One half of the pair behind the Michigan-based, alcohol-induced Bloodround Wrestling Podcast. Tommy Baranoski spent most of his wrestling career trying to come from behind the shadow of his sister's wrestling credentials. Now Baranoski has done fine in the year of our Lord Gable in podcasting. In all seriousness, Baranoski and co-host Kevin Claunch have taken the discussions we have as fans at bars at the NCAAs annually to the podcast form and they’ve done it for over 300 episodes, a milestone often not seen in podcasting, especially with guys who spend half their shows inebriated talking about the greatest sport in the world. Also: I chime in on the news of the day, mainly how we’re all paying attention to a little trial going on in the Travis County 261st district down in Texas. Check out Stalemates Show’s first recap of #WillieTrials at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMfOpNEWTyQ     As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline     Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts.   SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 628 - November 8, 2020   Show artwork photo by Larry Slater

Pat Hogan was a 2006 New Jersey state wrestling champion. He and his wife Amanda have recently released a new children's book, Wrestling the Alphabet. Today, I talk with Pat about the idea behind the book, the selection process for who is included and what they hope to get out of this project.  Before talking with Hogan, I break down what’s awesome about wrestling in Iowa, pandemic or no pandemic, after the recent Hawkeye Wrestling Club Showdown Open. Pre-order Wrestling the Alphabet at wrestlingthealphabet.com    As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   ROCKIN’ WRESTLING FACT DROP FAMILY TREE Dave Orndorff, the father of former Utah Valley wrestler Tanner and current Ohio State wrestler Tate Orndorff, was an NJCAA runner-up at unlimited in 1983 prior to his Division I career. He competed for what was then known as Ricks College in Idaho. The school is currently known as BYU-Idaho and eliminated all sports at the end of the 2001-02 athletics calendar. You might have also seen a Ricks College shirt in Napoleon Dynamite. Rulon Gardner, by the way, is another famous alum. Dave came back in 1986 after serving his LDS mission to finish third at unlimited and pick up the most falls award along the way.   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIMEApple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS

Jacob Hewgley is the host of the Mat Geeks podcast. The Mat Geeks media organization is devoted to providing exclusive coverage of ACC wrestling. Hewgley works as a high school math teacher and wrestling coach in North Carolina. Hewgley decided to start Mat Geeks because he felt the ACC was not receiving the attention it deserves from the major wrestling media outlets. All of the Mat Geek's content can be found on the Mat Geeks Rokfin page! Recorded on September 30 for #InternationalPodcastDay   FALLS AREN’T JUST FOR THE BIG GUYS In 1976, Suffolk County’s Joe Davidson became the first lightweight to win the Gorriaran Award at the NJCAA championships. First awarded in 1967, seven of the first 10 winners were at unlimited, while the other two were at 177 pounds before Davidson, the runner-up at 126 pounds, took home the award. He probably would have preferred the title, won that year by Jim Polsinelli of Monroe County.   As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts.   SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 626 - October 30, 2020

Brian Reinhardt serves as the host of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, a podcast that covers the back-to-back ACC Champion NC State Wolfpack wrestling team. Brian has been with NC State Athletics since graduating from West Virginia University in 1999. He has been the communications contact for all of Pat Popolizio's nine seasons with Wolfpack Wrestling in Raleigh, N.C., and he is the reigning, defending, undisputed SID of the Year having won the most recent award from the NWMA. The #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast debuted in October of 2017, and when it started it was the first podcast produced by NC State Athletics and NC State was the first school to host their own podcast devoted to college wrestling. Also, host Jason Bryant tells a few stories remembering the late Brian Keck. Recorded on September 30 for #InternationalPodcastDay   Listen to the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast at packmentalitypodcast.com. As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts. SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 625 - October 26, 2020

The teenage duo that hosts the Home Mat Advantage Podcast, Jude Swisher's a rapidly improving Pennsylvania High School wrestler. Along with co-host Sam Herring, the pair have carved out a place for themselves in the rapidly evolving world of online sports media.   Recorded on September 30 for #InternationalPodcastDay   Rockin’ Wrestling Fact Drop REALLY SHORT TIME Mount Hood Community College earned its only wrestling All-American at the NJCAA level in 1982. The program was short-lived, as it was dropped after the 1984 season. As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts.   SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 624 - October 23, 2020

Coach Patrick Kelly has been innovative not just in the world of wrestling, but also in the world of podcasting and melding the two for the great wrestling state of Kansas. On Episode 623 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Coach Kelly, the head coach at Seaman High School in Topeka, Kansas talks about his wrestling backstory and how the medium of podcasting has helped him not only educate, but bring a dynamic set of guests to the Kansas wrestling community.   Recorded on September 30 for #InternationalPodcastDay   Rockin’ Wrestling Fact Drop 1979 NJCAA: Meet California Diablo Valley went to the NJCAA Championships and had the school’s first “All-American” with Tim Johnson from at 150 pounds. In 1982, the California Community Colleges would move to the fall league and only sparsely would member schools compete in the NJCAA championships. As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts.   SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 623 - October 20, 2020

Episode 622 of Short Time features award-winning wrestling journalist K.J. Pilcher of the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Pilcher is an Iowa native who followed his brother to wrestle at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. Getting into journalism, Pilcher has one of the most strenuous beats in all of wrestling - covering the Iowa high school and college scene in the wrestling-crazed state. Pilcher breaks down how Pinning Combination, his wrestling podcast, works with the coverage ideals of his paper and his co-hosts, Dick Briggs and Wyatt Schultz. Host Jason Bryant kicks off the show addressing the drop of Fresno State wrestling for a second time as the school also cut women’s lacrosse and men’s tennis. Then our trusty host (that’s me by the way) will give an overview of his position of the recent sites selected by the NCAA to host the wrestling championships in all three NCAA divisions from 2023-2026. You can get a full read of that story if you’re a Rokfin subscriber or a team member via the Mat Talk Online patreon page. Links below. Recorded on September 30 for #InternationalPodcastDay As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts.   SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 622 - October 16, 2020

Episode 621 of Short Time features Kyle Klingman, a longtime radio and podcast host.   The co-host of On The Mat, Klingman is a content producer for SportEngine's Trackwrestling.com. Klingman's first foray into podcasting came in 2008-09 with Wrestling 411, but prior, he'd been the host of On The Mat when it was housed by the NWHOF's Dan Gable Museum. Klingman talks about the structure of the show and how On The Mat has evolved over the years from a live radio show in Iowa to one of the top wrestling podcasts on the planet. From guest selection to relevance to synergy with cohost Andy Hamilton, Kyle talks about the show from its inception to its current status.   Recorded on September 30 for #InternationalPodcastDay As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts.   SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 621 - October 14, 2020

Twin brothers and Division III wrestling coaches Anthony and Gennaro Bonaventura are up next on Short Time. The pair host the D3 Nation Podcast, which focuses on, you guessed it, Division III wrestling. Anthony is a coach at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, while Gennaro is an assistant at their alma mater of Waynesburg.   This interview was part of the #InternationalPodcastDay marathon live stream from Mat Talk Online on September 30. This episode of Short Time also quickly points out the strong venue and setup for the recent 2020 U.S. Senior Nationals hosted by USA Wrestling in Coralville, Iowa and what future events might we see coming to the facility? As always, you can support this network, its shows and its projects at mattalkonline.com/jointheteam or rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline   Support the Show and the Mat Talk Podcast Network Patreon | Rokfin   Get educated, stay informed Daily Wrestling News, delivered every day, free. The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear. And if you haven't already, leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcasts.   SUBSCRIBE TO SHORT TIME Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | iHeartRadio | TuneIn | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 620 - October 12, 2020

Sam Eagan wrestled for Mark Branch at the University of Wyoming and spent time growing up in Utah and New York. He currently produces Vice News Reports for VICE and previously was the producer for Mo Rocca's Mobituaries.

Eagan was the first guest of #InternationalPodcastDay Wrestling Edition.  Eagan breaks down how he got into becoming a podcast editor and the journey that started with a trip through public radio in Laramie. 

Some comments and questions from this episode originated from a live feed on September 30.

Before we get to Sam's interview about 10 minutes into the show, I touch on where you can find the seeds for the upcoming U.S. Nationals and the recent resignation of William & Mary's AD amidst the controversy surrounding how she went about cutting seven sports at the Williamsburg, Virginia school and how that ties to Stanford's cuts as well as the relationship between bad consultants and the schools that hire them - like my alma mater.  

Wrestling Podcast: Episode 619 - October 7, 2020