Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion College Kansas Colleges that have dropped wrestling since 1972.

Since 1972 these Kansas Collegiate wrestling teams have been dropped:

Dodge City CC
Emporia State
Garden City CC
Kansas State

The one that was a shocker was when GCCC just had won a national championship.

Johnson County CC used to have a team also in the late 70s and early 80s. Not sure exactly when they dropped it.

Good Call! I'm going off of Intermat.

Johnson County CC I think dropped their program after the 1983-84 season.

St. Mary of the Plains - Dodge City, KS
After 1 season (89-90) dropped shorlty before the school went under.

Ft. Scott Juco had a program in the 70's as well.

When did KU drop their program?

Ku dropped in 64 or 65

In a story about Pete Mehringer KU's 1932 Olympic Gold Medal winner, it was stated that KU dropped its program in 1966.

OK...I thought the last time they competed in the Big 8 tournament was 1965 though.

Aaron, I bet you are right that 1965 was the last time KU competed in the Big 12 tournament. Maybe when the article said that KU dropped it's program in 1966 it meant that it stopped competing in 1966. Anyway you look at it that is at least 40 years with no wrestling program at KU. We have to change that.

Dear Vince:

I will take that bet!

K. U. NEVER competed in the Big 12 Wrestling Tournament. The Big 12 was founded on February 25, 1994.

Good one Richard! I was going to say that Vince said Big XII, but I said Big 8.

I also remember talking to a few people who competed in the Big 7! Talk about going back a few years!!!

Richard,

I agree with Aaron that was a very good one!

It is kind of scary to me how ingrained the new Big 12 is ingrained into my thinking now. I used to be such a Big 8 fan. I was not too happy when it became the Big 12. There are times that I wish that it would still go back to the Big 12. I liked it better when Nebraska played Oklahoma every year in football.

Thanks for keeping me on my toes.

Dear Vince:

I have a question. How would the Big 12 "go back to the Big 12."?

You know I kinda wonder how the Big 10 is the Big 10 when they have 11 teams in the conference. LOL

Richard,

You got me again. I guess I need to be more careful. But what I meant was I miss the Old Big 8 Conference. I really did prefer the Big 8 to the current Big 12 setup. I really have nothing against the Texas teams except that they keep beating up on my Cornhuskers. I just liked it better when Oklahoma and Oklahoma State got to play all the current Big 12 North teams in football every year. Of course I also liked it better when Nebraska actually had a dominant football team every year.