Mat Talk Podcast Network

Parker Betts is the assistant coach for what is arguably the United States' most important Greco-Roman program, Northern Michigan University's National Training Site.

Episode #44 is our annual follow up of a statistical analysis of how the new 3-point takedown has affected our sport.

This week we connect with Joey Blaze - NCAA Finalist and 3rd place finisher at the World Team Trials.

One of the most interesting and authentic voices within the sport of wrestling is featured on Episode 64 as two-time Olympian and five-time US World Team member Ildar Hafizov joins the program.

The men of the Intermat Podcast have returned one final time to talk about the Kyle Snyder news, give a preview of the World Team Trials and announce their new show The Quad Pod.

This week Tommy and Kevin talk with recent Central Michigan Alumni and one of their all time favorite Chippewa wrestlers, Alex Cramer.

This week we talk with Brock Bergelin, CMU Wrestling alumni, and proprietor of 3-point Takedown Wrestling Apparel.

On episode #138 of the #PackMentality Pop-Ins Podcast, co-host Trent Hidlay sits down with his current Wolfpack RTC head coach Jamill Kelly.

This week we talk through Kyle Dake's career and reminisce about his exciting career and what we can look forward to from him moving forward.

The MatStats crew looks where we have been and where we are as a table setter for a future show on where we are going and how to be prepared.  We analyze historical statistics with attendance at the NCAA Championships, participation numbers at National tourneys, NCAA Men's number of teams and participants. Slideshow for Episode 43: https://www.mattalkonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/MatStats43Slideshow.pdf About Mat Stats Welcome to the NWCA's latest venture to help our favorite sport. Glenn Gormley, Jason Bryant and Kevin Hazard outline their effort to bring statistical analysis to wrestling. Mat Stats is the NWCA's attempt to bring wrestling up to speed with so many other sports by incorporating stats. It is the same sport, the wrestlers are just older and better. Mat Stats by the NWCA is a monthly podcast by the National Wrestling Coaches AssociationApple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | Podcast Addict | Castbox | RSS

This week we talk with NCAA All American Trevor Chumbley of the Northwestern WIldcats. We talk through his recent finish on the podium, and then we work chronologically backwards through his career and what he learned along the way.

This week Tommy and Kevin discuss the Hodge results along with the upcoming National Duals Invitational and its qualification structure and what we expect.

The season has come to an end but things are heating up. The crew discuss the NCAA tournament, the steroid rumors and conversations surrounding Meyer Shapiro's post-match interview and all the craziness happening with the transfer portal.

This week Tommy returns! We discuss the NCAA results primarily. We also discuss some of the fun commentary from DC, JB, Rock and the rest of the crew.

We are one week away from the biggest tournament of the year, but there's still some things to get to. The crew dives into the Tyler Brennan eligibility situation, takes a look at the biggest stories from the conference tournaments and what they like and don't like about the NCAA Championship seeds and brackets.

It's the annual stats mound of news, notes, facts, data and more as co-host Jason Bryant talks about his annual mega-collection of stats for the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. With over 250 pages, “The Guide,” as it's become known, hits every pertinent stat and figure for the upcoming NCAA championships and also puts together history that's available no place else.  Order the Mat Talk Online D1 Preview Guide at mattalkonline.com/guide and use discount code matstats to save $10.  https://player.vimeo.com/video/1065181657?h=7e9f401821 About Mat Stats Welcome to the NWCA's latest venture to help our favorite sport. Glenn Gormley, Jason Bryant and Kevin Hazard outline their effort to bring statistical analysis to wrestling. Mat Stats is the NWCA's attempt to bring wrestling up to speed with so many other sports by incorporating stats. It is the same sport, the wrestlers are just older and better. Mat Stats by the NWCA is a monthly podcast by the National Wrestling Coaches Association Apple Podcasts | Spotify | iHeartRadio | Podcast Addict | Castbox | RSS

We have reached the post season! During this week's conversation, the crew discusses the different conferences that they cover and give some insight into the allocations, some dark horses, and how the team races could look. They also talk a little bit about the Anthony Knox situation.

Looking at the upcoming 2025 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships.

Kevin Claunch is joined by InterMat podcast co-host Ryan Holmes.

The postseason is finally here! All through preseason and during the regular season you will hear many coaches and athletes talk about getting to March.

Dual meets have come to an end with some fireworks and it's time to prep for the post season. In this week's conversation the guys discuss how the coaches' rankings need to go.

This week, Kevin is joined by Austin Sommer, one of the counterparts on the Intermat podcast. They talk through some of his experiences growing up in the Lehigh Valley and with the sport of wrestling.

Jason Bryant hosts the Short Time Wrestling Podcast, featuring Dr. Bill Welker, a longtime wrestling coach, referee, and journalist.

The crew discusses AJ Ferrari and Ethen Miller sitting out for big matches and whether or not they were ducking.

MatStats does a shout out to the NCAA for approving women's wrestling a championship sport.  We do a quick history of women's intercollegiate sports organizations.

This week, Kevin Claunch is joined by Robbie Wendell who covers the ACC for Intermat and is a part of the Intermat podcast.

The final top five domino is off the board as Jax Forrest made his college commitment to Oklahoma State.

Ron Lang, author of "Mat Return," discusses his book's focus on the transformative power of wrestling across the United States.

One last time inside Reynolds Coliseum this season for the NC State Wrestling team, as the Wolfpack closes out its dual slate with an ACC battle against Stanford Friday night.

Drew Foster, a two-time All-American at Northern Iowa, discussed his journey as a four-sport athlete in high school and the benefits of versatility.

In this week conversation the team discusses Bo Bassett's commitment to Iowa and reflect on the new school of recruiting along with who is in the lead for the Hodge this year.

Mat Talk Online's Jason Bryant joined Mike Malinconico on The Athletor Podcast.

This week, Kevin talks with Justin Oliver - Assistant Wrestling Coach at Northwestern University.

It's the week of the biggest dual of the year - Penn State vs Iowa. We look into the top matches, where Iowa can win and the trash talking at 184.

First place in the ACC is on the line this Friday night, as #6 NC State heads to #18 North Carolina in a battle of the conference's lone undefeated squads in conference action.

The full crew is back this week and they dig into Jett Strickenberger's controversial celebration, the return of D1 National Duals, and a review of the Anthony Roble movie Unstoppable.

On this week's show Holmes and Robbie pose the question of is this the best Penn State lineup we have ever seen?

MatStats does a recap and brief history of the NWCA/USMC National Duals.  We do an analysis on past tourneys. 

Lehigh head coach Pat Santoro checks in with Shane Sparks on the latest Go Earn It Podcast.

Kevin flies solo this week, breaking down the week of wrestling.

2024 Olympian and recently-named Athlete of the Year Payton Jacobson joins the show for Episode 63 and discusses every big moment from his breakout season.

Jagger joins the show from some unspoken haunt in New Jersey.