Coach Tony Ersland and friends talk about the Boilermakers and the world of college wrestling.
Coach Tony Ersland and host Tanner Lipsett talk about the strong start to the 2024-25 Dual Season and preview this week's trip to the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas. #BoilerUp
Assistant Coach Jake Sueflohn joins host Tanner Lipsett to discuss the latest news in the Purdue Wrestling world including the newest Boilermakers with the Class of 2024 recruiting class officially signed. #BoilerUp
Head Assistant Coach Leroy Vega joins host Tanner Lipsett this week to talk about the season-opening dual win at Garnder-Webb, this week's action at the Tiger Style Invitational in Kansas City and what Coach Vega's coaching journey has been like since arriving in West Lafayette. #BoilerUp
Head coach Tony Ersland and host Tanner Lipsett break down the 2024-25 Boilermakers, recap Wrestle-Offs, preview the season opener at Gardner-Webb and talk a little bit of recruiting in the first episode of Season Six. #BoilerUp
Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to discuss the results from the team's Big Ten opening dual with #14 Rutgers before previewing this weekend's road trip to #2 Iowa and #3 Nebraska. #BoilerUp
Head Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to recap the Boilers' 50-6 Dual win over Lindenwood as well as action at Midlands before previewing Sunday's matchup against Rutgers at Holloway Gym. #BoilerUp #AlwaysAggressive
Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to break down the results from the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and what it means, at this point in the season, for his team. #BoilerUp
Coach Tony Ersland and Tanner Lipsett join host Cory Palm from Las Vegas, where the Boilermakers are preparing for this weekend's Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. The guys preview that event and take a look back at the Boilermaker Duals and a great performance by Matt Ramos at the NWCA All-Star Classic. #BoilerUp
Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to discuss the first two weeks of the 2023-24 season and preview this weekend's home openers against UIndy and NIU.
Head Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to talk about the 2024 Big Ten Dual season schedule release as well as next week's official start of the 2023-24 season. The guys also discuss an upcoming team retreat and the importance of cultivating the right culture around the program. #BoilerUp
Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to talk about the fall training schedule, the 2023 World Championships and the state of college athletics in the aftermath of Deion Sanders' success at Colorado. #BoilerUp
Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to preview U-20 Nationals, talk potential rules changes and give a recruiting update.
The Always Aggressive crew returns for the first podcast of the offseason recapping an incredible tournament run for Purdue at the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Okla. An exclamation point on an incredible year. Head coach Tony Ersland talks about bringing home two All-Americans, the program's first national placewinners since 2013, and all that the Boilermakers were able to accomplish in Tulsa. The usual podcast trio breakdown the tournament runs for the four Purdue wrestlers, all of whom came away with at least one win. The bulk of the conversation centered around the two podium climbers, Matt Ramos and Parker Filius. Ersland spoke to the work ethic and longevity of Filius, who earned his All-American honors in his sixth and final year with the program. After breaking down Filius' impact, the guys talked about the incredible run to the national finals for Ramos. The cardiac kid put together an incredibly entertaining tournament on his way to becoming the 13th finalist in program history. Finally, Ersland and company wrap up with a discussion of the different conversations they've had with fans and strangers alike in the days since the tournament ended.
Coach Tony Ersland recaps Big Ten's and previews this week's trip to Tulsa, Okla., for NCAA Championships. #BoilerUp
The Always Aggressive crew is back for a postseason episode of the show to recap the dual season and preview this weekend's Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich.Head coach Tony Ersland is joined by supervisor of wrestling operations Tanner Lipsett and director of broadcast services Cory Palm to bounce around on a number of topics inlcuding how Ersland is coaching his young guys and their mentality, Big Ten tournament seeding questions and the national hot button topic of rest and load management. In addition to a breakdown of the Purdue entrant at each weight class, the guys wrapped up the pod with an update on how all of the future Boilers are faring in their final runs through their state tournaments.
The Always Aggressive crew is back with another episode as the team prepares for a big weekend hosting the Boilermaker Duals. Head coach Tony Ersland recappped the dual with Rider and what lessons the team can learn in the face of adversity. Among the good news is that Esland's squad won't have to wait long for a chance to bounce back as they take on Cleveland State, Chattanooga and Northern Illinois on Sunday morning. The crew breaks down what to expect and what familiar faces we will see roaming the opposing bench. They wrap up the podcast with some recruiting talk as the big haul from from last week's signing day might not be the end of the good news for Boilermaker wrestling fans. "The future for this group is getting brighter and brighter," Ersland said of this class and those to come. Exciting things on the horizon for Purdue wrestling.
It is a busy week for the Purdue Wrestling crew with the Clarion Open last Sunday, National Signing Day on Wednesday, and the home opener against Rider coming up next Sunday and we break it all down. The Boilermakers brought home six championships, a first place team finish, seven finalists and twelve placewinners from their trip to the Clarion Open over the weekend. No. 10 Matt Ramos and No. 12 Parker Filius won their titles outright, while the duos of Dustin Norris and Jacob Macatangay and No. 14 Kendall Coleman and Nate Camiscioli shared their titles with each other once they reached the finals. Six more Boilermakers made the podium to give head coach Tony Ersland's team 240 team points, good for first place and 41 more than second place. One of the most exciting days of the year is upon us as National Signing Day is finally here. Head coach Tony Ersland announced the 2023 Purdue wrestling signing class on Wednesday, inking five new Boilermakers to national letters of intent. He welcomes Joey Blaze, Greyson Clark, Ashton Jackson, Delaney Ruhlman and Cole Solomey to the Boilermaker family to make up what will surely be Ersland's sixth top-25 recruiting class. Read More: 2023 Purdue Wrestling Signing Class Blaze, Clark, Jackson and Solomey join the show to talk about their commitments and why they chose Purdue. Boilermaker fans will love hearing what stood out about this program and why these highly ranked young men chose to come to Purdue. Ersland and crew wrap up by talking about building the Purdue wrestling culture, national perception of this class and a preview of the upcoming dual with Rider.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue Wrestling crew is here with another Always Aggressive podcast as we sit on the cusp of Wrestle-Offs and subsequently the start of the competitive season for the Boilermakers. Head coach Tony Ersland is joined by Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to talk all things Boilermaker wrestling with Wrestle-Offs set for Friday at 6 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium. The matches will be streamed on BTN+ and that led the crew into a discussion about the two other appearances the team will be making on the Big Ten Network. Coach Ersland would then dive right in to a disection of how his team is progressing with two weeks of official practice under their belt. He gives shout outs to a couple of the guys who have been working especially hard and breaks down what he's looking for in the men as they continue to progress. The crew follows that up by previewing the upcoming Wrestle-Offs and who they are most looking forward to seeing take the mat. The guys wrap the podcast with a teaser for exciting things to come in the world of recruiting for the Boilermakers with multiple good, young prospects ready to be added to the fold on National Early Signing Day on Dec. 21, 2022.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue wrestling crew is back for season four episode four of the Always Aggressive podcast. A new member joins the ranks alongside head coach Tony Ersland and company to talk all things Boilermaker wrestling with wrestle offs just one month away. Coach Ersland breaks down what stood out to him from the 2022 World Wrestling Championships that concluded last week, including his thoughts on the women's team and what Jordan Burroughs was able to accomplish. The Big Ten schedule breakdown came next as the guys talked through the road ahead of the Boilermakers in the conference this season. Home duals against Iowa (Jan. 8), Indiana (Jan. 28), Nebraska (Feb. 5) and Northwestern (Feb. 12) and away matches with Illinois (Jan. 14), Wisconsin (Jan. 20), Minnesota (Jan. 22) and Maryland (Feb. 10) make for a balanced and very interesting schedule for Purdue. FloWrestling and Intermat released their preseason rankings earlier this week as well and the guys dive in to where our Boilermakers stack up and where there are opportunities for growth. The youth of this team provides plenty of chances for new faces to stake their claim on a significant role this season. 0:00 – New Member of the Crew 7:08 – World Championships 14:00 – Big Ten Schedule 26:12 – Pre-Season Rankings
Purdue wrestling is gearing up for another big season on the mat and the on the recruiting trail. The crew gets together again to discuss all of that and more on another episode of the Always Aggressive podcast. Head coach Tony Ersland starts off by discussing how excited the team is to be back on campus, back in school and back in the wrestling room. A host of new faces join the Boilermaker veterans as the team awaits the release of the Big Ten schedule. The guys talk recruiting as Ersland and his staff continue to bring some great kids and their families to campus to show off what the program and Purdue are all about. They wrap up the podcast with a host of topics from around the college football world including college football buyouts, how Purdue wrestling is being affected by NIL and how the transfer portal is changing things throughout college athletics. Sports' most pressing topics through the Boilermaker lens.
Purdue wrestling announced several staff changes and additions Tuesday, and following that release the Always Aggressive Podcast was lucky enough to welcome new volunteer assistant coach LeRoy Gardner to the show. In addition to head coach Tony Ersland's thoughts and impressions on Gardner, the Golden Valley, Minnesota native takes us through his wrestling journey and how he came to accept his new position with the Boilermakers. A three-time All-America honoree and 2004 NCAA Division III Champion, Gardner has spent the last six seasons as the head coach at the University of the Ozarks. The return of college football and several other fall sports to the Purdue campus make for an exciting weekend in West Lafayette, and the guys talk about the different events coming this week. 0:00 – New Staff Additions5:30 – Introducing Coach Gardner14:45 – Ersland on Gardner24:15 – Naval Influence at Purdue30:00 – College Football is Back33:18 – Best Team Ever?
Purdue wrestling head coach Tony Ersland and his staff kick off Season 4 of the Always Aggressive Podcast this week, recapping the summer, introducing some new Boilermakers and taking a look at the 2022-23 non-conference schedule. The Boilermakers spent a good chunk of the summer on campus, getting in some training cycles around the U20 and U23 U.S. World Team Trials, hosting camps and settling the team newcomers in West Lafayette. Five of the program's seven first years were able to start their college experience and get a feel for what the team culture is like. Announced a couple weeks ago, the Boilermakers 2022-23 non-conference schedule offers several opportunities to see Purdue compete at home, and introduced a few new tournaments to the schedule. Ersland is excited at the prospect of introducing his young team to the home fans and give them a chance to see the team a few times before heading out on to the road for conference action. Ersland and his staff also continue to prepare for on-campus recruiting season, set to welcome several of the nation's finest high school standouts for official visits this fall. Things get going next week in conjunction with Purdue Football's season opener against Penn State, set for 8 pm on Thursday, September 1 at Ross-Ade Stadium.
The Purdue wrestling team has had an eventful summer so far, and head coach Tony Ersland welcomed assistant coach Leroy Vega to the Always Aggressive Podcast to talk all things freestyle and summer competition. The Boilermakers crowned a U.S. Open champion at the end of April as rising sophomore Matt Ramos captured the senior 57 kg crown, while freshman Hayden Copass earned a bid to the U20 World Team Trials in June. The show opens with the guys honoring the team's 2022 graduates as Nate Cummings, Max Lyon, Ethan Smiley and Alec White earned their bachelor's degree last weekend. The U.S. Open was held April 29-30 in Las Vegas, where Ramos topped the field at 57 kg, becoming Ersland's first Open champion in his Purdue tenure. He went 4-0 at the tournament, facing and defeating his best friend, Anthony Moulton of Campbell, in the finals. The tournament win earned Ramos the No. 1 seed at the U.S. Senior World Team Trial Challenge Tournament, set for this weekend, Mat 21-22, at Xtream Arena in Coralville, Iowa. The winner of this weekend's tournament advances to Final X to face reigning world team member Thomas Gilman, while the top-two finishers join Gilman on the 2022 U.S. National Team. Copass took fifth in the U20 division of the U.S. Open at 125 kg, earning a bid to the U.S. U20 World Team Trials in Geneva, Ohio in June. He was one of four Boilermakers to advance to the championship quarterfinals, leading classmates Stoney Buell, Ben Vanadia and Hayden Filipovich. 0:00 – Honoring Our Graduates4:10 – U.S. Open in Review6:30 – Ramos Interview Skills11:00 – Semifinal Madness17:05 – Friendly Foe in the Finals21:15 – Weight Management25:35 – Vega's Experience33:25 – Young Bucks' U.S. Open Success
The Always Aggressive Podcast welcomed one of its most distinguished guests in the show's history this week, hosting 1988 Olympic gold medalist Kenny Monday. In the tail end of his first year as the head wrestling coach at SPIRE Academy, Monday talks with the guys about his background in wrestling, his career path to SPIRE and some of his highlights not only as a wrestler himself, but also as a wrestling father. A three-time Olympian and member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Monday hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma and competed collegiately for Oklahoma State University. A three-time NCAA finalist and 1984 national champion, he transitioned into freestyle where he won both Olympic and World gold. His coaching career took him from Oklahoma State, to youth and high school club wrestling in Texas, to the mixed martial arts scene, in addition to a stop with the Tar Heel Wrestling Club in North Carolina before heading to SPIRE. Monday also weighed in on being the parent of two NCAA Division I wrestlers in his sons Kennedy and Quincy Monday. He has coached both of them on the mat, both as children and Kennedy some at North Carolina, but has also experienced just watching from the stands. The Boilermakers will be out to Geneva, Ohio this summer to visit Monday as the SPIRE Academy will play host to the U23 World Team Trials in June. 0:00 – Welcome Kenny Monday, Beginnings of Wrestling7:05 – Monday to Oklahoma State10:15 – Transitioning to Freestyle23:10 – Coaching Career28:25 – Stint in MMA, How Monday got to SPIRE35:40 – Being a Wrestling Father45:45 – Coming Full Circle
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – This week's Always Aggressive Podcast takes a look at the Purdue wrestling team's performance at Big Ten Championships, the Boilermakers' NCAA Championship pre-seeds and their first-round matchups at nationals. Head coach Tony Ersland reflects on some of the individual performances and the overall toughness of this year's Big Ten Championships, which advanced 100 of its 140 entrants to the national tournament. Purdue had five placewinners, four automatic qualifiers for nationals and three more earn at-large bids on Tuesday. Senior Devin Schroder and junior Thomas Penola both earned top-12 seeds at their respective weights as Schroder earned the No. 9 seed at 125 pounds, while Penola is the No. 11 seed at 197 pounds. Schroder is the fourth wrestler in program history to earn three top-10 seeds at the national tournament. 0:00 – Look Back at Lincoln3:00 – B1G Blood Bath13:10 – The Magnificent Seven19:05 – At-Large Discussion24:25 – National Seeds & Brackets39:00 – Recruiting Travel on Deck
The 2022 wrestling postseason is here and the Always Aggressive Podcast dives into everything you need to know about the Boilermakers heading into this weekend's Big Ten Championships. Head coach Tony Ersland takes a deep dive into the 88 NCAA Allocations for the Big Ten, in addition to Purdue's pre-seeds for this weekend's conference tournament in Lincoln, Nebraska. Seven Boilermakers earned bids for the conference, securing top-33 ranks in both the coaches panel and RPI, and all 10 aim to grab automatic qualifying bids. The first of four sessions will begin Saturday, March 5, at 11 a.m. ET, with full event coverage on the Big Ten Network and B1G+. 0:00 – The postseason is HERE4:25 – NCAA Allocations17:05 – B1G Pre Seeds40:35 – Perspective/Nothing to Lose45:30 – The Puppy Who Lost His Way…
Coming off a much-needed and greatly-appreciated bye week, the Always Aggressive Podcast takes a close look at the Purdue wrestling team's training schedule, the NCAA individual rankings and this week's regular season finale at Northwestern. The Boilermakers did not have an event on their schedule last weekend, marking the first Super Bowl Sunday without a competition that both head coach Tony Ersland and supervisor of operations Tanner Lipsett can remember. As the show transitioned into discussions regarding the coaches' rankings and Rating Percentage Index (RPI), it triggered a discussion of scheduling practices and competition workloads for student-athletes in today's wrestling world. All eight Boilermakers who were eligible for an RPI ranking earned one in the initial poll, while seven secured top-33 rankings from the NCAA Coaches Panel. Purdue concludes the regular season Saturday, wrestling its final Big Ten dual at Northwestern. The match will air live on the Big Ten Network at 1:30 p.m. ET. In addition to Purdue's final dual, this weekend will be accompanied by state high school wrestling championships in both Indiana and Illinois. The Boilermaker staff will make trips to both tournaments, while juggling training and competition. 0:00 – Much Needed Break3:00 – Rankings & RPI22:00 – Northwestern Notes26:35 – Good Luck Future Boilermakers
After mother nature interrupted the regularly-scheduled programming last week, the Always Aggressive Podcast returned to cover the last two weeks of action on-and-off the mat. Purdue head coach Tony Ersland and the crew look at dual wins over Indiana and Minnesota, the Boilermakers' outgoing seniors and a blind look at national rankings. The Boilermakers have won their last two conference duals, and three of their last four, earning a 17-16 win at Indiana and defeating No. 16 Minnesota 18-14 in Purdue's final home dual of the season. Both wins were significant from a historical perspective as the Boilermakers won their 12th straight over Indiana, while snapping a 12-dual win streak for the Golden Gophers over Purdue and earning the first win over Minnesota since 2004. Seniors Max Lyon and Devin Schroder went out of Holloway Gymnasium on an especially high note as Lyon defeated No. 22 Isaiah Salazar at 184 pounds, 4-3, while Schroder knocked off No. 9 Patrick McKee at 125 pounds, 8-3. Finally, wrestling supervisor of operations Tanner Lipsett presented Ersland and Cory Palm with an interesting exercise this week, creating blind resumes for two specific sets of rankings. The crew took a look at all the things that potentially influence rankings, and how perspectives change when you strip everything down to wins, losses and head-to-head results. 0:00 – “Snowpocalypse”4:40 – Mackey Madness on a Tuesday9:15 – 12 Straight, But Not Satisfied22:00 – Seniors, Gophers, Energy, Wins, Gable42:15 – Rankings Riddles
With just three duals left in the regular season, the Always Aggressive Podcast welcomed the Big Ten Network's Shane Sparks to this week's show. The squad covered no shortage of topics, including how Sparks became the BTN's lead wrestling personality, the overall toughness of the Big Ten Conference and some thoughts on what Sparks would do if he were ever a head coach. While bouncing through a variety of topics including Purdue's duals last weekend against Illinois and Wisconsin, Sparks' journey into broadcasting, the weekend ahead at Indiana and advice for aspiring broadcast journalists, this week's show is littered with great conversation lessons and stories. Now the host of Big Ten Wrestling and Beyond, Sparks is deeper in the conference wrestling scene than ever before and strives to keep improving his coverage of the sport. 0:00 – Lighting Up Some Sparks – How it all started7:10 – Technical Difficulties Sunday10:00 – Fighting The Illini17:45 – How Do You Explain How Tough the Big Ten Is? 24:30 – Rivalry Week32:00 – Shane on Tony35:00 – Cory Questions Shane41:30 – Nobody's Picking Up My Garbage
In preparation for a huge weekend of wrestling in West Lafayette, Purdue head coach Tony Ersland and his squad look ahead at home duals vs. Illinois and Wisconsin on this week's Always Aggressive Podcast. Ersland also takes a look back at Saturday's dual vs. Michigan State and the lessons his team took from the contest. The sports adage that “every point counts” came into play for the Boilermakers this weekend as their dual with the Spartans was decided by a single match point in tiebreaker criteria. Ersland talks about how this lesson will resonate with his squad going forward and make a difference with the rest of their season. Purdue has a pair of major promotions associated with this weekend's duals, hosting its annual “Hammer Down Cancer” event Friday against Illinois and the first-ever “Hoops & Headlocks” doubleheader with Boilermaker men's basketball on Sunday in Mackey Arena. 0:00 – Sparring with Sparty11:00 – Friday Night Fights18:30 – Hoops & Headlocks is HERE
The Big Ten dual season has arrived and the Purdue wrestling team had a big first weekend, traveling to a pair of top-10 ranked conference opponents. The Boilermakers knocked off No. 9 Nebraska on Friday, earning the program's highest team dual ranking in 23 seasons in Tuesday's national coaches poll. The Boilermakers capitalized on a pair of top-10 ranked upsets against the Huskers to earn an 18-15 win in Lincoln, but followed up with a loss at top-ranked iowa on Sunday. Ersland found a variety of mistakes in the Boilermakers' performance, but was open with the idea that they were fixable mistakes and is back in the practice room working on those things this week. Purdue hosts Michigan State on Saturday for the Boilermakers' Big Ten dual home opener, set to welcome the 5-1 Spartans to Holloway Gymnasium. In closing Ersland and Tanner Lipsett had the opportunity to attend Monday's CFP National Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, and catch Cory Palm up on some of the spectacles of the game, both on and off the field. 0:00 – B1G win at No. 9 Nebraska13:40 – On to Carver Hawkeye24:00 – National Rankings35:30 – Hosting the Spartans41:30 – CFP Championship Game
The first episode of the Always Aggressive Podcast of 2022 is a big one, looking back at the Boilermakers' final two events of the non-conference schedule and peering ahead at the impending Big Ten dual season. Head coach Tony Ersland and the crew review some of the highlights and high-powered events of the coming weeks. Purdue closed its non-conference duals with an event that will always be special to Ersland as the Boilermakers faced No. 13 Iowa State in Ersland's high school gymnasium, in front of a capacity crowd. Despite the result, Ersland hoped that his squad had some solid takeaways and experiences from the dual and knows it will pay dividends in the rest of the year. The holidays brought about some wacky circumstances with the cancellation of the Midlands Championship and replacement of the Matmen Open. With only half their starters in the lineup, Purdue managed a ninth-place team finish with four Boilermakers on the podium. Friday marks the start of the 2022 Big Ten dual schedule as Purdue heads to Nebraska for a 7 p.m. CT dual against the ninth-ranked Huskers. The Boilermakers remain on a tour of Ersland's wrestling past Sunday, heading to top-ranked Iowa for a 2 p.m. CT dual on the Big Ten Network. 0:00 - There's no place like home7:15 - Midlands, Matmen, Madness18:45 - Team Woulfe22:40 - B1G Duals are here26:40 - On to Iowa City31:30 - The rest of the schedule
After an impressive performance at the 2021 Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Purdue wrestling head coach Tony Ersland weighs in on the Always Aggressive Podcast to talk through the Boilermakers results and what they took away from Sin City. Ersland and company also take a look at the team's upcoming finals and the final team event of the semester. The Boilermakers had a program-record seven placewinners at CKLV, finishing sixth as a team with 85.5 points. Senior Devin Schroder and junior Thomas Penola headlined Purdue's performances, finishing second and third, respectively, at 125 and 197 pounds. After finishing up finals this week, the Boilermakers will head to Humboldt, Iowa for a dual against No. 13 Iowa State. Both Ersland and Cyclone head coach Kevin Dresser are alumni of Humboldt High School and bring their squads back for an incredible even in their hometown. 0:00 - Vegas Recap3:55 - Schroder's Second-Place Showing7:25 - Penola's Performance13:10 - More placewinners18:35 - Big tournaments to B1G's25:40 - Taking Ersland Home30:00 - Humboldt Highlights32:00 - More Vegas Odds and Ends
The Purdue wrestling team hosted its home opener, got a little break for the Thanksgiving holiday and is ready for one of the nation's top tournaments this week. Head coach Tony Ersland takes you through all this and a little more in this week's Always Aggressive Podcast. Before the holiday break, the Boilermakers swept three duals at their home opener, defeating Brown, Duke and Northern Illinois and winning 24 of 30 matches on the day. The crew highlights the performances of Devin Schroder, Kendall Coleman, Thomas Penola and more. The Boilermakers head west to the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this week, and Ersland walks through the preparations for what will be one of the best tournaments in the nation this season. 0:00 - Thanksgiving2:40 - Boilermaker Duals Recap7:47 - Season Takedown Leaders10:08 - More Boilermaker Duals17:10 - CKLV Preview25:10 - Ersland Doesn't Understand Podcasts32:35 - Vegas Baby, Vegas
It's been a busy week for Purdue head coach Tony Ersland and the Boilermaker wrestling program, traveling to the East Coast, opening the 2021-22 season and adding a key piece to the Boilermaker family. Hear all about the crazy last few days on this week's Always Aggressive Podcast. The Boilermakers signed Indiana native Brody Baumann to a national letter of intent Wednesday, inking a key piece of the future of the room. Ersland talks about why Baumann is such a great fit for the program, both in wrestling and culture, and why recruiting has been a different place over the last six months. Purdue got 2021-22 off to a 2-0 start over the weekend, earning wins at Drexel and Rider. Ersland breaks down the various matches and pieces of the trip and how the Boilermakers look to benefit from the experience come the postseason. 0:00 - National Signing Day7:00 - How has COVID, NIL, etc. Changed Recruiting19:55 - 2021-22 Officially Underway25:20 - Individual Highlights32:00 - Ersland on Woulfe39:22 - Trains, Planes & Automobiles
The official start of the 2021-22 campaign is finally here and the Always Aggressive Podcast is back to get you ready for the Boilermakers' season-opening duals. Purdue opens Saturday at Drexel University and Rider University. Purdue had its annual intra-squad wrestle offs Friday, opening the doors to Holloway Gymnasium for the first time since the end of the 2020 season. Ersland talked through the approach and execution of the team getting down to weight for the first time, and how they all performed. In preparation for the weekend, the guys took a quick look at the lineups for Drexel and Rider and some of the fun matchups on tap. Saturday's nightcap could see a rematch from 2020 between Thomas Penola and Matt Correnti, who met at heavyweight at Rutgers in one of the most exciting duals of the season. Finally, the guys paid tribute to the passing of Mike Atwood, former Delphi High School head coach and father of Boilermaker alum Braden Atwood. A regular attendee of Purdue home matches and Boilermaker wrestling events, Atwood will be greatly missed in the Greater Lafayette wrestling community. 0:00 - Wrestle Off Results5:50 - Wrestle Off Notes18:42 - BTN TV Schedule28:35 - Traveling East33:27 - Look at Drexel34:41 - Look at Rider37:07 - Remembering Mike Atwood
Things are revving up for the 2021-22 Purdue wrestling season and the Boilermakers are starting to get people together to enjoy some wrestling. Head coach Tony Ersland and the crew go through it all on this week's episode of the Always Aggressive Podcast. The gatherings started this past weekend as the Boilermakers hosted a family weekend with all the wrestling parents, which included an open practice on Saturday in addition to a tailgate before the Purdue football game. Many introductions were made as the team has been unable to gather for the last 18 months in an official capacity. Things will continue this weekend with the intra-squad wrestle offs, opening the doors to Holloway Gymnasium for a 7 p.m. ET start on Friday. Ersland walks through the various reasons he finds wrestle offs so important to the start of the season. The Big Ten Network television schedule is expected to be released in the near future and Ersland reveals some of the details behind the Boilermakers' “Hoops & Headlocks” event scheduled for Jan. 23 in Mackey Arena. Billed as a first-of-its-kind event, Ersland and Purdue hopes to expose wrestling to one of its biggest crowds ever in Mackey Arena. Finally, the show wraps with some discussion over the action at Super 32 this past weekend. An amazing high school event, the guys walk through the importance of the tournament, what they really take stock in and some of the pitfalls in how important it could be. 0:00 - Parents Weekend6:05 - Wrestle Offs11:40 - “Coach Speak”23:05 - Pending TV Schedule, Hoops & Headlocks34:35 - Super 32 Takeaways
The Purdue wrestling team officially started its 2021-22 this week and the Boilermakers are only three weeks out from their first competition of the year. Head coach Tony Ersland talks through the team's early training and progress in addition to a few events on the horizon. Ersland remarks on the early action in the Blake Wrestling Room, specifically addressing the quick acclimation of the Boilermaker freshmen and the focus of upperclassmen Devin Schroder and Max Lyon. In the coming weeks the Boilermakers will host a camp, parents' weekend and the 2021 preseason wrestle off, which are pegged for Friday, October 29, at 7 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium. That will be fans' first opportunity to watch the 2021-22 team and one of two home events left for 2021. 0:00 - The 2021-22 Season is Here12:35 - The Evolution of Coaching15:45 - Wrestle Offs are Coming23:55 - Alumni Zoom24:35 - Super 32 Camp30:00 - Parents Weekend
Recruiting season is in full swing for the Purdue wrestling team and head coach Tony Ersland pulls back the curtain a bit to talk about the process, the visits and everything that goes with it for the Boilermakers. The Boilermakers have had some fantastic home football games in Ross-Ade Stadium, volleyball in Holloway Gymnasium and a variety of other events and appointments on campus. Ersland talks about everything that goes into it and what it takes to pull off the 48-hour trips. The 2021 UWW World Championships are scheduled for this weekend in Oslo, Norway, and the show takes a short look at the USA roster and potential achievements for the team. In addition, they talk about the Boilermakers' accomplishments and training for freestyle and some of their achievements as they chase the dream of World and Olympic medals. 0:00 - Recruiting Season6:13 - Figuring Out Fit12:20 - Drew Brees on Campus17:30 - Our Man Mitch22:15 - World Championships24:50 - Boilers Pursuing Freestyle Dreams34:20 - Thank Yous
The Purdue wrestling team received its 2022 Big Ten Conference schedule this week, so head coach Tony Ersland, Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm talk through it and a few of the nation's top events on the Always Aggressive Podcast. The Boilermakers' eight conference duals were announced by the Big Ten, which will start on Jan. 7 at Nebraska. In addition to the full dual schedule, the crew talked about two events, one coming, one passed, and some of the fireworks involved. Ersland is headed to Who's Number One, presented by FloWrestling in Dallas this weekend, where he hopes to visit with some future Boilermakers, and the 2021 US World Team Trials were held last week in Lincoln, Nebraska, where the team headed to Oslo, Norway was solidified. The show also took a look at the hot start to Purdue athletics this fall as soccer, volleyball, football and cross country are all underway in West Lafayette. 0:00 - B1G Schedule is here12:00 - NIL Sidebar14:55 - B1G on TV? 18:50 - Who's Number One23:00 - 2021 World Team Trials Recap25:35 - Hot start to the fall at Purdue29:45 - Loyal podcast listeners34:15 - Ask for guests? Going on a bear hunt
The Always Aggressive Podcast welcomed special guest Peyton Stovall to the show Thursday, ready to talk about the Boilermakers' EMPOWER program, all things Name, Image & Likeness, and his path to joining the Purdue family. Stovall serves as Purdue's Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Development and is a Lafayette native, growing up in the area and attending Lafayette Jefferson High School. A member of the varsity basketball team in his undergraduate studies at Ball State University, Stovall jumps into the conversation regarding the athletics department noon hoops game, and talk steers to the concept of lunch-hour wrestling. Stovall also served as the athletics director at Lafayette Jeff and Evansville North High School before coming to join the Boilermakers. 0:00 - Welcome Peyton Stovall4:15 - EMPOWER9:40 - NIL & College Changes20:20 - Craziest NIL Deal?26:10 - Intra-department Sports Activities 33:40 - Purdue Football is Back (and so are recruits!)38:45 - and a new Twitter Poll…
This week's Always Aggressive Podcast features Purdue wrestling senior Max Lyon, who joins the show to discuss returning for his fifth year, how he spent the summer of 2021 and what lies ahead for the Iowa native. Lyon is one-of-two Boilermaker wrestlers using an extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is projected as the Purdue starter at 184 pounds again this season. He is a three-time Big Ten Championship placewinner and three-time NCAA Championship qualifier, in addition to earning Academic All-Big Ten, NWCA Scholar All-America and CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. On the show Lyon talks through his summer internship with Target, his engagement and his future plans, in addition to a potential book he plans to author with head coach Tony Ersland.
Purdue wrestling head coach Tony Ersland, Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm are back, opening the 2021-22 academic year with Season Three of the Always Aggressive Podcast. The guys take a deep dive into the 2021 Olympic wrestling performance in Tokyo, honoring the many successful efforts by the Americans and several of the other individuals around the sport that made their achievements possible. Having coached several wrestlers who have had success on the Olympic and World Championship stages, Ersland has valuable insight on the journey and experiences of those who brought home medals from Japan. While the masses simply get to watch the handful of matches that are wrestled on television, Ersland looks into the four-year cycle and the lifetime of preparation that goes into those moments. In typical fashion, the show closes with a pop culture question that pits Lipsett and Palm on opposite sides, while Ersland stays out of the fray. 0:00 - Season Three begins with the Olympics2:57 - Women's Results7:27 - Boilermaker in Tokyo9:20 - Is this the launching pad for women's wrestling?12:15 - Greco16:30 - Snoop & Kevin do Greco17:50 - Ersland, Olympic junkie18:30 - Freestyle27:25 - Most Impressive Performance?30:15 - Olympic commentators37:40 - Coaching Olympic/World Champions40:00 - Hat tip to the coaches44:35 - The Black Album?
Purdue wrestling head coach Tony Ersland and crew bring you a summer update on the Always Aggressive Podcast, diving into the Boilermakers' results from the U23 Freestyle Championships, the announcement of the non-conference schedule and some info on the newest group of Boilermakers set to come on campus. Sophomore Thomas Penola and senior Max Lyon led a group of Boilermakers to Lincoln, Nebraska for the U23 nationals, both earning spots on the podium. Ersland spoke on the efforts of several other Boilermakers at the event and to the nature of how offseason freestyle competition helps the team in their training. Purdue's non-conference schedule for 2021-22 was announced in recent weeks, unveiling six dates for the Boilermakers to conclude 2021. Ersland walks through the schedule with various notes about the scheduled duals and tournaments The NCAA's recruiting dead period finally came to a close on June 1, meaning that Ersland and his staff could resume both on-campus and off-campus recruiting. The Boilermakers are already hard at work, searching for the next group of wrestlers to join the roster in 2022. In addition, the newest group of Boilermakers are set to come to campus this weekend as summer school starts Monday. Ersland speaks to their recruitment under COVID restrictions over the past year and how excited the Boilermakers are to have them come to campus. The show closed with a hat tip to Big Ten Network standout Shane Sparks, who came to West Lafayette to call some baseball recently, and a side-by-side comparison between Ersland and a WWE star. 0:00 - Welcome back, U23 Nationals17:00 - 2021-22 Non-Conference Schedule24:45 - NCAA Dead Period is over28:45 - Freshman report to campus32:25 - Thank you Shane Sparks34:20 - What WWE Star does Ersland look like?
With the 2020-21 academic year coming to a close soon, the Purdue wrestling program remains buzzing with activity. Head coach Tony Ersland gave out team awards for the 2021 season, the nation has been taking a close look at the transfer portal and a handful of Boilermakers head to Iowa this weekend for the 2021 UWW Junior and Senior Freestyle National Championships. Before the seniors set sail from West Lafayette to start life, the Boilermakers took one last opportunity to enjoy a meal together, and Ersland presented the team with their letter awards as well as the honorees from the 2021 season. The transfer portal has become a permanent fixture in college athletics, and the squad takes some time to go through the positives and negatives it has to offer sports, specifically wrestling. Like any situation it has multiple points of view and sides to it, but Ersland and Co. The Boilermakers are set to compete again, taking five individuals to Coralville, Iowa for a chance at making a world team. Purdue will have two entries in the junior division and three in the senior division. 0:00 - 2021 Purdue wrestling team awards13:40 - the transfer portal, the good and the bad27:25 - the Boilermakers get to wrestle again32:20 - the dead period is almost over34:50 - Mizzou back to the Big 1236:50 - Purdue Day of Giving
Allowing enough time to pass, while still remaining close enough to the event to keep it relevant, head coach Tony Ersland and co-hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett look back at Purdue wrestling’s 2021 NCAA Championships performance on this week’s Always Aggressive Podcast. The main theme of the show was to reflect on the successes of the 2021 season, the historical achievements of this group, while still not being satisfied with the progress to date and still pursing the team’s ultimate goals. The Boilermakers had eight NCAA qualifiers for the third straight year, the fourth time in seven years under Ersland and just the sixth time in program history. The consistency in getting the majority of the team to the national tournament is the first step in getting guys on the podium and chasing top placements at NCAA’s. Senior Devin Schroder and sophomore Thomas Penola advanced to the Round of 12 at 125 and 197 pounds, respectively, but fell one win shy of All-America status. All eight qualifiers won at least one match, and senior Max Lyon, junior Parker Filius and freshman Gerrit Nijenhuis all added bonus points to some of their victories. Palm closed the show with an outstanding hypothetical: in the movie that portrays the rise of Purdue wrestling, what actor would play Ersland? 0:00 - 2021 NCAA’s happened, and we’re thankful4:38 - Establishing consistency, progress10:48 - Schroder's showing17:03 - Big Ten at NCAA’s21:00 - Penola's performance24:15 - Freshmen Finishes28:14 - Appreciating progress while chasing goals41:55 - Who's playing Ersland?
Senior Devin Schroder joins the show this week to talk about his HUGE announcement that he is returning for the 2021-22 season! Coach Ersland talks about Devin and fellow future super senior Max Lyon, what the move means for the team and what it says about the culture of Purdue Wrestling.
Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to discuss the results from the 2021 Big Ten Championships, who performed well and what the team still needs to work on as eight Boilermakers get ready for next week's NCAA Championships in St. Louis.
Coach Ersland, Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm go through the brackets for the 2021 Big Ten Championships.
MatScout Willie joins the show today to talk about a wide array of topics! Willie Saylor joins Coach Tony Ersland and hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to preview Big Ten Championships, discuss the current state of college wrestling and high school recruiting.
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