Fletcher 758 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 If you could change history and grant an NCAA title to a top-tier wrestler who, for whatever reason (bad luck, particularly tough weight class, etc.), never finished on top (other than yourself), who would you choose and why? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoachDPark 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 John Trenge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerseyDave 1 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 John Trenge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ocho 0 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Roger Kish. Loved the way he wrestled and love what he is doing at NDSU! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElChangodeAmor 12 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Bryan Snyder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tec87 349 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Roger Kish. Loved the way he wrestled and love what he is doing at NDSU! Â Definitely, especially after how he went out his senior year. Â I'm always going to be partial to michigan hs grads but I really wanted Kish to get a title. I will always remember my freshman year of high school at the team state tournament and my team was wrestling Kish's in the state quarter finals. This was his senior year. I was unfamiliar with all his credentials at the time but just knew he was a beast. I was standing next to our starter at 189 waiting to see if our coach was going to bump him up to 215 away from Kish and throw me out as the sacrificial lamb. I was scared to death watching him walk out, my coach decide not to bump up and our starter was pinned in 35 seconds. Our jaws dropped watching our starter get dismantled since our starter wasn't terrible and would go on to be a 2x state qualifer and placer but Kish killed him. Looking back I wish I had been thrown out there just so I could say I wrestled him. Â But on the topic of deserving of a title.....Ryan Churella :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BRGuy 37 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Limarty  that way we would get an even better laugh out of all the people on this board that can't think for themselves an instantly accept as the gospel and absolute truth anything a successful wrestler says. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 1,620 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 John Trenge   Jon, but as a Lehigh person I would also add Colin Kilrain (and Joe Peritore but he was just before my time) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheOhioState 477 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Keaton Anderson, Ohio State. Senior year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paver1surf1 1 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Mike Poeta Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daler 1 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 in addition to the names above I would add a few: Â Bob Fehrs Mike D'Anna Bill Lambrecht Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gimpeltf 1,620 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 in addition to the names above I would add a few: Bob Fehrs Mike D'Anna Bill Lambrecht   I assume you mean Josh. Bill is a reporter for a Washington paper. (I had to google that).  You'd never make it in the wrestling trivia world. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurshy92 28 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Mack Lewnes Zach Sanders Lance Palmer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daler 1 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Brandon Slay  as for you Gimp, you can carry my briefcase full of reference manuals at nationals. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coachp 49 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Craig Brester, ...he was unbeaten his last two seasons by everyone but Jake Varner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigApple 86 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Stephen Schmidt OSU undefeated tore his ACL in practice after the Big 12 tournament. Sam Hazewinkle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wrestlingnerd 2,753 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Gerry Abas, 4x AA and 3x finalist, losing a heartbreaker to Lincoln McIlravy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowrider 8 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 1. Chris Fleeger 2. Sam hazewinkel 3. Jon Trenge 4. Bryan Snyder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingK0ng 175 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Tyrone Lewis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FATMANROLL 54 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 If they didn't win one, they don't deserve one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buckxell 145 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Gotta go with Bryan Snyder. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grecojones 84 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 1.Tyrone Lewis 2.Mike Zaddick 3. Bryan Snyder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MNRodent 184 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Brandon Eggum. He got a 2nd and 3rd after losing to Sanderson. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jchapman 1,140 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 Craig Henning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KTG119 820 Report post Posted November 21, 2012 from the 80s alone, a few that come to mind are Mike Mann (3 wins over Ed Banach and then loses 4-3 in finals), Joe Pantaleo (2 time runner-up, lost as senior in OT to Dan St John), John Orr (2 time runner-up, losing to Gibbons 4-3 as senior), Joe McFarland (lost to eventual world medalists Barry Davis and Kevin Darkus in finals, went on to be a world medalist himself), Junior Saunders (lost on crietria #11 to Santoro, and then a future Olympic medalist), Kevin Jackson (Alger in way and then of course the stellar freestyle career after), and Lenny Zalesky (#1 seed over Metzger 2 years in a row and lost each time in finals to Andre). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites