Broomstick 67 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 What Division 1 school had the best wrestling program that has been dropped? By best program, I mean team results at the NCAA Championships and numbers of All Americans. Boise State seems like the correct answer to me, but I know Clemson, Tennessee, Auburn and LSU had some success too, among others. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
agoff71 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 Arizona State was dropped by AD Lisa Love, but later reinstated after outrage and donations.Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BPM 0 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 Syracuse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GockeS 403 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 first instinct was boise or clemson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potentiallydangerous 198 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 Portland State had Bernie, I mean Rick, Sanders. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GockeS 403 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 oregon? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
insidecradle 14 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 Syracuse— Gene Mills , Mark Kerr. Homer NY pick 1 GockeS reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boompa 171 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 LSU? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Columbia_Lou 5 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 32 minutes ago, insidecradle said: Syracuse— Gene Mills , Mark Kerr. Homer NY pick Wayne Catan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Antitroll2828 592 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 31 minutes ago, Columbia_Lou said: Wayne Catan Tom Ryan for 2 years as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryCallo 41 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) Wasn't Notre Dame pretty good as well? Colorado had some good seasons - and a pretty good coach back in the day. Were there other good programs in the Big 12? Edited March 17, 2020 by JerryCallo add info 1 Yellow_Medal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatdane67 198 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 3 hours ago, insidecradle said: Syracuse— Gene Mills , Mark Kerr. Homer NY pick Olympian Jason Gleasman. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AKHUNTER 290 Report post Posted March 17, 2020 Washington's program was coming on strong when it went down. 1 GockeS reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichB 192 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Greatdane67 said: Olympian Jason Gleasman. Syracuse Jim Nance 2 time HWT champ. His one loss was considered a horrible call (by Boomer among many others) 2 two time champs, about 5 1 time, 2 Olympians (Gene Mills in 1980) Sadly their Alumni couldn't raise $1M in four years to save the program 1 GockeS reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
steen-hooph 60 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 Southwest Missouri State, now Missouri State. We were the Shiznat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TobusRex 1,865 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 I'd probably say Oregon, but the guys talking Syracuse make a strong point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichB 192 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 Like I said, Syracuse around 9 champs. Clemson 3, Yale with 3, anyone else with more than 2? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Corps 163 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 From back in my day (78-82), just off the top of my head Dropped Programs LSU Syracuse Kentucky Cleveland State Wilkes Miami-Ohio Oregon Programs that declined greatly (various reasons) Clarion, Bloomsbury, Lock Haven, Slippery Rock and some other small PA colleges that often cracked the Top 20 at DI Nationals, and almost always had some AA’s. Hofstra...they were tough back then! Oklahoma...such a rich history, but haven’t been relevant as a team threat for many years Maryland and NC State...obviously NC State has recently re-emerged under Popolizio Lehigh...yes, Lehigh...it was a dominant program back then under Thad Turner. Not sure what happened. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 1,531 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 Just now, Old Corps said: Lehigh...yes, Lehigh...it was a dominant program back then under Thad Turner. Not sure what happened. No scholarships until the 90s. (a short trial of a couple years in the 80s) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broomstick 67 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Old Corps said: From back in my day (78-82), just off the top of my head Dropped Programs LSU Syracuse Kentucky Cleveland State Wilkes Miami-Ohio Oregon Programs that declined greatly (various reasons) Clarion, Bloomsbury, Lock Haven, Slippery Rock and some other small PA colleges that often cracked the Top 20 at DI Nationals, and almost always had some AA’s. Hofstra...they were tough back then! Oklahoma...such a rich history, but haven’t been relevant as a team threat for many years Maryland and NC State...obviously NC State has recently re-emerged under Popolizio Lehigh...yes, Lehigh...it was a dominant program back then under Thad Turner. Not sure what happened. Cleveland State has a program still (barely it seems some years). Slippery Rock does not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Corps 163 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 Just now, gimpeltf said: No scholarships until the 90s. (a short trial of a couple years in the 80s) I have no ax to grind and I believe you. But how could they be so competitive for so long (apparently without scholarships) and high academic standards? Was Coach Turner just that good at attracting talent willing to pay their own way? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 1,531 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 Just now, Old Corps said: I have no ax to grind and I believe you. But how could they be so competitive for so long (apparently without scholarships) and high academic standards? Was Coach Turner just that good at attracting talent willing to pay their own way? Don't forget how much the college cost inflation was. It really killed us in the 80s. And, yes, to your second question. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lu_alum 721 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 20 minutes ago, Old Corps said: From back in my day (78-82), just off the top of my head Dropped Programs LSU Syracuse Kentucky Cleveland State Wilkes Miami-Ohio Oregon Programs that declined greatly (various reasons) Clarion, Bloomsbury, Lock Haven, Slippery Rock and some other small PA colleges that often cracked the Top 20 at DI Nationals, and almost always had some AA’s. Hofstra...they were tough back then! Oklahoma...such a rich history, but haven’t been relevant as a team threat for many years Maryland and NC State...obviously NC State has recently re-emerged under Popolizio Lehigh...yes, Lehigh...it was a dominant program back then under Thad Turner. Not sure what happened. Add Temple to your dropped programs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RichB 192 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 Wilkes went D3. Lehigh under Pat has had more dual meet success than before, in the last 50 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdalu75 93 Report post Posted March 18, 2020 UCLA had a pretty good program too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
