Always Aggressive - Purdue Wrestling Podcast

Coach Tony Ersland and host Tanner Lipsett talk about the strong start to the 2024-25 Dual Season and preview this week's trip to the Cliff Keen Invitational in Las Vegas. #BoilerUp

Assistant Coach Jake Sueflohn joins host Tanner Lipsett to discuss the latest news in the Purdue Wrestling world including the newest Boilermakers with the Class of 2024 recruiting class officially signed. #BoilerUp

Head Assistant Coach Leroy Vega joins host Tanner Lipsett this week to talk about the season-opening dual win at Garnder-Webb, this week's action at the Tiger Style Invitational in Kansas City and what Coach Vega's coaching journey has been like since arriving in West Lafayette. #BoilerUp

Head coach Tony Ersland and host Tanner Lipsett break down the 2024-25 Boilermakers, recap Wrestle-Offs, preview the season opener at Gardner-Webb and talk a little bit of recruiting in the first episode of Season Six. #BoilerUp

Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to discuss the results from the team's Big Ten opening dual with #14 Rutgers before previewing this weekend's road trip to #2 Iowa and #3 Nebraska. #BoilerUp

Head Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to recap the Boilers’ 50-6 Dual win over Lindenwood as well as action at Midlands before previewing Sunday’s matchup against Rutgers at Holloway Gym. #BoilerUp #AlwaysAggressive

Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to break down the results from the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and what it means, at this point in the season, for his team. #BoilerUp

Coach Tony Ersland and Tanner Lipsett join host Cory Palm from Las Vegas, where the Boilermakers are preparing for this weekend's Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. The guys preview that event and take a look back at the Boilermaker Duals and a great performance by Matt Ramos at the NWCA All-Star Classic. #BoilerUp

Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to discuss the first two weeks of the 2023-24 season and preview this weekend's home openers against UIndy and NIU.

Head Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to talk about the 2024 Big Ten Dual season schedule release as well as next week's official start of the 2023-24 season. The guys also discuss an upcoming team retreat and the importance of cultivating the right culture around the program. #BoilerUp

Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to talk about the fall training schedule, the 2023 World Championships and the state of college athletics in the aftermath of Deion Sanders' success at Colorado. #BoilerUp

Coach Tony Ersland joins hosts Cory Palm and Tanner Lipsett to preview U-20 Nationals, talk potential rules changes and give a recruiting update.

The Always Aggressive crew returns for the first podcast of the offseason recapping an incredible tournament run for Purdue at the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Okla. An exclamation point on an incredible year. Head coach Tony Ersland talks about bringing home two All-Americans, the program's first national placewinners since 2013, and all that the Boilermakers were able to accomplish in Tulsa. The usual podcast trio breakdown the tournament runs for the four Purdue wrestlers, all of whom came away with at least one win. The bulk of the conversation centered around the two podium climbers, Matt Ramos and Parker Filius. Ersland spoke to the work ethic and longevity of Filius, who earned his All-American honors in his sixth and final year with the program. After breaking down Filius' impact, the guys talked about the incredible run to the national finals for Ramos. The cardiac kid put together an incredibly entertaining tournament on his way to becoming the 13th finalist in program history. Finally, Ersland and company wrap up with a discussion of the different conversations they've had with fans and strangers alike in the days since the tournament ended.

Coach Tony Ersland recaps Big Ten's and previews this week's trip to Tulsa, Okla., for NCAA Championships. #BoilerUp

The Always Aggressive crew is back for a postseason episode of the show to recap the dual season and preview this weekend's Big Ten Wrestling Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. Head coach Tony Ersland is joined by supervisor of wrestling operations Tanner Lipsett and director of broadcast services Cory Palm to bounce around on a number of topics inlcuding how Ersland is coaching his young guys and their mentality, Big Ten tournament seeding questions and the national hot button topic of rest and load management. In addition to a breakdown of the Purdue entrant at each weight class, the guys wrapped up the pod with an update on how all of the future Boilers are faring in their final runs through their state tournaments.

The Always Aggressive crew is back with another episode as the team prepares for a big weekend hosting the Boilermaker Duals. Head coach Tony Ersland recappped the dual with Rider and what lessons the team can learn in the face of adversity. Among the good news is that Esland's squad won't have to wait long for a chance to bounce back as they take on Cleveland State, Chattanooga and Northern Illinois on Sunday morning. The crew breaks down what to expect and what familiar faces we will see roaming the opposing bench. They wrap up the podcast with some recruiting talk as the big haul from from last week's signing day might not be the end of the good news for Boilermaker wrestling fans. "The future for this group is getting brighter and brighter," Ersland said of this class and those to come. Exciting things on the horizon for Purdue wrestling.

It is a busy week for the Purdue Wrestling crew with the Clarion Open last Sunday, National Signing Day on Wednesday, and the home opener against Rider coming up next Sunday and we break it all down. The Boilermakers brought home six championships, a first place team finish, seven finalists and twelve placewinners from their trip to the Clarion Open over the weekend. No. 10 Matt Ramos and No. 12 Parker Filius won their titles outright, while the duos of Dustin Norris and Jacob Macatangay and No. 14 Kendall Coleman and Nate Camiscioli shared their titles with each other once they reached the finals. Six more Boilermakers made the podium to give head coach Tony Ersland's team 240 team points, good for first place and 41 more than second place. One of the most exciting days of the year is upon us as National Signing Day is finally here. Head coach Tony Ersland announced the 2023 Purdue wrestling signing class on Wednesday, inking five new Boilermakers to national letters of intent. He welcomes Joey Blaze, Greyson Clark, Ashton Jackson, Delaney Ruhlman and Cole Solomey to the Boilermaker family to make up what will surely be Ersland's sixth top-25 recruiting class. Read More: 2023 Purdue Wrestling Signing Class Blaze, Clark, Jackson and Solomey join the show to talk about their commitments and why they chose Purdue. Boilermaker fans will love hearing what stood out about this program and why these highly ranked young men chose to come to Purdue. Ersland and crew wrap up by talking about building the Purdue wrestling culture, national perception of this class and a preview of the upcoming dual with Rider.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue Wrestling crew is here with another Always Aggressive podcast as we sit on the cusp of Wrestle-Offs and subsequently the start of the competitive season for the Boilermakers. Head coach Tony Ersland is joined by Tanner Lipsett and Cory Palm to talk all things Boilermaker wrestling with Wrestle-Offs set for Friday at 6 p.m. ET in Holloway Gymnasium. The matches will be streamed on BTN+ and that led the crew into a discussion about the two other appearances the team will be making on the Big Ten Network. Coach Ersland would then dive right in to a disection of how his team is progressing with two weeks of official practice under their belt. He gives shout outs to a couple of the guys who have been working especially hard and breaks down what he's looking for in the men as they continue to progress. The crew follows that up by previewing the upcoming Wrestle-Offs and who they are most looking forward to seeing take the mat. The guys wrap the podcast with a teaser for exciting things to come in the world of recruiting for the Boilermakers with multiple good, young prospects ready to be added to the fold on National Early Signing Day on Dec. 21, 2022.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue wrestling crew is back for season four episode four of the Always Aggressive podcast. A new member joins the ranks alongside head coach Tony Ersland and company to talk all things Boilermaker wrestling with wrestle offs just one month away. Coach Ersland breaks down what stood out to him from the 2022 World Wrestling Championships that concluded last week, including his thoughts on the women's team and what Jordan Burroughs was able to accomplish. The Big Ten schedule breakdown came next as the guys talked through the road ahead of the Boilermakers in the conference this season. Home duals against Iowa (Jan. 8), Indiana (Jan. 28), Nebraska (Feb. 5) and Northwestern (Feb. 12) and away matches with Illinois (Jan. 14), Wisconsin (Jan. 20), Minnesota (Jan. 22) and Maryland (Feb. 10) make for a balanced and very interesting schedule for Purdue. FloWrestling and Intermat released their preseason rankings earlier this week as well and the guys dive in to where our Boilermakers stack up and where there are opportunities for growth. The youth of this team provides plenty of chances for new faces to stake their claim on a significant role this season. 0:00 – New Member of the Crew 7:08 – World Championships 14:00 – Big Ten Schedule 26:12 – Pre-Season Rankings