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Posts posted by Jason Bryant
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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.- 3
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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.- 1
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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.- 1
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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.- 1
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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.- 2
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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.
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5 hours ago, Fletcher said:
If you just sit back and wait for bids to roll in, you get the same cities every year. The NCAA could take a more active role, engage in outreach, and encourage/solicit new cities to throw their hat in the ring.
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.
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38 minutes ago, Fletcher said:
KC was great. St. Louis is always great. Just wish they'd branch out to grow the sport.
AZ, GA, NC, TX. They'd still sell out the venue, expose the sport to new people, and give the rest of us somewhere warm to go.
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.
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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.
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Noted … and understood.
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As many know, I tend to stay away from political discussion because, well, it just usually devolves into bickering and eventually gets into personal attacks and potshots.
My question is for those here who will post about your favored candidate/party - or more often than not - post negative things about the candidate/party you actually don't like.
What is the end goal here, to convince someone that you're correct or you've exposed some type of "gotcha" that's going to change the other side's opinion? I'm generally wondering what the obsession is to constantly doing this. This might be the worst I've ever experienced in my 20-something years working on social media (FB came out my last year of college).
I've had to mute, unfollow and straight up unfriend people due to the volume of schlock being posted (again, from both sides of the aisle).
I do understand the value in healthy discussion and the exchange of ideas, because that's what makes discussion boards and (some) comments sections places for knowledge to bloom, but the Trump side isn't going to change the opinion of the Harris side and vice versa due to some weblink (regardless of its origin).
I mentioned on another thread, this is a "people watching" part of the boards for me, but since we're all wrestling people, I figure you folks are the ones I generally interact with the most given our shared passions for the sport.- 1
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Pearls Before Swine Comic Strip for September 15, 2024
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Performance for sure.
Many believe that Kamala had those questions for weeks and was well prepared in her responses.
Put her on the spot in front of an assortment of reporters answering difficult questions for an hour, and you’d see a totally different person.
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The video is what it is … but if you ever see anything from “Essentially Sports” you can skip it. It’s designed to generate clicks with AI generated sensationalized headlines.
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I browse the forum almost exclusively with the paid tapatalk app on my iphone …
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How many forum users are paid InterMat Platinum members? Perhaps one check-the-box solution would be subscribe to the site, so they get their $ and then you can install your ad-blocker.
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43 minutes ago, Bigbrog said:
Sorry you and your brother don't talk...that was sort of my point...it is interesting to me when stuff like that happens because life is to short...especially when relatives don't talk because of political views.
I tend to agree with you that both presidential options are poor. And I wish there wasn't the dual party system...get rid of the party system in my opinion...vote for people based on their policies.
Sorry to see you leave this page...it does tend to be ugly LOL
The brother thing is what it is. There's family members I'd rather not speak to, not because of their political opinions, but I just don't want to be around their drama.
I can't really avoid reading the boards, since I use Tapatalk mostly - so these busy topics show up at the top - and sometimes the differing of opinions and the wild posts that follow are fun reading. I'll lurk, but more in a people-watching sort of way.I'm not leaving the site. I find the almost blind faith some people have in their side of the argument, no matter which side it is, to be comical. It doesn't impact my view of them personally, especially those whom I've met in person.
I'm just going back to my self-imposed ban on talking about politics, it's easier to interact in a non-contentious manner when you strip out the no-win divisive topics like this.- 2
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So you missed the part of what his brother said?? Pretty sure he is not some "distant relative".
Sorry you don't like being asked a simple question and that makes you feel like it is all a waste of time.
I also saw he has a brother he hasn’t spoken to in years has different political opinions, too.
You know what that means?
Also nothing.
I hadn’t spoken to my brother who lived in another state for probably 15 years. We didn’t care for each other either. Means what exactly? I’m sure if you asked either of us why, you’d get widely different answers.
Bottom line on this to me is I just found the instance of random relatives who share a grandfather with someone they’ve never met - and it popping up here - worth pointing out it isn’t some type of “gotcha” moment people want it to be.
I find both presidential options poor and am staunchly apolitical. I hope no one takes this personally, I didn’t. I’ll be back on the wrestling topics. Have a good one.- 1
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So are we REALLY putting validity into a picture by distant relatives who admit they’ve never met Tim Walz?
I’m sure we all have relatives we don’t agree with politically. You know what that means?
Absolutely Nothing.
This ends my quadrennial trip into political discourse. As always, it’s a complete waste of time.- 1
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There are numerous pictures on the internet of 8 of his family members wearing Trump shirts and a huge Trump for President sign right behind them. Now that's "WEIRD".
Perhaps the term “relative” is more appropriate here.
From a Fox News story on it:
Family members told Fox News they consider themselves "distant" from Walz and have never met or spoken with him. One person in the photo who wished to remain anonymous said they are supporting Trump because "he supports our values."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tim-walz-family-members-pose-tshirts-declaring-presidential-preference-walzs-trump -
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I was in general agreement with you until the end. The imperial system is much, much worse than the metric system
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but it’s not a hill I’m going to die on.
Curious about how everyone is feeling about
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2.85 down the block.