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Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:46 pm
by 303cowboy

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:05 pm
by LanderPoke
WTF why????? Why can we not have nothing nice things

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:56 am
by OrediggerPoke
Oh wow, this is heartbreaking. I wondered why he hadn’t wrestled this year.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:58 am
by OrediggerPoke
If I had to guess m, I’d bet some other program came up with some NIL money for him.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:33 am
by LanderPoke
OrediggerPoke wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:58 am If I had to guess m, I’d bet some other program came up with some NIL money for him.
I guess he’s following Teyon Ware to OU

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:44 am
by 307bball
LanderPoke wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:05 pm WTF why????? Why can we not have nothing nice things
$$..... The answer is $$. It's always been the answer.... But now there really is not even a pretense that it's about anything else.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:23 am
by OrediggerPoke
307bball wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:44 am
LanderPoke wrote: Tue Nov 29, 2022 9:05 pm WTF why????? Why can we not have nothing nice things
$$..... The answer is $$. It's always been the answer.... But now there really is not even a pretense that it's about anything else.
If he goes to OU, it will be because of Teyon Ware (as LanderPoke mentions). Ware was an assistant at Wyoming for the past 8 years and then left last month to take the same job at OU where he is from (Edmond).

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:09 am
by 307bball
OrediggerPoke wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:23 am
307bball wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:44 am

$$..... The answer is $$. It's always been the answer.... But now there really is not even a pretense that it's about anything else.
If he goes to OU, it will be because of Teyon Ware (as LanderPoke mentions). Ware was an assistant at Wyoming for the past 8 years and then left last month to take the same job at OU where he is from (Edmond).
And Ware went to OU because they can offer more $$.

I would also assume that OU wrestlers get more NIL opportunities than UW wrestlers.

Good athletes with options will largely not stay at UW going forward...this will only accelerate.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:28 am
by Wyokie
OrediggerPoke wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:23 am
307bball wrote: Wed Nov 30, 2022 7:44 am

$$..... The answer is $$. It's always been the answer.... But now there really is not even a pretense that it's about anything else.
If he goes to OU, it will be because of Teyon Ware (as LanderPoke mentions). Ware was an assistant at Wyoming for the past 8 years and then left last month to take the same job at OU where he is from (Edmond).
OU is in Norman, just south of OKC. Edmond is just north of OKC.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:55 pm
by 'PokeForLife
This is a gut punch. After the great recruiting class we just had it sucks that the guys making us good are leaving

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:43 am
by OrediggerPoke

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:19 am
by LanderPoke
OrediggerPoke wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:43 am Going to OU.


https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/26316
I swear if he wins the national championship...

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:15 am
by OrediggerPoke
LanderPoke wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:19 am
OrediggerPoke wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:43 am Going to OU.


https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/26316
I swear if he wins the national championship...
I believe he will because I believe he is the best 197lber in the country this year. NIL and transfer portal will make it damn near impossible for Wyoming to retain elite athletes (Neyor, Buchanan). How we kept Ike in basketball is a miracle and you can bet that there was definitely money involved.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:28 am
by LanderPoke
OrediggerPoke wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:15 am
LanderPoke wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 8:19 am
I swear if he wins the national championship...
I believe he will because I believe he is the best 197lber in the country this year. NIL and transfer portal will make it damn near impossible for Wyoming to retain elite athletes (Neyor, Buchanan). How we kept Ike in basketball is a miracle and you can bet that there was definitely money involved.
Buchanan has as good a shot as anyone since Ferrari got kicked out of Oklahoma state for the deed assault. It would just really be a gigantic kick in the nads to have a wrestler that started the season on our roster win a national championship. A championship that SHOULD be ours.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 12:04 pm
by OrediggerPoke
LanderPoke wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:28 am
OrediggerPoke wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 10:15 am

I believe he will because I believe he is the best 197lber in the country this year. NIL and transfer portal will make it damn near impossible for Wyoming to retain elite athletes (Neyor, Buchanan). How we kept Ike in basketball is a miracle and you can bet that there was definitely money involved.
Buchanan has as good a shot as anyone since Ferrari got kicked out of Oklahoma state for the deed assault. It would just really be a gigantic kick in the nads to have a wrestler that started the season on our roster win a national championship. A championship that SHOULD be ours.
From day 1 Ferrari has come across as a gigantic tool with some real issues. So I wasn't sad to see him kicked out of OSU.

But yea, heartbreaking that we won't get to enjoy a National Championship and now Buchanan is directly competing against us in the same conference.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:28 am
by OrediggerPoke
The entire team was eliminated on the first day of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas invite.

https://gowyo.com/news/2022/12/2/wrestl ... tid=Zxz2cZ

What the heck happened to Wyoming wrestling. That’s perhaps the worst performance in that tournament ever for Wyoming.

Re: Stephen Buchanan to the Portal

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2022 7:51 am
by LanderPoke
OrediggerPoke wrote: Sat Dec 03, 2022 1:28 am The entire team was eliminated on the first day of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas invite.

https://gowyo.com/news/2022/12/2/wrestl ... tid=Zxz2cZ

What the heck happened to Wyoming wrestling. That’s perhaps the worst performance in that tournament ever for Wyoming.
Good grief