing his skill set all the time.
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Lol. I knew someone would catch that but let's not open that box again. It is States!
His ability to make those adjustments during his career is one reason I am sad to see him retiring from wrestling. I think he could have been very successful in freestyle as his career moved forward. Beating JB just showed the strides he was making. I am glad he followed his heart, though. Wrestling is far too tough a sport to not be 100% committed to it. I wish him all the best as he moves forward to chase some new dreams.
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