This week The Quad Pod turns into 5 Guys as the best ranker around, Earl Smith of Intermat, joins the conversation to breakdown this week's NCAA brackets. We talk about the seeding at 133, our favorite early round matchup at each weight and make our picks.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:01 - Weigh-in

7:48 - Cheers to the fans!

8:50 - Overall seeding thoughts + Should Jax Forrest be the #1 at 133?

15:21 - Diving into the brackets

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Conference weekend gave us so many great matches, surprising results and some head scratching calls. We also saw the first NCAA Women's National Championship. So this week we dig into all the action from last weekend.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

0:45 - Weigh in

6:18 - Women’s NCAA Championships

12:55 - Conference Recap: ACC, B1G, Big 12, EIWA, Ivy, MAC, SoCon, Pac 12

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This episode we discuss the latest video Cal Baptist admins threatening the wrestling team, the release of the allocations and seeds and the wild night at RAF 06.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:14 - Weigh in

9:25 - CBU admins threaten team

30:11 - Big 12 seed reactions

37:23 - Big 10 seed reactions

59:45 - ACC, EIWA, and Ivy seeding talk

1:04:29 - Allocations

1:10:39 - RAF 06 was wild

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This week we discuss how dominant Oklahoma State was against Iowa. We also get into Jax Forrest being officially in for the post season and Caliendo avenging his loss to Dee Lockett. Lastly, we try to answer the question "what the hell is a takedown" with some help from the refs as well as responding to Hodge comments and digging into Kurt McHenry's video where he addresses his experience at Penn State.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

0:53 - Weigh in

11:21 - Oklahoma State vs Iowa: Jax is a go for the post season + Caliendo flips result + Arnold has a takedown

41:39 - Rivalry matches + conference highlights: EIWA, Ivy, ACC, SoCon, Big 12, Big Ten

1:00:20 - Inside scoop from NCAA refs on calls

1:20:29 - More Hodge Talk

1:28:11 - Kurt McHenry speaks out

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This week we discuss the instant classic between true freshman Jax Forrest and Aaron Seidel who faced off in a PA State Finals rematch, the dominant performance by Penn State against Ohio State, Michigan's 0-2 weekend and who is our favorite to win the Hodge.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:22 - Weigh in

10:34 - PSU dominates Ohio State

31:33 - Oklahoma State vs Virginia Tech: Seidel/ Forrest + Spratley/Ventresca

55:33 - Michigan’s 0-2 weekend

59:18 - Blaze takes out Caliendo

1:08:42 - Who gets our vote for Hodge?

1:16:27 - Other favorite moments from last week + what we’re watching this week

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This week we talk about Ohio State' second win over Iowa this season, reaction time needing to go, Rutgers having an old look as they upset Minnesota, and we make picks in the toss up matches for the Oklahoma State vs Virginia Tech and OSU vs PSU duals happening this weekend.

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Weigh in

10:31 - Ohio State vs Iowa: Was Arnold robbed? + Reaction time needs to go

29:04 - Rutgers upsets Minnesota

39:53 - ACC: NC State vs Pitt + Virginia Tech vs Virginia

57:54 - EIWA/Ivy headliners

1:02:42 - Buchanan dominates Yazdani

1:12:49 - Favorite upcoming duals: Making picks for Oklahoma State vs Virginia Tech and PSU vs Ohio State

1:44:38 - More upcoming favorite matchups

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We take a look ahead to this weekend as Ohio State hosts Iowa in a National Duals finals rematch, in-state rival Virginia and Virginia tech face off and we get a number of great matches across different conferences.-----Sponsored by: Poseidon Strength: Visit poseidonstrength.com and use discount code “QuadPod” at checkout!Adidas Wrestling: Visit adidaswrestling.com and use discount code "QP25" at checkout!Follow The Quad Pod on social ⬇️Holmes: @Mr_RHolmesClaunch: @ClaunchinatorRobbie: @coach_wendellAustin: @AustinSommerTwitter: https://x.com/QuadPodWrestleIG: https://www.instagram.com/quadpodwrestling/Email: [email protected]

Last week we had insane atmospheres across the country and some where the Nittany Lions and Huskers were behaving badly. We also saw a very fired up Cowboy squad take down ISU, Minnesota upset Iowa and F&M and Columbia break decades old streaks. 

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:21 - Weigh in

9:47 - PSU vs Nebraska: Bad behavior in Happy Valley

42:38 - Minnesota upsets Iowa

50:00 - ACC: Virginia Tech defeats NC State

59:07 - EIWA/Ivy: Lehigh tops Army, F&M + Columbia break decades old streak

1:08:07 - B1G + MAC highlights

1:16:42 - Big 12: Oklahoma State vs ISU

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This week we discuss has Iowa style has officially changed, the horrible headgear rule that doomed Princeton against Rider, the latest announcement that Ryan Crookham is out again for Lehigh and Aaron Seidel is now in Virginia Tech.

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Fresh off a devastating loss to Penn State, Iowa take a trip to Nebraska to try to get back on track, the Tar Heels and Wolfpack face off in a Carolina rivalry and more conference head-to-heads loom this weekend.

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