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Fourth grade, first match ever, I was pinned by Chris Renn in 17 seconds.

Mark Manning averages about 6:30 per match.

With his ‘stache, he’s giving off those Wayne Newton televangelist vibes from James Bond’s License to Kill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Vp2ofk9I8

I believe Penn State had 38 listed on the roster this year. Bartlett, Kerkvliet, McHenry, & Starocci are out of eligibility. Minus 4 makes 34. I think they have six incoming Frosh, plus Ono. Plus 7 makes 41. Dunbar, Evans, Facundo, Fricchione, Vespa, & Steen have entered the portal. Minus 6 makes 35. Still a ways to go to meet the new 30 man roster limit. It will be interesting to see where they land as other schools trim down to 30. I think that only the infamous Power 5 conferences are locked in and others schools have the choice of opting in to the whole revenue sharing & new roster rules. Casual check at roster numbers for the top 25 this year. Penn State: 38 Nebraska: 36 Oklahoma State: 34 Iowa: 34 Minnesota: 34 Ohio State: 32 Cornell: 44 NC State: 44 Northern Iowa: 34 Illinois: 36 Virginia Tech: 36 Michigan: 32 Purdue: 28 Missouri: 39 Lehigh: 40 Pennsylvania: 43 Little Rock: 41 Arizona State: 32 Stanford: 28 West Virginia: 34 Navy: 40 Wyoming: 34 South Dakota State: 37 Indiana: 28 Maryland: 31 Oregon State: 36

For what it's worth, Penn State has wrestled Wyoming, Binghamton, Oregon St (home & home), & Little Rock the past two years. Even did a home & home with Rider in 21-22 & 22-23.

Never thought we’d see the day where Jimmy was at a loss for words, but it’s clear that he has now switched to A.I. for his content.

Word on the street is that Cael sent Taylor an 83 minute video of two three inch binders being burnt to a nice char.

So if you win, you go blind. If Jimmy wins, he goes blind?

Oklahoma State 34 Iowa 24 Penn State 12 Iowa State 8 Oklahoma 7 Minnesota 3 Arizona State 1 Cornell (IA) 1 Indiana 1 Michigan State 1 Northern Iowa 1 Ohio State 1

I don’t see it happening unless he drops football. Even then, I have not been impressed with his agility or quickness in the matches that I have seen.

Ohio State's final dual this year was Feb 14th. Either way, it doesn't bother me. Different coaches have different strategies.

Less than 83%

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.