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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Ethan Moore added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
Current career stats:
- 3X AA (3, 4, 2, TBD)
- 3X Big Ten Finalist
- 2X Big Ten Champ
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Will likely finish as a 4X AA with the lowest finish being 4th, and hopefully a 1X Champ.
Not sure we recognize how he stacks up against other all-time greats.
I don't have the historical knowledge that many do on this forum, but he's in the conversation for the Ohio State Wrestling Mt. Rushmore.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Ethan Moore added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
Also, we're not related.
Wish we were, but nah.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Brian Mathews added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
He’s in the conversation for the 4th spot on the Buckeyes Mt. Rushmore if he wins a title this year. As it stands now I think you have to go:
1) Logan Stieber
2) Kyle Snyder
3) Tommy Rowlands
4) J Jaggers
Kollin can’t match J’s titles but he’ll have him beat by every other measure, so I think you could argue he belongs there. Then again, Jaggers has also been a part of the staff for by far the most successful run in program history, so that may also work in his favor.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Ben Golden added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
It's a stiff conversation.... Randleman, Tomasello, Palmer.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
Randleman, Rowlands, Snyder and Stieber.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Scott Nicola added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
Quote from Ben Golden's post:
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"It's a stiff conversation.... Randleman, Tomasello, Palmer."
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I'd put Myles Martin above Palmer. Lance was great but never won a title. Had Myles finished with a title his senior year like we all thought I would have had him in a tie with Tommy and above J and Kevin R. As it stands I have him behind the 2 timers in a tie with NATO for the 6th spot.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Ben Golden added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
Yeah I knew I was forgetting someone. Myles Martin for sure.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on January 20, 2020
No one goes above Kevin Randleman. If Ryan had coached him, he'd have won 8 NCAA titles.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Bill Splete added to this discussion on January 21, 2020
Of course, he is in the conversation as one of their great upper weights and if he completes his career with the NCAA title then he gets into the discussion of the greatest, he would deserve it. I don't know how TR would handle the wild guys of the Coleman era, they marched to their own drum, that's not a dig to their character they were just wild and fun and their workouts are of legend, not sure the guys today could hang with that crazy stuff. To put it in perspective watch the Westside barbell doc on NetFlix, it was workouts like that, more competitive than productive to find the alpha.
I would have loved to see Rex and Colman in some full go workouts, now that had to be a very physically tough exchange, two OSU giants banging... Who do you pick? No bull I take Rex as our best Upper Weight, maybe it's because he is older than me and was in awe of him as a young wrestler, but the dude was legit, a badass that could compete. Myles channeled some of that physical style recently when he beat Alex D. and it worked.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Hank Kornblut added to this discussion on January 21, 2020
The thing about Randleman is he was the first true superstar in program history. To me that makes him special. Other guys won titles but no one prior to him had been a finalist three times. His academic failings could be a knock to some but Randleman came from a hellish place and overcame so much to become a very special competitor in both college and the early days of MMA.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Brian Mathews added to this discussion on January 22, 2020
Quote from Hank Kornblut's post:
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"The thing about Randleman is he was the first true superstar in program history. To me that makes him special. Other guys won titles but no one prior to him had been a finalist three times. His academic failings could be a knock to some but Randleman came from a hellish place and overcame so much to become a very special competitor in both college and the early days of MMA."
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Fair point. Randleman belongs. It's going to take someone special to leapfrog Stieber, Snyder, Randleman, or Rowlands.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Dan Ransick added to this discussion on January 22, 2020
Please remove Snyder from all discussion. I, just like the NCAA is retroactively removing him from my personal record books. I have no room to honor traitors. That my friends is God's plan for me.
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Bill Splete added to this discussion on January 22, 2020
I always think of Kevin as a middle weight, but your right he is an upper weight, and is in the mix as the greatest. Maybe school wasn’t his thing but wrestling was and in some ways his style and persona were larger than life, gotta be top 3 or 4, and that is great company to be in and he deserves it.
As for kollin he will make noise at wtt this year, has to be more consistent at that level and again NCAA title puts him on the wall with the rest of the greats!
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Discussion Topic: Kollin Moore: Historically good
Jeff Streu added to this discussion on January 24, 2020
Quote from Bill Splete's post:
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"Myles channeled some of that physical style recently when he beat Alex D. and it worked."
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I loved it when the ref told them to tone it down, and both Myles and Alex looked around the ref and grinned at each other. They were both enjoying brawling.
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