It is never too early to look at the upcoming NCAA wrestling season on Matside. On Monday, the Iowa Hawkeyes picked up yet another top-100 commit as Abe Assad announced his intentions. To discuss the Hawkeye's recent momentum, Richard Mann chats with the proprietor the Iowa Wrestling Fan Blog, Todd Conner. Richard and Todd discuss Iowa's recent success on the recruiting trail, the status of Sam Stoll, the impact of transfer Austin DeSanto, Michael Kemmerer potentially moving up to 174 pounds and what the Hawkeyes need to do to contend for a national title.  SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW TO THE SHOW @InterMat | Apple Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | Stitcher | Spreaker | RSS

Talking Hawkeye wrestling with Iowa Wrestling Fan blog's Todd Conner - Matside Ep. 4

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Last Friday's dual meet between Penn State and Arizona State featured a match between the last two champions at 174 pounds. In the fourth collegiate meeting, Mark Hall evened the series against Zahid Valencia with a dominant 4-0 decision. To discuss the match and the season outlook for Penn State, Richard Mann chats with Clay Sauertieg of Black Shoe Diaries who was in Rec Hall for the match. In addition to the Hall vs. Valencia match, Richard and Clay discuss the start of Roman Bravo-Young's collegiate career, Brady Berge's postseason prospects and the Anthony Cassar new home at heavyweight.  SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW TO THE SHOW @InterMat | Apple Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | Stitcher | Spreaker | RSS  SUPPORT THE SHOWS And 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.

Black Shoe Diaries writer Clay Sauertieg talks Penn State wrestling

While college wrestling and professional wrestling are two very different endeavors. There is still a great deal of crossover in turns of talent. Many former college wrestlers have gone on to become big stars in the predetermined version of combat. Recently former Appalachian State heavyweight Denzel Dejournette signed on to train at the WWE's performance center, and the company has been actively recruiting former Duke wrestler Jacob Kasper for some time.  To discuss the transition of college wrestlers into WWE and the current training environment, Matside welcomes Wrestling Observer Live co-host Mike Sempervive. Richard and Mike discuss the WWE's scouting process, the pros and cons of their training style and what it takes for a college wrestler to be a successful professional wrestler. You can follow Mike on Twitter at @Sempervive and listen to his show on F4WOnline.com.  SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW TO THE SHOW @InterMat | Apple Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Google Play Music | Stitcher | Spreaker | RSS  JOIN THE TEAM And 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.

Mike Sempervive explains the crossover when college wrestlers head to professional wrestling - Matside Ep. 5

On this episode of Matside, Richard Mann chats with United World Wrestling Web Content and Social Media Coordinator Eric Olanowski. The two discuss the performance of Team USA at the Yasar Dogu International including Jordan Burroughs vs. Frank Chamizo II, David Taylor's festival of pins, Kyle Dake's dominant run, Kyle Snyder taking a loss, Thomas Gilman getting back into top form and more.  SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW TO THE SHOW @InterMat | Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | Spreaker | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And 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.

UWW's Eric Olanowski talks Yasar Dogu

Matside is back. For the second episode Richard Mann welcomes InterMat High School Analyst Josh Lowe to the show to look back at the Fargo freestyle tournament. Discussion topics include Anthony Cassioppi’s run at heavyweight and chances as a true freshman at Iowa, Mason Parris’ status as a prospect, the state of the Northwestern rebuild with incoming freshmen Jack Jessen and Lucas Davison, Carson Kharchla’s surprising run and where he might end up for college, Travis Wittlake’s path back from injury, Cullan Schriever as the future for Iowa, the current recruiting environment in Iowa, Jaden Abas storms through the backside, turning recruiting into success at Stanford, and the performance of Ohio State’s incoming class.  SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW TO THE SHOW @InterMat | Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | Spreaker | RSS JOIN THE TEAM And 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.

Talking Hawkeye wrestling with Iowa Wrestling Fan blog's Todd Conner - Matside Ep. 4

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