FloWrestling Radio Live

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 598 of FRL, Ben and Bray recap the action from Jordan Burroughs vs David Taylor, react to Penn State media day, and preview the weekend’s action. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Run of Show 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 582 of FRL, Ben, Bray, and Jon Kozak talk top mercenaries and wildcards at this weekend's RTC Cup. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices