San Marcos, CA. 6'4" 205 as a Sophomore.


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OK, blame this thread on insomnia. I'll go first:

Summer 1981...a few months before I got married...Washington Beltway (I-495).

Drizzly Saturday morning, about 10:00, I'm driving my Mom (in her car) to an event in northern Virginia.

I'm doing 60-65 MPH or so in the third lane from the right at a curving section of the Beltway a few miles north of what was then the Cabin John (now the American Legion) Bridge where I-270 South merges with I-495.

The car in the lane to the right suddenly begins sliding, apparently a hydroplane, directly in front of me. I cut the wheel sharply to avoid a collision...and after that, it's in God's hands.

Our car swings wildly, doing a 360 and a half as I press the brake and fight the wheel...but no chance to regain control.

We see an embankment with trees in the median coming up on the left side of the highway. There's a guardrail, but it was unimaginable to me that it could stop us. My Mom sees it too and quietly says: Oh no. I'll never forget those words of hers.

Funny how time plays tricks on your brain at such moments. Everything is happening so fast...yet it also seems somehow like slow-motion.

We slam into the guardrail flat...you couldn't have parallel-parked with more precision...the force of the impact almost perfectly distributed along the length of the car...and come to a dead stop, the car on the left shoulder of the freeway, turned around, facing incoming traffic.

I was shocked that we were in one piece...not a scratch...and the car apparently driveable. So I took my chances that the vehicle would go and gunned it back across four lanes to the other side of the highway where we were at least facing the right direction. My knees were shaking.

The other car was over there too, seemingly not super damaged and nobody hurt. My Mom was a mess. She kept saying, you're going to be married...and you almost died. No argument there.

The other driver's insurance company called me days later, recorded my statement...and ended up paying for the damages to my Mom's car, which amounted mostly to scrapes and dents but was still a healthy piece of change.

Meanwhile, I was left to wonder how our car could slam with such mathematical precision so flatly into the guardrail when any other angle of impact would have severely damaged it or bounced us back into oncoming traffic or maybe even forced us through the rail into the trees...and also how in blue blazes there was an unlikely break for a few precious seconds in heavy Beltway traffic, which allowed us to 360-and-a-half across the highway without catastrophically colliding with any other vehicle.

Call it dumb luck, but I've always favored the explanation of angelic protection myself.

Commitment number 20 hopefully 🤞.

Sorry if this is the wrong site to post, but I have two 40 yard line seats, behind the PSU bench, 25 rows from the field, $400 each. I don’t know the level of excitement in your fan base for the game in Morgantown, but I attended the game last year in Happy Valley, and it was a blast. The Mountaineers will be better this year, so we are hopeful of a good game
If there is any interest, email me at wvuchas@gmail.com

I know the Finney recruitment does not appear to be going Penn State's way all of sudden. We're going to breakdown that one on a pod at some point that being said, along with national recruiting analyst Sam Spiegelman, I have placed a FutureCast for Penn State to land Rivals250 wide receiver Taz Williams Jr.

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Need 2 for WVA. Email me jpaynter@frontier.com

They are pre-season top ten in football this year with Cameron Rising back

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I saw this article on Flo and felt it deserved its own thread. One quote that caught my eye was this: Coach Bentley: “The video review thing has got to be re-evaluated. I saw two matches where coaches used the challenge brick to get their guy out of vulnerable positions and the guy ended up getting a fresh start and ended up winning — and it was purposefully a brick thrown for just a random challenge, something crazy and their guy got off his belly our out of turk or something like that with time running out and got a fresh start and won. There’s things like that where people are now finding out how to abuse the bricks . . . ."

I do think the current video review procedures are problematic. Whether video review needs eliminated or just modified is the big question. What are your thoughts on the new rules from last season?

im going to Cleveland for a quick business trip. The last time I was there I was traveling with a guy who grew up there and he took me to a legit butcher shop for kielbasa. I was hoping to pick up some kielbasa and maybe pierogis. Can anyone suggest a place in Cleveland that would have authentic kielbasa and pierogis?

Also, if there are any great restaurants that I should check out, please suggest them as well.

Since this is receiving so much discussion… who is or has been the face of PSU Wrestling?

PAUSA has announced their age level national duals teams:

14U:
71: Michael Nicosia (Pocono Mountain East)
Grayden Paris (Chestnut Ridge)
77: Crew Mussellman (Claysburg-Kimmel)
Nelson Villafane (West Scranton)
83: Dane Malone (Abington Heights)
Leo Murillo (Cumberland Valley)
87: Riley Crandall (Faith Christian)
Brennen Veverka (Claysburg-Kimmel)
92: Arav Pandey (Cumberland Valley)
Dakota Sandy (Abington Heights)
97: Evan Cies (Owen J Roberts)
Nathan Fenner (Bethlehem Catholic)
Andrew Gomez (Bangor)
102: Alex Kane (Council Rock)
Alex Marchetti (Abington Heights)
106: Grayson Hostetter (Oxford)
Cole Schwartz (Catasaqua)
110: CJ Caines (Hanover)
Thomas Potsko (Hanover)
114: Carter Kinard (Dover)
Rocco Lombardo (Malvern Prep)
119: Austin Bernash (Kiski Area)
Joe Guastella (Lake Lehman)
125: Trevor Carl (Palmyra)
Mason McDonald (General McLane)
Arturo Reyes (Mahanoy Area)
130: Landon Ault (Trinity)
Dom Butera (Norwin)
136: Gage Evans (Towanda)
Will McNeal (Derry)
149: Asher Bacon (Wyoming Seminary)
Blake Fry (Montoursville)
165: Mason Chamberlain (Malvern Prep)
Chaney Lewis Jr (Woodland Hills)
187: Sam Harrington (Cathedral Prep)
Keegan Hewitt (Tyrone)
250: Emmitt Summerlin (Cochranton)


16U:
88: Nathan Schuman (Honesdale)
94: Gabe Benyo (Hazleton)
Jackson Hoy (Trinity)
100: Jake Benyo (Hazleton)
106: Brayden Wenrich (Northampton)
113: Eli Herring (Bishop McCort)
Shamus Ragan (Wyoming Seminary)
120: Gabe Ballard (Northampton)
Brooks Blasko (Pitt Central Catholic)
126: Brady Slicker (Hickory)
132: Wyatt Fry (Wyoming Seminary)
138: Jason Dube (SPIRE Institute)
Hudson Hohman (Grove City)
144: Alek Palko (Jefferson Morgan)
150: Mason Horwat (Derry)
Tommy Schecterly (Lake Lehman)
157: Sam Almedina (Mid Valley)
165: Blake Hostetter (Oxford)
175: Nick Singer (Faith Christian)
Kyle Scott (Tyrone)
190: Brady Brown (Derry)
Kendahl Hoare (DuBois)
215: Caleb Tyler (Delone Catholic)
285: Matt Richards (Trinity)


Junior:
100: Grady Moore (Council Rock North)
106: Kole Davidheiser (Faith Christian)
113: Max Tancini (Perkiomen Valley)
120: Dom Deputy (Chestnut Ridge)
Easton Mull (Chestnut Ridge)
126: Lincoln Sledzianowski (Bishop McCort)
132: Aaron Seidel (Northern Lebanon)
Nick Berrena (State College)
138: Sam Herring (Bishop McCort)
Elijah Brosius (Cranberry)
144: Pierson Manville (State College)
Luis Alberta-Desilva (Frankford)
150: Maddox Shaw (Thomas Jefferson)
157: Vince Bouzakis (Wyoming Seminary)
165: Luca Felix (University, WV)
Greyson Catlow-Sidler (William Penn Charter)
175: Adam Waters (Faith Christian)
190: Mason Hartung (North Allegheny)
215: Jason Singer (Faith Christian)
285: Mark Effendian (Faith Christian)

Please note, a couple of the schools may be wrong. Especially with the 14 and 16U teams as some of the schools were referenced from the PJW JH state tournament or the Keystone Championships. Luca Felix is the only one I’m really not sure on. He’s listed as competing for a HS in Morgantown, WV, but has wrestled for PA in tournaments both last year and this year.

Just one day after coming within one game of winning the World Series, their manager not only left, but went to Texas and, of course, several of their best players have entered the portal. That's typical of college athletics these days.

I really enjoyed watching that team play in the Super Regional and World Series, and they have a lot of players who will be drafted. They also play in what looks like a beautiful stadium right next to Kyle Field.

I got onto one of their boards today just to read the comments, and one poster questioned whether TA&M has enough NIL money to keep the players who are entering the portal, which is ironic considering all of the money that they spent on the football players under Jimbo Fisher. Therefore, NIL isn't only an issue at PSU.

nfm

Hey everyone, to finish off the month thought we’d do a free Q&A today. You ask anything Penn State football related (or basketball), we’ll do our best to answer.

Found this while searching for a different article but thought it interesting. Written by a WVU beat writer but good discussion about college football.

Folks, I am desperate for information on a certain subject and I figure this forum could be a good place to ask because this forum should have people from across all of Pennsylvania.

Here in south-central PA, I'm convinced I'm seeing fewer fireflies aka lightning bugs with each passing year. For context, my area is rural, primarily agricultural. There are few things more pleasurable than sitting outside getting buzzed while watching fireflies. Tonight it's Glenmorangie La Santa on the rocks.

I want to know what the rest of you are seeing in either rural or suburban areas of Pennsylvania.