We might have been shedding big tears with football ending and maybe we took yesterday as a day to let it all sink in, I know I will miss running errand boy for Mijo back and forth, but now it is Sunday, and we must prepare for the upcoming wrestling season of which we are at least two weeks behind. I'm not sure if we are really two weeks behind, but I know official practice started and while football was going on, the big boys that play football could not really interact on the mats, first because of UIL rules and secondly, coach did not want any more shenanigans like Mijo hurting his knee and not being available for football when he was needed.
Still, now that Mijo is a senior, we must think a little differently, if he will continue trying to be a jock in college, he must find a team that will take him and preferably, pay him for the privilege. I have been working for the last 3-4 hours getting all his matches from last year and picking out some sort of highlights film to possibly send to coaches that might consider him for their wrestling teams. Mijo said he would gladly play football for a scholarship/payment of school, however that works, but if it were up to him, he would really prefer to wrestle instead. There is less money for wrestling, I mean football is king here in Texas, but there are still plenty of kids going full out for other sports. Hopefully, a mix tae of his best matches/moves can help get him noticed.
I think wrestling would be a better fit for him, he loves and understands football well enough, but as an offensive lineman, he is a little short, and I am afraid it may affect his play, when average linemen are 6ft 3in and up and he is squeezing in at...let's say 5ft 8in. He is as strong as any of them with his 350-pound bench and what was a 600-pound squat before his injuries, he doesn't bow down to anybody, plus he has the heart of a lion and does weigh a solid 250+ pounds, but I am afraid he would get wore down trying to keep up with too many 300plus pound monsters.
In wrestling, he would find his weight category, even if he stays as a heavy, he could gain some muscle and get to a comfortable 260 pounds, while the maximum weight in his category would be 285 pounds. I really think for him to succeed, he' would be better to fight in the weight class below, and for NCWA, which Texas State is a member, there is a 235-pound weight class he could very easily weigh down for.
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