Ohio State Preview with Andy Vance

With the regular season in the books, it's time to take stock and start looking ahead to the postseason. An assortment of guests join join the show to go weight by weight through the lineup. We assess each wrestler's regular season and discuss their postseason prospects.

Wrestling broadcaster and UWW media manager Eric Olanowski joins the show to talk about the dual this Friday between Michigan and Michigan State. Eric's match: Kudiiamagomedov vs Naifonov, European championships quarterfinals, 2018 Follow us on twitter: Eric (@ericolanowski) Jack (@oldestgreatest) The show (@michwrestlepod)

Jack recaps Michigan's thrilling 18-16 win over Ohio State that saw Myles Amine return to the lineup, Jack Medley wrestle up again and win, and Will Lewan pull one out in tiebreakers to seal the dual. He breaks down all ten matches and makes the case for why duals do, in fact, matter. After that, it's on to a preview for the recently rescheduled dual against Penn State. Daily Collegian wrestling reporter Jake Aferiat joins the show to talk about what we can expect from the Nittany Lions. Jake's recommended match: Vincenzo Joseph vs Mekhi Lewis, 2019 NCAA final Jack's recommended match: Domenic Abounader vs Bo Nickal, 2018 dual (Pantaleo vs Nolf not available on Youtube)

Jack is joined by Andy Vance of Eleven Warriors to talk about Michigan's return to competition this Friday against Ohio State. We preview the dual weight by weight, talk about the seasons the two programs have had, and even find one or two things nice things to say about each other's team. Andy's recommended matches (Kyle Snyder vs Adam Coon series, 2018): Dual Big Ten Final NCAA Final Jack's matches (Myles Amine vs Bo Jordan series 2017-18, unfortunately all paywalled): CKLV Semifinal Big Ten Semifinal NCAA Consolation Semifinal Here's a highlight clip from their NCAA match.

Two guests join Jack to share their thought about the newest development in college wrestling: extra matches. What do they offer? Should they stick around? First, Clay Sauertieg of Black Shoe Diaries speaks from a fan and media perspective. Then, Charles Small, 184 lb wrestler at Hofstra Universtity, gives the athlete's point of view.

Jack is joined by Ed Gallo, co-founder and editor of The Fight Site, to talk about Michigan/CKWC wrestlers in the international styles. 

Jack recaps Michigan's wins over Rutgers and Maryland over the weekend and gives out his three stars of the weekend. Then Austin Early (host of Changing Levels) joins the show to talk about Michigan's dual this Sunday with Indiana University and the state of the Indiana program. Follow us on Twitter: Jack: @oldestgreatest Austin: @airearly Wolverine Wrestling Report: @michwrestlepod Changing Levels: @changinglvls

On this episode, we discuss Michigan's east coast road trip to start the season. First, New Jersey wrestling diehard, Stalemates award winner, and twitter personality Ian (aka Jagger712) joins the show to preview the Michigan vs Rutgers dual. Then, Intermat's Richard Mann comes on to talk about the Michigan vs Maryland dual. The Nickal-Gravina match Ian recommended is here. The box score for the whole dual is here. My match recommendation is Micic vs Suriano from the dual in 2019. Richard's match between King Sandoval and Jordan Decatur is here (Flo subscription required). You can find the Striggow-Smith matches with this search. Follow us on twitter: Jack: @oldestgreatest Ian: @jagger712 Richard: @RichardAMann Wolverine Wrestling Report: @michwrestlepod

Welcome to Wolverine Wrestling Report! In this kickoff episode, host Jack Hurley and guest Leo West discuss Michigan's returning starters from last season and former starters coming back from redshirt. We talk about how they performed last year and what we can expect from them in the coming season. Follow the show on twitter: @michwrestlepod Follow Jack: @oldestgreatest Follow Leo: @churchofgaethje