Any of ya'll ever make it out this way for Fargo? Normally I head up for freestyle, but I'm opting for Junior FS Finals and Greco. I know many want the tournament moved... But there's something about the place, man. I absolutely love it.

Should be a good tournament. If anyone other than Illinois with their 50,000 participants wins, I'll be surprised. Who should I be watching for, outside of my guys?

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Kicks off at 11am today, Russia vs. Saudi Arabia. Consensus favorite seems to be Brazil with Germany close behind. Uruguay getting some love. Over/under on Luis Suarez bites? I say 1.5.

I guess I’ll be supporting Germany but perhaps another team will make an exciting run, as did Uruguay in 2010 (Diego Forlan had a memorable tournament).

So, I had what I feel could be a rarity yesterday afternoon.......... I drive Uber a couple of days a week and get a pick up at South halls on campus. The name pops up as Gavin. I think as I am driving to the pick up address,"nah, won't be him ?". Well, it was Teasdale, RBY, and Teske heading to Rec Hall for their 1st practice as PSU students.(Summer classes start today). How cool was that ?!!!! Having to meet 1 4 Timer is fantastic but, 3 of them all at once ? Plus, they were "trapped" in my car. These guys were talkative,polite,and just nice guys to talk with. They were excited to be on campus "officially" and were asking all kinds of questions and I was very happy I was able to answer them. I told them.........PSU wrestlers ride for free with me and I don't think they believed me ? their fare was happily refunded. Needless to say, the rest of my day was great !!

Sad but true. Landlord found another tenant and pushed out the Skeller and Spats without an opportunity to renew the lease.

http://wjactv.com/news/local/historic-rathskeller-will-close-along-with-spats-caf

During this heat wave, we are suppose to check on our senior friends and neighbors. So how are are you doing?

[ I graduated in ‘69. I am old. My wife likes to keep the house at 70. Iam doing alright here. I have my sweater on. ]

See the link below. From the article:

"NEW YORK -- New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley bought his parents a new house and didn't need his first contract to make it happen.

That is where some of that fresh endorsement money from Nike, Pepsi and Panini America is headed. Barkley doesn't plan to use his football earnings on any lavish purchases, such as the home he recently bought for his family in Whitehall, Pennsylvania.

Barkley hasn't even signed his rookie contract with the Giants, who made him the No. 2 overall pick in this year's draft.

"Once I realized when I declared for the NFL draft and kind of realized where I was going to be drafted, that was something I was like, 'You know what? Kind of want to follow the Marshawn Lynch method. I don't want to touch that. I want to invest it, put it in the right peoples' hands and learn as I continue to make investments. And just live off the endorsement deals,'" Barkley said on the red carpet for the CC Sabathia Celebrity Softball Game on Thursday night.

He plans to follow in the financial footsteps of players such as Lynch and New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. They have both made an effort not to spend their NFL paychecks, and instead capitalize on their marketability.

"That's the goal," Barkley said. "Not to touch it.""

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/...arents-new-house-plan-spend-football-earnings

Just an amazing young man in all respects.

https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/6/28/17507476/college-football-movies-tv-shows-teams

Who's in your list?

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I was hoping our guys would come out to Minnesota for a dual. No such luck, but at least we'll get to see them at the B1G Tourney. http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-wrestl/sched/minn-m-wrestl-sched.html

They're gonna study it -- but the fact that they have a target number of weights says it's likely.

Also some paper rule changes on transfers, but at first glance, when combined, seems like no real change from the current -- am I missing something there?

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I don't know where to begin, lol.

How many 141s can one program have with all this over-recruiting;

Where is the money coming from, I thought they played by the rules and were tapped out yet DeSanto and now Renteria are transferring in;

Iowa's room is fast becoming the half way house of college wrestling. They should of kept PDIII around as an adviser.

Pitt now has 5 recruits for 2019. Narduzzi found 4 of them on the back of milk cartons.

If got several I'd like to see but I'll start with one for now. Let's discuss and add additional changes you'd like to see...

Put the scale right next to the scorers table and have the wrestlers weigh-in RIGHT before they step on the mat to wrestle. Simple actually...each wrestler would come out from the tunnel and step on the scale. The official would verify, or not, they meet weight and send them out to wrestle.

There were serious discrepancies between the sizes of many wrestlers throughout the tournament. They've got to be hurting themselves. As a side, I suspect the Hall -Valencia result would have been different.

How much does having official visits in May/June versus December/January help a northern school such as Penn State?

my nephew plays lacrosse for Central York and I was at his county championship game tonight. I’m not well versed in lacrosse rules, but am learning. My brother in law had previously mentioned that they had a player who was great at faceoffs. Tonight, towards the end of the game, it was announced that he had won his 1000th faceoff in his career. I’m trying to do the math, but even if he started as a sophomore, that would be an impressive record. From what I saw tonight, he won just about every face off. Is this really an significant accomplishment?

Question for the board. Sitting at swim team practice yesterday watching my kid swim. Women next to me is sitting there. She appears to be early 20's. Has shorts on. On her right outer thigh is a tatoo. Tatoo is very large, goes from underneath her shorts nearly down to about 1-2" above her kneecap. I would say probably a good 8" long and the entire width of her outer thigh. The tatoo is of a skeleton skull with the brain part of the skull having some design that was colored that looked like either an outer space or underwater landscape.

So i am not sure who would find that attractive. A massive tatoo on your entire outer thigh and of a skull? What am i missing.

Based on the results of the last 8 years, I'd say:

Top tier:
1. PSU
2. tOSU

Second tier - The next 7 in no particular order:
Iowa, NC State, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Cornell, Michigan and VT
These schools are pretty consistently near the top and solidly in the top 10. Some of these schools will occasionally have an off year but quickly return to relevance.

Third tier (on the fringe of top ten) - Nebraska, Minnesota, Lehigh
These schools are usually at or near the top ten and often have national title contenders. But they can't seem to crack the solid 9 above them on a consistent basis. Minnesota has dropped into this tier recently and has been replaced by NC State.

Fourth tier (aiming for top ten or fighting to get there): Wisconsin, Illinois, NW, Rutgers, South Dakota State, North Carolina, Edinboro.
These schools have occasional standout individuals and flirt with top 10 status but can't stay there if they achieve it. Pretty much the 12-20 place teams.

Fifth tier - pretty much everyone else. Not relevant for title discussion or top ten status. Most likely to move up are Oklahoma and Iowa State based on their traditions.

What did NASA find? To be announced tomorrow
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So I'm a fan of the PSA style of films from the mid 1900's and was wondering if anyone has links for ones from Penn State - and not necessarily the football team.

Searching youtube found me the video below - but the PSU Special Collections Library only has a handful of videos and was looking to see if anyone had others in a similar style.

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today is the CA primary election, and tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. This got me thinking a good deal today about RFK, and the events surrounding his shooting by Sirhan Sirhan.

If I recall correctly, as a result of Kennedy's shooting, the US passed a law that provided Secret Service protection to presidential candidates.

Rosie Grier was a friend of RFK, and served as a personal bodyguard for the candidate during his Presidential primary campaign. On the night of the shooting, just after RFK announced victory in the CA primary, Rosie was guarding RFK's wife, Ethel. My recollection is that Rosie Grier, along with former decathlete Rafer Johnson and writer George Plimpton were the ones that primarily tackled and disarmed Sirhan Sirhan after he shot RFK. (I might have to pull off the shelf my book about RFK by Evan Thomas. Mr. Thomas goes in to extensive detail about the events that took place in The Ambassador Hotel before and after the shooting, and Rosie's exact actions after the shooting are detailed.)

Rosie is currently 85, and will turn 86 in a month. His last season as a PSU player was in 1954. As such, I don't think there are many folks on this board, or PSU fans, that can say they saw Rosie play for PSU.

He was drafted by the NFL New York Giants in 1955, and was an All-Pro for them in 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962. Before the 1963 season, he was traded to the LA Rams. With the Rams, he was a part of the Fearsome Foursome, with Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, and Lamar Lundy. (An interesting note -- he was the oldest member of the Fearsome Foursome, but he's the only member of that elite defensive line that's still alive.)

His football career ended in 1967, when he suffered a torn Achilles.

After retirement, he went on a Bob Hope tour, and then tried his hand at acting, appearing on numerous episodes of TV shows, as well as several movies (mostly in the late '60s and '70s).

He became a Protestant minister in 1983, and shortly thereafter founded a nonprofit to help inner-city teens.

I think the last major publicity that involved Rosie was when he visited with OJ while he was in jail, following his arrest for the murders of Nicole Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Rosie visited OJ a number of times while he was in jail, and was called to testify at OJ's trial. As conversations between an inmate and a clergyman are protected under CA law, Rosie provided no details about the conversations he had with OJ.

Actually, I think Rosie also made some news last year, when he announced that he would run for Governor of California. However, he dropped out of the race several months after he made the announcement.

Just some random musings by me about a former PSU player.

If you have any Rosie memories, or stories, feel free to post them as replies

Things are really off the rails. Famous fashion icon, Kate Spade, apparently committed suicide (with one of her scarves) by hanging. She was 55.

Man, if you are considering this option...just try to make it one more day and make a few phone calls to friends. An acquaintance committed suicide over the Memorial Day weekend, which has set many in my industry in a tizzy.

I just love blueberry pie with lattice strips sprinkled with sugar!

Cool-Whip anyone??

Who is?