manatree

Mirasola weighed in at 221.9, Feldman at 233.2.

Weren’t you a top recruit? We all know how you turned out.

This. If you look at. what Rutgers wrestling before he took over, it is very impressive. He has also done a great job with building their fan base. Go back and look at attendance rankings, they’ve been putting higher ranked programs to shame.

Not a clue. The only reason I know Kerk’s weight is because Jeff Byers, the PSU radio announcer, usually provides the weights of both HWT’s for each dual.

Or two.

An incomplete look at Kerk’s weight this year: Nov 17: 243 Dec 8: 246 Dec 15: 246 Dec 22: 245.6 Jan 7: 254.6 Jan 14: 244.8 Jan 24: 242.4

I think some/most schools still provide a pdf version of Match Notes for each match. They usually include the data and state from the previous matches for the year and historical info for their wrestlers. If you take the time to read both teams' match notes before the match, you should have a decent grasp. If a school is wrestling both Friday & Sunday they will just combine them. PSU match notes vs MSU MSU match notes vs PSU & Maryland

Isn’t a second Fidel, Raúl?

The early post was an honest mistake. Blaming everyone on the internet for magnifying it was not.

Highlander. Edinboro finally rises to the top.

They use men because they are physically stronger and faster and provide a higher level of competition than any other women on campus. Purely anecdotal, but back in the 90s, I knew a guy who was a practice player for the PSU Women's basketball team. He was recruited by several DIII schools, but he wanted to go to a big school, so he came to Penn State. According to him, the rest of the practice players were the same level as him. If the male practice players were to go 100% in scrimmages, they would dominate on a regular basis. There was one guy who was not DIII talent, but he was 6'6" and while he couldn't shoot to save his life, he made for a great defensive practice player to match up against the scholarship 4s & 5s. Back then, the coach at the time didn't even use the full 15 scholarships allowed because they had trouble keeping that many players happy with playing time. One thing that I thought was interesting was that the practice players had to follow the same eligibility rules as the actual players. Academic progress, study halls, random drug tests, etc. I don't remember if that was an NCAA rule or a PSU policy.

First off, Title IX compliance has nothing to do with comparisons to other schools. Secondly, Weehawken is cherry picking around just one of the three points of Title IX compliance and he does not understand the one he is focusing on. There are three points of Title IX compliance. 1. Showing that the number of female athletes is in proportion to overall female enrollment 2. Demonstrating a history of expanding opportunities for women 3. Proving that a school is meeting the athletic interests and abilities of its female students So, let's look at the three points. 1. Showing that the number of female athletes is in proportion to overall female enrollment According to the linked article, Penn State has a 5.9% difference between female athletes (41.2%) and female students on the Penn State University Park campus (47.1%). If you count the male practice players on women's teams, which is the way they are tallied for Title IX, the difference would be slightly less. Either way, that is well within the definition of "in proportion to." Proportional and equal are not synonymous. For example, as a Penn State fan, I could say that Carter Starocci's head is proportional to the rest of his body. That does not mean that I actually think that his head is of equal size as the rest of his body. 2. Demonstrating a history of expanding opportunities for women Since my time at Penn State, I believe that they have added three new varsity sports. Women's Soccer (1994), Women's Ice Hockey (2012), & Men's Ice Hockey (2012). I have heard that the women's club soccer team filed a Title IX complaint in 1980 when PSU denied their request to become a varsity program. I do not know what the outcome of that complaint was, but I doubt that the Feds would let PSU wait that long if they were found to be in violation of Title IX. While Pegula paid for the new ice arena and endowed the men's program, the PSU Athletics is paying for the women's hockey program. 3. Proving that a school is meeting the athletic interests and abilities of its female students I haven't a clue how one goes about proving or disproving this point.

The only B1G school that sponsors more women's sports than Penn State is Ohio State.