Jason Bryant

... I was still a mess at 25, wasn't out of college yet and had some real issues making the right choices in what I was going to do in life. Anyone else ...

Hey, you mentioned Tank Girl.

There was a minute there we were all Lori Petty fans …

2.85 down the block.

Facts say otherwise on attendance. Based on your post history, you don’t seem to like wrestling very much. I hope you find joy in another sport.

No, no she doesn’t. Any rational, impartial human can acknowledge this. I don’t believe any public figure in the history of the televised world has lied as much as the Donald has. Nearly every politician lies, but he has been the clubhouse leader in this department. Neither are trustworthy, but ain’t no way there’s a politician who spews lies and falsehoods as much as that dude.

Everytime an American leaves their shoes on the mat recently, I can usually recall a match of theirs from Fargo … Dieringer was the latest.

Rodents of unusual size? I don’t think they exist.

I emailed the new SID last week and asked that very same question - no response.

LIU has some real staffing issues as a whole. They are on their third SID in less than two seasons. Tons of sports spread across two campuses.

You're assuming they aren't. I don't have any reason to believe they're just sitting back and waiting for bids to come in. Based on how I've seen Anthony Holman bust his ass to make the D1 wrestling championships awesome, I don't doubt for a second he (and his staff) is putting in the time to encourage new places to bid. Lots of moving parts and the venues we typically get are dealing with NBA and NHL tenants, college hoops postseason tournaments AND the general other stuff these venues book.

Once again, those places have to put in bids - and they have to make sense. I believe AZ and TX put in bids that involved baseball stadiums. I think before they get into the fray, the MPLS experiment should be given a fair shot to grow the sport by giving 3x the amount of people the opportunity to attend. ATL hasn't bid in a number of years.

Sites released today: https://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2024-10-02/ncaa-announces-more-240-host-site-selections?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VB_20240918_Future Site&et_rid=1331960451

I feel like there's arguing about wrestling and fandom, which no matter what, you know your rival is just that, a sports rival and it shouldn't impact one's perspective on who that individual is because they went to a different school. Then there's arguing about politics, which when it gets deep into it, people seethe and hate like no other. There's levels to it - like Oklahoma/Texas or Auburn/Alabama for example, but only on a very rare exception have I been embroiled in a debate with a wrestling fan on a wrestling topic and thought to myself "that person is a complete piece of whatever." It's like the window for pleasant discourse and civility is so tiny, it's only a matter of one or two back and forths before it devolves into a muckraking attack on each other's character. That's what I don't like about it. I've disagreed with many a fellow fan over the years on wrestling topics, but the vitriol with some of these political discussions is unlike anything I've ever seen in your average wrestling topic. It gets way nasty, way quickly. There's a difference on the severity of barbs like "I wear my Auburn shirt because I went to Auburn, you wear your Alabama shirt because you went to Wal-Mart" compared to statements like "You want your children to get brainwashed by transgender illegal immigrant Satan worshipers." There's posters here I like generally for their wrestling input, many of whom I've met personally. When I see them go at each other's throats over something like this just kinda bothers me I guess. Just an opinion. I'd like to think we can act better than what these things often turn into. But again, I do now have a better understanding of why people will jump in here and rant and rave.

Noted … and understood.