Thanks Vince, and we have been following Jacob and some of the other kids that wrestled that year, glad to see they are doing well. Come and see us at the meet. I will be doing the TV so I won't get around much. They said they need a face made for radio and I am always that guy.
See you all at the Metro, should be a good one.
I was curious about the KU deal. I know they did at some point, have a program because there was a Kinsley kid on that team when they cut it. I emailed some guys back home and they thought it was Tommy Elmore and that could have been. The Werner's said it was not Dwight. He and Duane both wrestled at Fort Hays State. Your memory plays tricks on you though and I could not remember. Shame on them for every dropping it and for what they did to Pete back in the day though. They almost went out of their way to keep him from being successful in those days. K-State did the same thing to Jackson that last year too. Bad enough that they dropped it, they tried to handcuff the good kids they had left at the end. That's basketball guys for you and they all end up being administrators. hahah Now that I am retired I can say that outloud.
A quick Pete story. I went with my son, to a KU-OSU baseball game two or three years ago. I noticed, as we toured the Allen Field House museum that Pete was not in their HOF. I complained about that and the currator told me he did not know who he was nor had he ever heard of him. I was standing by his picture. I told him that he was an embarrassment and that I bet I could grab a random OSU fan and that they would have heard of him. He told me he doubted that. I grabbed a guy in an OSU shirt and asked, "you ever heard of Pete Mehringer" and he said, "hell yes, he was an Olympic Champ and he is in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame". The KU guy just waived me off and walked away. That sort of says it all about them, and I am an alum. I was embarrassed for them, and the OSU guys laughed at them.
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