OT: Wrestling

by Domer99, John Wesley Powell's Expedition Island, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 06:44 (24 days ago)

Not sure there are any wrestling fans on this board (no, not WWE) but the NCAAs start next week at the same time as March Madness. There are some really compelling weight classes and specifically 133 lbs. where a bunch of freshman and veterans clash in what some are calling the toughest NCAA bracket ever. And the race for the Hodge trophy (wrestling's Heisman) is coming down to Jesse Mendez of aOSU at 141 lbs. and Mitchell Mesenbrink of PSU at 165 lbs.

Notre Dame had a pretty interesting wrestling history. Actually, the only reason Tom Mendoza went to Notre Dame was because ND offered him a wrestling scholarship. Can't recall the podcast I heard that from but ND had a competitive program before Title IX took down the program. The Golics had wrestled in the program too.

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OT: Wrestling - Domer99, 2026-03-11, 06:44
- Our friend in GE’s 8th grader just won state - MattG, 2026-03-14, 20:51
  - Saw that. We were tracking it. Congrats to Ben. - Domer99, 2026-03-15, 14:34
- I’m gonna drop down to 168... I'm gonna wrestle Shute - cdawg, 2026-03-11, 17:23
  - ((See you on the other side, man…)) - Jason93, 2026-03-11, 18:19
- Always enjoy some good wrestling discussion. - San Pedro, 2026-03-11, 13:21
- My dad was captain of ND's team in '73/74 - Coach Gillespie, 2026-03-11, 09:01
  - Stanford did. - Domer99, 2026-03-11, 11:30
    - True. I still have my "Keep Stanford Wrestling" shirt - Coach Gillespie, 2026-03-11, 11:35
  - I think it has as much to do with legal risk. - MattG, 2026-03-11, 09:26
- There are 80+ division 1 NCAA wrestling programs - MattG, 2026-03-11, 08:23
  - I've heard a variation of Mark's story below - Domer99, 2026-03-11, 11:28
- Mark here has a strong connection to ND wrestling - Jay, 2026-03-11, 06:58
  - Yes - Mark, 2026-03-11, 09:16
    - Very cool. All three Golic brothers wrestled for ND - Jack, 2026-03-11, 14:28
      - I believe Bob mentioned this on SBTB - okerland, 2026-03-11, 22:53
      - I think Rocket was the other - Mark, 2026-03-11, 15:03
        
        I was wondering if Moose did - Jack, 2026-03-12, 11:06
        
        Great Scholastic article on Dick Arrington - Domer99, 2026-03-12, 06:49
        
        I used to see his picture in the ACC where there - Mark, 2026-03-12, 22:52
    - BTW, this is great stuff. Thanks. - Domer99, 2026-03-11, 12:48
      - There is another campus sport that could use wrestlers - HullieAndMikes, 2026-03-12, 07:33
        
        +100% - Mark, 2026-03-12, 22:54
    - Penn St.'s backups would win the NCAA tournament - Domer99, 2026-03-11, 11:25
      - I really want to see what Ono does - Mark, 2026-03-11, 15:06
      - Sanderson is ridiculous. Undisputed goat. - MattG, 2026-03-11, 14:30
        
        On #2) … Ha ha! … There’s a Capt America meme for that - Mark, 2026-03-11, 15:17

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OT: Wrestling