Cael Sanderson vs. Jon Trenge: 2002 NCAA title match (197 lb.) 

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This is so poignant I got emotional like damn this is a record that’ll never be broken

Not too mention how hard he had to have worked. Everyone at that level is talented. Talent will get you far, talent + work ethic is something special.

Nah bro I fucked up all the seniors as a freshman

Agree. The sheer exhaustion of the training and staying healthy and keeping on weight year after year. And to not have single loss. Just astonishing . People see the wins, but the day after day training and all that goes into getting to the end of a college wrestling career is insanely difficult for any wrestler.

And what's crazy to me - He's also an incredible coach.

@@haynwarrior2k2 gotta love it!

Couldn't agree more. Class act and total badass.

The absolute best. Best coach. Nittany Lion Cyclone of a Beast.

All that and did well academically, and was very humble

Of all time? Really? Ever?

@@jannorris4140 yes, not sure where you got lost in translation

@@TheAmericanjiujitsu ...i got lost after i thought of many other humble champions who didnt giggle and laugh as they were beating their opponent. Duh.

Would you giggle and laugh if you knew you finally had the win needed to go undefeated in your entire wrestling career? I would.. that’s a TON of pressure - EVERYONE remembers the Dan Gable situation where he was 99-0 and lost in the final match of his entire collegiate career to a guy who was barely known. This was a once in a hundred years type of event.

And he continues to be to this day...

Bo Nickal’s after pinning Martin

Yep! Humble man.

That is what I thought. Loved when asked what was next, he responds with taking his brothers fishing.

To claim that much of his success is due to luck really shows the quality of his character.

Amazing man... humble but strong-willed and has that quiet confidence. Obviously raised right... and why wouldn’t he be with a family like his and growing up in the Heber Valley of Utah!

i can relate, i've been undefeated for 19 years in a row, just never competed

@@1terminatorr lol

Quite impressive. Almost as impressive as Karelin.

Family support and love.........Mental toughness he has is extraordinary!!!! Definitely The GOAT..........amazing And one heck of a Coach!!!!

Not only that but I remember in our state Trenge beating this wrestler that was a absolute beast & seeing Cael destroy this guy it’s just unreal. Sanderson was just on his own level...

That’s right!

It’s ridiculous to be honest, he’s truly legendary

Not anymore. At least not until the conference tournaments and NCAA’s. Guys ducking each other all the time now

@@letsssgooo4618 it's gross! That's y they'll never have the respect these older warriors got.

@@letsssgooo4618 how are NCAA wrestlers ducking each other now?

I wouldn’t even want to beat him

If you don't believe you're the next Larry Owings, don't even step on the mat.

@@obi-wankenobi5499 right, I’d actually feel bad for beating him. Like I just ruined that man’s whole career and one in a life time mild stone.

@@obi-wankenobi5499 but at the same time ID FEEL LIKE THE GREATEST WRESLTER OF ALL TIME 😂.

Ramos is Larry Owens

Then you’ve never heard of Alexandre Karelin

​@@villhelmthinking the same thing lmao

watch it at .25 speed it is even sicker...can literally see him snap all of Trenge's weight to his left and just pick that right ankle...so perfect.

I literally just wrote that and didn’t see your comment. Completely agree. Under different circumstances he could’ve not only been a champion, but a four-time champion if you look at who he beat and when he beat them. Dude was an absolute stud. Had some real tough luck, like losing that Damion Hahn final. Had the match in complete control and lost in the last second. Hell of a wrestler though.

Bro @Flamingosis I literally dance to your music and you actually know this sport is incredible, appreciate your art and taste 🙏🏽

I remember watching him while he was in high school. He always used to fold his warmups before the match and put them by the coaches chair. Not sure why I remember that.

This is true I was at a clinic with him yesterday guy is amazing

Yeah trenge was my hero as a kid he was a beast I grew up and wrestled in the Lehigh valley but in NJ

I got to meet trenge at a clinic up in Snohomish Washington. He worked with our local youth wrestlers. What a story he has to tell. Nice guy and fierce wrestler. Respect

Parkland pride

I'm laughing. ..damn that's one of the best original lines I've heard. And I can relate 😂😂😂😂

If you look at his career he had a shot to win it all four years under slightly different circumstances. Freshman year he beat the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th place finishers at his weight class throughout the year. Got that terrible eye problem and missed the postseason. Sophomore year he's in the same weight class as literally the GOAT of the sport who bumped up weights for his senior year, what are the odds of that? Junior year he was beating Damion Hahn (another multi-time champ) and was the better wrestler and Hahn threw a Hail Mary move in literally the last seconds and he lost. Senior year he dealt with more eye issues and got upset in the semis. Meanwhile his senior year he beat that year's eventual champion Jake Rosholt in the dual meet earlier in the season and probably would have again. Wild stuff.

Me too, I think if God gave me the ability top level to be it might be wrestling, just for the tough guy aspect of it. I know for money NBA basketball would be better.

agreed men!

How ?

Cael jaw os amazing

Dude there are thousands of high school coach’s kids that become athletes in a given sport. None of them replicated what Cael did. Specifically in wrestling, almost every competitor at the D1 level has been wrestling and coached since they were tiny children. None of them have replicated what Cael did.

@@michaelbradley7621 What he did was extraordinary, I agree. In my opinion it was a confluence of things, his dad coaching and mentoring him, his brothers were wrestlers and worked to support him, tremendous support and belief from his parents and a god given talent.

@@Scipio7189 His dad being a coach and being a younger brother of two wrestlers who challenged him a lot growing up. Finally his talent level was the highest.

He could've very easily won multiple titles. Freshman year developed the eye condition and had season ending surgery. Beat the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th place finishers during the season. Sophomore year the GOAT of the sport bumps up randomly after spending three years at 184. I think Cael was the only one to beat him that year. Junior year he was beating Damion Hahn in the final until the very last seconds. Senior year he got upset in the semis. He had beaten the eventual champion Jake Rosholt in a dual meet in the regular season and probably would have again.

No shit, never thought about that... our sport gets 0 respect so probably not

No kidding, our teams in high-school, middle school and even the college team I was on never got the same respect as football or basketball teams. Even though year after year we had better team records.

I feel like Channing Tantum would be a better choice especially after seeing his performance in “Foxcatcher” portraying Mark Shultz.

I was thinking the same thing

Both like their ankle picks too

Basically everything you just said was false. JT never wrestled any weight but 197 in his entire career. Cael moved up for his final year for his own reasons, although he and Trenge had wrestled in NWCA pre-season exhibition. Trenge had 14 total losses in his career counting his red shirt year. A couple of those were DQs due to retaliating when wrestlers attacked his eye gear, but he did lose an occasional match. I don't know why you're just making stuff up...

@@ChengManChing My memory must be failing me. Either way, Cael was a beast and there's a reason he went on to coach at PSU while JT ended up a high school teacher.

@@pallen2980 now you want to discredit JT for being a teacher?? Gtfo with that crap

It was perfect.

Doubt it. He was pretty muscle-bound here.