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Willie's Crystal Ball for 2025

thanks for reading.

i think you guys are over reacting on the finals hth's. 1) listen to the rationales on the show 2) they are pretty insignificant in team point total

197 i'm taking a wait and see approach. Barr is my dude and i hope he crushes it. there just isn't a whole lot of data on him vs the guys in the field at 197.

overall, my preseason projections have this PSU team with the third highest point total OF ALL TIME.

so, ya know, let's put things in perspective here.
Love ya Willie, and don't have a problem with any of your predictions, they are rational - except one.

Carter Starocci is the most underrated wrestler in friggin history at this point. He hasn't lost since 2021 and he avenged that loss two weeks later winning a NC. Yeah, last year he was 4 weeks out from a severe knee injury and basically shut out the field that included 2 national champs.

He beat Nolf a couple of years ago and if the knee doesn't happen I'm betting he ends up in the best of 3 against Dake.

@smalls103 you've now joined the jokers I've been laughing at for months now wishing their way to picking a Keck win.

I guess we'll see in a couple of weeks, but I've got no doubt. It may not end up a major, but it will be a no doubt about it win.

Rumor: Home duals to be held at BJC beginning 2025-26

The previous AD was criticized for not bringing in revenue. Now Kraft is being criticized for trying to bring in revenue.

Welcome to the new world of college sports. You can’t leave money on the table. It sucks, but if it brings in an extra few million dollars you have to do it.
The next thing we are going to see is Lehigh being ask to wrestle 3 out of 4 at the BJC and scheduling so 10 home meets are wrestled in the BJC every year.

Stock market update

Young people don't want to work in factories. I have a friend who is a painter who can't get kids to work for $20/hr because the work is too hard. They prefer to drive and deliver packages.

It doesn't help that guidance counselors tell kids to follow their dreams instead of finding a career where they can support themselves. How many music majors are working low paying jobs and complaining about student debt?

FWIW my kids are investing in their 401-k plan and maximizing the employer match. It's ridiculous to not do that. Unfortunately you'd be amazed how many people don't do that.
I’m a school counselor, how do you know what I tell kids? If a kid walked in my office asking for help with their postsecondary plans and I said “follow your dreams,” they’d laugh and walk right back out. Hell, I’d probably laugh and walk out on myself too lol.

But I do have to say, it was a massive mistake for the government to push “college for all” from the 1980’s until recently. It was both Republican and Democrat administrations that did it and its consequences are wide ranging.

Btw, “guidance counselor” is an outdated term, it hasn’t been used in nearly 30 years.

Rumor: Home duals to be held at BJC beginning 2025-26

According to my source, Kraft offered additional commentary on this change today. This is NOT a direct quote from Kraft …. rather it is my friends recollection of what he said: “ Kraft is talking about this again today. The room is hostile about this but Kraft said PSU can bring in another 2 million dollars every year for wrestling. He said Sanderson was not initially on board with this either but he kept explaining that this is a revenue thing. Kraft said that wrestling people need to understand this or they will get their tickets dropped.“.
All about the money. Nothing about the tradition. Absolutely insane in my opinion, especially considering Cael is not/was not on board.
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Rumor: Home duals to be held at BJC beginning 2025-26

Jeez … I’m feeling a little queezy passing this along from meeting notes I received. Again, these are not quotes from Kraft, but, rather notes taken by an acquaintance who can be a bit hyperbolic about PSU affairs:
From meeting notes: “About the wrestling, AD Pat Kraft brought visual aids (slide presentation) to his talk about moving matches into the BJC. He said there will be two matches moved from Rec Hall to the BJC this year and at least 5 will be moved there next season. Their goal is to fully transition into the BJC by 2028. He already has the approval from the Board of Trustees to make his changes. Coach Sanderson was told that he needs to be on board with these changes if he wants to continue coaching at Penn State.” (Extraneous personal opinion removed). “ Kraft pointedly said there were plenty of PSU wrestlers out there that would love the opportunity to coach at their alma mater. “
Are there plenty of former PSU football players that would love the opportunity to coach at their alma mater? This sounds like BS.
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