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Session 71 - End of the Season Awards
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The boys are here to present some 'Barn Seshys' to a group of very deserving candidates. We go through the following categories: Mr. Clutch, Red Hot Redshirt, Junk Yard Dawg, Breakout Performer, Coach of the Year, Freshman of the Year, and Wrestler of the Year. We did our best to put up the most deserving candidates but let us know if we missed the mark on any of these!
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Transcript
Introduction & Podcast Setup
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The Brain
bedding
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Ryne
Look at this Reese.
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The Brain
There shall be hitting this podcast.
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Cokeley Brothers
We've got the lights. The lights are on in the barn. Ryan, good job.
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Ryne
Lights are off. Lights are on.
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Cokeley Brothers
Much better. Much better. Look, welcome back to the barn session. We have lights.
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The Brain
Well, you got a new camera.
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Cokeley Brothers
We can look. Look, i can I can do it too. Hang on.
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Cokeley Brothers
here we go
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Ryne
Light thing.
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The Brain
What's he doing?
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Ryne
ah There it is.
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The Brain
It's frozen though.
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Ryne
You see it? Little lamp.
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Cokeley Brothers
Okay. All right.
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Ryne
Little lamp action.
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Cokeley Brothers
Don't move your camera again, Ryan.
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Ryne
My bad.
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Cokeley Brothers
Everything turned gray. Okay.
Debating the Podcast Awards Name
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Cokeley Brothers
Business today is handing out some awards. Last year we handed out end of the NCAA season awards. We called them SESHIs.
00:00:51
Ryne
The barn seshes.
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Cokeley Brothers
so so It's a work in progress for a name maybe, but
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The Brain
What?
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Ryne
No, it's not.
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The Brain
Yeah. Why would you change the name?
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Cokeley Brothers
it's a great name. It's a great name.
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Ryne
Yeah, it. Don't listen to Sammy. All
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The Brain
Yeah, he he just wavers on things.
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Cokeley Brothers
It's a great name.
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The Brain
He is so uncertain.
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Cokeley Brothers
I'm so uncertain. I should be more certain.
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The Brain
He's gone. We lost him. Oh, he's back.
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Cokeley Brothers
Andy's back.
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Ryne
all right.
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The Brain
How'd you do that?
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Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, whats what what happened? Okay. So...
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Ryne
Black magic.
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Cokeley Brothers
okay so let's i mean I think we should start with the awards, and if we want to talk about some current events, we can throw those in at the end. Or just not talk about them today.
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Cokeley Brothers
It's up to you guys.
'Mr. Clutch' Award Discussion
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The Brain
Awards.
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Cokeley Brothers
Awards time. The first award is Mr. Clutch, and this goes to the wrestler this year that showed up in the moment when it mattered the most, whether it was a match in a duel where you needed to score bonus points to win, or it was just a match where everybody counted them out and they showed up and got the job done.
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Cokeley Brothers
So our three nominees for this, uh, for this category are Terrell Baraclaw, Stephen Buchanan and Wyatt Henderson.
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Ryne
race What do you think about that, Reese?
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The Brain
by those nominations,
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Ryne
Yes.
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Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. Yeah.
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Ryne
Do you have anyone you'd like to add?
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The Brain
uh, either that I would like to add, you know, I think, uh, no, not really.
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The Brain
I can't really think of anybody.
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Ryne
Okay.
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Cokeley Brothers
No, but people, if you're listening and you think we missed any on any of these categories, feel free to let us know.
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Ryne
Yeah, let us know.
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Cokeley Brothers
We have open ears and yeah, probably missed somebody for something.
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Ryne
We're dumb.
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Cokeley Brothers
So, okay. I think there's two ways you can look at this. There's the dual perspective. And then there's just the, the one moment that happened at the very end of the season that blew the roof off the arena in Philadelphia
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Cokeley Brothers
And there's...
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The Brain
What more could that be?
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Cokeley Brothers
Could be Wyatt Hendrickson getting a takedown on an Olympic champion. And...
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The Brain
oh yeah.
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Ryne
to ice it, to ice it.
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Cokeley Brothers
chain Change... Changing the course of history as we know it.
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Cokeley Brothers
I mean... i don't know. What do you guys want to do here?
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Ryne
Probably.
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Ryne
You know where I want to go.
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Cokeley Brothers
I know where you want to go. Reese, what do you think?
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The Brain
It's got to be what? I don't even remember the other nominees.
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Cokeley Brothers
The other two were... Bearclaw had some great moments this year where he was down late and he needed to score and he got the job done. And Stephen Buchanan showed up for for Iowa in in duels in big moments.
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The Brain
Name one.
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Cokeley Brothers
so
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The Brain
Give me a bear clock examples.
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Ryne
The thing about Bearclaw, though, is he also got clutched on by Minto.
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Cokeley Brothers
Minto? He did. Yes, he did.
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Ryne
So if you're going be Mr.
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Cokeley Brothers
That did happen.
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Ryne
Clutch, you can't be letting people Mr. Clutch you.
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Cokeley Brothers
Look, he's on both sides of the clutch. You know, sometimes you clutch, sometimes you get clutched.
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The Brain
Matt Cannelly. He probably should be a nominee.
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Cokeley Brothers
McAnally could be with that match against Plott.
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Ryne
Yeah.
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The Brain
and he was He only lost oh lost twice in overtime, but he had like you know several overtime wins.
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Ryne
yeah
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Ryne
Yeah.
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Cokeley Brothers
It's true. It's true.
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Ryne
The other nominee was Steven Buchanan and his was basically for the Nebraska duel.
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The Brain
That was clutch.
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Cokeley Brothers
In part.
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Ryne
who
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Cokeley Brothers
In part. Yeah.
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Ryne
So the Nebraska duel and the, and the win over AJ Ferrari was clutch.
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Cokeley Brothers
But hey.
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The Brain
The Ferrari rideout was was was hard.
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Cokeley Brothers
Dude, the Ferrari ride out.
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Ryne
Super clutch.
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Ryne
You know?
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Cokeley Brothers
ah think we got to give it to Wyatt, though.
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Ryne
Yeah. It's pretty simple.
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Cokeley Brothers
All right. Congrats.
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Ryne
It's pretty obvious. It's Wyatt Hendrickson, Mr. Clutch.
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Cokeley Brothers
congratulations, Wyatt Henderson. And here, listen to this, folks.
Prizes for Award Winners
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Cokeley Brothers
If you know these people or if you can be in contact with them or if any of these people are listening to the episode themselves, reach out to us and we'll get you something.
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Cokeley Brothers
I don't know yet. We don't have anything. We don't even have t-shirts.
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Ryne
A t-shirt. Or maybe a knick-knack.
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Cokeley Brothers
we'll But we'll work on it. Then maybe this is what gets us over the line. I don't know. We'll see.
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The Brain
Candy. Give them candy. They'll
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Cokeley Brothers
Maybe. Okay.
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Ryne
I like candy.
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The Brain
remember that.
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Cokeley Brothers
All right. Next category goes to... is the It's the Red Hot Red Shirt category. This is for the those guys who basically they shot their stock up and they put on a performance this year and they didn't even burn any any eligibility.
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Cokeley Brothers
So our our four candidates here are... Aiden Sinclair, maybe it really should only be three, but I have on here Rocco Welsh, Aiden Sinclair, Cody Merrill, and Angelo Ferrari.
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Cokeley Brothers
Rocco Welsh is basically right where he' where where he should be, but he might have increased his monetary value.
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Ryne
What?
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Cokeley Brothers
I don't know. so
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Ryne
You guys sound funny.
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Ryne
Do I sound funny?
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The Brain
Nope.
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Cokeley Brothers
No.
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Ryne
Sammy, you sound funny.
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The Brain
Just Sammy.
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Cokeley Brothers
Really?
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Ryne
Well, let me hear you talk.
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Cokeley Brothers
Reese, do I sound funny?
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The Brain
Sammy sounds totally fine to me.
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Cokeley Brothers
Okay.
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The Brain
I say you just suck it up and.
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Ryne
Now.
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Cokeley Brothers
What? Talk.
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Ryne
huh
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Cokeley Brothers
Talk. I'm here. Hello.
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The Brain
Poor guy.
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Cokeley Brothers
Do you want to pause? Do you want to pause?
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The Brain
Oh no.
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Cokeley Brothers
We're going to pause. We'll be right back. We're back. So as a reminder, the four candidates are Rocco Welsh, Aiden Sinclair, Cody Merrill, and Angelo Ferrari.
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Ryne
Why is Rocco Welsh on there?
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Cokeley Brothers
I don't know. i was just trying to, at first I couldn't, I only had Angelo on there. And then and i was like, well, Welsh was talked about and he was in a red shirt this year. So I'll throw him on there. And then I remembered Sinclair and Merrill. So honestly, i don't know Welsh should be on there at all.
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Cokeley Brothers
ah But the other three are worth talking about.
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Ryne
Well, sure on't well you're on there you're basically on there because of ah because you were a red-hot topic of late.
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Cokeley Brothers
Because you you felt like you needed to be home for whatever reason.
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Ryne
That's basically why you're on there.
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The Brain
Does anybody like do a redshirt report anymore? Any news sources do redshirt reports anymore?
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Ryne
That's a great question.
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The Brain
Do redshirts even wrestle a lot these days?
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Ryne
I haven't really seen one.
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Cokeley Brothers
I don't think...
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The Brain
Cody Merrill, how is his redshirt season?
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Cokeley Brothers
not as He had like the Soldier Salute and that was really it.
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The Brain
Annoying.
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Cokeley Brothers
Because Cerber wrestled pretty much all of the duels.
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Ryne
Yeah.
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Cokeley Brothers
And I think with the reduction in tournaments, probably...
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The Brain
put Davino on there?
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Ryne
Oh, Davino needs going.
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Cokeley Brothers
We're going to replace Rocco Welsh with Ben Devino.
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Ryne
There you go.
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The Brain
There you go.
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Ryne
Good job, Reese.
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Cokeley Brothers
There we go. Look at you go, Reese. Otherwise, I was going to get called out for that one.
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Ryne
You were.
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The Brain
Well, why don't you take a look at my name there? And it all makes sense.
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Cokeley Brothers
The brain? The brain.
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The Brain
li
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Cokeley Brothers
Reese is the brain today.
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The Brain
I'm the brain today, tomorrow, from here until eternity.
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Cokeley Brothers
All right. So... This one is also probably pretty obvious. You might have some bias if you think about a specific team, but it's Angelo Ferrari.
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Ryne
has to be
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Cokeley Brothers
He's going to be the number two guy at 184 entering next year. Arguably could be the number one, but he just He didn't wrestle a full season. And Max McAnally took third.
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Cokeley Brothers
Only losing to Parker Kekisen.
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Ryne
yeah
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Cokeley Brothers
So, yeah, Angelo Ferrari, congratulations. If you want a t-shirt, if you want candy from Reese, hit us up.
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The Brain
Maurice, I got to get him candy.
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Cokeley Brothers
you taught You mentioned it.
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Cokeley Brothers
You brought it up.
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The Brain
We're all getting him candy.
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The Brain
Everybody.
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Cokeley Brothers
We're all going to get you a little bit of candy. We'll get you some, I don't know, whatever you want.
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Ryne
If you're a candy guy.
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The Brain
Everyone loves Nerds Clusters. Just
'Junkyard Dog' Award Discussion
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The Brain
get everybody those.
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Ryne
Those are five.
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Cokeley Brothers
those are the, they are the hot, the hot stuff these days. That's not.
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The Brain
Right. And, you know, rightly so. They're amazing.
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Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. Yeah.
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The Brain
I'm a chocolate guy personally, but I love those things.
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Cokeley Brothers
Okay. I'm going to pull up my other laptop real quick. Cause it's got the quote unquote official definitions for these, um, for these categories. And I want to make sure I give the proper definition for this upcoming one, because our third award goes to the junkyard dog.
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Cokeley Brothers
Presented to the wrestler who nobody wants to wrestle. An athlete that embodies the dog you stay clear and far from.
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Ryne
I had, I gave two nominees, two nominations for this one.
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Ryne
My nominations were,
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Cokeley Brothers
Jesse Mendez and Mitchell Messenbrink.
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Ryne
those were yours.
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Cokeley Brothers
And Lucas Bird, including yours.
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Ryne
Okay. Yeah. I had Mitchell, Mr.
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Cokeley Brothers
I put a fourth...
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Ryne
Lincoln or Lucas bird.
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Cokeley Brothers
I put a fourth on there. i don't know. ah
00:10:05
Ryne
I really wanted to put Brock Hardy on there too.
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Cokeley Brothers
No.
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The Brain
He's not a dog, though. He's more He's a storm.
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Cokeley Brothers
No, there should be like ah there should be Honestly, there should be one like the Brock Hardy Wrestling is Fun category.
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Ryne
I know. But he is. But he is. But he is.
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Cokeley Brothers
Maybe in the future.
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The Brain
He's a tornado.
00:10:21
Cokeley Brothers
He's still around. Huh?
00:10:24
The Brain
He's a tornado. He's a storm.
00:10:26
Cokeley Brothers
It's a storm. Okay, so I think those are the three because the fourth one on here is Hunter Garvin. That doesn't really make sense.
00:10:32
The Brain
those makes He's also a tornado.
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Cokeley Brothers
Yes. I was thinking about just people who throw everything at you. Kitchen sink. So was like, yeah, like if you don't want to wrestle somebody, Parker Kekkeisen, I don't know.
00:10:45
The Brain
Vanessa, maybe
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The Brain
dog or tornado.
00:10:52
Ryne
It's pretty obvious, guys. It's pretty obvious who it is.
00:10:55
Cokeley Brothers
It's mess and break.
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Ryne
It's got to be Mitchell Messenbrink.
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The Brain
What Mitchell not Jesse Mendez.
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Ryne
Dude, people, it's like it's like this, Reese.
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Cokeley Brothers
No.
00:11:03
Ryne
It's like, you know, Mendez is beatable, but Messenbrink is damn near unbeatable.
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The Brain
That's not what this category is. This category is junkyard dog.
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Ryne
It's,
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The Brain
It's not who's the best.
00:11:13
Ryne
yeah Yeah, listen.
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The Brain
It's who's got the biggest dog.
00:11:15
Ryne
guys don't Guys don't want to wrestle. Guys don't like to wrestle Messenbrink, though.
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The Brain
I'm
00:11:19
Ryne
They straight up don't like to wrestle Messenbrink.
00:11:22
Cokeley Brothers
I think, well, I think both, i think it's true for both.
00:11:25
The Brain
actually telling her that I don't like.
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Cokeley Brothers
And I think it's more true for Mezenbrink.
00:11:30
Ryne
I think guys like Brock Hardy and Bo Bartlett love wrestling Jesse Mendez.
00:11:30
The Brain
What?
00:11:36
Cokeley Brothers
Vance Vaumbar.
00:11:37
The Brain
I doubt it.
00:11:37
Ryne
Vance Von Barr.
00:11:38
The Brain
highly doubted.
00:11:40
Ryne
I bet they love it, especially Bo.
00:11:41
The Brain
Well, I bet they don't.
00:11:41
Ryne
I know Bo loves it. Yeah, well, I just watched your brain get a little bit smaller there, Reese.
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The Brain
All right. Well,
00:11:52
The Brain
it's not what you said over text, is it?
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Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. I, well, and, and, um,
00:11:55
Ryne
Oh, oh, yeah. Yeah, the text when I had these fingers crossed and Sammy can...
00:12:00
The Brain
Oh, what a surprise fraud.
00:12:00
Ryne
A little bit of manipulation.
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The Brain
manipulation I call it a, like, I didn't see that one coming.
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Cokeley Brothers
all right. Junkyard dog in my mind does go to Mitchell. Misenbrink Reese.
00:12:16
Ryne
And mine.
00:12:18
The Brain
Okay.
00:12:19
Cokeley Brothers
All right.
00:12:20
The Brain
So did Mitchell not get it last year because he lost?
00:12:20
Cokeley Brothers
Congratulations, Mitchell.
00:12:24
Cokeley Brothers
ah I mean, our nominees last year were Keckyes and Mendez, Swiderski and Henson. And the winner was Mendez.
00:12:29
The Brain
Messberg didn't even get the, how did he not get, not how you go from not being nominated to winning the award?
00:12:35
Cokeley Brothers
Because he got that dog in him this year. reese I don't know what to tell you.
00:12:37
Ryne
Yeah.
00:12:37
Cokeley Brothers
Look, you if you watch Jesse Mendez or Mitchell Mezenbrink this year, you you saw.
00:12:42
The Brain
He wrestled exactly the same as he did last week.
00:12:44
Cokeley Brothers
ah it just seemed like people were less interested in actually wrestling a match with him. It really did.
00:12:53
The Brain
I mean, how many he's evolved.
00:12:53
Ryne
The exact same. He's definitely evolved. He has definitely evolved.
00:12:57
The Brain
He didn't have, he had no Dean Hamidi, no Keegan O'Toole, no David Carr.
00:13:03
Ryne
That's not his fault.
00:13:05
The Brain
That's not my point.
00:13:09
Ryne
Just so
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Cokeley Brothers
Your point is saying that he didn't necessarily evolve, but his competition worsened.
00:13:13
The Brain
Yes.
00:13:13
Cokeley Brothers
I think both are true. I think both are true.
00:13:17
The Brain
I mean,
'Breakout Performer of the Year' Award
00:13:18
The Brain
look at his matches with Mikey Caliendo. So what do you get what what do you have to say about that?
00:13:23
Ryne
I think Mikey got better.
00:13:26
Cokeley Brothers
I think it kind of felt like he was wrestling down to Mikey's level.
00:13:30
Ryne
I think Mitchell knew that I needed a tech fall there because I had money on the line, and he got it for me.
00:13:30
Cokeley Brothers
Is what I...
00:13:35
Ryne
That's what I think. it wasn't a tech fault. It was a ah disqualification via stalls, wasn't it?
00:13:40
The Brain
Again, too?
00:13:40
Cokeley Brothers
Was it? No, no, no, no, no. no
00:13:43
Ryne
Oh, no. It was one stall call that resulted in a tech fault. That's what it was. Sorry. Oops. My bad.
00:13:50
Cokeley Brothers
I think, look, I, I, I think it's going to be the case moving forward is just, it's not fun to wrestle the pace that Mitchell Messinbrink wrestles.
00:13:59
The Brain
that yeah that was That was just like last year. I mean, there was no difference between – mean,
00:14:05
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. I just did. I didn't seem as effective last year as it did this year.
00:14:09
The Brain
as a – he lost one match to a David Carr.
00:14:09
Cokeley Brothers
And,
00:14:09
Ryne
there's only There was only...
00:14:13
Ryne
yeah but he was down 9-2 to Dean Hamidi.
00:14:13
Cokeley Brothers
Right, but the but the the difference the difference in results of like his matches...
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The Brain
He went – you don't think he dogged Dean Hamidi?
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Cokeley Brothers
he I mean, he had a tido what was like a
00:14:23
The Brain
You don't think that was dogged?
00:14:26
Cokeley Brothers
ah Look, Reese, I can't...
00:14:27
Ryne
i mean, you're down 9-2 and you had a great comeback, but...
00:14:31
Cokeley Brothers
I can't speak on our nominees from last year or why we appointed them and why we didn't include Mitchell Messenbrink.
00:14:36
Ryne
Yeah, Reese.
00:14:37
Cokeley Brothers
Honestly, it wouldn't have been a...
00:14:38
Ryne
Quit trying to but trying to retroactively nominate Mitchell Messenbrink for last year.
00:14:42
The Brain
not I'm not trying to retro... I'm trying to...
00:14:44
Cokeley Brothers
He's trying to use last year's nominees to justify not having Mezenbrink win it this year.
00:14:44
Ryne
You are.
00:14:45
The Brain
I'm trying to...
00:14:45
Ryne
I know.
00:14:47
The Brain
Why didn't we have him last year?
00:14:48
Ryne
Can't do it.
00:14:49
The Brain
Maybe because last year he wasn't...
00:14:49
Ryne
quit talking Quit talking about old shit.
00:14:53
The Brain
We didn't consider him a dog because he's not really a junkyard dog.
00:14:57
Ryne
There he is.
00:14:57
The Brain
He's more of a Brock Hardy type.
00:14:58
Cokeley Brothers
What?
00:15:02
The Brain
he's not a it's He's not a brawler.
00:15:02
Cokeley Brothers
What?
00:15:04
The Brain
He's not like a... I mean, he's not a i mean You don't see people people like...
00:15:10
Ryne
People don't like to wrestle him, Reese.
00:15:10
The Brain
all bloodied and bruised.
00:15:12
Ryne
All right, here you go. Ready? Ready, Reese? Ready? Jordan Burroughs. Does not like to wrestle Mitchell. Did not like to wrestle Mitchell Messenbrick. Did not like that match. He did not like wrestling in that match. He was not having fun.
00:15:24
Ryne
People don't like to wrestle him.
00:15:24
The Brain
That had nothing to do with his pace.
00:15:26
Ryne
That's dog. and so People don't like to mess around with junkyard dogs. People don't like to mess around with Mitchell Messenbrick.
00:15:34
Cokeley Brothers
it also
00:15:38
The Brain
I mean, he still wouldn't
00:15:38
Cokeley Brothers
with this but also with this
00:15:41
The Brain
and And I don't think he i don't think he and don't think it was because Mitchell was junkyard dogging him. I think it's because he was doing extracurricular stuff off the mat or off ah out out of the circle or between whistles.
00:15:54
Cokeley Brothers
yeah ah I don't think... that i think you can include that and in terms of thinking about this, is having those those types of antics.
00:16:01
Ryne
Yeah, it's mind games.
00:16:02
Cokeley Brothers
ah But also, also i don't think Jesse Mendez... Jesse Mendez didn't feel like the same animal this year as he was last year, in my mind.
00:16:11
The Brain
but just What about the tournament? I mean, was he not?
00:16:16
Cokeley Brothers
The NCAA tournament, he looked good.
00:16:16
The Brain
like
00:16:18
Cokeley Brothers
He looked good. But...
00:16:21
Cokeley Brothers
I mean, his very close match with Vance Von Barr, his loss at Big Tens to um to Brock Hardy, his loss in the duel to Bo Bartlett.
00:16:28
Ryne
Hardy.
00:16:31
Ryne
And then Bo again at Big Tens.
00:16:34
The Brain
Right. each i mean, this is true.
00:16:36
Cokeley Brothers
It just didn't feel like the same guy.
00:16:37
The Brain
This is all tournament.
00:16:38
Cokeley Brothers
did feel And maybe his competition stepped up. And you know what? it's hard to It's hard to compare that, I guess. Maybe.
00:16:46
Cokeley Brothers
Or I'm bad at it.
00:16:46
The Brain
But he he went ultimate junkyard dog in tougher weight than 165.
00:16:55
The Brain
We can all agree, right? That 141 is – come on.
00:16:58
Cokeley Brothers
141 tougher.
00:16:59
The Brain
um
00:17:00
Cokeley Brothers
Sure. Did I, would I say that he went junkyard dog to win that?
00:17:05
The Brain
he He went down 5-0 against Brock and then stormed back to win what? How bad did he win?
00:17:14
Cokeley Brothers
like five, five, I think it was like 11 to six or something. No, maybe.
00:17:19
The Brain
yeah something I thought it was like 13 to stick.
00:17:20
Ryne
Against Hardy? Against Hardy?
00:17:24
The Brain
Yeah.
00:17:24
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, whatever the finals was.
00:17:25
The Brain
Oh, he gave up a takedown at the end.
00:17:26
Ryne
Hold on. I got it right here. I got it right here.
00:17:28
The Brain
was like 13 or maybe it was like 11 9. He gave up a chunk time.
00:17:31
Cokeley Brothers
Because he gave that takedown at the end.
00:17:32
Ryne
I don't think it was... I feel like it wasn't that high scoring, but maybe it was.
00:17:33
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah.
00:17:33
The Brain
ah
00:17:36
Cokeley Brothers
I mean, there was a takedown near fall for both of them in the first period, wasn't there?
00:17:37
The Brain
you got a yeah. well 12 to stick.
00:17:41
Cokeley Brothers
12-6.
00:17:43
Ryne
That's what I have written down, at least. so
00:17:45
The Brain
I think he gave up a takedown at the end.
00:17:47
Cokeley Brothers
Might have been 12-9.
00:17:47
Ryne
Did he?
00:17:48
Ryne
Hold on. Let me check...
00:17:52
Ryne
Let me check. out
00:17:52
The Brain
Hey, ultimately it's two to one.
00:17:52
Cokeley Brothers
But yeah... Look, yeah.
00:17:55
The Brain
So obviously you gotta get it to mess and break. I mean, I tried.
00:17:59
Cokeley Brothers
I think that's, that's youre but you're bringing up good points, but I still, I'm going to give this to Mesut Mink just because the competition didn't want to wrestle. Regardless of the quality of the competition, there was one person that really did their best to to stand up to it.
00:18:09
The Brain
yeah
00:18:11
Cokeley Brothers
And everybody else was like, I'm good.
00:18:17
Cokeley Brothers
That's how I see it.
00:18:17
The Brain
i just think I just think it's more, that's more of a technique, uh, pace thing than, uh, bruiser thing. Oh, you can't.
00:18:25
Cokeley Brothers
Okay. We're going to pause real quick, ladies and gentlemen. We're back. No more headphones for Ryan. They are not working.
00:18:34
Ryne
Something's not working.
00:18:35
Cokeley Brothers
Ryan, we're we're giving it to Mezenbrink. We're moving on. But hey, do you think he was Mendez or anybody else?
00:18:42
The Brain
know Why your technology is failing run?
00:18:46
Ryne
Up yours. That's why.
00:18:47
The Brain
Because you're a liar.
00:18:51
Ryne
So are you. You wanted me to say something that I didn't feel was true just to get you to come do this podcast tonight.
00:18:59
The Brain
That does not make me a liar. That makes me a, yeah what's the word?
00:19:03
Ryne
No, you're trying to make me a liar.
00:19:03
Cokeley Brothers
Convincer?
00:19:04
Ryne
You are trying to make me a liar.
00:19:06
The Brain
You could have just said no, and I still would have, I would have came up, you know me, come on.
00:19:08
Ryne
No, you would not. No, don't believe that.
00:19:10
Cokeley Brothers
Ah, would came up.
00:19:11
Ryne
Don't believe
00:19:11
Cokeley Brothers
Ah, came up.
00:19:12
The Brain
You think I really would have not done it? Not done the podcast?
00:19:16
Cokeley Brothers
Dude, that... would totally put it past you, but I think we would have had to upset you to do that also.
00:19:22
The Brain
I would, I've never done that before, so. i would I've never just outright been like, Oh, no, psych, not doing it. when have Have I done that? When have I done that?
00:19:32
Cokeley Brothers
think there was I think there was one time where you wanted to watch the Chiefs game where we didn't record a podcast because of that.
00:19:38
The Brain
No, we ended up, I was up here and we we ended up doing it.
00:19:40
Ryne
No, we ended up doing it.
00:19:41
Cokeley Brothers
Oh, we did it? Okay.
00:19:42
The Brain
Yeah.
00:19:42
Cokeley Brothers
Never mind. All right. Next award goes to... Or not goes to... Is the Breakout Performer Award. And this... is This goes to the wrestler who exceeded expectations this year. From a nobody who popped onto the scene to a high-level recruit who exceeded even those expectations.
00:20:03
Cokeley Brothers
Our nominees are Cam Steed, Chris Minto, Max McAnally.
'Coach of the Year' Award
00:20:08
Cokeley Brothers
That's it.
00:20:13
Ryne
Those are some tough
00:20:13
The Brain
You gotta get at least four in there.
00:20:14
Cokeley Brothers
Maybe...
00:20:15
The Brain
I mean, I know I didn't have it at all.
00:20:15
Cokeley Brothers
I mean, I... like Here's the problem. Breakout performer and the one of the upcoming awards, freshman of the year, kind of have some overlap.
00:20:27
The Brain
Yeah, we may have too many awards.
00:20:30
Cokeley Brothers
We condensed it from last year. so
00:20:33
Ryne
ah
00:20:34
The Brain
We did what? We convinced it from last.
00:20:35
Cokeley Brothers
We condensed it from last year.
00:20:38
The Brain
What did we get rid of again?
00:20:41
Cokeley Brothers
The 11th man.
00:20:42
The Brain
Oh, yeah
00:20:45
Cokeley Brothers
And I think one more.
00:20:47
The Brain
yeah. Which one is this? Breakout performer of the year?
00:20:49
Cokeley Brothers
Breakout Performer of the Year.
00:20:51
Ryne
But Cam Steed's not a freshman.
00:20:54
Cokeley Brothers
No, but Minto and McAnally are.
00:20:58
Ryne
What about Bearclaw?
00:21:00
The Brain
Yeah.
00:21:02
Ryne
Could you nominate him for this award as well?
00:21:05
Cokeley Brothers
think... ah There's your four.
00:21:05
The Brain
Why not? I mean, hes he's no less of a breakout than Max McAnally.
00:21:13
Cokeley Brothers
No, McAnally, I think, is... ah I think people knew about McAnally, but also there was just so much talk about Keck Eisen and Starachi at the weight that there just wasn't as much acknowledgement.
00:21:22
The Brain
I definitely didn't think he'd be taking Sean Seymour.
00:21:24
Ryne
What about Sheldon Seymour?
00:21:29
The Brain
Seymour.
00:21:29
Cokeley Brothers
Beating Lightning Luke.
00:21:33
Cokeley Brothers
ah Or like Zan Fugit or Gavin Drexler.
00:21:37
The Brain
Oh, Zane. You got to put Zane in there. well ah Well, yeah, you do.
00:21:41
Ryne
you get just nice For me, he had too many losses.
00:21:41
The Brain
You have to. but
00:21:45
The Brain
But he, but we got it. You got to give the weight to the, you you got to make the tournament like, you know, hold the weight.
00:21:51
Cokeley Brothers
Are you saying all that matters is March, Reese?
00:21:54
The Brain
I am in a lot of ways.
00:21:54
Cokeley Brothers
You doing in that?
00:21:55
The Brain
In a lot of ways I'm saying that I'm saying a lot of it matters.
00:21:56
Cokeley Brothers
You pulling that card?
00:21:59
Ryne
for the sessions.
00:21:59
The Brain
A lot of March matters.
00:22:03
Cokeley Brothers
I'm trying to make the rest of the season matter, Reese.
00:22:06
The Brain
Yeah, but it does matter, but just not nearly as much as March.
00:22:12
The Brain
I think that's pretty, I think we're on the same page there.
00:22:13
Cokeley Brothers
Okay.
00:22:14
Ryne
Well, my vote goes to Max.
00:22:16
Cokeley Brothers
Mine goes to Minto. I think, I think, yeah, I think Minto is just, I mean, the people weren't even talking about him starting.
00:22:18
The Brain
Let me to Minto.
00:22:24
Cokeley Brothers
He wasn't a starter at the beginning of the year.
00:22:26
The Brain
Yeah, I'd never heard of them.
00:22:27
Cokeley Brothers
And then he he takes fourth. He took fourth at NCAAs.
00:22:30
The Brain
What place?
00:22:34
Cokeley Brothers
And like, yeah, not the,
00:22:35
Ryne
i'm not had I'm not mad at Minto. I just, uh, I'm mad about the Minto pick. Trust me. I i mean, friends with his brother, Basil, you know, and I'm glad he did well.
00:22:46
The Brain
Benzo.
00:22:47
Ryne
I just, I thought, I thought Macanelli deserved a session and he's just not going to get one now.
00:22:49
Cokeley Brothers
Wait.
00:22:54
The Brain
He's not gonna get one, not at all. he's He could get freshman of the year, right? He's in there, right? He's a nominee.
00:22:59
Cokeley Brothers
He's nominated.
00:23:00
Cokeley Brothers
We'll get there.
00:23:01
Ryne
Yeah.
00:23:01
Ryne
He's nominated, but there's one clear choice for me.
00:23:06
Cokeley Brothers
i I'll explain why there's some... We'll get there. um Yeah, I think... Hang on. Basil? Explain that to me.
00:23:15
The Brain
His name's Basil, like Vegeta.
00:23:17
Ryne
yeah Basil, Christian, and Christopher.
00:23:19
Cokeley Brothers
He's got...
00:23:22
Ryne
Or Toffee, as can call him.
00:23:22
Cokeley Brothers
Okay. Okay, so...
00:23:26
Cokeley Brothers
Well, crap. Wait, which one is this one? Chris. Which one is Chris?
00:23:26
The Brain
Is Basil older?
00:23:29
Ryne
Toffee, the youngest.
00:23:31
Cokeley Brothers
Chris Topher.
00:23:32
Ryne
Yeah.
00:23:34
Cokeley Brothers
And then there's Christian. which would He went to JUCO, right?
00:23:35
Ryne
Christian. Yeah, he was also Nyack, and then went to UNI. Basil and and Christian both went to Nyack, and then both went to UNI.
00:23:44
The Brain
So there's a Christian and a Christopher.
00:23:44
Ryne
did the same time.
00:23:44
Cokeley Brothers
Okay. Okay.
00:23:45
Ryne
Basil's my age, though. Basil, bael I can't remember if he graduated in my class or 2010, but Basil's my age.
00:23:53
Cokeley Brothers
okay
00:23:54
The Brain
So they went Basil, Christopher, and then Christian.
00:23:57
Ryne
Nope. Nope.
00:23:59
Cokeley Brothers
Christian Christopher.
00:24:00
Ryne
Yes.
00:24:01
The Brain
Basil, Christian, Christopher.
00:24:03
Ryne
Yes.
00:24:04
The Brain
Interesting.
00:24:05
Cokeley Brothers
Dude, the double but the double Chris Minto is just demented.
00:24:09
The Brain
Demented. And then just the third one named Basil.
00:24:09
Ryne
what What about the double Ed Ruths?
00:24:12
Cokeley Brothers
the that is yeah Dude, you said Basil, and I was like, is he playing a joke on me?
00:24:14
Ryne
That's way worse.
00:24:19
Cokeley Brothers
Because...
00:24:19
Ryne
The, the Edward, Edmund and Edward, like, come on.
00:24:25
The Brain
Yeah, that's crazy for sure.
00:24:26
Cokeley Brothers
I know. I know. I know. But she also have Albert, Anthony, and Angelo. Ferrari.
00:24:35
The Brain
That's fine.
'Freshman of the Year' Award
00:24:36
Ryne
Well, do they all have J middle names?
00:24:40
Cokeley Brothers
Well, the J is junior.
00:24:43
Ryne
Oh, is it?
00:24:44
Cokeley Brothers
for I would assume so. That's what most J's are when people say like AJ, DJ, CJ.
00:24:50
The Brain
i didn't know that.
00:24:51
Ryne
It could be like just a J middle name. Yeah.
00:24:53
Cokeley Brothers
No, you're right. But i think I think there's a lot of juniors out there that do that.
00:24:54
The Brain
action Our cousin is not. It's not our cousin is.
00:25:00
Cokeley Brothers
No, you're right.
00:25:00
Ryne
yeah Ashton Jane, not Ashton Jr. Dumbass.
00:25:05
The Brain
it Girls can't be juniors. Duh.
00:25:08
Ryne
like Well, they can't. I mean, no, they can't, but they can.
00:25:10
The Brain
Nope.
00:25:13
Cokeley Brothers
Why do we do that? Anyway, breakup performer Chris Minto going once, going twice.
00:25:16
The Brain
You know why. You know why.
00:25:17
Ryne
Gilmore Girls.
00:25:21
Cokeley Brothers
Sold to the freshman from Nebraska, native of Florida.
00:25:22
Ryne
All right.
00:25:24
The Brain
and
00:25:24
Ryne
Actually, can we... Can we... Oh, my goodness.
00:25:29
Cokeley Brothers
What?
00:25:29
The Brain
What?
00:25:30
Ryne
Nothing. Never mind. Forget it.
00:25:33
Cokeley Brothers
Did we mess up?
00:25:36
Ryne
That did not sound good. I'm not going to lie to you.
00:25:38
The Brain
What didn't sound good?
00:25:40
Ryne
You just did it going once, going twice, sold about a black kid, guys. right
00:25:44
Cokeley Brothers
Oh my God, Ryan.
00:25:45
Ryne
All right. Dude, i'm I'm just being honest. I heard that, and I was like, oh, my God, dude.
00:25:49
Cokeley Brothers
Never even thought about that. Never even thought, dude. Come on. You can't do that.
00:25:55
Ryne
Yeah, but people would.
00:25:55
Cokeley Brothers
You can't.
00:25:56
Ryne
Are you telling me you're you're telling me people wouldn't think that?
00:25:56
Cokeley Brothers
Ryan.
00:25:59
The Brain
Alright, moving on.
00:26:01
Cokeley Brothers
We're going to get out of here. We're going to take a step into the next room.
00:26:02
Ryne
Yeah.
00:26:05
Cokeley Brothers
Coach of the year. And we got four fine candidates here. First, David Taylor. Second, Mark Manning. Not in any particular order.
00:26:16
Cokeley Brothers
Doug Schwab. Kale Sanderson.
00:26:19
Ryne
after all
00:26:20
Cokeley Brothers
Those are your four candidates.
00:26:21
Ryne
Why did you put David Taylor and Kale Sanderson on opposite ends of the list, Sammy?
00:26:25
Cokeley Brothers
Because, well, it's more like a so it's more like a circle.
00:26:26
Ryne
Are you trying to keep as much between them as possible?
00:26:29
Cokeley Brothers
It's more like a circle, so like they'll meet each other around again.
00:26:32
The Brain
You didn't even put Mark Manning in the nominees.
00:26:34
Ryne
He said Mark Manning.
00:26:35
Cokeley Brothers
I said Mark Manning second.
00:26:38
The Brain
don't buy it.
00:26:42
Ryne
He said David Taylor, Mark Manning, Doug Schwab, Kale Sanderson.
00:26:48
Cokeley Brothers
Yes, those were the four. And there's reasonable consideration for all of them.
00:26:54
Ryne
What about, I would like to throw Eggum's name in the hat.
00:27:01
Cokeley Brothers
Nope.
00:27:02
Ryne
Why?
00:27:03
Cokeley Brothers
No.
00:27:04
Ryne
Top five finish. It's been a while. Okay.
00:27:08
Cokeley Brothers
<unk> Maybe. i don't know.
00:27:11
The Brain
Were they fifth or were they? so I thought Ohio State was fifth.
00:27:13
Ryne
They tied for fifth. They tied for fifth.
00:27:16
The Brain
Oh, they tied. That's right.
00:27:17
Ryne
Listen. All
00:27:17
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, but one of them one of them had a national champ, so that one gets criteria.
00:27:21
Ryne
right.
00:27:23
The Brain
and And he also won Junkyard Dog of the Year.
00:27:28
Cokeley Brothers
Last year.
00:27:28
Ryne
he didn't.
00:27:28
The Brain
pretty Pretty crazy.
00:27:29
Ryne
no he didn'
00:27:30
Cokeley Brothers
Last year.
00:27:31
The Brain
Last year.
00:27:32
Cokeley Brothers
ah sure. This year was Messenbrink race.
00:27:39
Cokeley Brothers
Okay. So David Taylor, the consideration here is it's his first year. he had one loss in his dual ah record this year.
00:27:47
The Brain
I've never been on the on the losing end of these nominations, and I don't like it. I must say.
00:27:51
Cokeley Brothers
He won the CKLV.
00:27:53
Ryne
Yeah, you guys guys both lost Rocco Welsh freshman of the year last year, and I've beat you both.
00:27:58
Cokeley Brothers
he He won the Big 12 championships and he took third at NCAAs. All in his first year of coaching.
00:28:07
The Brain
Dave Taylor?
00:28:07
Cokeley Brothers
Pretty good. This is all David Taylor.
00:28:09
Ryne
Any coach to do to beat one of the most legendary heavyweights of all time?
00:28:13
Cokeley Brothers
He had two guys who, he had the Hodge winner. He coached the Hodge winner. He coached a guy who beat two returning national champs.
00:28:21
Ryne
They both beat two returning national champs.
00:28:23
Cokeley Brothers
Right, right. So there's a lot to consider there, but also Mark Manning had eight All-Americans from eight different states this year and took second place when nobody saw it coming.
00:28:36
Cokeley Brothers
But he lost in Northern Iowa
00:28:38
The Brain
With only one transfer.
00:28:40
Cokeley Brothers
with one transfer, and his name is Caleb Smith.
00:28:42
The Brain
One single transfer.
00:28:46
Cokeley Brothers
Couldn't remember who it was.
00:28:48
Ryne
No, you're right, Sammy.
00:28:50
Cokeley Brothers
ah
00:28:53
Cokeley Brothers
So Mark Manning, I wouldn't count out. Doug Schwab, the little engine that could. And they did a lot.
'Wrestler of the Year' Award
00:29:00
Cokeley Brothers
they look They looked pretty good this year. a matter of fact, they beat Nebraska in a duel this year. Took second place at Big 12s.
00:29:06
Cokeley Brothers
Had a ninth place finish at NCAAs. So didn't finish as strong as they could have
00:29:09
Ryne
Yeah.
00:29:13
Cokeley Brothers
But... I mean... Great season for the Panthers. Great season. And then Kale Sanderson, for the second year in a row... broke the NCAA scoring record, had a five-time national champ on his team, ah and put 10 in the top six at NCAAs.
00:29:34
Ryne
Ah, dang. I'm giving it to Kale. I was sold on David Taylor. Now I'm on Kale Sanderson.
00:29:38
The Brain
Sold on David Taylor. Uh-oh. What are you? Who are you? Who are you picking, Sammy?
00:29:45
Cokeley Brothers
No, I did all the talking. Go ahead.
00:29:47
The Brain
Who are you going to pick? I want to know.
00:29:49
Cokeley Brothers
I want to hear from you first.
00:29:50
The Brain
Who do you think I'm going to pick?
00:29:52
Cokeley Brothers
I think you're going to pick Mark Manning.
00:29:54
The Brain
Yeah, already I already yeah made that clear.
00:29:57
Cokeley Brothers
Um, dude, I don't know. So if we want to talk about of the year, then i think we have to rule out Mark Manning.
00:30:09
The Brain
Why?
00:30:10
Cokeley Brothers
And I think we have to, because he didn't have a great year. He had a phenomenal NCAA tournament.
00:30:15
The Brain
He didn't have a great year.
00:30:16
Cokeley Brothers
He
00:30:17
The Brain
What do you mean he didn't – did Doug Schwab really have a great year then if he didn't perform at the end of the –
00:30:21
Cokeley Brothers
No, no, no. So, so I, would I would, would put, ah I would put Mark Manning ahead of Doug Schwab on this list.
00:30:33
Cokeley Brothers
I'm kind of caught between David Taylor and Kale Sanderson because it's phenomenal first year for David Taylor.
00:30:40
The Brain
Yeah, I don't know.
00:30:41
Cokeley Brothers
But
00:30:42
The Brain
He did it with a lot of transfers.
00:30:45
Cokeley Brothers
there was some transfers, did it with a lot of transfers
00:30:47
The Brain
Seven seniors.
00:30:49
Cokeley Brothers
Seven seniors. He's going to have to fully reload that pistol this year, this upcoming season. Yeah, I hear you. and i And I understand that this is not an easy choice to make. I think all four of these guys are very deserving.
00:31:07
Cokeley Brothers
i don't know who to I don't know who to give this to. I really don't.
00:31:10
The Brain
luck i would I would either do Cale Manning at this point.
00:31:16
Cokeley Brothers
I mean, Manning, if there if if there was NCAA hands out like a tournament coach, right?
00:31:20
Ryne
Thank you.
00:31:21
Cokeley Brothers
Like an NCAA coach award or something like that.
00:31:25
The Brain
don't know.
00:31:25
Cokeley Brothers
I feel like that's a thing. And Manning would 100% deserve that. He had the best tournament. ah He had like the best seed place difference, basically.
00:31:33
The Brain
Yeah, but that's neither here nor there.
00:31:36
Cokeley Brothers
I know. Well, but it does factor in because the way you finish March does matter, but does it matter that much? Because he didn't have, he didn't win CKLV like he normally does. Mark Manning didn't. And he, he lost to Northern Iowa in the dual season.
00:31:49
Cokeley Brothers
And I mean, big tens, he had a good big tens. Hmm.
00:31:55
Ryne
If they were to beat Iowa Reese, i'd be I'd be more willing to join your side.
00:31:58
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. But also David Taylor lost to Iowa.
00:32:00
The Brain
So who are you going to pick, Sammy? Yeah, David Taylor also lost out.
00:32:02
Cokeley Brothers
Dude.
00:32:04
Ryne
I know. I know. You know who didn't?
00:32:06
The Brain
I want to know. You're picking Kale, right?
00:32:09
Ryne
I'm picking K.L. Sanderson.
00:32:12
The Brain
That's who I'm like. Mark or Kale is what I would.
00:32:15
Cokeley Brothers
I think it's got to go to Kale.
00:32:17
The Brain
All right.
00:32:18
Cokeley Brothers
think it's got to go to Kale. Kale Sanderson, you're never going to reach out to us, but we have a t-shirt ready for you.
00:32:21
The Brain
He wins coach the year.
00:32:25
Cokeley Brothers
It's and it's in your size. think you're an XL.
00:32:29
Ryne
He might be a 2x. He's a pretty large man, but probably just a one.
00:32:31
Cokeley Brothers
Maybe you're a big dude. You're a tower of a man.
00:32:35
Ryne
more
00:32:35
The Brain
What kind of candy do you like, Kale?
00:32:39
Ryne
He looks like a Cadbury egg kind of guy.
00:32:41
Cokeley Brothers
I feel like a bit of honey or like saltwater taffy.
00:32:45
The Brain
Damn, really?
00:32:45
Cokeley Brothers
You know? Just something very low-key. nothing Nothing hard. No warheads.
00:32:51
Ryne
Werther's original, maybe.
00:32:52
Cokeley Brothers
You know?
00:32:52
The Brain
way. You don't think he, you don't think he likes, ah you know, a ring pop?
00:32:54
Cokeley Brothers
Where's original?
00:32:57
Ryne
Now and laters.
00:32:58
The Brain
You don't think he'd eat a ring pop?
00:33:03
Cokeley Brothers
Dude.
00:33:04
The Brain
One of those push pops?
00:33:05
Ryne
but but i saw kill ah say
00:33:09
The Brain
What about those little baby bottles? Baby bottle pop. Yeah. Why?
00:33:14
Cokeley Brothers
Baby bottle pop?
00:33:15
The Brain
baby bottle pop
00:33:17
Ryne
Baby bottle pop. Baby bottle pop.
00:33:20
The Brain
yeah
00:33:21
Cokeley Brothers
No way. Absolutely not.
00:33:23
Ryne
I talked to mom to let me get one of those one time and man, she regretted it.
00:33:27
Cokeley Brothers
I mean, they're awful.
00:33:28
The Brain
why
00:33:29
Ryne
it just made a mess. just made a huge mess.
00:33:31
The Brain
so
00:33:31
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah.
00:33:32
Ryne
It was sticky and yeah.
00:33:32
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. All right.
00:33:35
Ryne
David Taylor or Kale Sanderson, I mean, it's hard not to.
00:33:35
Cokeley Brothers
Let's move on to our
00:33:38
The Brain
Kale Sanderson, you are the winner.
00:33:40
Ryne
I mean, especially, yeah, I mean, we didn't give it to him last year. We gave it to Neil.
00:33:45
The Brain
That backside, the way they just torched everybody on the backside was crazy.
00:33:50
Ryne
Eight guys in the top three.
00:33:52
The Brain
Yeah. Eight guys in top three, that's crazy.
00:33:54
Cokeley Brothers
Oh yeah, we gave it to Neil Erisman last year.
00:33:55
Ryne
Five times. Yeah. even Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:59
Cokeley Brothers
he was Kale Sanderson was nominated though.
00:34:01
Ryne
Oh, I figured he would. I mean, he broke the scoring record, and then he re-broke it again. So it's like, all right, it's got to be him. It's got to be he
00:34:09
Cokeley Brothers
That's crazy.
00:34:10
Ryne
He re-broke his own scoring record, and some people still considered it like ah not a bad tournament, but a down tournament for them.
00:34:17
Cokeley Brothers
Dude, it's because of how the semis went. I swear. I swear to you.
00:34:20
Ryne
Well, not just the semis, the quarters, too.
00:34:21
The Brain
Yeah.
00:34:22
Ryne
The semis and quarters.
00:34:22
The Brain
And the quarter.
00:34:24
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, it's the... ah That day too.
00:34:29
Ryne
little The Liladol, Kasach, and Haynes losses, those were all kinds of like people were like, what?
00:34:29
The Brain
I think to those and pins, man.
00:34:37
The Brain
That the case, that one was especially weird.
00:34:37
Cokeley Brothers
Right.
00:34:40
Cokeley Brothers
Super bizarre. All righty then. Penultimate award for sessions this year is the Freshman of the Year Award. And there's not much to explain here.
00:34:53
Cokeley Brothers
Who was the freshman of the year? Our nominees are Vince Robinson, Max McAnally, Josh Barr, and Ethan Stiles.
00:35:07
Ryne
Oh, we could have definitely put Ethan styles and breakout performer of the year.
00:35:10
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, we could have. We definitely could have.
00:35:16
Ryne
But we didn't.
00:35:17
Cokeley Brothers
But we didn't.
00:35:18
The Brain
right now well yeah
00:35:18
Cokeley Brothers
So here he is.
00:35:20
Ryne
um
00:35:23
Ryne
My vote is ah Max McAnally.
00:35:23
Cokeley Brothers
There's so
00:35:27
Cokeley Brothers
it is. It's Vince.
00:35:28
Ryne
No, it's not. It's
00:35:31
Cokeley Brothers
Okay. Yeah. I mean, I think the clear pecking order is Vince, then Barr, then McAnally, and then Styles.
00:35:36
Ryne
Yeah.
00:35:37
The Brain
feels like Vince because of oh that March performance so it does matter
00:35:38
Cokeley Brothers
That's just because of tournament performance.
00:35:40
Ryne
Yeah.
00:35:49
The Brain
A lot.
00:35:49
Ryne
Last year, you guys tried to it mattered.
00:35:49
Cokeley Brothers
My vote goes, my vote goes to Josh Barr.
00:35:55
Ryne
um um'm we' going Vince.
00:35:55
Cokeley Brothers
There you go.
00:35:57
Ryne
Natty Camp. The Natty.
00:35:58
Cokeley Brothers
yeah Yeah.
00:36:00
The Brain
Vince Robinson.
00:36:03
Ryne
bannnati
00:36:03
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. Yeah. All right. Vince, Illinois native.
00:36:08
Ryne
Yes, Harvey Twister.
00:36:09
Cokeley Brothers
you You are a freshman of the year award.
00:36:12
The Brain
You win.
00:36:13
Cokeley Brothers
I only know that because i remember watching him and Sergio Lemley wrestle in the state finals. That was a good match.
00:36:18
The Brain
Him and Webster used to wrestle all the time too.
00:36:22
Ryne
The first time i ever watched Vince Robinson was when he hit the wrist snap on Dean Peterson at Fargo.
00:36:27
Cokeley Brothers
Yes. Yes. Yes, I do remember that.
00:36:31
Ryne
was like, this dude is dangerous. he might He could go all the way, and then he ran into Drake, Ayala, and the semis, and I think semis or quarters, can't remember, and Drake torched him.
00:36:42
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, and I think Sergio wrestled Drake in the finals and got torched.
00:36:43
The Brain
Torched.
00:36:46
Ryne
yeah
00:36:46
The Brain
to work
00:36:46
Ryne
Yeah, Drake was on fire that year.
00:36:50
Cokeley Brothers
All right. Time for the final award for this season.
00:36:53
The Brain
but it we need more work
00:36:55
Cokeley Brothers
We are down to the one that makes the most sense. it's It's the wrestler of the year. And here are your five nominees. Carter Starachi, Mitchell Mezenbrink, Wyatt Hendrickson, Dean Hamity, and Steven Buchanan.
00:37:10
Cokeley Brothers
You'll notice a common trend with these five. They're all national champs with a total of two losses combined between all five wrestlers.
00:37:21
Ryne
Very nice.
00:37:22
The Brain
well
00:37:23
Ryne
So the guys that have lost is they're out.
00:37:24
Cokeley Brothers
Okay.
00:37:27
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah.
00:37:27
The Brain
Pretty much. Yeah.
00:37:29
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, probably. and i mean, I might consider Hamity over Mezenbrink. Maybe. Just because of the competition.
00:37:37
Ryne
I would.
00:37:37
Cokeley Brothers
But... But... It's got to go to Carter.
00:37:42
Ryne
Five-time champ. One and only.
00:37:44
The Brain
Yeah.
00:37:44
Cokeley Brothers
Five-time champ. He didn't get the Hodge. But he does get the Bar in Session Wrestler of the Year awards.
00:37:50
The Brain
a
00:37:50
Cokeley Brothers
So, Carter, I hope it was...
00:37:51
The Brain
Let it be known that
00:37:52
Cokeley Brothers
I hope it's at least a little bit of a consolation because... Look, I didn't vote for you. I voted for Wyatt Hendrickson for Hodge. So this is me trying to.
00:38:00
Ryne
So did I.
00:38:01
The Brain
Yeah, I used my
Upcoming Wrestling Season Preview
00:38:02
The Brain
Hodge vote for that also.
00:38:05
Ryne
We all voted for Wyatt.
00:38:05
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, my fan vote, my fan vote, my fan vote. I don't have a media vote. Not yet.
00:38:12
Ryne
But we all voted for you for Barn Session Wrestler of the Year.
00:38:16
Cokeley Brothers
Wrestler of the year. So, hey, man.
00:38:18
The Brain
Even though we really wanted you to lose to Parker Keckisen, we will give you your flowers.
00:38:24
Ryne
Sammy Reese just outed us like that.
00:38:27
Cokeley Brothers
Well, no, hang on.
00:38:27
The Brain
Well, we added ourselves all season.
00:38:28
Cokeley Brothers
We outed ourselves when we talked about our brackets.
00:38:29
Ryne
I know.
00:38:31
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah.
00:38:32
The Brain
All season we were like, uh, really.
00:38:35
Cokeley Brothers
but Boy, when Parker gets his hands on him.
00:38:35
The Brain
They're too good. Almost.
00:38:37
Cokeley Brothers
But no. Carter, your reattacks are just too good.
00:38:41
Cokeley Brothers
Okay.
00:38:41
Ryne
yeah um ah He almost wasn't able to get his hands on him.
00:38:41
The Brain
they're too good
00:38:43
Ryne
and It was almost maybe Max McAnally. Bonkers.
00:38:49
The Brain
almost
00:38:49
Cokeley Brothers
Oh, yeah. i for Dude.
00:38:54
Cokeley Brothers
Max, 184 is going to be so much fun next year. this is This should be a great transition. 184 is going to be the the weight of the year next year, i think, with
00:39:01
Ryne
Bonkers. Bonkers.
AJ Ferrari's Transfer and Transfer Portal Chaos
00:39:06
Cokeley Brothers
Zack Ryder, Max McAnally, Angelo Ferrari, Rocco Welsh, and everybody else.
00:39:12
Cokeley Brothers
I don't know who else it's going to be.
00:39:14
Ryne
It's going to be Isaac Dean that wins it.
00:39:17
Cokeley Brothers
Isaac Dean, he's in the portal, right?
00:39:19
Ryne
nice He already picked the home. Iowa State.
00:39:21
Cokeley Brothers
Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's right. That's right. That's right.
00:39:24
The Brain
I would say they always pick up, they they like just keep picking up 184 transfers.
00:39:29
Ryne
Yeah.
00:39:29
Cokeley Brothers
Yep.
00:39:30
The Brain
They're good at that.
00:39:30
Cokeley Brothers
Who was the first one? What was his name?
00:39:33
Ryne
It was the dude who was an All-American for
00:39:34
The Brain
Feld camp.
00:39:37
The Brain
Feld camp.
00:39:38
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, Wilfeldkamp. Yeah, yeah.
00:39:40
Ryne
Feldkamp. Who did he AA for?
00:39:41
Cokeley Brothers
Clarion? Clarion?
00:39:43
Ryne
Was it Clarion?
00:39:47
Cokeley Brothers
Wilfeldkamp.
00:39:48
The Brain
Sounds right.
00:39:49
Ryne
That sounds right, but I feel like it wasn't.
00:39:53
Cokeley Brothers
And we'll have to log in to tell you. Don't you love that? Don't you have a lot having to log into Russell's that isn't that your favorite thing to do?
00:40:04
Ryne
Every time. And every three minutes or whatever.
00:40:08
Cokeley Brothers
I don't understand why they just don't have it's fine. It's okay. Everything's fine.
00:40:13
Ryne
working on it.
00:40:13
Cokeley Brothers
ah So he was at Northern Illinois for four years and then Clarion for two and then Iowa State.
00:40:15
The Brain
what a dog
00:40:18
Cokeley Brothers
What?
00:40:18
Ryne
Oh, that's right. That's right. i knew. I was like, he had a weird robe.
00:40:21
Cokeley Brothers
That's insane.
00:40:23
Ryne
That's right. That's right.
00:40:25
Cokeley Brothers
Dude, these are his season records. 13-10, 1-1, 5-2, 18-6, 29-5, 7th place, round 16. Crazy. Road Bachman? AJ Ferrari. eighteen and six twenty nine and five seventh place fourteen and eleven round of sixteen
00:40:39
Cokeley Brothers
crazy
00:40:40
The Brain
but a dollar
00:40:43
Cokeley Brothers
roaddog
00:40:44
Ryne
Yeah. And then there's the other, you know, The other big, uh, little news.
00:40:50
Cokeley Brothers
bchman oh
00:40:54
Cokeley Brothers
a j ferrari
00:40:54
Ryne
and
00:40:56
Cokeley Brothers
AJ Ferrari is going to the University of North Carolina.
00:40:58
Ryne
He tricked me.
00:40:59
Cokeley Brothers
And it is funny. Yeah, he tricked you. So Ryan texted me this morning while FRL was going on. He said, aj Ferrari just said he's going to Penn State. And I spit out my water and said, absolutely not.
00:41:10
Cokeley Brothers
There's simply no way.
00:41:12
Ryne
Well, did you go watch the clip?
00:41:13
Cokeley Brothers
And then, what?
00:41:15
Ryne
Did you go watch the clip?
00:41:16
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, and then he's like, well, guys, are you seriously, you think I'm going to go to Penn State? No, going to go to Iowa. and I'm going to go wrestle with my brother. and We're going to go back to back. We're going national champs. And I was like, okay That seems more realistic. And then the guys on Flow were like, where are you going? And he's like, I'm going to UNC.
00:41:34
Cokeley Brothers
And then reportedly, the deal...
00:41:36
Ryne
He was trolling CP, in my opinion.
00:41:38
Cokeley Brothers
It was kind of funny. The deal that he got... was is is, and I quote worth more than a million dollars, which just sounds like it's it's just riddled with Rob Cole speak of what the look, the opportunity that i'm providing you with this campus, it's priceless. I mean, it's worth more than a million dollars. That's just what it sounds like.
00:41:59
Cokeley Brothers
I don't think he, cause there's simply no way he's getting a million dollars. There's no way.
00:42:04
The Brain
Why not?
00:42:05
Ryne
He's not getting a million, but maybe he in goods, it's all worth more than a million.
00:42:09
Cokeley Brothers
That's crazy.
00:42:11
Ryne
Maybe they're paying for a nice house, a nice car, and some cash.
00:42:14
Cokeley Brothers
And they, I guess, I don't know. You can't keep around Lachlan McNeil.
00:42:18
Ryne
But also, i don't i don't i mean i don't believe him, not even for a second. The dude is is deceitful. i mean he he wasn't He put out that list of eight schools, and you know at least three of them never contacted him.
00:42:31
Cokeley Brothers
yeah i I mean, yeah, there were multiple people that tweeted from all of those institutions from, from Iowa, Oklahoma state and Penn state. They were like, no, he was never here. He won't be coming here.
00:42:42
Cokeley Brothers
We will not take him. And part of me was like, it's not really up to you, Mr. Twitter fan account, if the coaches accept them. But I also, I know the coaches probably won't.
00:42:52
Ryne
those are coaches Those are coaches burner accounts. Okay. I don't know.
00:42:55
Cokeley Brothers
Really?
00:42:58
Ryne
Might be.
00:43:00
Cokeley Brothers
is Does Tom Brands know how to use Twitter?
00:43:05
Ryne
Maybe. Maybe he's learned and he doesn't want people to know.
00:43:12
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, the portal has been absolutely insane. I've had a ah picture queued up to send ah for the day when there isn't some portal news and there hasn't been any. Or there there's always been some portal news. There hasn't been a day a down day yet.
00:43:24
Cokeley Brothers
Something has always been happening.
00:43:27
Ryne
May 3rd. That'll be a down day.
00:43:30
Cokeley Brothers
That's the last... That's the day after, isn't it?
00:43:33
Ryne
it's
00:43:34
Cokeley Brothers
But I mean, that's the last... the May 2nd is the last day for people to enter the portal.
00:43:38
Ryne
Oh, yeah, that's true.
00:43:39
Cokeley Brothers
So you can transfer... Throughout the summer.
00:43:43
Ryne
You can't. You don't even I mean, you know, you don't even really need to be in the portal to transfer. We figured that out last year.
00:43:48
Cokeley Brothers
No, you can you can just go enroll at a different school.
00:43:52
Ryne
long as you don't tell the coaches you're coming.
00:43:55
Cokeley Brothers
Right.
00:43:56
Ryne
Show up on campus. It's all illegal.
00:43:59
Cokeley Brothers
Hey, I never told the coach I was going to his school, but I did tell him that I was leaving the other school.
00:44:04
Ryne
I just showed up here. I just showed up to Iowa and they gave me a bag of cash.
00:44:08
Cokeley Brothers
Shut up, and there's... Briefcase full of money on my front porch at this house that I didn't own until I got here, you know?
00:44:12
Ryne
thank
00:44:13
The Brain
And then we got it.
00:44:18
Cokeley Brothers
Super strange.
00:44:18
Ryne
Yep.
00:44:20
Ryne
Yep.
00:44:21
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, the portal's crazy.
00:44:22
Ryne
No, I just, the whole, and here's the other thing. with AJ Ferrari and why I'm like, it feels a little foolish for a guy like Rob Cole to take a chance on him.
00:44:27
Cokeley Brothers
ahead.
00:44:32
Ryne
It's going back in the portal after this year.
00:44:35
Cokeley Brothers
Is he going to go four by four?
00:44:36
Ryne
He's going to go four by four. He's going to try to go to a big 10 school, collected a different conference championship.
00:44:39
Cokeley Brothers
ah
00:44:43
Cokeley Brothers
He's going to just like the like Thanos.
00:44:47
Ryne
But also I do not think he's going to have, I only think he's going have a,
00:44:53
Ryne
I guess it would be 4 for 4 still, yeah. Shit.
00:44:56
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, because he won.
00:44:57
Ryne
He can't get a fifth. He can't get a fifth.
00:44:59
Cokeley Brothers
Wait, he he didn't win Big 12s, did he?
00:45:02
Ryne
Yeah, he did.
00:45:03
Cokeley Brothers
thought he lost to Noah Adams.
00:45:04
Ryne
I thought Noah Adams beat him in the duel.
00:45:06
Cokeley Brothers
Maybe. Maybe.
00:45:09
Ryne
Brother, he was the one seed, wasn't he, at Nationals?
00:45:09
The Brain
Pretty sure. Pretty sure it was a dual.
00:45:10
Cokeley Brothers
I think you're ah think you're right. I think you're right, but I'm going to confirm.
00:45:17
Cokeley Brothers
I think... ah
00:45:19
Ryne
I do think he was trolling CP hard.
00:45:20
The Brain
No need to what I said.
00:45:23
Ryne
This morning.
00:45:23
Cokeley Brothers
Dual confirmed. Yes. Oh, no. Cowboy Challenge Tournament.
00:45:27
Ryne
That's what it was.
00:45:28
Cokeley Brothers
Yep.
00:45:31
Ryne
And I just remember when he said, oh, I'm going to Penn State and I'm wrestling heavyweight.
00:45:31
Cokeley Brothers
I'm sorry, Reese.
00:45:36
Ryne
I just remember him like this face, this this look he had on his face when CP was like, I am 100%. He's like, are you shocked? And CP's like, I am 100% shocked.
00:45:47
Ryne
Oh, is that is that crazy? Just the way he was saying that, I was just like, this man is totally trolling CP right now.
00:45:55
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, I don't know.
00:45:56
Ryne
you know there was a while where he called him Christina Piles.
00:45:56
Cokeley Brothers
is
00:45:59
Cokeley Brothers
Yes, I remember. And and they had their their moment where they squashed the beef, and that's good for them.
00:46:05
Ryne
Yeah, when was that? Because I don't remember it happening.
00:46:08
Cokeley Brothers
I mean, it was basically at the Pac-12s, I think, this year. It was where they had their first interview, I think, I want to say.
00:46:11
Ryne
I don't know.
00:46:15
Ryne
Okay, I don't know.
00:46:16
The Brain
That's correct. The brain says just correct.
00:46:23
Ryne
I don't pay very much attention.
00:46:26
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, so AJ might be at North Carolina for one year.
00:46:26
Ryne
I did today. did today.
00:46:32
Cokeley Brothers
He might be there for two years. you might not We might not even see him next season, dude. You really don't know. like I just...
00:46:36
Ryne
and never know. Wild card, bitches!
00:46:41
Cokeley Brothers
Pretty much... He pretty much is the wild card of NCAA wrestling.
00:46:46
Cokeley Brothers
And so is the transfer portal because... all right. Actually, yeah, so... Let's talk about this. One thing that has been very absent from this offseason, almost entirely, aside from one little bit, there have been no coaching changes, at least no loud coaching changes. so
00:47:08
Cokeley Brothers
What's up with that? No coaches retiring, none getting laid off.
00:47:15
Cokeley Brothers
So I heard, i think I heard from Willie about why.
00:47:17
Ryne
Who would it be?
00:47:20
Cokeley Brothers
Who would what be?
00:47:23
Ryne
who's um Who would be in the hot seat?
00:47:29
Cokeley Brothers
ah Before the NCAA tournament,
00:47:30
The Brain
Tom Branson.
00:47:34
Ryne
Before, or during, after, I don't care.
00:47:35
Cokeley Brothers
brands.
00:47:35
Ryne
I mean, who's in the hot seat?
00:47:37
Cokeley Brothers
No, I mean, before the and NCAA tournament, I would have probably said Bono. But he got a 65-pounder on there that nobody heard about until Big Ten's.
00:47:44
The Brain
Bumbo can do as bad as he wants. He will never be in the hot seat, obviously.
00:47:50
Cokeley Brothers
You think so?
00:47:51
Ryne
The rumor is he loves him.
00:47:52
The Brain
Wisconsin doesn't care.
00:47:56
Ryne
But not enough not enough not enough to keep him from ah cutting his scholarships down from 9.9 to 5.5, apparently.
00:47:57
Cokeley Brothers
That's tragic.
00:48:04
Cokeley Brothers
Is that confirmed?
00:48:05
The Brain
Mm-hmm.
00:48:09
Ryne
I've got a pretty good source.
00:48:10
Cokeley Brothers
know. just would I feel like we would have heard from other people too if that was the case. But maybe, i don't know, maybe it's one of those quiet things.
00:48:18
Cokeley Brothers
so I don't know.
00:48:18
Ryne
Maybe it's not happening.
00:48:18
Ryne
Maybe maybe it's not happening.
00:48:19
Cokeley Brothers
don't know.
00:48:21
Ryne
That would be awesome if they decided to not reduce the amount of scholarships because, i mean, dude, you're going to give a struggling program, which they are.
00:48:22
Cokeley Brothers
I
00:48:26
Cokeley Brothers
don't know.
00:48:30
Ryne
They're struggling. They've been struggling for the past two seasons. A struggling program, you're going to cut their scholarships in half?
00:48:38
Cokeley Brothers
Right.
00:48:39
Ryne
and you're a big And you're in the Big Ten, the most competitive conference in in college wrestling.
00:48:40
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah.
00:48:43
Ryne
Like, yeah, you're giving Wisconsin wrestling program the death sentence, essentially.
00:48:49
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. I don't know. I guess maybe there isn't necessarily anybody who is very obviously on the hot seat, but you would have just thought that there'd be something.
00:48:57
Ryne
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:48:58
Cokeley Brothers
Okay.
00:48:59
Ryne
I have a correction. Roger Rayner retired. Matt Valeni is the new head coach at
00:49:05
Cokeley Brothers
That's... Yeah, that's true. and But they they laid that out all before. So that's why it went under the radar for me.
00:49:12
Ryne
I just remember seeing it the other day.
00:49:13
Cokeley Brothers
That is true. Yeah, he... What's his name? ah Matt went into...
00:49:16
Ryne
Roger Reyna is no longer the Roger Reyna head coach of Penn wrestling.
00:49:22
Ryne
Now the Roger Reyna head coach of Penn wrestling is Matt Valenti.
00:49:23
Cokeley Brothers
Matt Valenti.
00:49:26
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. So interesting. Interesting how they do that. um
00:49:33
Ryne
What about the Michigan State coach?
00:49:33
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah, but...
00:49:37
Cokeley Brothers
What's his name? I see it on the wall.
00:49:44
Cokeley Brothers
Crap.
00:49:45
Ryne
Anyway.
00:49:46
Cokeley Brothers
This, this should know. I should know this. Hang on.
00:49:54
Ryne
Come on, Sam.
00:49:55
Cokeley Brothers
Yes. Roger Chandler. He was a, he's an IU guy. He's an IU wrestler. Um, I mean, yeah, because I think they were him and Storniello.
00:50:09
Cokeley Brothers
Not. Well, Storniello had a fourth place finisher. God damn, dude.
00:50:13
Ryne
Yeah, Trevor Tremblay. I have 20 seed.
00:50:15
Cokeley Brothers
ah Yeah. Man.
00:50:19
The Brain
And they are also limited with their resources.
00:50:23
Cokeley Brothers
ah What do you mean? What
00:50:25
The Brain
What they nothing.
00:50:28
Cokeley Brothers
do you mean?
00:50:29
Ryne
They're 9.9, I'm pretty sure.
00:50:31
Cokeley Brothers
think they're I think they're a private school.
00:50:34
Ryne
Northwestern, are they?
00:50:36
Cokeley Brothers
Maybe.
00:50:36
The Brain
was it I think they had a Ross. Well, maybe this was before the whole roster cap thing, but then they have a roster cap like that was, you know, lower than most other schools.
00:50:47
Ryne
I do remember hearing some, this sounds familiar.
00:50:47
Cokeley Brothers
Not sure.
00:50:50
Ryne
This is like ringing a bell, but I, I can't.
00:50:54
Cokeley Brothers
Northwestern is a private school. Let's look up Northwestern roster cap.
00:51:01
Ryne
see. This is why we need a Jamie.
00:51:03
Cokeley Brothers
Northwestern... <unk> No, I'm not getting anything here.
00:51:09
Ryne
Yeah. Um, yeah, I don't know.
00:51:10
Cokeley Brothers
Sorry.
00:51:14
Ryne
What are you, so what have you been hearing?
00:51:15
Cokeley Brothers
and No, I mean, I haven't been hearing anything except for this whole situation with Thomas Gilman, which apparently he wants to continue competing. And so he is going to leave the Oklahoma State coaching staff and go train at the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club.
00:51:32
Cokeley Brothers
Uh...
00:51:35
Ryne
And there are a lot of people out there that are like, oh, it's Cale Sanderson, David Taylor, that war with each other. This is Cale trying to weaken we can ah David Taylor's you know forces and take one of his commanders and blah, blah, blah.
00:51:41
The Brain
Thank you.
00:51:48
Ryne
I'm just like – or this is Thomas Gilman who just wants to keep competing.
00:51:51
Cokeley Brothers
No.
00:51:54
Cokeley Brothers
But also, I kind of love it. I love the narrative because it's it is a great it's a great storyline to follow. Is it all entirely true? No, not necessarily.
00:52:04
Ryne
Yeah.
00:52:05
Cokeley Brothers
Because like, do we really know why?
00:52:05
Ryne
see People act like there's like love lost between them. And I'm like, dude, what?
00:52:10
Cokeley Brothers
no dude, I would i would assume that Kale Sanderson loves it.
00:52:14
Ryne
I think they both do.
00:52:15
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. I would assume that Kale Sanderson loves it, but it's also kind of causing him or forcing him to step up his game a little bit. Because like, dude, in the span of a month, or not even a month, two or three weeks, Kale Sanderson got Ono to wrestle for Penn State. He flipped Jaden James' commitment, and he got returning national finalist Rocco Welsh to transfer from Ohio State.
00:52:39
Ryne
yeah but how much of that is actually KO-like? I think the Ono deal was KO. Like, yeah, we want you here, but I don't know about Jaden James and Rocco Welsh. don't know how much that had to do with them, with KO and Co.
00:52:50
Cokeley Brothers
ah But also, i don't know. You're not just going to... He's going to put in some level of effort to be like, yeah, we would love to have you here.......
00:53:00
Ryne
um I guess my point is is, you know, we talked about this before. like Again, I don't think he reached out to Rocco Welsh. I don't think he reached out to Jaden James. I think these dudes were like, you know what?
00:53:11
Ryne
this is where This is where I want to be because I feel like going give me the best chance to win.
00:53:19
Ryne
Kael Sanderson's not going to turn you down. Unless you're AJF.
00:53:22
Cokeley Brothers
And well, I was going to say, cause I did think about this because we were talking about kale and having an open door policy and all that. There are at least a short list of names that he would probably not accept.
00:53:36
Cokeley Brothers
I don't know about ongoing athletes except for probably AJ Ferrari, but yeah. So I don't know, but, but
00:53:48
Cokeley Brothers
It's interesting. The timing is interesting. that's but That's really all it is, is the timing is interesting.
00:53:54
Cokeley Brothers
And I think that's the that's the part that makes the storyline as compelling as it is. because Because, I mean, Zach Ryder really had opportunities to go to plenty of other schools.
00:54:07
Cokeley Brothers
he He could have gone to Ohio State. He could have looked at wrestling for Cornell next year. just just that's That's got a lot more ah Loopholes. Not loopholes. loops Hoops to jump through.
00:54:19
Cokeley Brothers
um But he said, no, I want to go to Oklahoma State. And so there's two camps being formed. Very clearly. ah Kind of three. Iowa is not out of play.
00:54:31
Cokeley Brothers
They're not. It's tougher for them.
00:54:37
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. I mean, these three big schools, it kind of does feel like... Ohio State, Michigan, NC State, Cornell.
00:54:45
Ryne
Michigan's been very quiet lately.
00:54:46
Cokeley Brothers
These schools are getting shoved out. Who has?
00:54:49
Ryne
Michigan, they've quiet this year with Portal.
00:54:51
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. They got Tay. That was really it. But it just it feels like aside from these three big schools, everybody's getting pushed out a little bit. so
00:55:05
Cokeley Brothers
We will continue to monitor and update accordingly. with whatever else happens. But for now, I think that's it. We have lost Reese. Ryan is fading and I am fading as well.
00:55:17
The Brain
You lost me?
00:55:20
Cokeley Brothers
I don't know.
00:55:20
Ryne
I'm not fading.
00:55:20
Ryne
Sorry, I was reading something.
00:55:22
The Brain
I'm gone?
00:55:23
Cokeley Brothers
No, Reese, you're here.
00:55:25
The Brain
oh What do you mean then?
00:55:28
Cokeley Brothers
I mean, are you here? Are you with us?
00:55:30
The Brain
I was with you, yeah.
00:55:33
Cokeley Brothers
Okay.
00:55:33
Ryne
He's always with us.
00:55:34
Cokeley Brothers
Do you have any thoughts? Any prayers?
00:55:37
The Brain
I think Michigan is not... um not really getting any or, ah you know, not making a lot of noise in the portal because it hasn't really worked out very well for him in the last few years.
00:55:50
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. But they got...
00:55:52
The Brain
You know how it, I have no idea. It's, it seems like Ohio state just ah for some reason can't get the top level guys in the portal to go and they can't even keep their own guys in.
00:56:05
Cokeley Brothers
Dude, that is so interesting to me.
00:56:08
The Brain
Yeah. Cause they shouldn't have any kind of shortage of money.
00:56:13
Cokeley Brothers
Like, I don't know. I guess maybe it's my perspective of I didn't really bother not being away from home. But yeah, i just the whole wanting to be closer to home thing was interesting to me for Rocco.
00:56:28
Ryne
He's seven minutes closer at Ohio State.
00:56:33
Ryne
Someone did the math.
00:56:36
Cokeley Brothers
Wait, yeah, doesn't he doesn't even live in the whip? You'll
00:56:40
Ryne
Yeah.
00:56:41
Cokeley Brothers
nice.
00:56:43
Ryne
Wentzville, Pennsylvania?
00:56:43
Cokeley Brothers
Nice.
00:56:44
Ryne
Is that? No, that's not sound what it is. What was it? It was a sort' the w
00:56:52
Cokeley Brothers
Oh, I don't
00:57:00
Cokeley Brothers
Come on. Load for me, roster.
00:57:05
Cokeley Brothers
i don't know. Waynesburg. That's right. Dude, he's got terrifying eyes.
00:57:17
Cokeley Brothers
Scary eyes.
00:57:18
The Brain
Talking about Rocco Welch's eyes.
00:57:18
Cokeley Brothers
Okay. Yeah. guys want to wrap it up and get out of here what?
00:57:24
Ryne
Oh, yeah, I was hoping I could was going to be able to find some
00:57:31
Ryne
portal news on here, but not seeing anything.
00:57:34
Cokeley Brothers
Like, like current right now, ongoing portal news.
00:57:36
Ryne
Yeah, if anything happened while we were.
00:57:41
Cokeley Brothers
no
00:57:44
Cokeley Brothers
No, but Willie is saying ah Penn State is the best program in the country. It's not close. Nebraska is the second best program in the country, and it's not close.
00:57:51
Ryne
And then he said, if anyone wants I just, I just.
00:57:51
Cokeley Brothers
If any brain-dead college wrestling fans want to debate me on this, and most of you are full-scale homers and or noobs, I'll do a live call.
00:58:02
Cokeley Brothers
I'll do a live call-in show whenever you want.
00:58:02
Ryne
And show.
00:58:05
The Brain
Does that tweet trigger you, Sammy?
00:58:06
Cokeley Brothers
MF or bring it on. Reese, it should trigger you, Mr. Brain.
Transfer Portal Unpredictability & Coaching Changes
00:58:10
The Brain
It doesn't trigger me one bit. I cause i i have full confidence.
00:58:11
Cokeley Brothers
Or does the brain... The brain condones.
00:58:14
The Brain
I am fully secure in my status as the true brain.
00:58:22
Cokeley Brothers
Do you agree with him?
00:58:23
Ryne
He said he's the biggest brain, not the greatest brain that he has a smile.
00:58:24
The Brain
ah Yes, I do, actually.
00:58:27
Ryne
just has the biggest and you know, you can have the biggest brain but it's just full of nothing.
00:58:29
Cokeley Brothers
The bigger...
00:58:32
Cokeley Brothers
the The bigger the better, really.
00:58:36
The Brain
All right. Next time ah you want to do a podcast, we'll see how that one goes.
00:58:42
Ryne
Well, Friday, we have to adhere to the schedule now Reese.
00:58:43
Cokeley Brothers
Okay.
00:58:45
The Brain
Oh, oh, do we now?
00:58:47
Cokeley Brothers
Are we on Friday?
00:58:48
The Brain
Interesting.
00:58:50
Ryne
Monday's Fridays.
00:58:54
Cokeley Brothers
we have a side we'll see if we have a reason to go on Friday.
00:58:55
The Brain
I already told you, already told you my Friday's situation.
00:58:59
Ryne
I know, I know you did. I was just saying, like, just it's better to do it. Like, I don't know, Tuesdays and Thursdays feels too close, especially with the end of the season.
00:59:04
The Brain
but but
00:59:10
Ryne
With it being, you know, Mondays and Fridays, there's a lot more.
00:59:11
The Brain
We'll see. We'll see.
00:59:12
Cokeley Brothers
Yeah. We'll see. We're going to have some... look Look, ladies and gentlemen, we're going to have some guests. We're going have some guests. Okay? And so... When... ah
00:59:20
Ryne
we also got some more lineup talk coming next ah next show.
00:59:24
Cokeley Brothers
Of course.
00:59:24
Ryne
um um I've been working on it. We've got some more lineups for you guys.
00:59:28
Cokeley Brothers
ah keep keep Keep lining them up, brother. Keep lining them up.
00:59:32
Ryne
What do you guys want?
00:59:32
Cokeley Brothers
All right.
00:59:33
Ryne
What lineups would you two like to see?
00:59:33
The Brain
you know what we should do?
00:59:37
Cokeley Brothers
What, lineups? Only the best.
00:59:39
Ryne
Okay, stop it.
00:59:40
The Brain
Yeah, the best and the brightest.
00:59:43
Ryne
We've already done.
00:59:43
The Brain
but i want to I think we should do.
00:59:47
Ryne
what
00:59:47
The Brain
should start doing some tier slash rankings. Maybe not on the podcast, but we could do on the podcast.
00:59:52
Cokeley Brothers
Yes. No. Maybe.
00:59:57
Cokeley Brothers
i like that idea, Reese. We'll talk about it.
00:59:59
The Brain
Yeah.
00:59:59
Cokeley Brothers
but Ladies and gentlemen, if you're still around and you want to hear us do rankings or tier listing of any kind, let us know in the comments.
01:00:00
Ryne
Rankings?
01:00:07
Ryne
I like the tears.
01:00:08
Cokeley Brothers
Tell us about it.
01:00:09
Ryne
like tears.
01:00:10
Cokeley Brothers
I like Ryan Tears. Shout out to Ryan Tears.
01:00:13
Ryne
want Ryan tears.
01:00:15
Cokeley Brothers
Everybody,
Closing Remarks & Future Segments
01:00:16
Cokeley Brothers
if you're still around, hope you have a good rest of your day. And for...
01:00:20
Ryne
Evening. Good morning.
01:00:21
Cokeley Brothers
for For Ryan Coakley and Reese Coakley, I'm Sammy Coakley. This has been the Barn Session.
01:00:27
The Brain
I'm the brain.
01:00:28
Cokeley Brothers
have a good Have a good time.
01:00:29
Ryne
and