Stephen Buchanan - Big Step on World Stage

[OrediggerPoke]

Buchanan teched Olympic Champion Hassan Yazdani in the finals of the Zagreb Open. Very surprising result on the world stage and indicates Buchanan might be one of the best in the world right now and setting himself up for a 2028 olympic run.

 

[LanderPoke]

Man I wish he would have stayed

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Man I wish he would have stayed

Agreed. But keeping him was always a longshot when wrestlers with his talent now routinely make roughly $1 million a year at certain schools. Frankly, I just wish he would have won a national title at Wyoming instead of taking 3rd and later winning at Iowa.

That said, being a 4X All-American, National Champ and now one of the best in the world, hard to argue he isn’t the best wrestler ever to compete for Wyoming.

 

[LanderPoke]

Agreed. But keeping him was always a longshot when wrestlers with his talent now routinely make roughly $1 million a year at certain schools. Frankly, I just wish he would have won a national title at Wyoming instead of taking 3rd and later winning at Iowa.

That said, being a 4X All-American, National Champ and now one of the best in the world, hard to argue he isn’t the best wrestler ever to compete for Wyoming.

True, yes. but he’s not really ours to claim anymore. He just has to win his natty while competing for Iowa. He could have been an absolute legend here, like in the all time Mt. Rushmore of UW athletes. now he’s just another Iowa guy.