0:00 - Bratke is wearing the brightest shirt in FRL history today

0:01 - Michael Kemerer is coming back for a 7th year

0:05 - Can Penn State dethrone Iowa next year?

0:13 - Max Dean on the move?

0:21 - The Mets are awful and causing Ollie to drop GD bombs

0:23 - A little alien hour update on Britney Spears and Haunchyville

0:25 - Questions from friends that are really legit topics

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0:00 - Ben has an update on this year’s Hodge Trophy voting

0:09 - It feels like Penn State is about to hit another level with the success of the NLWC

0:20 - A question about the matches that went on TV at Olympic Trials

0:27 - Thoughts on the number of forfeits

0:31 - Going through the 57kg bracket

0:37 - Going through the 65kg bracket

0:43 - Relationships between Senior level athletes and coaches

0:49 - Rules guys are back

0:53 - Nick Lee went on a tear on the backside

0:54 - We got side tracked talking about being lumberjacks

0:56 - 74kg bracket talk

01:03 - 86kg bracket

01:04 - Brady Berge is retiring from wrestling

01:06 - A little update on the Senior tracker, transfer tracker, and some rumor mill stuff

01:12 - Getting back to the 86kg bracket

01:14 - 97kg bracket talk

01:16 - Questions from friends

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0:01 - Trying to make sense of the J’den Cox saga

0:25 - Kyle Dake finally gets over the hump and beats Jordan Burroughs

0:35 - Gable Steveson is unreal

0:46 - 65kg was wild and we got the McKenna-Oliver final we all expected

0:54 - Gross-Colon controversial exchanges and everything else that went down at 57kg

01:08 - David Taylor runs through 86kg

01:13 - Shane Griffith is done to Michigan and North Carolina

01:15 - Helen Maroulis-Jenna Burkert series was an emotional roller coaster

01:18 - Kennedy Blades and Kylie Welker

01:20 - How will Team USA women’s freestyle team fare in Tokyo?

01:23 - Getting to a few questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben lives in the Wisconsin Dells

0:02 - Nick Suriano did in fact test positive for COVID-19

57kg predictions

0:32 - 65kg predictions

0:46 - 74kg predictions

0:53 - 86kg predictions

01:01 - 97kg predictions

01:08 - 125kg predictions

01:15 - How the team will be covering Olympic Trials

01:19 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - AJ Ferrari first pitch was electric

0:06 - Gable Steveson’s thoughts on his future

0:07 - Ben’s update on the Hodge Trophy

0:17 - We can’t wait for Dake-Burroughs and what’s next for the guy who doesn’t make the team?

0:26 - J’den Cox-Kyle Snyder matchup and future implications

0:30 - Breaking down the transfer portal

0:34 - St. Chris and Blair Academy coaching changes

0:37 - Breaking down the women’s freestyle Olympic Trials brackets

0:43 - Breaking down the Greco-Roman Olympic Trials brackets

0:50 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Olympics Trials week is really here

0:01 - Thoughts on the co-Hodge

0:14 - 57kg Olympic Trials seeds are something

0:27 - A little break to talk about the Jake Paul press conference and Ben’s training

0:31 - 65kg Olympic Trials seeds & Last Chance thoughts

0:53 - 86kg Olympic Trials seeds & Last Chance thoughts

01:08 - 97kg Olympic Trials seeds & Last Chance thoughts

01:12 - 125kg Olympic Trials seeds & Last Chance thoughts

01:16 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Our man Kozak is filling in for Ben today

0:01 - Hayden Hidlay is coming back and moving up two weights

0:03 - Will Michael Kemerer return?

0:07 - Who the Shane Griffith sweepstakes are done to…

0:08 - The Joey Silva love affair begins again

0:11 - Transfer portal power. Who is in there?

0:16 - Last Chance Qualifier seed talk

0:26 - Is Zahid a real threat to David Taylor

0:31 - Going weight by weight through the Last Chance weights

0:47 - 57kg Olympic Trials seeding scenarios

0:52 - 65kg Olympic Trials seeding scenarios

0:54 - 74kg and 86kg Olympic Trials seeding scenarios

0:55 - 97kg Olympic Trials seeding scenarios

0:57 - 125kg Olympic Trials seeding scenarios

01:00 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ollie’s family calls him Bear

0:02 - Going through the rules survey that was sent out

0:49 - Joseph Heinz educates us on ACLs

01:12 - Getting back to the rules we want to see implemented

01:15 - Teams that improved the most from conference to NCAA weekend

01:21 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is in Las Vegas

0:01 - Iowa wins their 24th national title despite some things not going their way

0:02 - Spencer Lee is a badass

0:13 - CP was down on Stanford heading into NCAAs and was v wrong

0:16 - Wentzel makes the finals after nearly losing in the first round and the call being reversed

0:18 - Warner-Reenan was wild

0:20 - Which Iowa wrestlers will be back this year?

0:21 - Ben’s gripe with how NCAA scoring is done

0:23 - Is Ben ready to apologize to Michael Beard?

0:25 - Mizzou did not wrestle to their seeds at all

0:26 - Oklahoma State and Arizona State wrestled unreal

0:27 - AJ Ferrari completed the mission operation

0:31 - The finals were low key boring

0:32 - The out of bounds rules and stall calls are edge stall calls are terrible

0:38 - RBY-Fix thoughts

0:41 - Could Iowa’s finals have gone differently if Spencer Lee went first?

0:43 - Carter Starocci-Michael Kemerer breakdown

0:48 - Austin O’Connor-Sammy Sasso got crazy in the final minute

0:55 - Yahya Thomas was on fire

0:57 - 125 got pretty wild

01:00 - Where will Shane Griffith transfer to?

01:01 - Rutgers gets 3 AAs and John Poznanski is the truth

01:02 - Ben’s thoughts on O’Toole’s match with Wentzel and Parker Keckeisen

01:04 - David Carr takes over 157, Dellavecchia was awesome

01:08 - You gotta watch The Bader Show interview with Jason Borelli

01:10 - Kemerer let Starocci wrestle his match

01:12 - Brooks-Hidlay was not officiated very well

01:16 - AJ Ferrari-Bonaccorsi breakdown

01:17 - Who should Ben vote for the Hodge?

01:22 - Last Chance entries are loaded

01:23 - Will AJ Ferrari wrestle at Olympic Trials?

01:26 - Question from friends

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0:00 - Happy St. Patrick’s Day

0:01 - Ben picked Missouri to either have 8 or 9 All-Americans

0:04 - 165-pound bracket predictions

0:22 - 174-pound bracket predictions

0:50 - 197-pound bracket predictions

01:02 - 285-pound bracket predictions

01:14 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben made some friends in SoCal banging chains with his bros

0:01 - Was Ben really in Indianapolis?

0:07 - 125 bracket predictions

0:25 - 133 bracket predictions

0:37 - 141 bracket predictions

0:51 - 149 bracket predictions

01:04 - 157 bracket predictions

01:17 - Transfer portal update

01:22 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Andrew Spencer Spey is here with us today

0:01 - Bratke called that Noah Adams and Stephen Buchanan early round matchup

0:03 - We don’t understand why everyone is mad about Travis Wittlake’s seed

0:08 - Once again some amazing seeds for Missouri

0:11 - Russian Nationals update

0:17 - Ben was on a Logan Paul podcast and Dana White is picking

0:18 - Getting back to the NCAA Championship team race

0:20 - Going through all of Penn State’s draws

0:34 - Running through the draws of NC State and Virginia Tech

0:50 - Teams with an outside shot of

0:52 - Looking back at how many points the 4th-place team scored at the NCAA Championships

0:54 - What the teams have to do once they arrive in St. Louis

0:57 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Bratke is fired up about some of the at-large selections

0:14 - Don’t forget to watch the bracket show tonight at 6 PM ET. We are going to lose our minds

0:16 - Who has a snap as good as Gable Steveson?

0:17 - Who should win the Hodge: Spencer Lee or Gable Steveson?

0:39 - Burroughs/Chamizo was controversial 

01:02 - Zahid Valencia’s performance has CP thinking some crazy thoughts about him challenging David Taylor

01:10 - Nick Suriano and Daton Fix didn’t move up to avoid Spencer Lee

01:13 - Bratke is sleep deprived and should be in rare form for the bracket show

01:14 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is coming to us from LA where he is training boxing

0:01 - We had a ton of fun on the watch party and are going to do it again for NCAAs

0:02 - CP is finally ready to admit that the team race is over

0:04 - Ridge Lovett makes the Big Ten finals just like Ben Askren predicted

0:05 - Penn State doesn’t have the same bonus point potential they use to

0:07 - Ben starts to have some internet issues..hang in there with us

0:10 - Ben is back and ready to talk about Sebastian Rivera-Nick Lee

0:12 - You might not like it, but Nomad’s seeding projections are always spot on

0:16 - 133 will come down to Daton and RBY

0:20 - Oklahoma somehow tied Oklahoma State for the Big 12 title

0:27 - All the top storylines nationally at 197

0:32 - Beau Bartlett is not getting a wildcard. Why didn’t he wrestle 149 all year?

0:36 - Mike Van Brill was an electric factory all weekend going ultimate road warrior, and a little Rutgers talk

0:40 - 125 in the Big Ten was upset city, but it looked like Rayvon Foley and Devin Schroder are back

0:45 - Did Spencer Lee hurt his knee in the Big Ten finals?

0:51 - Who will get the wildcards at 125?

0:53 - Real Wood and Chance Rich got some “matches” in this weekend

0:59 - DeSanto clearly has RBY’s number and Lucas Byrd was impressive

01:01 - Any one of Jaydin Eierman, Nick Lee, and Sebastian Rivera can win on any given

01:03 - Boo wins Big 12s with a rideout in the third period. Should Moore have gone auto bottom?

01:05 - Ryan Deakin and David Carr were another level from their conferences

01:06 - Alex Marinelli wins but has some close matches. We concerned about bull?

01:11 - Kemerer appears to be on his own level

01:18 - Gable Steveson makes a statement and should be # 1 int he Hodge race

01:24 - We were wrong about Kerkvliet

01:27 - The heavyweight seeds at NCAAs could be wild

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0:00 - Ben starts the show with an apology to Malik Heinselman

0:06 - Adam Coon beat Cohlton Schultz last night at Matteo Pellicone

0:09 - The men’s freestyle entries at Pellicone are insane

0:18 - Big 12 brackets are out

0:49 - Big Ten #1 seed most likely to not make the finals

0:52 - Complete Big Ten tournament previews

01:18 - Question from friends

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0:00 - 618 area code has produced some hammers

0:02 - We somehow talk about Jerry Spring for awhile

0:06 - Kaden Gfeller definitely going 141

0:08 - Big Ten pre-seeds are out

0:36 - Breaking down the Big Ten race and the matches that could impact it

0:39 - Actual cannibal is going to eat CP

0:43 - Big UFC fights coming up this weekend

0:45 - Going weight by weight and looking at the best early round matchups at Big Tens

0:52 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ollie is a man of mystery

0:01 - Paulo Costa comes through with one of the worst excuses of all-time

0:03 - Did Ben even watch ACCs? Spoiler alert: He did.

0:23 - Possible NCAA seeding scenarios at 184

0:25 - Getting back to our final thoughts on the ACC Championships

0:28 - NC State and Virginia Tech really do not like each other

0:29 - Ollie fan boys out on Ben for a second about Ben’s rant on Eric Luedke

0:30 - Lineup drama at Arizona State between Peter LiPari and Julian Chlebove

0:33 - Does Ben still think this could be the best Missouri team of all-time?

0:34 - Playing the interview where Ben ranted about Eric Luedke

0:36 - Getting more into LiPari and Chlebove drama

0:40 - Oregon State pushed Arizona State at the Pac-12 Championships. Breaking down the important results from Corvallis

0:41 - The Real Woods situation

0:46 - We’ve got some MACtion to talk about

0:49 - Zach Hartman majored Tanner Skidgel after Ben said Skidget should be tier 2

0:51 - Will Alex Marinelli run away with 165?

0:55 - Big 12 pre-seeds are here

0:59 - Wrestlers who need a wildcard right now

0:1:01 - Taking a look at some of the most fun weights at the Big 12

01:05 - We are going to have a dope Big 12 and Big Ten watch party this weekend live on Flo

01:07 - Could Kaden Gfeller come down to 141 for this weekend’s Big 12 Championships?

01:08 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ollie and KB won’t stop wearing dope jerseys

0:01 - Ben was almost late to the show today & a little Bachelor talk

0:03 - Ben has no desire to go skydiving or go Rocky Mountain climbing, or go 2.7 second on a bull named fu manchu

0:04 - Elon Musk doesn’t care about alien so CP feels validated

0:06 - Ben is going on some legit boxing training camps soon

0:07 - Wisconsin Underground results, and what is Wisconsin doing with their scholarship money?

0:15 - ACC Championships preview. Breaking down the battle between Virginia Tech and NC State

0:31 - The must watch weights at the MAC Championships

0:34 - We have an answer for the most NCAA champions by a team to not win the team title

0:36 - Shane Sparks wants to mat return Bratke

0:40 - 165-pound tiers for fears

0:48 - 174-pound tiers for fears

0:55 - 184-pound tiers for fears

01:01 - The worst stall call we saw this season

01:04 - 197-pound tiers for fears

01:13 - 285-pound tiers for fears

01:15 - Breaking news that Virginia Tech has made a couple lineup changes for the ACC Championships

01:19 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Snow is starting to finally melt in Wisconsin

0:01 - Tulsa is not a good place, and should not be hosting NCAAAs

0:03 - Ben is totally a black belt

0:05 - Gas tank Gary update

0:07 - Potential lineup shifts in the ACC

0:09 - Ben Darmstadt put the beat down on Jake Paul in high school

0:11 - Thoughts on the NLWC event and the biggest results there

0:12 - Ben finally watched Tiger Ep. 2 the same day het got in an awful car accident

0:14 - Getting back to our complete thoughts on the NLWC event

0:21 - Should matches in these one off events count towards Olympic Trials seeding

0:22 - Last Chance qualifier is going to be lit

0:24 - Shayne Van Ness looks incredible and looking at PSU’s future lineup with Van Ness and Facundo

0:29 - The list of guys not qualified for Olympics Trials at 86 is absurd

0:33 - Ben says NCAAs will have 25% capacity

0:36 - Is Missouri going back to the Big 12?

0:41 - What is the most NCAA champions a team has had but not won the team title?

0:42 - Bratke gets fired up about rankings…surprise, surprise

0:47 - 133-pound tiers for fears

0:51 - Bratke remembers a few other lineup changes in the ACC

0:59 - 141-pound tiers for fears

01:02 - 149-pound tiers for fears

01:15 - 157-pound tiers for fears

01:21 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - CP is back and it’s hockey sweater Tuesday

0:02 - Bratke finally has running water, but he does have to still boil it

0:03 - Beau Bartlett is the man for Penn State at 149

0:08 - Turns out, Greg Kerkvliet is likely NOT done for the season

0:12 - Ben watched episode 1 of Tiger, but somehow couldn’t figure out how to watch episode 2

0:15 - How does Kerkvliet impact the team race and comparing Penn State vs Iowa

0:23 - Myles Amine looked really good against Cam Caffey

0:25 - Don’t expect to see Nick Suriano or Stevan Micic this season

0:31 - How in the world do you pronounce Starocci and how smart is he making Ben and CP look?

0:41 - How should 174 be seeded in the Big Ten?

0:42 - And how the heck do you seed Kerkvliet at Big Tens?

0:45 - Who does Kerkvliet matchup better against: Gable or Mason?

0:51 - How did Ohio State not wrestle Gas Tank Gary on Senior night?

0:55 - Will next year be the toughest NCAA Championships ever?

0:56 - EIWA pre-seeds are out and it appears that allocations will not change

01:05 - Ben fist fought Doug Vollaro when he was 12

01:06 - An update on Ben’s boxing training

01:08 - Ryan Deakin destroyed Brayton Lee and looks incredible. Northwestern-Minnesota breakdown

01:15 - 125 tiers for fears

01:22 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Update on where CP is and what’s going on in Austin

0:03 - The recruiting dead period has been extended once again

0:12 - What’s going on with Iowa-Wisconsin this Sunday?

0:14 - Ben’s crazy recruiting story about a former All-American?

0:17 - Looking ahead to a nice little weekend of D1 action including: Ohio State-Penn State, Nebraska-Illinois, Northwestern-Minnesota, Bedlam, and more

0:50 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Update on CP’s quest to return to Austin, and what is going on in Texas currently

0:06 - Iowa AD confirms the school is considering adding women’s wrestling

0:10 - It appears world champion Tsabolov is on the move from Russia

0:20 - Another little update on how messed up the NCAA allocations are this year

0:22 - Davidson done for the year after having to pause activities

0:23 - Running through some NCAA qualifying scenarios

0:34 - California Baptist joining the Big 12 beginning in 2022-23

0:38 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Austin is under attack by snow and ice, and the FloWrestling team is stranded across the country

0:04 - The allocations for the NCAA Championships were released on Thursday and are all kinds of messed up

0:21 - Penn State beats Michigan and looked like we expected them to look all season

0:36 - Cowboy Challenge thoughts: Ferrari-Adams, Buchanan-Adams, Mauller-Lewallen, Oklahoma State’s struggles

01:02 - Bratke could be a long haul trucker and the time Ben fell asleep behind the wheel

01:06 - Mekhi Lewis-Jake Wentzel and why we don’t count injury defaults

01:17 - Questions from friends

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0:01 - JD is drinking Topo Chico, not beer, but Tom Brady was definitely driving beer yesterday

0:02 - Cael Sanderson says Greg Kerkvliet is likely done for the year, gives update on their schedule

0:10 - Yianni-Vito are savages and Been wants to come up with a nickname for them

0:15 - Wrestlers and matches that stood out on day one of the America’s Cup

0:20 - John Smith confirms that Daton Fix is back and will wrestle at the Cowboy Challenge on Sunday

0:27 - Michigan-Ohio State on Friday night should be very interesting

0:36 - Korbin Myers has been outstanding this year. Previewing Virginia Tech-Pitt

0:39 - Arizona State, UNI, Iowa State tri is going to be fire

0:45 - Captains Cup is coming this weekend and JD has some roster updates for ya

0:47 - Questions from friends

01:11 - #FreeBritney

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0:00 - We get a Wisconsin snow update from Ben

0:01 - America’s Cup begins today. Looking at the toughest weight and best potential matchups

0:12 - Ben has an update for us on most pins in a single season by a college wrestler

0:14 - Ben wants Austin DeSanto to be a hype man for Spencer Lee as he enters all the open tournaments he can to try and break the single season pin record

0:16 - Michigan is back this weekend and are also trying to add another match this weekend…

0:23 - Is there any chance Nick Suriano returns?

0:24 - How will allocations, auto qualifiers work this year for the NCAA Championships?

0:31 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Andy Hamilton is in the building and on the desk with CP

0:02 - Ben appears to be wrong about Nelson Brands and Max Murin based on this weekend’s results

0:06 - Olympic Trials being moved from Penn State

0:08 - Iowa pauses all team activities which means now Iowa-Penn State

0:16 - The first person CP followed when he joined twitter was Andy Hamilton

0:18 - Complete Iowa-Ohio State dual recap

0:31 - Our Tuesday headlines did not work out too well

0:32 - Getting back to Iowa-Ohio State and Kemerer-Romero

0:36 - Virginia Tech-NC State was the best dual of the year once again

0:45 - There are a number of undefeated wrestlers at 125. How will seeding go there?

0:53 - People are wrestling all kinds of crazy weights this year and Ben enjoys it

0:54 - Talking about Nebraska-Michigan State dual

0:58 - The first #1 of the year went down

01:00 - Gable’s celebration was great and he had an awesome technique tutorial

01:01 - AJ Ferrari beats Woodley and makes his rankings debut

01:05 - Stephen Buchanan wins a wild one over Noah Adams. Did altitude strike again?

01:16 - Doug Schwab was deducted a team point for stupid wardrobe “rules”

01:19 - More details on the merger with Trackwrestling

01:25 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is going to wrestle Floyd Mayweather in best 2 out of 3 falls match

0:03 - Sadly DIII Winter Championships Canceled

0:10 - Kaid Brock is done for the year

0:15 - Talking 2021 Iowa compared to 2018 Penn State and Ohio State

0:20 - Making picks between 2021 Iowa and 2018 Ohio State

0:41 - Making picks between 2021 Iowa and 2018 Penn State

0:57 - NC State-Virginia Tech picks and dual breakdown

01:16 - Tuesday Headlines for the boys

01:18 - Tom Brands test positive for COVID-19

01:21 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Penn State-Wisconsin recap. Thoughts on how PSU has looked at each weight so far

0:06 - Breaking the news that Gabe Tagg has entered the transfer portal

0:18 - AJ Ferrari didn’t agree with our assessment of his incident with Yonger Bastida

0:24 - Update on wrestlers currently in the WWE

0:26 - Kenny Monday’s Twitter beef with Hayden Hidlay

0:32 - Updated dual and individual rankings…what people are mad about

0:42 - Episode 2 of the Greatest Bracket Ever is out

0:44 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben got a sweet punching bag with Jake Paul’s face on it

0:03 - What the hell was up with the officiating this weekend?

0:04 - Ben loses his mind about Chad Red’s cradle being called an illegal move

0:08 - Breaking down all of the terrible calls in the Nebraska-Wisconsin dual

0:14 - Ben goes over all of the illegal holds in the rule book that the Red call could have been

0:16 - Ben goes on an all-time rant about officials

0:25 - Getting back to Nebraska-Wisconsin

0:33 - The terrible stall call on Malik Heinselman

0:36 - Revisting Tuesday headlines and talking about Mark Hall-Nate Jackson

0:39 - Bratke-Bauer V update

0:41 - ACC was fire this weekend. Recapping UNC-NC State and UNC-Virginia Tech

0:55 - Donnell Washington stuns Carter Starocci and thoughts on Penn State’s debut

Americas Cup

01:03 - America’s Cup is coming next weekend

01:06 - Oklahoma State’s weekend trip to Iowa and AJ Ferrari being electric

01:23 - Iowa put it on Illinois like expected

01:26 - Terrible calls in the Maryland-Ohio State dual

01:32 - We’ll see ya tomorrow!

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0:00 - Jake Paul is saying things about Ben’s wife

0:04 - Buddy Lee the jump roping legend

0:05 - Asking our daily questions about the Jake Paul fight

0:06 - Looking ahead to Iowa-Illinois

0:10 - Penn State is finally wrestling. Previewing their weekend against Northwestern and Indiana

0:15 - Emails the rankers get and how many are from parents

0:19 - Finally getting back to talking about Penn State-Northwestern

0:28 - The return of Alien Hour talking government document dumps, Chupacabra is back, and BigFoot hunting season

0:35 - The time we thought it was a good idea to rent an RV to take to Stillwater

0:40 - Ben on some Oklahoma noodling movie that sounds ridiculous

0:41 - The time Bratke was right about the Oklahoma Octopus

0:43 - Ohio State-Michigan State breakdown

0:45 - Talking a little Virginia Tech-UNC

0:53 - Oklahoma State-UNI preview

1:02 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is taking over the internet with this fight against Jake Paul

0:11 - Ben’s hair is out of control today

0:12 - Talking about the Toughest Bracket Ever FloFilm

0:33 - Snoop dog is going to be involved with Ben’s fight

0:35 - Penn State and Northwestern are supposed to wrestle this weekend

0:36 - No Michigan dual, but we’ve got Iowa-Illinois

0:38 - Missouri is still kicking people’s necks in

0:39 - AJ Ferrari’s double looks amazing

0:41 - Oklahoma State gets UNI and Iowa State this weekend

0:42 - Why don’t more international wrestlers come to college in America?

0:48 - A quick little breakdown of the best duals going down this weekend

0:50 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Bratke vents about his beloved Green Bay Packers

0:04 - We had an Olympics scare late last week, but the IOC and Japan said it’s still happening

0:06 - Penn State-Michigan State was on and then off

0:07 - The Michigan athletic department is ruining everything

0:13 - Gable tweeted Ben and said he was going to take his advice

0:15 - Who is actually better: Spencer or Gable?

0:22 - Breaking down the rest of Iowa-Minnesota

0:26 - Teague Moore out at American

0:28 - Stanford wore all black singlets with no Stanford branding on them

0:30 - Lance Runyon is a man to watch, he pins Anthony Mantanona

0:33 - The Ian Parker-Dom Demas series has been all over the place

0:34 - Chris Cannon is going to be problems

0:36 - Eric Barnett deck #3 Devin Schroder

0:38 - Ohio State is a really tough team to figure out

0:46 - Ben shares some really awesome thoughts on wrestlers developing in college

0:48 - Ariel Helwani breaks the news that Ben will fight Jake Paul

0:52 - Ben gets us back on track and talks about wrestlers developing in college

0:53 - Isaac Trumble storms onto the scene

01:00 - A new wrinkle to how you can qualify for the NCAA Championships this year

01:02 - Jake Paul’s statement on fighting Ben

01:08 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - CP dies laughing bc Spey pulled a hilarious prank on him

0:01 - Ben shares who he believes are the best scramblers in NCAA wrestling

0:11 - Sadly Northern Colorado vs Oklahoma State for Friday night has been canceled

0:13 - Can anyone challenge Spencer Lee for the Hodge Trophy

0:25 - Ben has a theory for how guys can pad their Hodge Trophy stats

0:32 - How many weights could Spencer Lee go up in the Nebraska lineup and still win?

Could Spencer Lee beat Chad Red

0:36 - Previewing and making spread picks for Iowa-Minnesota

0:45 - Talking about a few matches in Virginia-Virginia Tech we’re excited for

0:48 - Breaking down the battle of Ben vs Bratke

0:50 - NC State-Pitt will be a lot of fun this weekend

0:56 - We could learn a lot Penn State this weekend against Michigan State

01:06 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is back from Tennessee where he lost to team West Virginia

0:04 - Ben shares his thoughts on the Henri Deglane and in particular 57kg

0:07 - A few more finals thoughts on Burroughs-Taylor

0:09 - Why does the criteria debate continue to pop up?

0:10 Ben lost the Peyton Robb bet and now owes us 30 push ups

0:11 - Ben’s thoughts on Iowa-Nebraska

0:15 - Tom Brands on Gable-Cassioppi

0:23 - Ben gives him an update on how his return to competition is going

0:24 - Looks like Penn State will wrestle this weekend and there’s some news on a possible Kerkvliet injury

0:25 - Ben has a new COVID-19 plan

0:27 - Previewing Michigan State-Penn State

0:30 - Bad news coming on the Tokyo Olympics?

0:40 - Jonny Ruggiano joins the show to talk about the Captains’ Cup

0:53 - NCAA D1 dual rankings have dropped and yelling at people who complain about rankings

01:12 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is out being a coach and will be back tomorrow

0:01 - Since CP and Bratke were out on Thursday, they share their thoughts on Burrroughs-Taylor

0:04 - Why criteria is just fine

0:11 - Thomas Gilman’s late match tactics continue to be puzzling

0:14 - Nick Suriano wins the Deglane looking amazing on the way.

0:23 - Why Suriano would not come back to Rutgers

0:27 - Pat McKee beats Mitch McKee and Brody Teske is into the top 10

0:36 - Dake killed a guy

0:37 - Sharifov didn’t wrestle Kyle Snyder for some reason

0:38 - Yianni looks like he’s on an up swing

0:45 - Tamyra-Forrest met in a potential Olympic Trials finals preview

0:47 - Iowa looked as advertised against Nebraska

0:57 - Missouri is on fire

0:58 - Stanford coaches get locked out of the team’s official social media accounts

0:59 - Making our way back to Missouri beating everyone badly

01:05 - Getting back to the Iowa-Nebraska dual

01:07 - Gable Steveson has no chill

01:10 - Illinois upsets Missouri

01:17 - Questions from friends

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Run of Show

0:00 – Breaking down JB vs DT

0:14 – J’den’s outstanding, but Nate Jackson looked great

0:18 – Do McKenna’s weigh ins at scratch weight give him an advantage?

0:24 – The high schoolers balled out at JB vs DT

0:30 – Penn State is out for this weekend

0:34 – Breaking down Penn State Media Day

0:35 – Iowa vs Penn State virtual white board war

0:53 – Henri Deglane rematches to look forward to

1:00 – Questions from friends

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0:00 - JB & DT are really going to wrestle today

0:01 - Time to put Ben on the spot and make him make a prediction

0:13 - Previewing the Nebraska-Iowa dual

0:14 - Christian Lance had looked good and then Gable Steveson teched him with only takedowns

0:17 - Getting back to previewing and making picks for Nebraska-Iowa

0:36 - Iowa State, Missouri, UNI, Arizona State is a fire quad

0:45 - Senior-level wrestlers who have competed the most since April 2020

0:46 - A little Henri DeGlane talk and what international guys will be there

01:01 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben got his eye split open but not by a Paul brother

0:01 - CP and Bratke are coming at you live from Lincoln

0:02 - Explaining what happened last week and why there was no FRL

0:05 - Guys on the Senior level are becoming more willing to wrestle since quarantine began

0:09 - Tamyra Mensah-Stock takes out Adeline Gray

0:14 - Thoughts on J’den Cox’s first match since last February

0:19 - Henri Deglane is officially live on FloWrestling this weekend

0:20 - Nahshon Garrett looks massive, but has no answer for Joey McKenna

0:22 - Richards looked good against Gross, but Gross is just better right now

Edge rules

0:33 - watching the opening sequence of the Richards-Gross match

0:35 - Ben was super impressed with Nate Jackson

0:38 - Full card for Wednesday

0:44 - Recapping all the D1 action

01:02 - Roger Reina is Andrew Spey’s father

01:05 - Yianni put it on Anthony Ashnault

01:09 - CP tells the story of a wild dream he had about Metz-Cassioppi

01:10 - The internet starts to fail us so we say goodbye

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0:00 - David Taylor on how he’s feeling

0:01 - DT on what the past few days have been like and his emotions throughout all of it

0:03 - Did DT ever think the match wasn’t going to happen?

0:05 - DT on how his preparations have been for his match with JB

0:07 - DT on his match with Gabe Dean and if that was good for him to have a close match

0:10 - Does DT think pace will impact the match either way?

0:12 - Is scoring early on JB crucial?

0:15 - What are the biggest differences in JB and DT’s games since they last met in 2014?

0:16 - What does DT think JB will do to avoid DT’s collar tie?

0:18 - Is there anyone in State College who can mimic JB?

0:19 - How will the match being at scratch 86kg impact DT?

0:20 - How much is the cut to 86kg for DT?

0:25 - If 79kg had been a weight when DT was in college would he have bumped up to 174?

0:27 - DT’s thoughts on how good Penn State is right now

0:28 - Thoughts on Carter Starocci and how good he can be

0:29 - Even though he isn’t wrestling, DT shares his thoughts on the rest of tonight’s card

0:30 - DT on how wrestling is evolving and the current economy of it

0:33 - What is the right amount of matches a year for Senior-level athletes?

0:38 - Which style does DT prefer?

0:40 - DT on how M2 Training Center is going

0:42 - Bumping up to take on Colin Palmer set DT on path for these big matches

0:44 - Ben might re-arrange his schedule to make it to Lincoln

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0:00 - For some reason we open by talking about tacos and workout routines

0:04 - Tom Brands media press conference was electric as always

0:11 - Spartan Combat WC event live Friday night headlined by Yianni vs Ashnault

0:21 - What Ben would like to see in wrestling gambling

0:26 - Getting back to the Spartan Combat event on Friday night

0:27 - Reflecting on some terrible freestyle rules over the years

0:33 - Ben talks about some of the gambling lines he likes on the Burroughs-Taylor card

0:34 - We can’t stop talking about terrible freestyle rules

0:36 - Thoughts on Gabe Dean vs Mike Macchiavello and Vito Arujau vs Michael Colaiocco

0:37 - Breaking down some of the best college matchups of the weekend

0:39 - Bratke continues to investigate what CP thinks used to be a freestyle rule

0:40 - Back to weekend of college wrestling ahead of us

0:42 - Ben recalls a funny Jake Herbert story from 2012 Olympic Trials

0:44 - How many D1 wrestlers have come from Austin?

0:46 - Bratke can’t get over how rigged this Gilman match is

0:47 - Questions from friends

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0:01 - Bitcoin is on a heater and Ben wants CP to suck it

0:02 - The Big Ten schedule is finally here

0:04 - Oklahoma State wrestle-off results

0:07 - Back to Big Ten wrestling schedule talk

0:09 - Update on what’s going on with Nick Suriano

0:10 - Could there be an All-American this year with a losing record?

0:23 - Brandon Metz is our next electric factory at heavyweight

0:26 - Thoughts on Virginia Tech-Campbell

0:29 - Overall thoughts on NCAA wrestling coming back

0:33 - The team that USA Wrestling is sending to the Henri Deglane is insane

0:38 - How Henri Deglane could impact 57kg pecking order

0:48 - Updates to the Burroughs-Taylor card. We are up to 11 incredible matches

01:00 - Ben watched the Dan Gable documentary

01:09 - Getting back to the matches added to the Burroughs-Taylor card

01:11 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Wisconsin finally got a lot of snow

0:02 - Nate Jackson wants to wrestle Ben Askren

0:03 - The Big Ten has released their volleyball schedule just to troll us

0:05 - Everything you need to know about opening weekend in D1 wrestling

0:30 - Ben clarifies his comments on Dan Gable

0:42 - Question from friends on Dan Gable

01:01 - Mark Bader joins the show to talk about the Dan Gable documentary

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0:00 - Catching up with the boys and sharing how Christmas was

0:03 - NCAA wrestling is officially back this week

0:05 - It was a very sad day in the wrestling community on Christmas

0:10 - Austin Gomez medically retires from wrestling

0:11 - Brand new NCAA rankings are out

0:17 - What the heck is going on with Nick Suriano drama

0:24 - Nebraska lineup changes

0:27 - Minnesota has some lineup changes as well

0:30 - What NCAA wrestling we have on tap this weekend

0:33 - NCAA 285 tiers

0:46 - Talking about the remainder of the Burroughs-Taylor card

0:54 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Is Ben going to fight Jake Paul?

0:04 - Still no Big Ten wrestling schedules. Do we need to hack the system?

0:06 - NCAA 174 tiers

0:07 - What is Michigan doing with the back half of their lineup?

0:09 - Moving back to the 174-pound tiers for fears

0:17 - A few interesting Mizzou wrestle-off results

0:20 - NCAA 184 tiers

0:47 - NCAA 197 tiers for fears

01:03 - Question from friends

01:06 - Breaking down Bajrang-Zain Retherford match and more thoughts on Wolfpack WC vs NLWC

01:16 - Questions from friends

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0:01 - Ben is calling in from Haunchyville

0:02 - Where at the Big Ten wrestling schedules?

0:10 - Recapping the 150 lbs 8-man bracket

0:28 - What will the next 8-man bracket be?

0:35  - A little food talk, ranking the meats (Ben has some terrible takes)

0:41 - NCAA 157 lbs tiers

0:50 - NCAA 165 lbs tiers

0:59 - Questions from friends

01:07 - Thoughts on the Chamizo-Zhamalov match at Individual World Cup

01:14 - Back to Questions from friends

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0:00 - Gilman-Gross was a mess

0:11 - The beef between Gilman and Hawkeye Wrestling Club

0:23 - Catching you up on what’s going on with the Individual World Cup

0:35 - Making predictions for the 150 lbs 8-man bracket

0:42 - Andrew Alirez is big mad at CP and Bratke

0:43 - Getting back to 150 lbs 8-man bracket predictions

01:12 - Russian still banned from the next two Olympics

01:15 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Bratke is back after healing his son

0:01 - Ben is on cloud 9 because of Bitcoin

0:03 - Update on NCAA seeding & field at the NCAA Championships

0:11 - NCAA 125-pound tiers

0:23 - NCAA 133-pound tiers

0:36 - NCAA 141-pound tiers

0:51 - NCAA 149-pound tiers

01:06 - Gilman-Gross predictions

01:09 - What matches will count towards Olympic Trials seeding

01:13 - How will 57kg be seeded at Olympic Trials

01:20 - Senior level MFS matches with the most heat

01:26 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - JD is back and as always looking fashionable

0:01 - Burroughs-Taylor is really going to happen

0:43 - Russia send the #1’s to the individual World Cup

0:47 - Is Burroughs-Taylor the biggest U.S. match of all-time?

0:53 - 150 lbs bracket update

01:02 - Ben’s favorite international wrestlers

01:08 - Will Nick Lee really Olympic redshirt?

01:13 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Big day at FloSports on the announcement front

0:01 - How we decided to put together the 150 lbs 8-man bracket

0:02 - Getting down to business and revealing the bracket

0:21 - James Green thinks Lugo beats Bajrang

0:25 - Why does Bajrang resonate with American wrestling fans

0:35 - The Anthony Robles advantage talk got brought up again last night…

0:39 - Showing the RTC Cup highlight

0:42 - Update on saving Stanford wrestling

0:46 - Why wrestling doesn’t need the Olympics

0:52 - The return of Alien Hour

01:00 - Breaking down Brock Martin’s throw against the TCU football player

01:02 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - We are going to try and be dynamic again today

0:01 - The 2024 Olympics are running it back with the same weights, medals, participants, etc.

0:07 - The UFC makes some major cuts

0:10 - It’s crazy how many techs there at the U.S. Open

0:14 - NCAA wrestling takeaways from the RTC Cup

0:19 - Kollin Moore-Mike Macchiavello was wild

0:23 - Will J’den Cox go back to 92kg or stay at 97kg at the Olympics

0:25 - Ben does not want J’den Cox and Kyle Snyder at the same weight in non-Olympic years

0:30 - Carson Kharchla is going to be a factor at 165 this season

0:34 - Breaking down the contenders next year at 165

0:40 - What will the back half of Michigan’s lineup look like next szn?

0:44 - How would Myles Amine vs AJ Ferrari go?

0:46 - Hidlay-Massa was wild

0:48 - Question from friends

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0:00 - Ben is nervous about filming some technique today

0:02 - Mason Parris is doing things that Ben has never seen heavyweights do

0:10 - Who’s stock went up the most this weekend?

0:13 - Can Vito Arujau go with Spencer Lee now?

0:18 - Back to the OW’s of the weekend

0:31 - Ben wants to retract a statement he had about professional duals moving forward

0:40 - The grounded rule needs to be looked at

0:42 - Yianni looked great

0:43 - Thoughts on how James Green looked down at 68kg and thoughts on him going 65kg

0:50 - Should a tech fall be higher?

0:53 - What did Gable change from his last matches with Gwiz?

0:59 - Gable says he’s done after next year

01:09 - CKWC secures the bag and wins the RTC Cup

01:16 - Burroughs and Dake won’t stop tweeting each other

01:22 - Mason Parris-Gable exchanging some tweets

01:23 - Stillwater vs Broken Arrow live tonight!

01:27 - A couple questions from friends

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Run of Show

0:00 - Ed Ruth accidentally called out a small child

0:04 - Gable Steveson promo. Is that the top match of the RTC Cup?

0:17 - What does a Mason Parris vs Nick Gwiazdowski look like?

0:22 - Reviewing UWW dual meet criteria

0:30 - Top mercenaries at the RTC Cup

0:41 - Wildcards who could make a big impact

0:54 - Top dual meet memories

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0:00 - CP is hanging out with Joe Rogan on Lake Travis

0:03 - Gabe Dean calls out Ed Ruth

0:06 - Ben is going to take some matches next year

0:12 - Making picks for Spartan vs Wolfpack

0:20 - Breaking down the most recent brawl at a Russian wrestling tournament

0:25 - Predictions for Gopher WC vs Ohio RTC

0:32 - A couple rule changes we would like to see

0:40 - Picks for NJ/SE vs Wolfpack WC

0:47 - Predictions for the championship final of the RTC Cup

01:02 - Questions from friends

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00:00 - Ben is back in black and doing a giveaway on his Instagram

0:01 - Is Ben going to fight Jake Paul?

0:02 - Thoughts on Tyson-Jones

0:04 - Shoutout to the 580 area code

0:05 - RTC Cup week is finally here and unfortunately there are some roster changes

0:11 - CP about left his kids on a Colorado mountainside 

0:14 - Gabe Dean really pushed David Taylor, will wrestle through the Olympic Trials

0:22 - CP’s thoughts on Nahhson Garrett joining the SE RTCs

0:24 - Ben really wants to see Terry Brands and John Smith wrestle

0:25 - Making picks for every day 1 dual at the RTC Cup

01:27 - Bajrang Punia training at CKWC in December

01:28 - Bastida joins Iowa State wrestling program

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0:01 - Titan Mercury Wrestling Club Director of Operations, Jonny Ruggiano, joins the show to talk about how the RTC Cup came to be, how the pools were decided, how it will be contested, and much more

0:24 - Talking about the day 1 RTC Cup matchups we’re most excited about 

0:35 - Nahshon Garrett joined Southeast RTC and will wrestle for them at the RTC Cup

0:37 - Does adding Nahshon make NJ/SE RTC the favorite in their pool?

0:38 - Ben forgot to lock his door and Ozzy makes an appearance 

0:40 - Oklahoma State is on fire recruiting. What has led to their uptick in recruiting?

0:53 - Bratke has to go let his dog out

0:54 - Ben explains why folkstyle turns don’t work in freestyle 

0:55 - Wrapping up the Oklahoma State talk with somes theories on why the Cowboys succeed when guys move up

0:57 - Michael Blockhus transferring from UNI to Minnesota

0:58 - An awesome Gabe Dean interview where he opened up about personal stuff while wrestling

01:03 - Seth Nevills transferring from Fresno State to South Dakota State

01:05 - Ben begins his war on Thanksgiving food again

01:10 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is back in America and his sleep schedule is messed up

0:01 - The Tiger King’s husband got arrested pretty close to Bratke’s house

0:02 - The hilarious story of how Ben got out of a ticket one time

0:05 - We received an anonymous email from someone claiming they know Rutgers lineup, 

0:15 - Should freestyle results count towards college rankings in this crazy year?

0:18 - Reviewing the MAC’s plan for the season 

0:19 - PSAC cancels winter sports. Now up to individual schools if they want to compete

0:21- RTC Cup rosters are out and are absolutely loaded

0:55 - Question from friends

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0:01 - The RTC Cup is coming up and NC State is hinting at a big announcement

0:10 - How the Ivy League canceling winter sports impacts individual rankings and team race

0:24 - Why Bratke is optimistic about the NCAA season happening 

0:28 - The Bachelorette featured wrestling last night and Bratke and Bray have some thoughts

0:38 - Bray breaks down the biggest changes to the high school wrestling P4P rankings

0:50 - All the scenarios of how the 150 lbs 8-man bracket could look like

01:00 - Ed Ruth officially announced by the Wolfpack RTC

01:04 - Question from friends

01:28 - The trailer for the Real Woods special coming next week

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0:00 - Ben is still in Singapore but ready to come back from the good ole USA

0:01 - Ben is making his way through The Wire and really wants to talk about it

0:05 - Burroughs-Zahid more than delivered

0:20 - Thoughts on how Echmendia-Henderson played out

0:22 - Tyler Berger could be a real problem once 70kg is back

0:23 - Alli Ragan and Kayla Miracle continued to look dominant 

0:23 - We all thought Hancock and Vera would be more competitive 

0:26 - The RTC Cup is coming December 4-5 and going to be awesome

0:31 - AJ Ferrari is the real deal and CP thinks he’s a title contender right away

0:36 - Bernie Truax made a name for himself over the weekend

0:39 - 65kg Juniors was insane from start to finish

0:43 - Is Ben becoming too white collar for the wrestling community?

0:45 - We are excited to announce a 4-year partnership with United World Wrestling

0:52 - Going weight by weight through U23 & Junior results

Getting back to talking 

01:23 - Our 8-man 150 lbs bracket is set and is fire flames

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0:00 - Ben somehow has better internet in Singapore than he does in Wisconsin and he’s pretty jet lagged 

0:01 - Ben is fired up about the UWW Junior & U23 entries 0:05 - Ben’s computer might die bc he can’t leave the room to get an adapter 

0:06 - GSP, Demetrius Johnson, and Renzo Gracie will be on the show with Ben 

0:07 - Making picks for some of the best weights at UWW Junior and U23s

0:19 - Who won National Signing Day and the biggest surprises so far

0:29 - Gable Steveson and AJ Ferrari are still beefing on Instagram

0:31 - Dake’s thoughts on Burroughs-Zahid and what he would do if JB did chang weights

0:34 - Ben’s thoughts on what Dake had to say about Burroughs

0:38 - Making predictions for Burroughs-Zahid card

0:53 - Alien Hour about Gravity Hill in Pennsylvania

01:01 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - With JD around we can’t stop doing smelling salts

0:01 - Iowa registered a bunch of hammers for U23 & Junior Nationals including Austin DeSanto

0:06 - AJ Ferrari has entered Junior Nationals just like Ben wanted him to

0:21 - UWW switching from World Championships to Individual World Cup

0:25 - Kyle Dake shares his thoughts on the Burroughs-Zahid matchup

0:36 - Could Valencia’s par terre defense be an X-factor?

0:45 - Britney Spears is not free...yet

0:47 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - How did we do this show for 6 months with no wrestling happening?

0:01 - There was a lot of really good high school wrestling this weekend

0:05 - Jordan Burroughs & Zahid Valencia keep talking trash on Twitter

0:20 - IMAR is not happy with Jordan Burroughs

0:28 - AJ Ferrari also came at the king on Twitter…

0:31 - Gable Steveson had a few choice words for Ferrari himself

0:32 - John Smith gave a preview of what the Oklahoma State lineup will look like 

0:42 - AJ Ferrari is about to be the biggest heel in NCAA wrestling 

0:44 - U23 & Junior Nationals registration is picking up

0:50 - Questions from friends

01:16 - Burroughs-Valencia fire promo

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0:00 - Mexico Ben can’t get connected to the internet south of the border

0:01 - The November 14th card match order is set

0:11 - JD is going to try to put together a compilation of all of Jordan Burroughs clutch moments

0:14 - Talking a little about the Burroughs-Valencia matchup

0:20 - Bratke was a jerk and reminded CP we should be watching college wrestling right now…

0:21 - Ammonia Sports saw our smelling salts video...could they potentially sponsor us in the future?

0:23 - The tough decisions NCAA seniors and wrestling programs will have to make next March

0:31 - JD is about to be a beach boy again with Spey for NHSCA Fall National Duals

0:32 - UWW Junior & U23 Nationals registration update

0:33 - State associations making big changes to the high school seasons around the country

0:39 - Nebraska on a roll on the recruiting trail

0:42 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - JD wore a Texas jacket just to trigger Bratke

0:02 - CP thinks the electoral college is electric 

0:03 - Roasting JD for picking two winners of the 195 lbs bracket

0:05 - United World Wrestling backs up their decision date to have the World Championships and is trying to talk USA Wrestling and Japan into going

0:08 - Double digit Fresno State wrestler have entered the transfer portal

0:11 - What should domestic men’s freestyle top 10 p4p rankings look like?

0:27 - If you could make a card featuring any matchups...what would it be?

0:39 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - The President won’t stop talking about Ben and 2 Chainz mentioned him in a song

0:03 - Recapping the 195 lbs 8-man bracket

0:37 - November 14 full card has finally been released

0:47 - Thoughts on HWC Showdown Open

01:06 - We had a celebrity guest taste tester try Imo’s Pizza

01:09 - Kamal Bey suspended for a year 

01:16 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Bratke has a Red Bull and Ben has a large cup of coffee...let’s do this! 

0:01 - Is Henry Cejudo really going to try to make the Olympic Team?

0:13 - CP thinks a kid at Caleb’s club is lying about his age & Ben has a funny age story

0:15 -  Wrestling needs to stop playing the blame game

0:28 - Making picks for Saturday night’s 195 lbs 8-man bracket

01:05 - Bratke with a super spooky Alien Hour

01:15 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - It’s really cold in Austin

0:01 - Ben is back to working outside

0:03 - State associations are canceling their seasons. What are the kids in those states going to do?

0:08 - Jumping into 8-man bracket talk. Sammy Brooks vs Nate Jackson is likely the best first round matchup

0:21 - Thoughts on Myles Martin vs Drew Foster

0:23 - We somehow start talking about ice cream, chicken, and pizza

0:31 - We finally get back to talking about Myles Martin and who he would want to see in the semis

0:35 - Alex Dieringer sadly tore his ACL, but is going to try and get back by the Olympic Trials

0:37 - We come back to Imo’s pizza and toasted ravioli 

0:39 - Questions from friends

0:55 - CP gets a DM from a very good wrestler wanting to wrestle another very good wrestler live on Flo

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0:00 - Bray is back with us to help recap Super 32

0:01 - Should Super 32 permanently move to Myrtle Beach?

0:02 - Biggest storylines and takeaways from Super 32

0:34 - It’s officially 8-man bracket weekend! 

0:36 - The Big Ten has some crazy COVID-19 protocols that could impact the season’

0:43 - Michigan & Wisconsin are trying to make high school wrestlers wear masks while competing

0:50 - Jordan Burroughs clip saying he ain’t changing weights 

0:54 - Will Burroughs-Taylor actually happen?

0:55 - Zahid Valencia is feeling very confident coming into his match with Burroughs

01:00 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - David Bray is joining the show to talk about Super 32

0:01 - Reactions to USA Wrestling’s press conference on decision to not go to the World Championships

0:11 - Breaking down the biggest things you need to know about Super 32

0:17 - Ben has a conspiracy theory on Jordan Burroughs possibly moving up to 86kg

0:22 - Burroughs and Taylor back and forth on Twitter

0:25 - Finally bringing it back around to Super 32 and Drake Ayala vs Jordan Titus

0:45 - We can’t stop talking about Carl Monday

0:48 - Alien Hour time: breaking down Haunchyville for Ben and giving an update on Mothman in Chicago

0:57 - A little update on some Fresno State information

0:59 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is fired up about USA Wrestling not going to the Senior World Championships

0:15 - CP forgot to tell Caleb that Spencer Lee is getting a year back of eligibility

0:17 - Thoughts on the matches from last night’s NLWC event

0:32 - Can RBY make 57kg?

0:37 - Iowa vs Penn State Whiteboard War

0:56 - Carl Monday is a legend. CHECK OUT THIS INVESTIGATIVE REPORT

01:16 - Could Alex Facundo reclassify to the class of 2020 and place at 165 this szn?

01:21 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - CP and Bratke almost had a wardrobe malfunction today

0:01 - Szn 1 of The Wire hurt Ben

0:02 - Ben has ditched the crutches and is officially shooting high crotches 

0:03 - Fresno State drops wrestling after just reinstating a few years ago. What gives?

0:13 - Update on what Team USA will be doing this year with the Senior World Championships

0:15 - Everything you need to know about Russian Nationals

0:28 - Metcalf Episode 3 thoughts

0:38 - Changes coming to the PSAC schools

0:40 - Sadulaev’s quotes on Kyle Snyder and the losses he’s taken and winning vs money

0:45 - Beau Bartlett vs Bryce Meredith tonight...who you got? Thoughts on NLWC event

0:56 - A little Super 32 talk

01:05 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Today is Bratke’s six year anniversary at Flo

0:01 - The 195 lbs bracket show where the wrestlers chose their spot went terribly 

0:07 - Revealing the bracket and explaining how it got set

0:29 - A new NCAA rule that also came out yesterday which could not be good for wrestling

0:35 - Dan Gable was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom last night

0:37 - A mountain lion tried to eat a dude just going for a nice little walk in Utah

0:40 - Future sites for NCAAs announced 

0:55 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Associate Head Coach at Ohio State J Jaggers joins the show to talk about the ramifications the extra year of eligibility for winter athletes will have on programs

0:27 - Thoughts on what Coach Jaggers had to say and more thoughts on the topic

0:41 - Jordan Burroughs continues to do workouts that look very Kyle Dake functional pattern esque 

0:52 - Which wrestlers from the class 2020 big board should go right away?

0:57 - AJ Ferrari’s tik tok game is strong 

01:03 - Should Daton Fix and Nick Suriano both go 125 this year?

01:09 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Our first tournament to talk about in 7 months

0:01 - Who stood out to us at Senior Nationals?

0:09 - The Kyle Snyder injury

0:18 - 65kg was awesome and Andrew Alirez is the truth

0:30 - 86kg was fun, got a little preview of the 8-man 195 lbs bracket

0:45 - NC State has the best how it started vs how it’s going

0:46 - Getting into the madness that was 74kg

01:05 - Some heavy takes for some heavyweights

01:12 - UWW announces there will be Senior Worlds this year, USA Wrestling decision coming soon

01:17 - Alex Thomsen won Greco after training for just a week, Greco-Roman recap

01:22 - Update on free eligibility for winter sports and a one-time penalty free transfer

01:23 - The MAC becomes the first wrestling conference to announce a plan for the season

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0:00 - We have some sad news

0:04 - Ben’s experience at the WWE headquarters the past few days

0:07 - Thoughts on METCALF Ep. 3

0:13 - Senior Nationals dark horses at each weight

0:36 - KB’s Alien Hour on Haunchyville

0:47 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben doesn’t love Florida (Also, his mic isn’t working, but hang with us with get it going in the second minute)

0:01 - The NCAA will likely approve an additional year of eligibility for winter sport athletes

0:18 - Bratke was right about the NFL COVID-19 testing not being a sham 

0:19 - A Senior Nationals schedule change, breaking down seeds for the tournament, and making predictions

01:13 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is in Florida at the WWE headquarters

0:02 - Who’s #1 Recap: OW, best match, biggest surprise, wrestler who looked best in defeat 

0:39 - Jordan Burroughs vs Zahid Valencia on November 14 on FloWrestling. 

0:48 - December 18 we are doing another 8 man this time at 150 lbs and we have four competitors right now locked in for it

0:54 - Senior Nationals registration continues to pick up and get tougher

01:01 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben’s reaction to President Trump talking about him

0:03 - We are putting Ben to work this weekend interviewing the grappling stars this weekend

0:09 - Ben’s reaction to METCALF episode 2

0:37 - Making our Who’s #1 picks

01:13 - Ben and CP favorite matches of all-time

01:22 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - The debate was something...

0:06 - METCALF Ep. 2 is here

0:19 - There may be a loophole with Senior Nationals & an update on registration 

0:28 - A little Metcalf Ep. 2 teaser

0:29 - Returning to Senior Nationals talk and we can’t wait for a real tournament to happen

0:32 - Breaking down a few more Who’s #1 matches: Gallagher-Mastrogiovanni & Vandervere against Williams/Mendez

0:45 - CDP may or may not be faking sick so he can stay home from school and watch the Astros

0:51 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Kyle Bratke’s Green Bay Packers are 3-0. Remember that one time Bratke tried to sue Ben?

0:01 - Will Ben corner Tony Ramos on Friday night against Nicky Ryan?

0:03 - Rudis will be sponsoring Who’s #1 and how have they not gotten Cyon involved yet?

0:05 - Our 8 man bracket is set and straight fire

0:14 - Senior Nationals registration is starting to heat up

0:32 - Manny Rivera steps down at CSU Bakersfield

0:34 - Who’s #1 week is finally here

0:59 - We have more big news coming later this week

01:02 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Overall impression on Metcalf Ep. 1

0:12 - U23 Nationals/UWW Junior World Team Trials date and location announced

0:13 - WE ARE...once again hearing about massive redshirts for Penn State this season. Who is eligible to take on and what would their lineup look like if they do that? 

0:17 - Could Iowa break the scoring record if a bunch of teams redshirt their best wrestlers?

0:21 - What college wrestlers will enter U23 Nationals or UWW Junior World Team Trials

0:31 - Bratke gives an update on what in the world the Pac-12 is doing with their life

0:36 - Alien Hour is back!

0:44 - Everyone in the podcast world is moving to Austin and we will be best friends with them all

0:47 - Sorry no more updates on the 8 man bracket at this moment

0:48 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Kyle Bratke must produce an Alien Hour every Thursday or else

0:02 - Is CP cutting the show short today to go on the lamb?

0:04 - So much wrestling is on the horizon. Will ring rust be a thing?

0:05 - Ben pushes back on Lee Roper’s thoughts on youth wrestling 

0:09 - Talking about Reece Humphrey’s tweet and why guys would pass on Senior Nationals this year

0:17 - Titan Mercury is going to send a squad to Senior Nationals, just you wait

0:18 - Expect an update from USA Wrestling on U23/UWW Juniors today

0:22 - A little update to the 8 man bracket

0:24 - Giving you a teaser of Metcalf FloFilm

0:26 - Some of our favorite or fondest Metcalf memories 

0:40 - questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben Gronk spiked his crutches at the AWA Duals

0:06 - Breaking down Dieringer-Nickal, discussing criteria vs overtime

0:16 - Nickal officially going 86kg for the Olympic Trials

0:24 - Update on future UWW and USA wrestling events

0:28 - Recapping the rest of the NLWC event

0:36 - The first four of our eight man bracket are locked in

0:47 - Explaining why Pat Downey won’t be in the bracket

0:53 - Metcalf episode 1 drops September 23

01:04 - Sacred Heart plans to add women’s wrestling 

01:06 - Gable Steveson has undergone a massive transformation since his freshman year

01:10 - Gable, Kerkvliet, Parris, Gwiazdowski...the future of heavyweight in America is bright

01:15 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - It was very fun to watch live wrestling again

0:02 - Emily Shilson is a stud and going to be a problem for a long time

0:03 - Joe Colon and Seth Gross more than lived up to the hype and if you took the under you are dumb

0:10 - Victoria Francis widens the gap on Alexandria Glaude

0:11 - Rustam Ampar’s still got it

0:13 - Freestyle Gable Steveson is scary good

0:20 - Breaking down everything about the Yianni-Khinche match

0:28 - The athletes we heard from about the 8-man bracket

0:43 - AWA Duals this weekend, watch it!

0:45 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Super 32 is coming to Myrtle Beach

0:04 - The announcement you patiently waited for through the small talk

0:25 - Dead period extended to January 1. What gives?

0:38 - Going over Beat The Streets betting lines and making picks

0:42 - Vladimer Khinchegashvili joins NYC RTC

0:44 - The playing of a fire Yianni-Khinchegashvili hype video

0:48 - A little wrestling mat talk bc why not?

0:50 - Make sure you’re tuning into the Beat The Streets virtual benefit tonight as well and giving back if you can

0:52 - Getting back to Beat The Streets predictions

01:05 - A few quick questions from friends before Ben has to go

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0:00 - Ben still refuses to not wear anything but ACDC shirts

0:02 - There’s a change in the Beat The Streets lineup and it has to do with an NCAA eligibility issue that could impact future events this fall

0:06 - How the NCAA & IOC rules hurt wrestling

0:10 - B1G Ten football is back! 

0:14 - CP lays out what college teams have to do if they want to practice right now

0:17 - Bratke had to dip out for a second to let the breakfast taco person into the office

0:19 - Thoughts on where Super 32 will be moving to?

0:23 - Should we add a fourth FRL this week so we can talk about the Beat The Streets matches that just happened?

0:26 - Talking a little AWA Duals that will be live on FloWrestling this weekend

0:35 - Ben thinks Zain Retherford-Alec Pantaleo might be closer than most people think

0:44 - Questions from friends

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0:02 - A lot of things happened while CP was out, but you’re not going to not start out with Ben asking questions about Tony Ramos’ grappling

0:04 - CP weighs in on Daton Fix’s suspension

0:13 - JD wants to take ostarine, CP isn’t going to let him

0:14 - Bratke might have told everyone that CP was fired last week

0:15 - We finally have a date for episode 1 of the Metcalf FloFilm and we play the trailer which is fire

0:25 - In a recent interview with Mike Mal, Aaron Pico says the better man didn’t win between him and Frank Molinaro in the 2016 Olympic Trials finals

0:32 - More drama between Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake? 

0:46 - Ben double dog dares Aaron Pico to wrestle at the 2021 Olympic Trials

0:50 - Thoughts on Zahid talking about his suspension and changes he’s mad to his life

0:58 - Breaking down Nickal-Dieringer match that is going down this weekend

01:04 - Getting CP’s thoughts on Yianni-Khinch and the full Beat The Streets card

01:11 - Big Ten football update

01:16 - Super 32 will not happen in North Carolina, looking for new location

01:18 - CP shares his thoughts on Shayne Van Ness to Penn State

01:21 - Questions from friends

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Run of Show

0:00 - Ben was muted for the first minute of the show so that’s cool, but just hang in there because we eventually get to Super Bowl odds

0:05 - Thoughts on what John Smith and Daton Fix had to say

0:08 - Yianni vs Kinchesgelli to headline Beat The Streets

0:19 - A decision on Super 32 could be coming soon

0:20 - Ben is a snowflake and tries to get Monster Garage shutdown 

0:23 - Talking a little Who’s #1 matchups

0:31 - A little wrestling would you rather talk

0:38 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - JD is rocking a sick Brett Favre shirt

0:02 - Breaking down Daton Fix’s USADA suspension

0:26 - Montorie Bridges not going to use his final year of eligibility

0:29 - JD joined the rankers guild when he dropped domestic men’s freestyle rankings

0:41 - 2021 & 2022 commitments are starting to fly off the board

0:42 - Discussing Cody Chittum school list

0:46 - Ben has to take a pee break

0:48 - Applebees, Cheesecake Factory, Olive Garden, Red Lobster: where ya going for your birthday dinner

0:51 - Ben has some thoughts on Tony Ramos vs Nicky Ryan

0:56 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben is back and bionic! 

0:02 - Shayne Van Ness commits to Penn State. What does it mean for the Nittany Lions lineup?

0:08 - Could Penn State flip Richie Figueroa and land 1, 2, 3 in the class of 2021

0:09 - A little preview of some dope Alex Facundo Who’s #1 footage coming

0:10 - A little Who’s #1 trivia for ya

0:12 - Nick Suriano is officially on the Rutgers roster

0:15 - Trump is trying to make the Big Ten play football, update on how college football has gone so far

0:24 - Beat The Streets has announced 3 awesome matches so far

0:34 - Thomas Gilman will go back to Iowa and wrestle at Senior Nationals

0:39 - Jaydin Eierman is officially an Iowa Hawkeye

0:41 - A man in Australia was attacked by a shark

0:42 - Chael let CP off the hook for his take on the Banach-Schultz match and Ben’s thoughts on being able to turn Chael

0:45 - Real Woods pulls his name out of transfer portal, Ben’s Michigan plan could be on hold

0:48 - Ben’s thoughts on what next year’s NCAA season could look like 

0:52 - Nino Bonaccorsi moving up to 197 next season

0:56 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Chael Sonnen is back and wants CP to apologize for his many alleged transgressions from The Bad Guy’s last appearance on the show 

0:03 - Chael Sonnen thoughts on the inaugural Wrestling Underground Event

0:05 - What was up with the Greco-Roman match at WUG?

0:06 - Would Chael make any changes to Greco-Roman wrestling as it is now?

0:09 - We get Chael’s thoughts on the Dake-Chamizo match and how long Dake got on top

0:13 - Tony Ramos vs Nicky Ryan..what does Chael think of it?

0:17 - What is stopping wrestlers from moving to grappling and dominating?

0:20 - Chael’s opinion on youth wrestling, competing 

0:26 - CP asks Chael why he is waging war on the term “headlock”

0:33 - Chael asks us what weight several senior level guys are going to go for the Olympic Trials

0:38 - Chael tells the incredible backstory behind the Banach-Schultz NCAA final

0:43 - Who is the best current wrestler in America?

0:46 - 57kg at the Olympic Trials is going to be insane 

0:49 - There’s a chance Senior World Championships are coming in December

0:53 - Chael got some great feedback from his last appearance on the show

0:55 - Does Chael know how to pronounce Kyle Snyder?

0:57 - Alex Dieringer vs Bo Nickal will help determine who #2 at 86kg is

01:05 - Does Chael still believe no one can turn him from par terre?

01:08 - Chael tells an incredible story about a fight between Sean Bormet and Pat Smith

01:21 - Who is on Chael’s Mt. Rushmore of NCAA wrestling 

01:28 - Chael hangs up on us again

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0:00 - UNI assistant Lee Roper is back! 

0:01 - What is life currently like on campus at UNI?

0:03 - Roper provides us some insight into what the college wrestling season could look like 

0:08 - Ben is already up and walking from his surgery 

0:10 - Roper has some opinions on youth wrestling that differ from Ben’s philosophy 

0:19 - Roper actually learned a lot from Mike Tyson and not on how to bite people’s ears off

0:22 - United World Wrestling has Senior World Championships on their schedule online for December. What does that mean?

0:28 - Circling back to how you will qualify for the NCAA Championships this season

0:36 - Roper doesn’t believe coaches should be involved in NCAA Championships seeding process and coaches rankings shouldn’t be a thing

0:39 - Tony Ramos is doing a grappling match Nicky Ryan

0:41 - Why does grappling have a longer competition life than wrestling?

0:49 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Thoughts and prayers to Ben has he gets a new hip today, but don’t fear Bader is here to carry the show

0:02 - On the last show Ben refused to admit how hurt he actually was for the Demian Maia fight

0:03 - Beat The Streets returns to FloWrestling live on September 17

0:05 - Blue chip recruit Jesse Mendez releases his school list

0:08 - Ignore the background noise, just some classic construction going on next door

0:09 - The grilling of Mark S. Bader on how got involved in wrestling, his days wrestling at Mizzou, early days of Flo, the TERRY film, going on Russian nationals trips and more

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0:00 - Ben will not stop wearing ACDC shirts

0:02 - Will Ben’s new hip help him perform better on FRL?

0:03 - Toughest NCAA Championship brackets from 2017-2012

0:20 - An update on Sidakov’s wedding drama

0:22 - Brian Realbuto is getting married, what marriage advice do we have for them?

0:24 - Finally getting back to the toughest NCAA Championship brackets

0:47 - Despite never drinking, Ben has been accused of DUI multiple times

0:52 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - It’s the CP area code show

0:01 - We somehow haven’t run out of things to talk about yet

0:02 - Ben is going to have another tournament 

0:05 - Scaring Ben with one of the biggest sharks of all-time

0:07 - What older wrestlers should return to competition like Mike Tyson

0:12 - More people don’t know about the drama between Lee Roy Smith and Ryan Lewis back in 1984

0:28 - Looking at the toughest weight classes from the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Championships

0:42 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - You’re not going to not start the showing talking about ACDC

0:04 - The bands you are most likely to hear in a high school wrestling room

0:06 - Pushing back on Ben’s view on youth wrestling and competition 

0:13 - CP wasn’t allowed to have parental advisory CD’s

0:15 - Amit Elor out, Kylie Welker vs Skylar Hattendorf added to Who’s #1 card

0:17 - There will be a jiu jitsu event the night before Who’s #1 and there could be a wrestling connection to it

0:19 - Ben is scared of getting eaten by a shark and KB low key is as well

0:24 - Turns out, Sidakov’s wedding got pretty crazy

0:31 - Pat Brucki will transfer to Michigan for the 2021-22 season, what does that mean for the lineup?

0:39 - Iowa drops four sports

0:41 - What’s the latest with Super 32?

0:46 - Ben is having surgery this time next week

0:49 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Bratke is rocking a dope Chupacabra shirt and it’s very much real

0:01 - Ben was late to the show this morning because he woke up early which makes a ton of sense

0:02 - Answering a couple of questions that came in regarding Ben’s philosophy on youth wrestling

0:18 - We have a Tiger King update because we know what you need right now

0:25 - Ben somehow just now finds out about parody law

0:27 - Old Dominion has been super shady with how they have handled the dropping of wrestling

0:36 - Another fall eligibility relief update

0:42 - Thomas Gilman’s new Verizon commercial

0:45 - The debut of Ben’s wrestling video with Chase Hooper

0:47 - CP makes fun of Ben’s other son in the UFC

0:51 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - The AC is always pumping in the office

0:01 - When will all Flo employees be asked to come back into the office? 

0:03 - Ben blows our minds with a crazy Bitcoin bet

0:04 - Update on the Dieringer-Amine match

0:05 - Apparently Austin DeSanto really hates Flo so that’s cool

0:06 - Ben is upset about everyone talking about the Russian stud kid

0:07 - What did Ben think about the Stevo viral video when he was a kid?

0:08 - Ben goes really in-depth about his philosophy on competing as kids and why he believes in his philosophy

0:24 - Cary Kolat’s unique experience with training as a kid and how he trains wrestlers

0:30 - Kolat is killing it on the recruiting trail right now

0:32 - This Seth Gross-Real Woods picture is causing people to lose their minds

0:39 - No D1 NCAA fall championships

0:41 - Those who choose to opt out of the NCA fall season will not lose an extra year of eligibility. Will that also be the case for winter athletes and if so will a lot of wrestlers do this?

0:43 - Shayne Van Ness is out of Who’s #1

0:45 - Britney Spears is fighting back and wants control of her life back

0:49 - Our Facebook live chat turned into a political battleground 

0:51 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Bratke thinks the walk of champions is overrated 

0:03 - What’s going on with college athletics

0:05 - There’s a new COVID test 

0:06 - Wuhan is partying it up even though they started this whole mess

0:07 - The Big Ten is a mess right now

0:08 - Ben is hosting some tournaments

0:09 - CP’s mom saw Ben on ESPN

0:10 - Looking back at Daniel Cormier’s career

0:14 - California has some crazy taxes

0:15 - When we’re doing the dual rankings, we’re just doing Bratke’s job

0:17 - We start to pick a dual we’ve already done before

0:19 - Picking a winner between Penn State and Cornell

0:29 - Picking a winner between Iowa and Michigan

0:41 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Bratke is solely rocking the gaiter from now on

0:01 - CP doesn’t understand why people wear masks by themselves in cars

0:03 - The recruiting dead period got extended again until September 30

0:05 - Ben is getting a kick out of the memes with conference logos

0:06 - Ben is pulling down trees in public places now

0:11 - Predicting a dual between NC State and Michigan

0:34 - Making picks for a dual between Michigan and Cornell

0:47 - Making picks for a dual between Penn State and Nebraska

1:00 - D11 football coach in Pennsylvania goes in

1:05 - Questions from friends

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0:00 - Ben somehow thinks talking politics is fun

0:02 - Update on college football. Big 12, SEC, ACC is pushing forward

0:11 - Wrestling underground in cage but freestyle 

0:25 - Mia Palumbo vs Sage Mortimer added to Who’s #1 card

0:31 - Making picks for Ohio State vs Nebraska

0:51 - Making picks for Ohio State vs Cornell

01:02 - Questions from friends

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