Originally Posted by TomWright25

I wrestled on the PSU team back when Dad Bill (Koll) was coach. He used to smoke a cigar and smile and call himself a "SOB"--"sweet old Bill". He was sometimes more like the normal understanding of those initials. Did you know that they made an NCAA rule because of him? Back when he was winning NCAA championships in the 40's he used to pick guys up. . slam them to the mat. . .wiggle them around. . .referee would slap the mat for a fall. . .Koll would get up and the opponent was lying unconcious on the mat. They made the illegal slam rule because of him. At least that's what I was told when I was on his team.

I have heard some stories...

Bosak - in fact he is a senior and 2012-2013 will be his 5th year. 2008-2009, his freshman year, he wrestled in the Body Bay and Las Vegas Invitationals which do not count as official NCAA bouts. Under NCAA and Ivy rules those bouts did not consume an eligibility year.

Below is from his bio on the Cornell website. You are correct, the Ivy League does not allow a red shirt. Since he was at the university in 2008 the only explanation is he was injured after the Vegas Open, requested a medical waiver from the Ivy League and received it. The Ivy is not totally stone cold, they do have a means for granting a fifth year of eligibility for medical reasons.

Height: 5-11
Class: Senior
Hometown: State College, Pa.
High School: State College Area HS

NCAA Champion (2012)
NCAA All-American (2011,2012)
NCAA Qualifier (2010, 2011, 2012)
EIWA Finalist (2011, 2012)
First-team All-Ivy (2011, 2012)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2010)

At Cornell
2011-12: "Bosak wrapped up an impressive 2011-12 season by winning the NCAA title at 184 pounds. The Big Red captain entered the tournament as the No. 4 seed and notched four wins to advance to the finals where he met No. 6 Quentin Wright of Penn State. .......Bosak will be back as a fifth-year senior for the 2012-13 season."

Cornell University Athletics - 2011-12 Wrestling Roster

Career Stats
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I thought Ivy's had special rules that prohibited extra years?

The Ivies don't necessarily prohibit "extra years", per se: what it prevents is the conventional redshirt that is allowed at other schools. An extra year of eligibility is only granted to wrestlers for medical reasons (like what happened to Bosak) or an Olympic redshirt (i.e. what Dake considered doing last year). Most Ivy League schools have found their ways around this, however, to save their athletes eligibility clocks (referred to as the greyshirt).

Either way, Cornell is at threat level midnight.