Jason Bryant

Top five life moment.

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3 minutes ago, Pinnacle said:

You tube stream broke

It stopped since the stream is back up on Rokfin. 

Gray Simons.

Name them JB!  In the spirit of the Christmas season, I’ll start.  “A Wrestling Christmas Miracle” is probably the worst movie I’ve ever seen.

I have not sat through that one. I saw the trailer. I might have been approached to interview the director because of its “wholesome” message.

Wonder if all of them are a package deal? I think there’s 19(?!) of them.

On 12/3/2024 at 11:22 AM, Caveira said:

I literally do have an eero.     Hmmmm.   I’ll take a look at that thanks.  

What I've noticed with it was the built in security within the eero would block ads, but that means it blocks video from playing that have ads built in before it - like say, an ESPN player. So I went to disable that site-by-site so it can open up college sports sites (Which have trackers built into their freaking drop-down menus). Sometimes when an ad wants to play a video to get to the next step, that causes things to hang. I use the Brave Browser for MOST of my stuff (on a Mac) and don't have any issues with unnecessary ads. I will turn the brave shields off for some sites, like things that need to save specific logins, etc. 

 

Maybe they’re just on my side.   I only posted / asked as it is never other sites when it happened…. To attempt to rule out an isp issue on my side.   

Do you have an eero or mesh network set up? I haven’t had any issues with this site on any format, browser or machine but I did have issues with security settings on my eero on some sites - many with an ad that played before a video.

This is more just complaining to complain. The fact he went first shouldn't matter. Get to the match on time, you see all 10 matches. You know very well heavyweight can go first - it's been a possibility for what, 20+ years? Just because heavyweights typically go last doesn't mean much. Scotti also said he was going to pick heavy first if he won the draw more than five days before the event. 

The match happened, we all win for that, no matter if we had to sit through a 44-0 dual to see it happen or if it happened 0-0.

I personally think we got a better Taye out of the gate than if he had to watch nine of his teammates lose before taking on Gable. He got teched, so that's a hard metric to actually validate, but the match happened in a time where we've had too many disappointments of people not wrestling high profile matches. 

This is one way Twitter is much worse. 
https://x.com/paulg/status/1860810383021277424

This.

As someone who not only uses links to send people to my own content, but also routinely shares hundreds of wrestling-related links to the platform each week, it caters to the Canva Commandos out there.

Why bother posting a citation when you can just post an image with no additional context?

18 hours ago, RockLobster said:

The result of the match.

You know what happened by Gable-Ghadiali going first? An actual match. 

What didn't happen? Team loses every match going into heavyweight and they just say "screw it" and no one gets to see the match.

So we got the match we wanted to see and fans didn't have to endure a bludgeoning leading up to it. I fail to see where this is even worth complaining about to be honest. You got the match you wanted to see, then three straight matches of ranked guys hitting head to head before the Camel was put to pasture. 

That would make sense - however, I don't see any evidence to indicate that any of that would possibly be true.

I’m specifically referring to what I quoted. Your reply to Hammerlock saying you don’t see any evidence of what he claimed to be true. So I will ask again, what evidence do you see that what Hammerlock said isn’t true?

That would make sense - however, I don't see any evidence to indicate that any of that would possibly be true.

So where’s the evidence to support the contrary?

27 minutes ago, meZYNbrink said:

Couldn't agree more. Wish that during that time I'd been able to be as financially set up as Gable. And I bet most of us have some regrets about the what ifs in our lives, at least GS saw those out. 

Hope he sticks around here.

Only thing that bugs me is the retroactive redshirts and taking pro money, I remember another MN wrestler who made a mixtape that jeopardized his amateur status. NCAA sports have come a long way, probably for the better in most ways. If anything I just feel bad for the guys that came before living on oatmeal and great value chicken breast.

Yeah, Joel Bauman got a raw deal out of all of that. Now it's pretty much "give them another year" for something as much as a hangnail. I think the lost year was one thing that really messed it all up. Legit Olympic redshirts were supposed to be monitored better, because in the past, guys would take them and never show up for something as easy as the NYAC. Then it became a bit more stringent, then lawsuits and 9th-year tight ends started popping up. For Gable, he did win a World Team Trials in those two years, so he was qualified for the Olympic Trials by actual competition. Ferrari, yeah, not so much on him there TBH. 

It'll be Gable's fourth chance to wrestle at the NCAAs. So that's probably what gives me less problem with this than some of the other moves going around. 

 

Some people just don't get their *I poop my pants, don't laugh at me* together in life until they get a gutcheck or a reality check. 

Personally, I tend to tell my story that my adult life really began at 29. Took me seven years to get my undergrad, had some personal and family issues to deal with. Was lazy in the classroom, paid for that by paying my way my last three years while working nights and announcing tournaments on the weekend. Went full-time in my chosen career two months after I graduated - hated it. Quit two months later to pursue the wrestling thing full time. 

I'm sure it's just amplified more now than it was back then, but it seems like we got some awfully judgy wrestling fans when it comes to the lives of our stars. 

I get it's a discussion topic for the boards, but at the same point, the level of scrutiny we see over someone else's life and talent isn't a trend I really enjoy. The contempt comes, at least from my perspective, that fans are disappointed that Gable didn't do what they thought he should have done. 

... 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 ... 

 

On 11/6/2024 at 7:08 PM, Hammerlock3 said:

our master of the obscure reference

Hey, you mentioned Tank Girl. 

Sorry guys I was gonna watch the CNN to find out but Tank Girl was on TBS and I got sucked into that and completely forgot.

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

2.85 down the block. 

Hey, now that's not very nice of you.  You obviously have no clue about attendance.  Campbell has been lucky to draw 50 people at a dual.  Students have no idea the program even exists.

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.

she lies as much or more than trump
 

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.

OK am I the only one who feels really old right now?
I remember Graff wrestling Jordan Oliver at the Dapper Dan in high school.  And now he's on the Veteran's team?
Sigh.  Just ranting.  Gratz to him and the other "not ready to hang up my shoes" guys who won a world title.

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

Scary movie - The Princess Bride with the forest and unusually large rodents.   Scary Scary Scary!!!
mspart

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

Has an interim coach been named? The season starts in about 3 weeks and no HC? Is the assistant coach still there? 

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.