According to Audrey Snyder: James Franklin says we’re wasting a question by asking about RB Nick Singleton who was not spotted at the media viewing window tonight. Says there’s nothing to share at this point.

"at this point" seems to be concerning part of that non-answer by Franklin.

another slow start, lsay ANOTHER slow start. Allar looking off again. hope we can pick it up. also we need a better pass rush DDS just with a good sack but our pass D is terrable(C. Barkley)

I think it was about this time last year when he started to have some difficulty. he is going to do better if we are going to beat the better teams on the schedule.

Gary Beban , the Heisman Trophy winner that year quarterbacked the Bruins who came in ranked No. 3 in the nation.. Penn State was doing quite well with Tom Sherman at quarterback at QB and Bob Campbell running well. Campbell blew out his knee trying to stretch for extra yardage. He was also the punter and UCLA eventually won the game on a blocked punt and recovery for a TD in the PSU end zone. The final score was 15-17. The Penn State 44 defense stymied UCLA all day with Steve Smear having a huge game at DT. I was a sophomore attending that game. They would not loose again during my final 2+ years at Dear Old State

A little help from those of you who are regular contributors either to PSU, PSU Wrestling or the NLWC.

I am not a PSU alum (RU, in fact, go ahead and boo-hiss), but as a PA resident have been a dyed-in-the-wool Nittany Lion fan since I can remember.

As an aside - First game I have a vague recollection of was PSU-Missouri Orange Bowl and I have this snapshot in my mind of the score on our old TV in the rec room in that old blocky TV graphic style. First game I can really remember was another Orange Bowl, this time against LSU in 1974 and that game I can remember being excited about, and my fandom began in earnest. I became a PSU wrestling fan during my freshman year when I was visiting PSU one weekend during the winter - 82/83 I think - with a football teammate of mine, Chopper (yes, Chopper, his real name was Charles Noti and he was a LB). We were staying with his HS buddy, Woody - can't remember his last name - who was a freshman on the wrestling team (but not a starter). Woody had been a DXI champ from Dieruff his SR year (would have been 82 - if anyone can recall that name). We went to a PSU wrestling match against Cleveland State in Rec Hall. Came down to the last match I think, but can't remember the details. Man that was a great trip down memory lane.

Anyway, when Casey sent out the information on the matching donations, I figured WTH why not financially support what has given me so much enjoyment over the years? I set up a recurring donation - nothing anything big, but enough that I felt good about it. I received my thank you and my receipt without thinking much about it.

Now, when we are coming up on my recurrence, I checked the emails I received and I noticed the gift tax receipt email included a description "Penn State Wrestling Team", but the thank you email which also details future donations is from PSU Annual Giving entity. Nothing at all about PSU wrestling in this correspondence.

I am not interested in giving to the PSU general fund. I am interested in donating directly to PSU wrestling, or alternatively, the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club. Any of you donors on here have some advice on how to do this and what is really best for the wrestling program? I also have no clue how to stop a recurring donation to PSU Annual Giving - there is no information for me to log into at all that I received after my initial donation. The information is a cluster - what the hell would happen if I actually wanted to give more to PSU (and not directly to the wrestling club). They certainly don't make it easy.

Thanks in advance for the advice.

4th Qtr
6:14 left
ILL goes for 4th and 6 at midfield

Curious...why did ILL not punt here? Is it because they've been unproductive and it is too late in game? At this point it is a 14-7 one score game so why not punt and try to pin PSU hoping to get another possession. If ILL doesn't make it, PSU has ball at midfield

Turns out PSU is offsides, so it becomes 4th and 1. Then ILL is offsides and it's 4th and 6 again. Then the Harris block-in-the-back-interception. So, regardless of ILL's decision to go, I am good with how it unfolded. 😉

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Curious if anyone can provide recs for the USC game as to where the best seat areas might be? Would prefer to be higher up where the seats have backs. One of my sons lives in Hollywood so this should be a fun trip.

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Minnesota in March, at a football stadium. Even Mother Nature didn’t want that noise in 2020.

This is getting ridiculous at this point. At what point does college football go bankrupt from all of this. I am wondering if Reggie has current financial issues.

Reggie Bush, the former USC running back who had his 2005 Heisman Award reinstated back in April, is suing the NCAA, USC and the Pac-12, seeking compensation for the use of his name, image and likeness while he was with the program.

In the suit, which was filed Monday, Bush's lawyers allege that all three entities made a lot of money off of the running back, who was an enormous star when he played for the Trojans. They name TV contracts, merchandise sales and media rights as just three of the revenue streams that Bush's popularity influenced.

"This case is not just about seeking justice for Reggie Bush," Evan Selik, one of the lawyers representing Bush, said in a statement. "It's about setting a precedent for the fair treatment of all college athletes. Our goal is to rectify this injustice and pave the way for a system where athletes are rightfully recognized, compensated and treated fairly [for] their contributions."

Bush played for USC from 2003 to 2005 and became one of the most popular and recognizable athletes in the country. He won the Heisman in 2005 after rushing for 1,740 yards with 18 touchdowns, but had that, as well as USC's 2004 national championship, stripped in 2010 after an NCAA investigation found violations of the rules regarding impermissible benefits.

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That stripped Heisman trophy was returned to Bush after 14 years. Bush had also become involved with USC again after they re-hung his retired No. 5 jersey at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, a tradition for USC Heisman winners.

"We appreciate that the new administration at USC is trying to pick up the pieces of the former administrations' unjust and improper handling of Reggie Bush," Levi G. McCathern, II, another one of Bush's attorneys, said via ESPN. "However, the delay in fixing this speaks volumes."

I just read through my NLWC newsletter (not to be confused with the PSWC) and noticed that one of the contributors at the $10,000 level was Billy Baldwin. Who'da thunk it?

Our group has a suite on lockdown for Philly, we may have up to 10 available seats and am trying to gauge interest. At this point it looks like $3000 per person. Any feedback would be appreciated. WE ARE!!

at Georgia Tech tomorrow night.

God, I hate tables of data, but this site has reduced me to that. Mea culpa.

What is a seed worth?
I have been attempting to answer this question for a number of years. The challenge is that the data is not necessarily stable. Advancement points are pretty predictable, placement points are less so, and bonus points are very unpredictable. But we wont let that stop us, will we? For this iteration I am using the data that @Cali_Nittany so generously provided for us. I built these models off of 2017 - 2024 (the 16 and 33 seed eras).


What is the probability of AAing?

In spite of how offensive to the eyes the above table is, I am going to push forward with one more god-awful table.

One of the things that bothers me when reading Intermat or Flo predictions about AA's or scoring is that they accept the seeds or their ranks as predictions, even though in Flo's case they also speak out of the other side of their mouth and say they are not predictions. But by treating them as binary (1-8 = AA and placement points, 9-33=no AA, and no placement points), they are also using them as de facto predictions.

But, the reality is that a #7 or #8 seed only AA's about half the time. And a #9 or #10 seed has a decent chance to AA. There have even been #1 seeds who have not made the podium. As a result, I like to take a probabilistic approach to these situations.


Oof, the editing tools are so primitive. I could not get the second table to center align unless I did it a cell at a time. Brutal. Sorry.

Teaser: The PSU numbers are better.

Attached is a link of the Beaver Stadium diagram showing the Blue and White sections for the Stripe Out for the UCLA game.

A great hustler and a good hustler. One of baseballs best.

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