Wrestling Blogs - Luke Smith

This past weekend we officially kicked off our season at the Journeymen Northeast Duals in Albany, New York. Our Thanksgiving consisted on a 8:30am practice and a 10 hour bus ride to Buffalo. On the way there we did find a Cracker Barrel to stop and eat at. My Thanksgiving dinner was a grilled chicken salad...mmmmm sure beats a big turkey dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy huh? We stayed in Buffalo Thursday night and left for Albany the next morning. After checking in to our hotel we had a few hours to get settled in before going to the… more »

The season has officially started and I feel myself going into it with mixed feelings. I am excited because this has to be the best team in CMU history talent wise. I really beleive if we wrestle at the level we are capable of we can come away with a National Championship. We have 8 returning National Qualifiers, 3 returning All-Americans, and 2 people who have been one round away from being an All-American. Pre-Season rankings have as high as 4 in the country but we know we are capable of doing better than that.

For me… more »