Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling

Another season of Hokie wrestling is here and that means another season of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling is kicking off with head coach Tony Robie. Coach Robie talks about getting back to normal in Blacksburg, what the new normal is and what it’s like. Robie also breaks down how the scholarship figures are a bit different in the wake of the extra year, as well as how well Virginia Tech has been able to recruit once the recruiting dead period ended.    Other topics discussed include the schedule this year, Friday’s ACC duals on the ACC Network, The Moss dual with George Mason on January 15, the upcoming Southeast Open and the attempt to break the school record for attendance at Cassell Coliseum against Ohio State on November 19.    SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | Spotify | Google Podcasts  | RSS   SUPPORT THE NETWORKAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.   Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

After a morning workout with assistant coach Cody Brewer, 2021 All-American Korbin Myers joins Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling to talk about his recent choice to stay in Blacksburg for another season of eligibility. The Carlisle, Pennsylvania native will also look back at his high school career, answer what he thinks a Bubbler actually is, talk about this battles back in high school with Micky Phillippi and all the things the sports medicine staff at Virginia Tech have done to help him get back on the mats and perform well.     SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.   Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Tony Robie returns to Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling for Episode 102 as the Hokies are coming off an unbeaten season, finishing 9-0 and winning the ACC regular season championship. 

Coach Robie breaks down the big performances that pushed the Hokies through the five ACC wins as well as touches on the best things that came from this season with the free year and the extra countable matches. 

We’ll also get an update on some injuries sustained and what the postseason is going to look like for the squad.

Assistant coach Jared Frayer returns to the show to show his allegiance for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as they head into Sunday’s playoff game with the New Orleans Saints. In actuality, Frayer will recap the competitive actions that went on at home vs. Campbell and in West Virginia against the host Mountaineers, Ohio and Kent State.

Frayer will also look at the extra matches situation and how that’s impacting the squad as well as training cycles without having the first two months of the season. By the way, Frayer breaks out the poult. POULT!?  

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It’s been a while since Tony Robie has addressed #HokieNation on Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling and what better time than Episode 100! It’s also mildly coincidental this will be the 100th season of Hokie wrestling. 

On today’s show, Coach Robie talks about his contract extension, the 2020-21 schedule and what it looks like. The Southeast RTC also picked up World teamer, NCAA champion and four-time All-American Nahshon Garrett, so that’ll be a point of discussion as well. Finally, we wrap up with a competitive discussion on how the Hokie wrestlers fared at the USA Wrestling U23 and UWW Junior National Championships.

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James Green, a multiple-time World medalist, four-time Division I All-American at Nebraska and New Jersey native, has joined the Southeast Regional Training Center. On the 99th installment of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, we meet Mr. Green and talk about his expectations with this Olympic cycle and beyond, what he hopes to learn from the staff and athletes in Blacksburg and what it’s been like to move across the country during a global pandemic. Follow James on Twitter @WhoisJamesG and get some of his stories about traveling abroad and making weight and why he’s not about cutting weight anymore.   SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.   Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Cody Brewer rejoins the show to talk about his first year on the job at Virginia Tech, some of the impacts he’s felt he’s had and where he believes he can continue to help the program. Brewer also gives his insight on the lightweight situation, the graduation of wrestlers like David McFadden and Cody Hughes and what it’s like to get Mekhi Lewis back in the lineup and James Green into the SERTC.   SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.   Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Four-time NCAA qualifier and 2006 All-American David Hoffman comes on to Episode 97 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling. Hoffman just finished up his second year as the head coach at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, his alma mater. Hoffman talks about coming to Virginia Tech back in the fall of 2001, competing as a true freshman, managing the gap between Keith Mourlam and Tom Brands as well as the changes in the program when the Dresser-Robie era rose to prominence in Blacksburg. Hoffman spent time coaching with former Hokie assistant Dan Wirnsberger at Bucknell before turning to Blacksburg to join the staff with Dresser and Robie for several years. A stop off in Chattanooga preceded his return back to the Keystone State. Hoffman will talk about his view of the program, what it was like coaching and wrestling there and also what it was like to watch Mekhi Lewis win the 2019 NCAA championship at 165 pounds.   SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too.   Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

In the wake of the cancelation of the entire 2019-20 NCAA and NAIA college sports seasons, there’s been a lot of chatter about what’s next, especially in wrestling circles. On Episode 96 of Inside Virginia Tech Wrestling, we get to hear from coach Tony Robie for the first time after the landscape of sports changed with the reaction to the COVID-19 global pandemic. Coach Robie talks about the seniors, what’s next and how Virginia Tech responded to the situation. SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.

Tony Robie returns for Episode 95 of Inside Virginia Tech wrestling to put the memory away of the last two dual meets of the season and look forward to the 2020 ACC Championships hosted by Pittsburgh on Sunday, March 8. We go weight-by-weight with Robie on the Hokies’ qualifying chances. SHOW SEGMENTS 0:34 - Show Introduction 0:51 - Coach Robie goes to Western Pennsylvania again 1:48 - Finishing up the dual meet season 3:20 - Back to the scene of the crime 4:30 - The allocation procedure 5:44 - There’s a good chance of going compared to the old system 8:25 - The team race 10:10 - 125 pounds 12:25 - 133 pounds 13:57 - 141 pounds 15:57 - 149 pounds 17:45 - 157 pounds 18:58 - Comparing true freshman prep to others who have been there 21:25 - 165 pounds 22:45 - Answering the McFadden questions 23:25 - 174 pounds 24:30 - What’s Cody Hughes mean to this program? 25:50 - 184 pounds 28:08 - Keeping Hunter Bolen focused on the goal with Zahid Valencia possibly gone 29:16 - 197 pounds 30:45 - 285 pounds 32:40 - The ACC information and closing thoughts THE PREVIEW GUIDE SALE IS ON!Hey #HokieNation, get yourself all set for the 2020 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships by pre-ordering the Mat Talk Online NCAA Division I Digital Fan Guide. Listeners of Inside Virginia Tech wrestling can get a special $5 discount by going to  WrestlingPreviewGuide.com/hokie or by entering hokie during your order process at WrestlingPreviewGuide.com. The Guide will be digitally delivered March 17. SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast Network, become a TEAM MEMBER today. There are various levels of perks for the different levels of team membership. If you like wrestling content — scratch that — if you LOVE great wrestling content, consider becoming a team member. You'll get some cool stuff too. Looking to start a podcast of your own? Get a free month with Libsyn by using the promo code MTO when you sign up. You'll get the remainder of the month from when you sign up as well as the next month free. It'll be enough time to kick the tires and lights some fires.