Some really great posts on this subject. Coach Neil, your comments are so appreciated.

I coached for two seasons in Southern California, the wrestling was not that much better than here, but the overall number of good kids were, just by sheer population

Gutwrench-just who are ya?

A couple years back, i sat with Chad Flores of Kearney and Silver Lake 2xchamp at the UNO open and we discussed the difference between the D1 and D2 guys. Mostly he felt was the overall competition in the room that they faced daily.

the biggest obvious difference was in the heavies, the D1 guys definitely were more athletic, looking like NFL linebackers and d-end types, and the D2 guys were more doughboy build.

Coach Shea, some good points. I believe in Huskerland wrestling in nebraska headlocks are illegal in their divisions lower than 12 yrs of age and they start all periods on their feet. It does help in the long run.