On this weekend recap edition of FRL, Nomad and Bray discuss Iowa State's Last Chance Open and how big results from this weekend shape the looming post season.
Order of Show
0:00 Last Chance Open
0:15 Seeding Allocation Projections
0:38 Big Ten 141 Talk
0:41 Weekend Results
On this Friday edition of FRL, Spey and Bray break down what we know about Zahid Valencia's suspension and preview the upcoming weekend of wrestling.
Order of Show
0:00 - Zahid Valencia's Suspension
0:15 - How this could shape 184
0:28 - How this could shape the freestyle season
0:37 - UNI vs Wisconsin
0:43 - Previewing the upcoming weekend's events
Run of Show
0:00 - We need an alien hour ASAP
0:02 - Ben has some more thoughts on the wrestlers who popped yesterday
0:06 - Oklahoma State-Iowa preview, Ben thinks it could be a shutout
0:50 - UNI-Wisconsin preview
01:00 - Random D1 pick’ems
01:04 - Questions from friends
Run of Show
0:00 - BREAKING NEWS: UWW catches some cheaters
0:06 - This baseball cheating scandal is wild
0:10 - Iowa State beats UNI in a wild one
0:18 - High school wrestling needs college out of bounds
0:21 - Cerro Pelado results, J’den Cox first time at 97kg
0:30 - European Championships talk and biggest storylines
0:32 - Ben wants more Americans wrestling at World Championships
0:37 - Upsets from last weekend in D1 wrestling
0:43 - 125 down in talent or is Spencer Lee that good?
0:47 - Talking big matches in Iowa State-Missouri, Princeton-Rutgers, Nebraska-Minnesota
01:01 - Pittsburgh Wrestling Classic Team USA Roster announced
01:06 - Questions from friends
Run of Show
0:00 - Ben Askren has a new look to his home studio
0:01 - Askren wants KB and Nomad’s take on Wisconsin sectionals
0:04 - NC State brings up a team dual title option
0:09 - Ben disagrees with Bratke’s take that NC State/Virginia Tech was the dual of the year
0:31 - Let’s talk about Nomad projecting Sebastian Rivera to be the 11th seed
0:39 - Seabass is back, and looking thiccc
0:40 - Penn State beat Ohio State at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday night
0:41 - Ben’s take on Nick Lee and his Hodge candidacy
0:51 - Back to Penn State/Ohio State
1:06 - Iowa puts it on Minnesota
1:20 - Askren needs to answer for Ben Darmstadt losing
1:21 - Questions from Friends
On this Weekend Recap Edition of FRL, Nomad and Bray break down the impact the European Championships could have on Olympic seeding, Team USA's performance in Cuba, and the best D1 action.
Show Notes:
0:00 - Euro Results and Olympic seeding
0:18 - Team USA in Cuba
0:30 - NC State's win over VT and dual championship talk
0:41 - Rounding up D1 weekend results
On this Friday Edition of FRL, Spey and Bray break down the results from Euros and talk about how the next two weeks could set up some interesting post-season seeds.
Order of Show
0:00 - Euros Talk
0:14 - NCAA Coaches Ranking Talk
0:46 - Weekend Preview
Run of Show
0:00 - Ben’s late because of the bus
0:01 - Bader’s wild interview with Thomas Gilman about Russia
0:08 - Bader on J’den’s decision to go 97kg
0:22 - Previewing Minnesota vs Iowa
0:36 - Virginia Tech vs NC State preview
0:44 - UNI vs Iowa State discussion
0:46 - Iowa is seriously paying their coaches
0:49 - Questions from friends
Run of Show
0:00 - Ben Askren is the world's greatest prankster
0:07 - Reaction J’den Cox going 97kg for the Olympic Trials
0:31 - Ohio State-Penn State breakdown
0:37 - D1 matchups we most want to see
0:50 - D1 dual rankings update
0:52 - Coming back to Ohio State-Penn State because we are space cadets
01:08 - Questions from friends
Run of Show
0:00 - The Dassey family is after CP
0:01 - Princeton ends Cornell’s streak
0:04 - NC State’s crowd against North Carolina was insane
0:06 - Ben and CP fan boy out over Ben Darmstadt
0:09 - Mason Parris’ dominant win over Tony Cassioppi
0:19 - Rob Koll, Chris Ayres chirping on Twitter
0:26 - Seth Gross-RBY breakdown
0:36 - Does Ben think RBY can win NCAA’s now?
0:40 - Jarod Verkleuren is coming along, nearly beats Brayton Lee
0:41 - Little Rock gives Arizona State some problems
0:43 - Finishing Penn State-Wisconsin breakdown
0:46 - Pan Am wrestle-off results, Helen is back
0:51 - Coach Branch goes off on team points and is absolutely right
01:00 - Honoring Coach Pat Pecora
01:02 - Ben preaching on coaching
01:07 - PIAA forfeit nonsense
01:17 - Big news coming from USA wrestling
01:21 - Ben wants more love for his Austin DeSanto tweet
01:22 - Michigan State beat Wisconsin
01:25 - Questions from friends
Minutes
0:00 - Recapping the women's freestyle Pan Am Olympic Qualifier wrestle-off
0:19 - Examining the current landscape of women's college wrestling
0:28 - PIAA team states impacted by Catholic schools having to forfeit to girls
0:34 - The Boby Douglas tribute was incredible
0:38 - Talking through the different avenues wrestlers can go after college
0:42 - How Matt Kolodzik coming off Olympic Redshirt impacts Princeton and the team trophy race
0:47 - Speaking about the big dual upsets of the weekend and giving kudos to the coaches packing their arenas
0:52 - Why the ability for refs to remove team points from duals and tournaments should be taken away
Minutes
0:00 - Chris Bono and Bobby Douglas share stories of their time together at Iowa State
0:18 - NCAA champ Barry Weldon talks about how Bobby Douglas made him into a champion
0:26 - NCAA champ David Zabriskie on what made Bobby Douglas so special
0:32 - Cyon with a couple EXPLICIT stories from his time with Bobby Douglas at Iowa State
0:41 - Closing out the show with some words from Jon Reader and Chris Bono
Run of Show
0:00 - Bader butchers CP’s opening
0:01 - Askren’s recruiting trip stories to Mizzou with Bader
0:05 - Bader teases some content coming out with Royce Alger/Dan Gable
0:11 - Metcalf film ETA and teasing another FloFilm in the works
0:13 - The time Bader almost missed weight at Oklahoma State
0:15 - The time Askren almost missed weight
0:17 - Bader previews some content coming with Dustin Schlatter & Anthony Ashnault
0:21 - Making picks for Senior women’s freestyle wrestle-offs
0:29 - Iowa is getting a new training facility, the college facilities arm race
0:40 - Will go be a spy in Russia?
0:44 - What do the guys think of the high school matches going viral?
0:46 - Making picks for Anthony Cassioppi vs Mason Parris
0:55 - What NCAA champ from the past 20 years do we not want to see?
0:56 - Do the Mizzou miss the old Big 12 (wrestling conference or bar?)
0:58 - Thoughts on Maryland’s two piece uniforms
01:03 - We got some wrestling statistics
01:11 - Who farted on Wednesday’s FRL?
01:13 - Askren’s Tuesday headline
01:14 - Ways Askren would antagonize his opponents
Run of Show
0:00 - Austin & Wisconsin weather update
0:02 - 9 teams have been ranked top 4 at some point
0:13 - Putting some ABP’s out for D1 wrestlers
0:15 - Is Penn State’s lineup going to change by March?
0:16 - Austin DeSanto injury update
0:17 - Will Sebastian Rivera go down to 125?
0:21 - Joe Smith is officially back
0:23 - Mauller takes out #1 Lewallen
0:25 - Is Penn State’s dynasty run coming to a close?
0:36 - North Carolina-North Carolina State preview
0:42 - Previewing the Penn State-Wisconsin dual
0:56 - Making picks for other big D1 matches
0:58 - Quick KB dual rankings update
1:02 - Questions from friends
Run of Show
0:00 - Ben can’t contain himself and rants about the Olympic Trials brackets
0:08 - Breaking down RBY-DeSanto match and ranking
0:35 - Should team points be taken away?
0:44 - Spencer Lee is destroying everyone, is he the most dynamic point scorer in NCAA history?
0:50 - Why didn’t Iowa push for bonus at 149/157?
0:53 - Joseph-Marinelli want to go old school clinch at all times against each other
0:58 - Turns out Mark Hall does have to pay the Carver tax twice
01:02 - Aaron Brooks gets back on track against Abe Assad
01:10 - Will Penn State pull Michael Beard?
01:14 - Nick Lee sleeps a lot
01:16 - Big Tone vs Big Snacks
01:19 - Why Ben believes RBY can’t win NCAA’s
01:22 - Did PSU-Iowa dual change your perception of the NCAA team race?
01:27 - Casey’s Pizza update
01:31 - Somehow CP and Bratke aren’t fired, we’ll see ya Wednesday
Spey and Bray discuss the rankings implications of RBY vs DeSanto and run down the weekend's top upsets.
Show Rundown
0:00 - Spey Tries to Defend his RBY vs DeSanto Ranking
0:22 - Breaking Down Ohio State vs Nebraska
0:35 - A New #1 at 149
0:39 - 184 Chaos
0:41 - Best Upsets of the Weekend
Nomad and Bray break down the news of Eierman's enrollment in classes as Iowa, the chaos of 184, and some of the best matches to watch this weekend.
Show Rundown
0:00 - Eierman's enrolled before the biggest dual of the year
0:08 - Brooks vs Assad
0:14 - Making sense of 184 in the Big Ten
0:39 - Underrated teams that have been building
Order of Show
0:00 - No CP today, he’s finalizing the Casey’s Pizza deal for Friday
0:03 - Askren’s take on the Hodge Rankings
0:24 - Taking a look ahead at the Olympic Trials seeds
0:47 - Ohio State at Nebraska virtual whiteboard war
1:07 - Couple pick ems of high profile individual matchup
1:19 - Tuesday Headlines from Nomad and Bratke
1:22 - Back to individual pick ems
1:28 - Questions from Friends
Order of show
1:40 - Nomad has a big announcement
7:15 - The Casey's General Store partnership is actually happening
12:30 - CP & Ben make Penn State vs Iowa predictions
01:03 - 2 Oklahoma State football players join wrestling team
01:08 - Tuesday headlines from CP & Ben
01:11 - Questions from friends
Minutes
0:00 - Bratke is the angel of death for YouTube accounts
0:03 - Let’s talk about Sammy Sasso’s weekend
0:09 - CP believes Penn State has a clear path to victory this Friday against Iowa
0:16 - Ben’s recap of Ohio State vs Iowa
0:32 - What are the takeaways from Penn State vs Nebraska
0:43 - North Carolina took it to Virginia Tech
0:49 - Awesome dual: Northern Iowa beat Oklahoma State for the first time since 1991
1:01 - Coach Dresser really let his team have it in the press conference
1:09 - Thoughts on Ohio State vs Minnesota from Sunday night
1:17 - Askren’s reaction to Tom Brands’ quote
1:22 - CP wants to make a point about the Russian process
Spey and Bray discuss an upset-filled weekend of wrestling that leaves big questions about the top ranked 149-pounder and the NCAA dual rankings
Order of Show:
0:00 - Sasso or Lewallen on top of 149?
0:12 - Top team and individual Upsets of the Weekend
THE WEIRD LOOP MUSIC IS ONLY FOR 1 minute 2 seconds please forgive me. - CP
Order of Show:
0:00 - PSU vs Nebraska
0:14 - UNC just destroyed VT
0:18 - Iowa vs Ohio State
Bray and Spey cover the first half of the Ivan Yariguin run down every big dual meet and wrestler to watch this weekend.
Show rundown
0:00 - Ivan Yariguin recap
22:00 - Mason Parris and the Michigan Wolverines are live on Flo twice this weekend. Let's talk about.
38:00 - There are a ton of other duals on this weekend. Let's talk about those too.
0:00 - People came to Askren’s defense about his lack of BO
0:03 - No Jordan Burroughs at the Yarygin
0:06 - Hopefully the Pan Am qualifier teams will be announced soon
0:08 - A few big duals this weekend
0:11 - Ohio State vs Iowa: who’s getting Carver’d?
0:18 - Sidebar on PD3’s tweet: tougher to win last chance or NCAAs?
0:19 - Back to Ohio State vs Iowa: upset potential
0:24 - Breaking down Penn State at Nebraska
Minutes
0:00 - What if Ben Askren wears the same shirt three days in a row?
0:02 - Nomad handed out midseason awards
0:05 - The FRL crew makes their 125lb NCAA champ predictions
0:07 - Are the FRL boys still picking Seth Gross to win NCAAs?
0:14 - How does 141 end up?
0:21 - Stay away from 149, don’t gamble on it
0:28 - Is it going to be Deakin vs Hidlay at 157?
0:37 - Cenzo and the Bull at 165
0:43 - Mark Hall’s coronation at 174
0:53 - Who does Zahid face in the 184 finals?
0:55 - Ben and CP love Darmstadt at 197
0:59 - 285 is not next topic but Gable is a heavy favorite
1:07 - End of year awards time
1:21 - Ben loves Bratke’s smack talk on facebook
1:22 - Questions from Friends