Andrew Nicola

Husband to Amy; Pops to Ava Jay and Nic; Uncle to AJN, BCN and BAN; Alum of IU/UCM/CU/CUNE; Soldier of God; @tntwrestling84

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

* Humble in our aspirations
* Gracious in our success
* Resilient in our failures
#EgoIsTheEnemy

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

@Aaron_LaFarge @MatScouts1 Louisiana (for many, but not all schools)

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

I’ve been doing this since before high school. Kinda cool such a famous person copies off of me!

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

Petco Park has found out about Bryce Harper's toothpaste scandal

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

@jojo789987 @AmericanAir @SecDuffy The average American family consists of 7 people?

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

Perfect timing for this clip because it’s what I’m showing at practice tomorrow. This past weekend I had a few youngsters trying a gator roll in the standing front headlock position, but I think that’s only because they aren’t aware of the head pinch!

[Bellevue Bruins @BUBruins]

Please join us in welcoming Matt Atwood to lead our new women's wrestling program. They will begin competition in 2026-27.

Bellevue tabs Matt Atwood as inaugural women's wrestling head coach
https://t.co/phqxuvvCnd

[Funky 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @Benaskren]

Hill sprints are starting to look like hill SPRINTS again! So grateful I GET to do this.

You can live life with a “get to” mentality or a “got to” mentality—the choice is yours every day. Since last summer, I’ve gained so much gratitude for the things I GET to do again. When everything is taken from you and you can’t do anything under your own power, you realize just how much you took for granted.

For me: coaching practice, playing in the yard with my kids, watching them compete in sports—even doing hill sprints.

It wasn’t that long ago that I wouldn’t have been able to walk up that hill. Now, by the grace of God and the willpower to grind every day, I’m back to sprinting.

Stop taking things for granted and appreciate the things we GET to do.

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

@JohnBaysinger Incredible!!!! Nice work, youngster!

[FloWrestling @FloWrestling]

Kirk Cousins gets it

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

@JimmyMc20445302 @Seth_Duckworth Yeah, I was thinking the same. I’m a former big fan as well. Now just a fan. Individuals are in some way, shape, or form cheating on borderline every team, let alone RTC athletes that aren’t on a college team. Likely Cael’s reference is mostly in regards to recruiting and NIL.

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

@paul_mohr2000 @NewWorldMan22 @GlobalWresOrder If he doesn’t have Monday classes then that would be the case!

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

@TheReattack 2 freshmen…might as well make it 3! Oh wait…that’s right they’re all 4 freshmen 😂

[MatSavant @MatSavant]

We are LIVE! The tracker is working as designed. Okie State with the first movement in the top 10 tracker, via Troy Spratley.

You can view the tracker at https://t.co/S8yY8YMckD

[Justin Basch @JustinJBasch]

Have had some people ask about team points & how they are scored. So, for you, a Team Points Scoring Guide for the 2026 NCAA Championships.

[Andrew Nicola @cadet130]

@DrMicahParker Loser.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Mat Madness is ELECTRIFYING

Penn State is UNSTOPPABLE #PMSLive

[Saturday Night Lights @WrestlingSNL]

An internal email from CBU Athletics instructs campus media to halt publicity for three eliminated men’s programs: wrestling, swimming & diving, and golf.

“A story on graduating students is one we can support, but campus-wide we are putting a hold on any publicity…”

@DrMicahParker x @HorrocksSID

[Cornell Kevin @Cornell_Kevins]

May be the most difficult hurdle for a wrestler to clear—trusting that the same offense that built the lead is what protects it.

The instinct is to protect the lead, but the approach that creates better odds, less regret, and is simply more logical is to keep wrestling the same way that created the lead.

Stay on the attack, stay in position, and keep applying pressure. The one who needs to change and create opportunity is the opponent who is losing. So why would you go ahead and assist them in this by back peddling and lead protecting, opening up two windows that weren’t there before?
1 – Stall points
2 – Allowing your opponent to solely focus on their offense as they no longer have to respect your attacks.

You hear wrestlers in post-match interviews “We do this all the time in the room! Down 2 with 30 seconds left and working to find a takedown.” Not so much the opposite… “up 2 with 30 seconds left and just have to find ways to back up to protect the lead!”

So why resort to something you don’t practice in the most crucial moments of a match—or your season?

This is from the excellent series “The Climb” by Stilly Boys on YouTube — a segment from Episode 2: Road to the Big 12s.

[Saturday Night Lights @WrestlingSNL]

Big 12 programs showed up united today.

Coaches and athletes from every institution wore Keep Cal Baptist Wrestling shirts in support of the program — standing together for the sport despite competing against one another this weekend.

[Doug Schwab @schwabwrestling]

Good luck with that one, I’ll be wearing it again this round.

[FloWrestling @FloWrestling]

After winning his second state title in just 37 seconds, Coby Merrill held up the #keepcbuwrestling shirt in front of a packed house at the CIF State finals! #statechampionships