Short Time Wrestling Podcast

B. David Ridpath has been focusing on the world of Sports Management for quite a while. A former wrestling coach, athletics administrator, University administrator and professor, he’s got the experience like few in the field. On Episode 609 of Short Time, Dr. Ridpath will talk about some of the things that need to be blown up and fixed in college sports. There’s a discussion on why schools should...

On June 17, the next major step towards an official NCAA championship in women’s wrestling was made. The NCAA Division I Council approve Acrobatics & Tumbling and Women’s Wrestling as Division I emerging sports. Earlier this year, NCAA Division II and Division III approved women’s wrestling for Emerging Sports Status. On Episode 608 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, we visit with Sally Roberts...

Two-time All-American Chase Pami is heading back to his native Las Vegas. On Episode 607 of Short Time, Pami talks about the launch of Gold Rush Wrestling Academy, what led to his enrollment at Cal Poly, being the forgotten man in one of the greatest high school wrestling brackets at the NHSCA championships as well as the triumph of the blood round and the heartbreak of the NCAA finals.   Pami fin...

The Senior Sendoff for the senior All-Americans in NCAA Division I for 2020. This tradition started with Todd Hibbs and has been carried on throughout college wrestling national championships, most noticeably at the Division I championships. It’s been present at D1, D2, D3 and the NAIA over the years, but this year, the three NCAA divisional championships and the NAIA women’s invitational didn’t g...

The Senior Sendoff for the senior All-Americans in NCAA Division III for 2020. This tradition started with Todd Hibbs and has been carried on throughout college wrestling national championships, most noticeably at the Division I championships. It’s been present at D1, D2, D3 and the NAIA over the years, but this year, the three NCAA divisional championships and the NAIA women’s invitational didn’t...

Journalist Luke Broadwater helped his paper, The Baltimore Sun, earn a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting with his investigative work in breaking and covering the Healthy Holly story in Maryland last year that involved the mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh. It’s just another title the Maryland native can add to his resume. What’s also on there? Wrestler and coach. On Episode 604 of Short Tim...

Growing up on Long Island, Quint Kessenich played a bunch of sports, but he was most successful in wrestling and lacrosse. When the time came to go to college in the late 1980s, he went where he felt he was best - tending goal for national powerhouse Johns Hopkins and its storied lacrosse program. Years later, Kessenich would reconnect with wrestling and serve as a commentator and sideline reporte...

Bobby Wilder build Old Dominion’s football program from the ground up. Hired in 2007 and the first touchdown was scored in August of 2009. Wilder led ODU to two FCS playoff berths and a victory in the Bahamas Bowl over Eastern Michigan in 2016. Wilder was let go from his position as the head football coach last year after a disastrous 1-11 season. On Episode 602 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast...

The three-sport athlete is rare in college these days. It’s an ever rarer thing to see at the Division I level. Former Brown wrestler and New Jersey native C.J. LaFragola is one of those rare athletes. After spending four years as a wrestler at Brown University in Rhode Island, LaFragola used his final year of athletic eligibility as a graduate student at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn...

It’s one of my favorite podcasts about the local scene here in Minnesota and it’s all about the craft beer. Minnesota has nearly 200 breweries now and is one of the top beer destinations in the country. On Episode 600 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, I co-host the Minnesota Beercast with Drew Lee and Andrew Schmitt from the iHeart Studios in St. Louis Park. The collaboration is real when Short...

This was supposed to be my present for you fans coming into the Twin Cities for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The first of two shows about the food and beer scene in the Twin Cities. I’m still releasing them, because if you ever come through the Twin Cities for a Minnesota match, a Twins game, summers at the lake, a water park, on the way to Fargo, there’s a lot to do here. Episode...

Now with Part 2 of the interview with Pitt-Johnstown head wrestling coach Pat Pecora on the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. We’ll move into a new era of UPJ wrestling with the introduction of the Strittmatter brothers. John and Jody were hammers, but Jody had bigger dreams and eventually left for Iowa. Coach Pecora talks about the decision to let Jody leave and why John Smith is still upset with Pec...

Coach Pat Pecora took over as the head coach at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1976. The program was in its third year and Pecora was a 20-something wet-behind-the-ears college graduate looking to teach and coach. On February 7, Pitt-Johnstown defeated Mercyhurst 22-12, giving Pecora his 617th all-time dual meet victory, breaking the mark set by former Oregon State coach Dale Thomas....

When Chris Ayres first got the job at Princeton, the Tigers were bad. Like losing to Division III teams bad. It took 14 years, but Princeton is finally on top of the Ivy League. After beating Cornell and snapping the Big Red’s 92-match Ivy League win streak, Princeton hoisted the Ivy champs banner for the first time since 1986. Find out what made those formative years with an 0-35 record so benefi...

Prior to Arizona State's dual with Little Rock on February 7, three-time All-American and two-time NCAA champion Zahid Valencia reflects back on his last month of folkstyle wrestling. Valencia is unbeaten and unchallenged thus far at his new weight of 184 pounds. In preparation for the Olympic Trials in April, Valencia's been trying to get big. He knows he'll be undersized at the Olympic weight, b...

A little bit of free form conversation on Episode 594 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast as Richard Immel of SportsEngine stops by and is the first "in Speakeasy" guest in New Brighton. Richard's career in wrestling media started at Flowrestling as an intern before he landed a job at USA Wrestling and then was thrust right into the Save Olympic Wrestling movement. After leaving wrestling briefly,...

Several years ago, Greg Anderson was thinking about the Iowa wrestling lineup and wondered how to compare Thomas Gilman and Cory Clark. Then he put some stats to work, some automation and then got some help from Dan Seifring out in New Jersey. Almost five years later, WrestleStat is proving another computer resource for fans to compare teams, compare wrestlers and also provide an engine for fantas...

Out in Barnesville, Minnesota, there's a large group of youth wrestlers. Coach Dan Cox is looking to try to solve the problem in getting kids quality mat time, while creating an enjoyable experience to keep the wrestlers in the system and prepare them for the high school program. On Episode 592 of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, Cox talks bout how he developed the Northwoods Wrestling League and...

Got a two-star review on this here show the other day. The review, which was on the master Mat Talk feed and not this or the master Short Time feed, said they missed the longer shows and these short ones weren’t cutting it. First off, thank you for the feedback. Everyone has different tastes and this format has mostly been agreeable to listeners. This show, Short Time, actually started in this for...

It’s late on the East Coast, semi late here in Minnesota and the College Football Playoff game is still going on as I sit down and blast out this episode. This is Short Time Shots, a mostly daily look at the scores and more from in and around the sport of wrestling, I’m Jason Bryant, and since there were no scores tonight, the show is about the “more,” today. Back home from Virginia and the 40th a...

Again welcome one, welcome all, welcome you sitting there sipping your coffee or just getting out of the shower. I’m Jason Bryant, this is Short Time Shots, your mostly daily look at the wrestling scores and more from in and around the world of wrestling. I do have one question though, why are you listening in the shower?  Before I get to the notables and daily news updates, we have three major du...

There isn’t a whole lot I’m going to go in-depth with tonight, but it’s now 2020 and oddly, this will be statistically the third decade I podcast. Yes, I realize that starting in 2009 and then going through all of the 10s into the 20s is basically 12 years, but whatever. This is Short Time Shots, a mostly daily look at the wrestling scores and more from around the world of wrestling, I’m Jason Bry...

Yes, it’s late, it’s cold and I watched Elf tonight. That’s about all you’re going to get for a cheeky intro.  This is Short Time Shots, your mostly daily look at the day’s scores and more in and around the world of wrestling. I’m Jason Bryant.   Minnesota Beer of the Night: Last night, the Facebook Live crowd didn’t get to hear my lackluster review of a beer I didn’t really like that much, which...

Nothing flamboyant, I’m just going to freestyle.  This is Short Time Shots, your mostly daily look at the day’s scores and more in and around the world of wrestling. I’m Jason Bryant.   Dual Meets: Fifth-ranked Notre Dame College gave the first-year program at Fairmont State a rough welcome to Division II wrestling with a 45-0 victory in a battle of Falcons, and that’s NOT Mister Falcon. Gold star...

  This is the first edition of the Short Time Shots where I’m actually recording from the Speakeasy Studio in wonderfully chilly New Brighton, Minnesota. Let’s first be clear, there’s nothing wonderful about being chilly. That was sarcasm. Now, I’ve got a sit-stand desk that I’m working on improving my mobility around the house, because I cannot sit in this stupid chair for 12 hours a day and expe...