If you don't think free agency has hurt fan interest in Pro Football and Basketball, then I would agree. If athletes can just transfer whenever and wherever they want, you have just brought free agency into college sports. Chaos I tell you, total Chaos.
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For the 100th time ....
IT"S NOT UP TO CAEL.
IT IS A BIG 10 RULE.
ONLY THE BIG 10 CAN ALLOW NS TO WRESTLE AT RUTGERS WITHOUT LOSING A YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY.
CAEL CAN GRANT A WAIVER AND RECOMMEND NO LOSS OF ELIGIBILITY BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
And someone else defending the top ten status today with people "liking" it. So I don't know. I think it's more pervasive than you believe.
We should be hearing about McKenna this week.
And if not this week, it will be in a week.
Best possible scenario for PSU given your track record.
today is also the first day I have heard (from a PSU-connected source) that NS may be gone.
I would like to know what the true issue is for NS. Homesick, not getting enough attention at PSU(because of all the other talent on the team) how the injury was handled or is his Dad butt hurt over something?????
One thing that I cant forget---last season when RU visited Rec Hall..when NS was introduced the RU fans booed him! now with what is going on he is the next best thing to sliced bread! (on the RU board)
IMO--He should not be released for a least 1 year, which will allow PSU to recruit....kids have to learn that they live with the choices that they make, this is the real world now..unless there is a TRUE hardship.
One thing that I cant forget---last season when RU visited Rec Hall..when NS was introduced the RU fans booed him! now with what is going on he is the next best thing to sliced bread! (on the RU board)
IMO--He should not be released for a least 1 year, which will allow PSU to recruit....kids have to learn that they live with the choices that they make, this is the real world now..unless there is a TRUE hardship.
dang, guessed on first try! I guess I shouldn't have quoted my source....What source was that? spyker's only source is the voices he hears in his head.
Absolutely correct. !!!!! Big Ten only grants immediate eligibility for very special circumstances like coaching changes.
If Suriano leaves, it will be harder to break the NCAA Tournament scoring record.
99%+ of the drama has been on the message boards like this with no actual verified information. JMHO.
Big difference between leaving on your own and getting kicked out.
The Hawkeye shutout party is probably going to need rescheduled. Damnit!
Did he kick a puppy? Forget to put the seat down? Clap on 1 and 3? Wear a "Make
What is our line up without him? Six weights accounted for who's:
125
133
141
197
Our five champs scored between 22.5 and 28 points. I'm pretty sure nevils scored 10. 5 times 23 equals 115 plus 10. Everybody basically doing the same we're at 125 what's the record and how do we get there?
P.S. I won't loose any sleep if we only get the team title
Just hearing that Nick wants to be the big fish in a small pond. In short he wants all the attention. Needs to groe up to be honest. He will have 10 times a better shot at winning Titles at PSU. He MUST relize right NOW this would be the biggest mistake of his like. Listen to Cael Nick he will NOT steer you wrong. He is listening to freakin Rutgers people who are 10 levels down from PSU. Nick needs to know that some way some how....
I suggest you tweet him, message on his Facebook, snapchat him a picture of Cael holding the trophies, and THEN, AND ONLY THEN, call him! Gotta get him softened up....
If NS becomes Rutger's First NCAA champ, and he's probably the odds on favorite, he immediately becomes a living legend in NJ. AT PSU, he becomes one of 5 or 6 in a given year and PSU's what... 20th or so overall NCAA champ?
At Rutgers, he also re- joins fellow Bergen Catholic wrestlers Pagano, Grello and Mulligan in the starting lineup. 40 % of the lineup that he wrestled with in HS. His HS buddies he's wrestled with for many years (except for Pagano who started in public HS), plus he joins another 4x NJ champ , Anthony Ashnault, in the lineup.
I don't know why he wants to transfer, and doubt any of you do too, but I imagine the vast majority of NJ wrestling fans sure hope he transfers.
I wish Nick had originally committed to wrestle at Rutgers. As a Rutgers fan that's been patiently waiting since Goodale took over this is exciting times for NJ wrestling!
No doubt it would be great for the Rutgers program if all that happened, but two things. One, he will lose a year of eligibility and any chance of being one of, iirc, 27 3 time champs. There are over 4 times as many two time champs. Two, if Rutgers takes the two top wrestlers in NJ history and neither makes the top of the podium in college, that could ultimately be a big blow to the program when trying to attract talent. So, yes, he would make Rutgers history if it all worked out, but there is a downside and imagine the pressure on him to win. At Penn State, there would be a lot less pressure. Two edged swords all around.
As a PSU fan I wish he would have done the same. If his heart is in NJ he should have gone there to begin with. PSU is kind of caught with their pants down now especially since they didn't think they needed someone at his weight class. I got homesick too when I went away to college, but I got over it and ended up having a lot of fun my first two years.
Suriano seems to thrive on pressure. 2x champ vs 3x champ probably not a big thing to him and his family, since it seems (key word 'seems'), he's transferring whether he gets to wrestle this year or not.
For you Penn ST fans, it hurts a little, but you still continue your streak of NCAA titles if everyone stays healthy. For us RU fans, a good roster becomes much better, maybe break into the top 8 or 10, and Suriano makes HIstory and becomes a NJ Wrestling Legend. Unless Anthony Ashnault beats him too it, not outside the realm of possibility.
PS- how many of you Penn St fans remember an Ira Lubert winning Heavyweight at the NJ championships? HIs HS, Newton, was only 10 miles or so from mine.
1968
98: Robert Jiorle (Phillipsburg)
106: Dennis Smith (Lenape)
115: Greg Surenian (Randolph)
123: Ed Kochajki (Bergenfield)
130: Ed Bailey (Plainfield)
136: Herb Campbell (Seton Hall)
141: Gregzie White (Pennsville)
148: Gary Markowski (Newton)
157: Robert Zaro (Phillipsburg)
168: Doug Blake (Hackettstown)
178: James Hickey (Essex Catholic)
Hwt: Ira Lubert (Newton)
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I'm sort of growing tired of this whole thing. Just announce your intentions and live with the consequences. I loved watching Nick last year and I spoke to him and relayed that to him at nationals last year. If he wants out of the best room in college wrestling, so be it.. but take your year of ineligibility and live with it.
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