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Great job these last few days with the camp updates!

He predicts Stanford, Cal and SMU will rejoin the PAC. BIG 10 will take four schools with FSU and Clemson going first. Big 12 will look at leftovers. He’s been quiet a long time.

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser announced the addition of the No. 2 pound-for-pound wrestler in the class of 2023 by MatScouts, Christian Carroll, to the program on Thursday.

Carroll, a transfer from Oklahoma State who took a redshirt season in 2023-24, will have four years of eligibility remaining.

“Christian brings a great resume and long list of credentials to Iowa State,” Dresser said. “His high energy style of wrestling will be a lot of fun for our fans to watch and will fit right in with how we like our guys to wrestle. Christian will start training with us this summer and will immediately raise the level and pedigree of our room.”

One of the nation’s brightest young talents, Carroll competed at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in April thanks to his win at the Last Chance OTT Qualifier tournament. Carroll has Freestyle wins over multiple-time NCAA All-Americans Jacob Warner and Tony Cassioppi in 2024. Most recently, Carroll placed third in the 92 kg bracket at U23 Nationals in early June.

Wrestling at 97 kg, Carroll was a 2023 U20 Freestyle national champion, U.S. Open champion and was a 2023 U20 United States World Team member in the 2023-24 cycle. Carroll is accomplished in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman disciplines having wrestled each style at recent U20 World Championships (2023, Freestyle; 2022, Greco-Roman).

As a prep, the Elkhart, Indiana native was a two-time Super 32 champ (2020, ’21) and was a 2021 junior freestyle national champion. Carroll was an Indiana Class 2A state champion and Wrestler of the Year with a 22-0 record in 2022.

Carroll projects at 197 pounds for the Cyclones.

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Former Cyclone O-lineman, Nick Fett, was named TE coach for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks for the 2024 season.
Fett was hired by the Lumberjacks back in December.
Fett was on the FB staff at Pittsburg State (Kansas) from 2020-2023.
He is an Audubon IA. native.

Interesting that I saw this today, that CVC Capital Partners in Europe has already pitched a deal to the Big 12 for a $1B investment in the league, taking partial ownership?

Big 12 Partner?

He picks four teams and there are 16 Cyclones mentioned, if you count Noel being on there twice.

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Juror misconduct in sharing/discussing the verdict outside the courtroom DURING the trial…is egregious and very strong grounds for tossing the entire verdict!

The jury has it now. I have mixed feelings about what the jury (and possibly the judge) will or should do.

First of all, he's obviously guilty there just isn't any doubt about that. But there's a little more to it than that.

His crime didn't harm any individual or institution. It probably wouldn't have been pursued if it was Joe Blow instead of Hunter Biden. I mean, the charge would have been filed, but it wouldn't have been a big deal. In a vast majority of cases where this charge is made, it's because the act of getting the gun was part of a more serious crime.

I think it's entirely possible that the jury will go with nullification and find him innocent because even though they know he did it, they don't think he should be punished for it.

I would have a problem with that, not because I think his crime was, in itself, serious but because of the precedent. If he can get away with it, why can't the next guy?

IMHO, the ideal situation would be a guilty verdict and an extremely light sentence.....certainly not jail time. This is America. You can't put a guy in jail just for being a waste of skin and bone.

Save that for the convictions on tax charges that are coming up later.

Te AG released the transcripts of the testimony that Biden gave in the top secret documents case, but is now in contempt of congress for not releasing the actual recording. So we have no idea if the transcripts are correct, and most likely are not. So what is the AG hiding? My guess is the recordings actually have information that would get Biden in huge trouble for reasons OTHER than the documents, Considering the AG is trying to protect the POTUS on this, something smells to high heaven with the AG. My guess is that Biden sounds like an idiot on the recordings and probably admitted to breaking the law.

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We're into the home stretch of the Cyclones' summer camp slate, with sessions lined up for Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week. At least preliminarily, tomorrow's looks a bit better than tonight's, but I'll be in attendance and we'll see how it goes. Here's a couple of the top prospects I'm seeing at this point. Much more to come tonight!

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Good article by longtime football recruiting guru, Mike Farrell . . .

https://mikefarrellsports.com/news/...-conference-realignment-texas-meets-its-match

Went to a funeral of an old friend today. He was an ardent Cyclone fan.His urn was adorned with the IState logo. At his interment one of his friends yelled ‘Go Hawks!!’ at his grave site. He was so proud of himself. Made me sick to my stomach, what a dick to do that. Guess it shows you what that fanbase is like. Wow, how low.

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AMES, Iowa – For the third time in his career, Iowa State wrestler David Carr has been named the Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year. Carr is the second Cyclone to win the award three times in his career, joining Cael Sanderson (1999, 2001-02).

Carr posted a 27-2 record in 2023-24 and won his second national title to become the 17th Cyclone wrestler to win multiple national titles and the first since 2010 (Jake Varner). David and his father, Nate, are one of four father-son duos in NCAA Division I history to each win at least two national titles.

The Canton, Ohio native won Amateur Wrestling News' Hammer Award for winning the most competitive weight class at the NCAA Championships. The path to his national title included wins over the No. 1, 2 and 5 seeds, and four of his five opponents in the tournament either finished on the podium or had earned All-American honors at some point in their career.

As the No. 4 seed, Carr defeated eventual All-American Hunter Garvin (Stanford) in the second round, returning two-time All-American No. 5 Dean Hamiti (Wisconsin) in the quarterfinals, two-time defending national champion No. 1 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) in the semifinals and undefeated freshman No. 2 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) in the national finals.

At the Big 12 Championship, Carr fell to his rival, top-ranked O’Toole of Missouri, in the finals, 8-2. Carr would avenge the loss just two weeks later in the national semifinals on a takedown with 10 seconds remaining to win, 8-6. It capped a historic rivalry where the pair met five times in a two-year span with Carr holding a 3-2 advantage in the series.

Carr owned a 40:3 takedown ratio during the 2023-24 season (80 for, 6 against) and registered 19 bonus-point wins (six falls, nine tech falls, four major decisions). He defeated 10 top-10 opponents, wrested in 14-of-15 duals and led Iowa State with 67 dual points.

Carr helped Iowa State to its first Big 12 team title since 2009 and a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships, the Cyclones’ best finish since 2010.

An all-time great, Carr leaves a winning legacy at Iowa State. He finished with a 120-5 career record, tied for the 15th-most wins in school history, and his .960 career winning percentage ranks fourth in program history (min. 100 wins) behind Cael Sanderson (1.000), Dan Gable (.990) and Tim Krieger (.967). Carr never lost a dual match as a Cyclone (67-0).

Carr became the first five-time All-American in program history and the 12th Cyclone to finish on the podium four times at the NCAA Championships. He never placed worse than third at the national tournament, following his 2021 national title with a third-place finish in 2022, a runner-up in 2023 before securing a second title in 2024.

In May, Carr completed his master’s degree in education with a 3.81 GPA. He was named a 2024 National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American.

Carr will be honored at a football game this fall.

Gary Thompson Iowa State Male Athlete of the Year Winners
1947 - Ron Norman, Basketball
1948 - Glen Brand, Wrestling
1949 - Bob Peterson, Basketball
1950 - Bill Weeks Football
1951 - Jim Doran, Football
1952 - Mal Schmidt, Football & Swimming
1953 - Jack Erickson, Football & Wrestling
1954 - Max Burkett, Football
1955 - Chuck Duncan, Basketball
1956 - Gary Thompson, Baseball & Basketball
1957 - Gary Thompson, Baseball & Basketball
1958 - Frank Powell, Football & Wrestling
1959 - Ron Gray, Wrestling
1960 - Dwight Nichols, Football
1961 - Tom Watkins, Football
1962 - Dave Hoppman, Football
1963 - Marv Straw, Basketball
1964 - Gordon Hassman, Wrestling
1965 - Tom Vaughn, Football
1966 - Tom Peckham, Wrestling
1967 - Don Smith, Basketball
1968 - Don Smith, Basketball
1969 - Dan Gable, Wrestling
1970 - Dan Gable, Wrestling
1971 - Otto Stowe, Football
1972 - George Amundson, Football
1973 - Chris Taylor, Wrestling
1974 - Doug Fitzjarrell, Gymnastics
1975 - Al Nacin, Wrestling
1976 - Pete Galea, Wrestling
1977 - Wayne Stanley, Football
1978 - Mark Trippel, Gymnastics
1979 - Mike Land, Wrestling
1980 - Mike Schwartz, Football
1981 - Ron Galimore, Gymnastics
1982 - John Quinn, Football
1983 - Nate Carr, Wrestling
1984 - Bob Verbeeck, Track & Field
1985 - Barry Stevens, Basketball
1986 - Mark Diab, Gymnastics
1987 - Stewart Carter, Wrestling
1988 - Eric Hansen, Swimming
Jeff Grayer, Basketball
1989 - Tim Krieger, Wrestling
1990 - Mike Busch, Baseball & Football
1991 - John Nuttall, Cross Country and Track & Field
1992 - Obinna Eregbu, Track & Field
1993 - Jonah Koech, Track & Field
1994 - Eric Akin, Wrestling
1995 - Fred Hoiberg, Basketball
1996 - Dmitry Drozdov, Track & Field and Cross Country
1997 - Chris Bono, Wrestling
1998 - Dwight Hinson, Wrestling
1999 - Cael Sanderson, Wrestling
2000 - Marcus Fizer, Basketball
2001 - Jamaal Tinsley, Basketball
Cael Sanderson, Wrestling
2002 - Cael Sanderson, Wrestling
2003 - Seneca Wallace, Football
2004 - Zach Roberson, Wrestling
Jake Sullivan, Basketball
2005 - Ellis Hobbs, Football
2006 - Nate Gallick, Wrestling
2007 - Trent Paulson, Wrestling
2008 - Chris Baker, Golf
2009 - Jake Varner, Wrestling
2010 - Jake Varner, Wrestling
2011 - Jon Reader, Wrestling
2012 - Nate McCoy, Golf
2013 - Scott Fernandez, Golf
2014 - Melvin Ejim, Basketball
2015 - Edward Kemboi, Track & Field and Cross Country
Kyven Gadson, Wrestling
2016 - Georges Niang, Basketball
2017 - Monté Morris, Basketball
2018 - Joel Lanning, Football
2019 - Edwin Kurgat, Track & Field and Cross Country
2020 - Edwin Kurgat, Track & Field and Cross Country
2021 - David Carr, Wrestling
2022 - Breece Hall, Football
2023 - David Carr, Wrestling
2024 - David Carr, Wrestling

There isn't going to be one. You can bet the farm there will be a plea deal to avoid a trial, followed -- once Joe is safely past the election -- by a pardon or commutation.

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I'm back at it this afternoon covering the second of four mid-week camps in Ames. Here's a preliminary look at some of the top prospects reportedly participating.

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Another one just announced to social media!

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I watched this clip and simply was astounded people think this man is anything other than a mental midget.

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Yankees and Dodgers have a beautiful pitchers' duel going through 9 innings....tied 0-0. Hardly any hits.

So of course, in the 10th inning, they switch to T-Ball rules. Maddening.

Just keep playing baseball!!!!!