FloWrestling Radio Live

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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