Mitchell Mesenbrink
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Egg meets face.
Only now am I starting to worry about about Nagao. Thanks. 😥
Cannon or Nagao, whichever one gets to Penn State finishes higher on the podium.
On the bright side you got the much better of the two.
I also love this quote from the Flo interview: "Mesenbrink had other official visits lined up but canceled them almost immediately after his visit to Penn State saying, “I didn’t really need to see much else…I knew. I want to be there.” So what was it about Penn State that gave him that confidence? The culture, the people, and trust. "
in his interview on Rokfin he stated that the Iowa style of constantly going hard in practice is opposite of what he was looking for. Also mentioned that he wanted a place that had similar thoughts on training as AWA and said Penn St. was the perfect fit.
Having this recent success with the AWA/Askren angle is a big deal going forward as Askren has been producing some great talent in the last few years.
We will fall back too the field when…. oh WTF we need new jokes.
I’m just glad we survived not recruiting Sasso.
I’m just glad we survived not recruiting Sasso.
and Kurt Mchenry. Doomed without signing him.
Great talents that haven't been over trained and are still willing to keep learning. Ben has a great recipe and is always trying to learn himself. The stuff these guys bring back from PSU will only make that club better. Shared knowledge is a great thing for USA wrestling and kids all over the country. It was really cool to hear him talk about Taylor and Ruth being the premier guys he watched. Hell I was like a kid watching those two myself.
I just went and rewatched a bunch of his matches and the thing that stood out the most is how physical he is. I didn’t see a match against a foreigner where they didn’t get pissed off about his physicality, hand fight, and pace. The one thing he needs to work on is that with his pace he walked himself into a lot of shots as he is always coming forward. Not a huge deal because he feels like he can and will always get the next one. His pace really does remind me of SVN. His collar ties, handfight, snaps, and head pressure are very similar to Shayne’s but he seems to be a bit of a more high volume leg attacker than SVN was for most of the year. Needs to continue working on his finishes. If he starts finishing at a high rate he’s going to be scary good. Pretty sure he will become a fan favorite with his style of always moving forward and looking to break people every single match. I’m really excited about him coming to PSU especially getting him for his entire college career.
it is fun to speculate about all the talent but that is just that - speculation. Only a few know the 'facts' with all of these kids and coach's intentions.... Will be fun to watch this play out.
In all honesty, I have been shocked since our first 5x champs year that kids aren't beating down the door every off season, especially when we have had gaps in the lineup. That was pre NIL, and portal, but Cael has proven his system with several waves. Why wouldn't kids want to achieve their goals here?
Earnst & Young just dropped my crystal ball audited results to 38.7% accurate.
Sometimes it's wonderful to have a bad week.
Huge pickups, but the question is when is Meyer Shapiro transferring? You know he is thinking about it!
In the Cael era, PSU had three guys (Nico, RBY, and Lee) who would beat Iowa lightweights at 125, 133, and 141. Iowa had 9 guys in McDonough, Marion, Clark, Ramos, Gilman, Lee, DiSanto, Eirmann, Woods.
Gulibon, Zain, Lynch, Keener all beat Iowa opponents at 125-141. (Maybe others, I didn't look too deep.)
But hey, if Iowa's goal is to beat PSU guys regardless of NCAA placement, so be it. In related news, Bo Schembechler just lost another Rose Bowl.
Watching the full interview now, and he says something I haven’t seen here or really heard many recruits say yet in why they committed. He says that growing up, when he started, it was all Penn State Penn State Penn State. Everyone wanted to wrestle for them. Then he lists guys like Taylor and Ruth.
What that tells me, and folks everywhere else should be frightened by this, is that the successes are officially becoming embedded in wrestling culture throughout the country. I know that seems “duh” to us as psu fans, but that kind of anchoring to a brand being superior and elite is a commodity unto itself.
For decades, if not longer, you ask the random person on the street about wrestling, where it’s best, they say Iowa. I think it’s finally becoming Penn State in mainstream culture.
What that tells me, and folks everywhere else should be frightened by this, is that the successes are officially becoming embedded in wrestling culture throughout the country. I know that seems “duh” to us as psu fans, but that kind of anchoring to a brand being superior and elite is a commodity unto itself.
For decades, if not longer, you ask the random person on the street about wrestling, where it’s best, they say Iowa. I think it’s finally becoming Penn State in mainstream culture.
It's Bama, Georgia, OSU in football. Iowa used to be the leader in wrestling and Okie State even more removed.
Correct and Mesenbrink is Class of 2022 - the 2024 kids and forward, they're what 17? That means from any time they have had any memory whatsoever, they have seen Penn State winning and the one time Iowa won, Penn State went 4/4 on National TV ... which is a way bigger recruiting tool in an individual sport.
Not portal or NIL related, but HS kids have been recruiting PSU for a long time. We can't take them all.
Thought I remembered Hildebrandt beating Ybarra by MD as PSU swept 125, 133 and 141 at Iowa in 2022.
Wow.....Write that down......that's really good. Seriously.....write that.....errr....................nevermind
PSU could field two teams. The B team would be top ten, too. Being back live wrestle offs… might be the best dual of the year!
Andrew Alton also pinned Marion, but the ref didn't get into position in time.
Yep, Iowa's lightweight dominance pretty much ended with the graduation of McDonough, Ramos, and Marion.
Since 2013 the dual record from 125-141 is 12-9 PSU
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And then he died. I don't like that example. (He didn't make it to Italia. The Ertruscans and upstart Romans would've kicked his ass.)
No, it’s at Wisconsin Wrestling page on Facebook.
Thanks for sharing this link!
In listening to this interview, something that has been said on this Board many times gets proven…
This is the second consecutive commit that states: “ever since I was a little kid I wanted to wrestle for Penn State!”
The ongoing success of our program and the constant presence of our guys in the NCAA semis & finals is the best “slush fund” publicity we could ever ask for….
Even that “off-year” when we allowed Iowa to have the Team title
… the story that evening was all about our 5 for 5 national Champs. Bo’s team-title-winning elevator in Cleveland over Myles Martin and subsequent interview (much panned by our “competitors”) continues to pay dividends.So, while all Dynasties eventually come to an end… let us hope that ours lasts longer than Alexander’s!
Imagine how demoralizing Levi and Mitch back to back in a dual will be
Imagine?
Carter and Aaron are real time examples.
Zain and Jason
Jason and Cenzo
Ed and Quentin
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