Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Analyzing the NCAA's "DREAM MATCHES"

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STEPHEN ABAS VS SPENCER LEE 125 lbs Abas wins comfortably by two takedowns, possibly three. The speed and more importantly combination o...
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Friday, September 13, 2019

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Athletic Coast Conference Team Championships won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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To my knowledge in the history of ACC wrestling only one school that no longer has wrestling won a title.  If this is incorrect, please let ...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Southern Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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The Southern Conference continues to sponsor wrestling to this day.  We unfortunately have lost teams over the years though due to their sch...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: PAC-12 Team Championships won by Schools who no Longer have wrestling

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The PAC-12 remains a Division I conference to this day producing NCAA All American and Champions year in and year out.   Unfortunately over ...

Gone, Lost, and Forgotten: Old Dominion Athletic Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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The Old Dominion Athletic Conference formed in 1976, at one time sponsored wrestling.  I'm not sure when they started sponsoring wrestli...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Team Titles won by Schools that no Longer Have wrestling

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The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association formed in 1888, sponsored wrestling from the 1969-1970 season through the 1983-1984 season...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Virginia Collegiate Athletic Association Team Titles won by schools that no longer have wrestling

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The Virginia Collegiate Athletic Association had a very short existence from the 1972-1973 season through the 1974-1975 season.  It did howe...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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At one time the MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) sponsored wrestling.  They began sponsoring wrestling in the 1971-1972 season and sto...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Texas Collegiate Championships Team Winners from Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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Of all Collegiate wrestling tournaments, opens and invites this has to be the one that puzzles me the most.  From 1974 through 1979 there wa...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Yankee Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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The Yankee Conference formed in 1946 ran through the 1996-1997 season.  I believe the conference began sponsoring wrestling in the early 197...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: State University of New York Athletic Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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The State University of New York Athletic Conference formed in 1958 used to sponsor wrestling as an official sport of the conference.  I thi...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Northern Illinois Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer have wrestling

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I can't find much concerning the Northern Illinois Conference.   I think it may have been what eventually formed into the Northern Athle...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Big West Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Big West which originally formed in 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association at one time sponsored wrestling.  They may have spons...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Florida Championships Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer have Wrestling.

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From what I have been able to find the Florida Championships was a tournament that began in the 1969-1970 season when the University of Flor...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Metropolitan Championships won by Teams that No Longer Have wrestling

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I don't know much about the Metropolitan Championships.   I simply know when studying the history of Montclair State wrestling that it i...
Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Southern California Intercollegiate Championships Team Winners that No Longer have Wrestling

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I don't know much about the Southern California Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships other than the tournament was held in Southern C...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Great Lakes Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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Honestly I have no idea what the Great Lakes tournament was.  At first I thought it might be the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Confer...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: USA South Athletic Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The USA South Athletic Conference formally known as the Dixie Conference was formed in 1963.  (other conferences also used the name Dixie as...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) established in 1932 began sponsoring wrestling in the 1955-1956 season.  The conference s...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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Formed in the 1962-1963 season, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference was at one time known as the Collegiate Athletic Conference.  I...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: First Colonies Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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I have no idea what the First Colonies tournament was.  If it was a conference, an open, an invitational...I have no idea.  I can find nothi...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Colonial Athletic Association Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) sponsored wrestling from 1991-1992 through 2012-2013. James Madison which no longer has wrestling wo...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Tri-State Conference Championships won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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Not to be confused with Tri-State Conference which was made up of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio (I guess Quad-State didn...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association team titles won by Schools that No Longer have wrestling

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The Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) formed in 1924, began sponsoring wrestling in the 1966-1967 season.  The confer...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Missouri College Athletic Union Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Missouri College Athletic Union existed from 1924 through the 1970-1971 season.  When exactly they first started sponsoring wrestling, I...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference formed in 1920, sponsored wrestling from the 1946-1947 season through the 2002-2003 season...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Empire 8 Team Championships won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Empire 8 made up of strictly NCAA Division III Schools in New York was originally known as the ICAC (Independent Collegiate Athletic Con...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Evergreen Conference Championships won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Evergreen Conference made up of schools from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia existed from 1938-1984.  I believe they bega...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Lake Forest Invitational Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling.

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Lake Forest had wrestling from 1955-1956 through 1974-1975. When exactly they started hosting an invitational I do not know.  I would figure...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: North Central Invitational Team Titles won by Schools that no Longer have Wrestling

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I know very little about the North Central Invitational other than it was a college wrestling tournament that was held in Chicago one year. ...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Phoenix Invitational Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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I know very little about the Phoenix College Invitational Tournament other than it was held at Phoenix College and that Phoenix College won ...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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The SDIC (South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference) was a conference made up of mostly NAIA schools from South Dakota, although two northwest...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Pacific Northwest Conference Team Titles won By Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Pacific Northwest Conference was a conference consisting of small colleges from Washington, Idaho and Oregon that lasted from 1926 to 19...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Western Athletic Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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This is another one that gets a little confusing.  The Western Athletic Conference  is made up of mainly schools that are today Division I b...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer have wrestling.

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The Wisconsin States University Conference (WSUC) eventually combined with the Wisconsin Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Conference to ...
Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Oregon Collegiate Conference Championships Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The OCC (Oregon Collegiate Conference) ran from 1950-1970.   From what I have been able to gather the conference began sponsoring wrestling ...

Gone, Lost and Forgotten: Big Sky Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Big Sky Conference formed in the 1962-1963 season sponsored wrestling right from the get go.  With teams dropping left and right, the la...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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The WVIAC (West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) ran from 1924-2013 and in regards to wrestling I know very little about it. Pr...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Northern California Athletic Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer have Wrestling

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The Northern California Athletic Conference which was known at one time as the Far Western Conference ran from 1925 to 1998.  I believe the ...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: North Dakota Collegiate Athletic Conference Team Champions from Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The North Dakota Collegiate Athletic Conference began in 1931 and disbanded after the 1999-2000 season.  As to when they began sponsoring wr...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Hoosier/Buckeye Conference Team Champions that No Longer Have Wrestling

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It started off as the Hoosier Conference in the 1948-1949 season and with addition of Ohio Teams in the 1969-1970 season became known as the...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Indiana Collegiate Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Indiana Collegiate Conference ran from the 1950-1951 season through the 1978-1979 season.  While they did sponsor wrestling, I'm not...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: 4I Team Champions that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Interstate Intercollegiate Individual Invitational more commonly known as the 4-I was a tournament that started in 1936 and to my knowle...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Presidents Athletic Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Presidents Athletic Conference began in the 1955-1956 season and to my knowledge wrestling has always been a part of the conference.   W...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Team Champions that No Longer Have Wrestling

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The CCIW (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) started off as the College Conference of Illinois in 1946, later during the 1956-195...
Monday, September 9, 2019

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Mid-Western Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling

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The Mid-Western Conference was short lived as the conference only existed for two seasons. 1970-1971 and 1971-1972.  Made up of schools from...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Midwest Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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Formed in 1921 the Midwest Conference still exist to this day. Only one of their members Cornell College currently has wrestling.  The Confe...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Wheaton Invitational Team Winners Who No Longer Have Wrestling

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To my understanding the first Pete Willson  Wheaton Invitational was held in the 1955-1956 season.  It is a tournament that is still held to...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Ohio Athletic Conference Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have wrestling.

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Formed in 1902 the Ohio Athletic Conference still exist to this day.  From what I have been able to find the conference first began sponsori...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: CIAA Team Championships won by Schools that No Longer have Wrestling

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The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) formed in 1912 was originally made up of historically black colleges & I believe...
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Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Skyline Conference Team Titles Won By Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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Not to be confused with the current Skyline Conference composed of strictly New York schools, the Skyline Conference was a conference in the...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Team Championships Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling.

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The IIAA was originally known as the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference consisting of a ton of teams from Illinois. It was formed ...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Mid-American Conference Team Titles won by Schools Who No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Mid-American Conference is still alive and well producing great teams and great individual wrestlers.  Unfortunately since it began wres...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Pacific Coast Conference Team Titles won by Schools Who No Longer Have Wrestling

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From what I was able to find the Pacific Coast Conference was a conference that formed in 1915 and disbanded in 1959.   I'm not sure whe...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Middle Atlantic Conference Team Titles Won By Schools That No Longer Have Wrestling

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The Middle Atlantic Conference was founded in 1912.  The first wrestling tournament that I have been able to find was in 1941.  I think ther...
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Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Team Titles Won By Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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This one gets a bit confusing. From what I have been able to find what we know today as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) was fo...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: NEIWA Team Titles Won By Schools That No Longer Have Wrestling

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I really have no idea when the first NEIWA (New England Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) tournament was held.  I believe like the EIWA...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: Mason Dixon Conference Team Titles won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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From what I have been able to find, The Mason Dixon Conference Ran from 1936 through 1974.  Ironically enough, I have found wrestling inform...

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: SEIWA Team Titles Won by Schools that No Longer Have Wrestling

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I'm not exactly sure when the first Southeastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association tournament was held.  It may have very well been ...
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Saturday, August 24, 2019

Gone, Lost & Forgotten: The Coaches

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As some of you already know, I am on a quest to find out every dropped varsity program at the collegiate level that I can.  I've been t...
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