#PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast

Episode 71 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is back, in person, with head coach Pat Popolizio. The Wolfpack Wrestling Club recently competed at the RTC Duals and coach Popolizio will break down that and more, including the schedule, on this episode with host Brian Reinhardt. Show Segments
1:40 - So much wrestling news right now!
3:30 - How hard was it to prep for this season?
5:00 - No notes,...

This is a special bonus episode featuring Brian Reinhardt as he was a guest as part of Mat Talk Online's #InternationalPodcastDay Wrestling Edition. Brian Reinhardt serves as the host of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, a podcast that covers the back-to-back ACC Champion NC State Wolfpack wrestling team. Brian has been with NC State Athletics since graduating from West Virginia University in 19...

Episode 70 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast with Wolfpack Head Coach Pat Popolizio returns as we chat about this weekend’s U.S. Nationals in Coralville, Iowa. Coach Popolizio and Brian Reinhardt discuss the logistics and breakdowns of who will be competing. Past U.S. National Team member Nick Reenan also joins the show to talk about his career and what he’s looking forward to this weekend. Sh...

NC State alum Tommy Gantt comes on board for the latest edition of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast to talk about his upcoming match at Wrestling Underground, a pay-per-view promotion that will air this coming weekend on UFC Fight Pass and has the support of one of the most polarizing figures in sports, Chael Sonnen. Gantt will face four-time All-American and past NCAA champion Mark Hall, a rece...

Coach Pat Popolizio finally gets back to his own podcast and host Brian Reinhardt is here for the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. We’re getting a lot of questions today regarding the season for 2020-21, but before we get to that, we’re getting an update on the beard. Show Segments 3:34 - Thoughts on the NWCA meeting with Division I Coaches 5:18 - Is the NCAA Division I Championships in St. Louis t...

With head coach Pat Popolizio still trying to get his charcoal grill lit, host Brian Reinhardt didn’t have time to wait for Episode 67, so he reached out to Connecticut native and 2020 ACC Champion Jakob Camacho to hold down the fort. Camacho was the No. 10 seed at the 2020 NCAA Division I Championships but didn’t get to compete as COVID-19 cause the NCAA to cancel all winter and spring seasons in...

Brian Reinhardt fires up the “Skype Machine,” for Episode 66 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. It’s great that Brian and Pat Popolizio have discovered Skype in the year 2020. I mean, it was founded in 2003, but the show must go on as Pat and Brian talk about the new normal. Brian and Pat talk about the things that are going on in terms of the off-season training, the schedule and the weight m...

Brian Reinhardt wasn’t the NWMA SID of the Year because he sat on his hands. On Episode 65 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, our trusty host will go around the horn, talking with the ACC Award Winners - Wrestler of the Year Hayden Hidlay, Rookie of the Year Trent Hidlay and Coach of the Year Pat Popolizio. We’ll also explain what Zoom is to Olympic hopeful and two-time Pack national champion...

There is no NCAA preview and head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio gives his reaction to the cancelation of the wrestling postseason and his feelings about the situation. Host Brian Reinhardt talks with Coach Popolizio on how it all went down in Raleigh two weeks after the Pack won another ACC Championship. SUPPORT THE SHOW And if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on th...

The ACC Championships are set for this weekend and who better to dig into the NC State prospectus with than the head coach himself Pat Popolizio. Of course, we’ve got host Brian Reinhardt to steer Episode 63 in the right direction. With the ACC pre-seeds released, we go weight-by-weight. SUPPORT THE SHOWAnd if you're a fan of the extensive and broad-based reach of the shows on the Mat Talk Podcast...

Coach Pat Popolizio recaps the monstrous win over No. 8 North Carolina in front of a record crowd at Reynolds Coliseum on February 7. Also joining the show is ESPN broadcaster and a regular voice on ACC wrestling broadcasts, Shawn Kenney. Also joining the show is the heavyweight hero from the win, Deonte Wilson. Keep up with all things involved with Wolfpack wrestling on Twitter @PackWrestle. SUBS...

Episode 61 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is a weight-by-weight breakdown of the upcoming NC State vs. North Carolina dual set for Reynolds Coliseum on Friday, February 7 with host Brian Reinhardt and head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio.  In this storied all-sports rivalry, the two wrestling teams have been ranked in the Top 10 together just four times. Twice during the 1981-82 season and tw...

Episode 60 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is coming at wrestling fans with a load of insight from head coach Pat Popolizio about the upcoming ACC conference slate, while first-time guest Jarrett Trombley, a redshirt freshman from Owasso, Michigan, makes his first appearance on the show. Keep up with all things involved with Wolfpack wrestling on Twitter @PackWrestle. SUBSCRIBE TO #PACKMENTA...

Coach Pat Popolizio checks back in with host Brian Reinhardt on the 59th edition of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast and the first of 2020. It's just Pat and Brian this week, so after Pat gives Brian the business about bailing on the Southern Scuffle, we get to this week's topics, which include the U.S. Nationals and the performance of the Wolfpack Wrestling Club, a full recap of the Southern Sc...

Coach Pat Popolizio checks back in with host Brian Reinhardt on the 58th edition of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast as the Wolfpack come off a win at Appalachian State and prepare for the Christmas holiday. Nick Reenan, the junior from Texas, made his return to the lineup against the Mountaineers and he'll also be on the show in the second half. Show Segments 0:40 - lntroduction 2:00 - Looking...

The Thanksgiving holiday is upon us and we've got two weeks of wrestling to catch up on as NC State has wrestled six duals: one with ODU, three duals, an Open and a trip to New York. Coach Popolizio catches us up on the first few weeks of action. Trent Hidlay rejoins the show after a stellar weekend where he beat Cornell All-American Ben Darmstadt and Binghamton's Lou DePrez. Show Segments 0:45 -...

It's a big weekend in Wolfpack wrestling as the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast and host Brian Reinhardt talks with Pat Popolizio about the weekend and we get to hear from Jakob Camacho, Tariq Wilson and Hayden Hidlay about their first chance to compete at home this season. Friday, the Wolfpack hosts Old Dominion at Reynolds Coliseum before kicking off the Wolfpack Duals on Saturday, where Division...

Episode 55 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with head coach Pat Popolizio for the first official preview of the regular season for 2019-20. There's also wrestle-off information for Saturday. Redshirt Junior Kellen Devlin, fresh off his championship at The Battle at The Citadel will join the program for the first time. Tuffy sounds like he's ready for popcorn and beverages at home duals,...

Episode 54 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast talks with head coach Pat Popolizio for the first official episode of the regular season for 2019-20. Tuffy sounds like he's ready for popcorn and beverages at home duals, as well. Host Brian Reinhardt and Coach Popolizio run through a number of topics on the latest edition of the show. Show Segments 1:30 - Recapping last episode with the schedule r...

Episode 53 is the highly anticipated schedule release episode. That's right, you can hear all about the 2019-20 NC State Wolfpack opponents before the schedule is even posted on the site. Join coach Pat Popolizio and host Brian Reinhardt as they go date by date and dual by dual to see what the Wolfpack wrestling fans can expect this season. Reinhardt came prepared, but The Skip still keeps him on...

The month of August closes down as the school year kicks off with a power-packed episode of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, hosted by 2018-19 NWMA Division I SID of the Year Brian Reinhardt. Episode 52 features head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio and two featured interviews. The first interview introduces Wolfpack fans to the newest member of the program, Bucknell transfer Jacob Ferreira, who h...

Finally checking back in with NC State head wrestling coach Pat Popolizio to get some summer updates on what's going on with the Wolfpack program. Join host Brian Reinhardt, the 2018-19 NWMA Division I Wrestling SID of the Year, for episode 51 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast. Show Segments 0:50 - This man probably needs an introduction, it's Coach Popolizio 1:40 - Brian's smoothie is problem...

The #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast goes into the world of Mixed Martial Arts with alum and multiple-time NCAA qualifier Max Rohskopf. Host Brian Reinhardt visits with the up-and-coming MMA star about his life in and around wrestling and the transition to fighting as well as things the future might hold. SUBSCRIBE TO #PACKMENTALITY POP-INS Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spreaker | Google Play Music |...

New episode of the PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is with Brian Reinhardt and associate head coach Adam Hall. This entire episode talks about recruiting as the summertime is busy for the staff in trying to lure new athletes to Raleigh. Show Segments 1:00 - Going down the hall to get Adam Hall 2:00 - Looking back at the Boise State drop 5:00 - How does recruiting work for college wrestling? 5:01 - L...

New episode of the PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast is with Brian Reinhardt and the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack, Pat Popolizio and a first-time guest, Junior World Team member Trent Hidlay. Show Segments 1:00 - Welcome Pat, Brian comes with notes 1:30 - Summer plans with The Skip 3:40 - Smart kids 5:00 - What's up with training this summer 8:15 - Nick Gwiazdowski prepping for Final X 11:00 -...