Scott Leclair
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Huge get for the Hawks!
#1 overall recruit for the class of 2026!
the Spencer Lee of his time!!
#1 overall recruit for the class of 2026!
the Spencer Lee of his time!!
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Fryowa
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It's a huge get but you need 10 guys. Penn State has 10 guys.
They also have the #1 and #2 recruits from the '25 class. Wrestling is tough pretty tough to watch when it's just a competition for a very distant 2nd place. In fairness that's the way it always was under Gable so we're getting what everyone else had for 20 some years.
I'll always be a fan but there's no excitement in it anymore. It sucked under Zalesky, but at least during that period there was some competition for 1st place. Now there isn't.
99topdawg
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I don't remember. Was there any of this sentiment outside the state of Iowa during Gable's teams' run of championships?
Fryowa
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I just meant that during Zalesky's tenure, you had Minnesota, Iowa, and Oklahoma State all fighting it out relatively close at times for 1st place. Now you have Penn State ten miles out in front of everyone and it isn't even a question of who's going to win. Literally zero chance from anyone else.
Right now collegiate wrestling with PSU where they're at might as well be the Chiefs playing against an NAIA school. It's that far. Iowa is the clear #2 team in the country and we got our asses totally caved in by Penn State last Friday.
Our 165 was ranked 2 in the country individually and got teched. Teemer was ranked #1 and got beat.
One really scary stat...this year Penn State has scored 238 takedowns and only given up 23 all year. It's crazy.
It just makes wrestling not much fun to watch when you know already who's going to win the B1G and natty, unless you're a Penn State fan.
