Haha yeah I’m around... I always get really busy during wrestling season... it’s when I post here the least. This year this was multiplied because I am now in charge of doing the HS rankings in Iowa and am a journalist for The Predicament.... So yeah, that’s been time consuming as hell. Lotta names to remember.

RICO!!! DREW FOSTER!

So what was his deal in HS? I remember checking in on that HS team because of you. If I recall correctly, Foster wasn't even the highest achiever.

Was he always regarded as the most talented person on that team, and just never put it together?

Mizzou finished 6th?

Just can't quite make it over the Hump.


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Brian Smith does an amazing job. Absolutely locks down in-state talent

Brock Mauller (great name) placed 6th as a true freshman and Zach Elam was one match short of AA as an undersized Heavyweight true freshman . Lost like 15 points from the Miklus transfer (sad deal with his dad) and returning AA Grant Leeth was out for the season.

Lots of young talent, but they won't win nationals anytime soon. The wrestling hotbeds in PA, OH, and NJ have gotten too good for the Midwest to keep up with. Mizzou can't consistently recruit those areas.. though they've had a couple Ohio guys over the years.

Eierman is taking an Olympic redshirt, but Mizzou is set up for a nice run when he returns in 2021.

Penn State is a machine. Cael Sanderson is amazing.

I'd like to beat Iowa one year.


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They have beaten Iowa. Mizzou's one shot was 2015, but Cox and Waters both gagged in the semis. If they win those matches they likely get at least one more NC in Cox, which gives them enough points to win.

I've been watching Zach's exploits for quite some time. I do believe he will be a National Champion....

Ok so I started my own wrestling site. Have my own site and message board and all. It’s called The Pin Doctors abbreviated as PinDox. We do rankings, fantasy wrestling, tournament previews, several ongoing series, etc. my goal is to depict the soul and the personality of wrestling opposed to the regular “wrestling robot” depiction that you generally see on other sites. Cover the past, present and make predictions of the future. You guys should check it out! Follow on Twitter @pin_dox and like it on Facebook via facebook.com/thepindoctors The URL is http://thepindoctors.com

If any of you want to be part of the Wrestling Dad or Remember the Wrestler series let me know. My belief is everyone has a story that is valuable and relatable. I am doing these for guys who never qualified and guys who won NCAA’s... hell, I have one on Eric Juergens that is ready to go...

Stop by and have fun! I think my content is going ok so far!

Ok, so I am having a great year. I started a new wrestling website a couple months ago called The Pin Doctors and it is a full-fledged hit. The Chiefs made me cry from happiness over..and over...and over... Never thought I'd see them win one...honestly. I seriously had no hope of that ever happening.

My brother, Brennan Swafford is a die hard Chiefs fan as well.

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Then this happened:

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That earned him his 2nd OW of the Heart of America Conference award. And he's just a true Sophomore. So he qualified for Nationals as expected. As a Freshman, he placed 7th at nationals.

First match at nationals, he beat a Greco world team member, 20-2... here is his interview after that:

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He then won his next 3 matches to make the finals, which were televised on ESPN3 Saturday night and wrestled like the little athletic genius he is:

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And then he gave me this awesome interview right after:

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My brother is a national champ. My brother, who was snubbed so badly in the recruiting process, proved everyone wrong!!! Brennan was obviously a great wrestler in HS, but was also first team all-state football and placed like 5-6 times in sprinting events in track. He originally signed on to playy football at Graceland, but missed wrestling and wanted to save his body so he can try out for the NFL after he graduates. And I'm dead serious when I say this... it's feasible for him. He is a FREAK athlete. I'm dead serious when I say that he should be looked at. He won the All-Hawkeye Athlete of the year as a Senior in HS which is given to the region's best all-around athlete and for whatever reason, he couldn't get a call or an email back. Not from one D1 school...out of 12. HE SHOWED THEM!!! AND WE ALL KNEW HE WOULD!!!

He was also first in the state for art with a sketch he drew of Bruce Lee in HS. An art nerd and current graphic design major.

I have some people to thank on here who have followed his career over the years on here.

Glorydayz, Lonewolf, Burt, Sorter, Hamas as kept up here and there, Rudy Lost the Toss, Brianfo.... the two main ones though:

Iowanian. He has followed him for years and has offered great praise and insight.

And...

Clay Wendler. He made this awesome highlight reel of him last year despite his fanbase giving him shit for posting non-Chiefs material:

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ENJOYING THIS RIDE WITH ME, GUYS!!! AND HE'S JUST A SOPHOMORE!!!

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Couple more things: Let's get Caitlyn Jenner (Graceland) to acknowledge him!!!

And Clay, let's do another video... you know I am cool about these things as far as the time you will spend on them.... take a look at the videos, even the spoofs and keep in mind that he has 2 nicknames that the wrestling world knows him as...."Burns" and "Mr. Dangerous." "Burnin' Down the House" by Talking Heads and "Dangerous" by Busta Rhymes as possible songs?

I've become somewhat ok at doing these reels... Here are two that I did for my favorite current HS wrestler (I'm a huge fan of unapologetic multisporters).

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LET'S COLLABORATE!!! PIONEERS OF THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE LONG AWAITED RISE OF WRESTLING!!! It's coming... I'm on a mission to give wrestling a better, more accurate and funner personality through my site and it's working...and you guys all know how obsessive I am when I put my mind to something...

Next year, they should improve again.

Great thread

Thanks man!!

Man, I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that the Seniors were SOL this year. So freaking sad.

Ripped a good copy of the ESPN3 aired match...

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So yesterday I was the guest on a wrestling podcast show called “Hager’s Happy Hour.” The hosts are Tony Hager and Adam Fellers from IAwrestle, which sparked a lot of excitement, for there has been a rather big twitter beef between Hager and I that everyone followed. it got ugly. yesterday was my first time meeting him in person and we had a great time! For real, the podcast is entertaining as shit and if you wanna check it out, you can by going to “Hager’s Happy Hour” on facebook and watching the recent one with “Joshua Swafford.” I am the guy with the black hat and black shirt with the yellow “319” lettering on it. Went for two and a half hours!

After the show, a famous Hawkeye wrestler/World champ wanted to meet me so he hooked me up with a bottle of wine and we went out and got shit faced all night.

my life is weird right now.