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Who or what inspires you?

When I was younger, I might have rattled off a sports figure and there are some who are pretty impressive. But these days I tend to draw inspiration from those around me in my everyday life more often. I'll give some examples below.

1) My parents. I never realized what amazing people they were until later in life.
2) My one uncle who fought at Normandy and ran a business after he returned.
3) Another uncle who wrestled Dan Gable in college and became a forensic scientist. He's still extremely strong in his mid-70s.
4) My wife who still runs half and occasionally full marathons and remains at her HS weight. I can't keep up with her on endurance and I wish I was even at my undergrad weight.
5) A girl with which I went to HS that was overweight back then and became a nutritionist and while isn't at ideal weight, is at a much healthier weight.
6) Older people in the gym. These people are super impressive and often outdoing the younger crowd. They are usually just so consistent.
7) Every warrior that I see at a store walking around with his Vietnam or other veteran hat. I always thank them for their service.
8) The wife of one of my old friends who is very inspirational and thankful in the caring bridge posts where she conveys my buddy's struggle with terminal brain cancer and her one son's continued fight with heart issues (since he was born, and he wasn't supposed to make it to be a teenager). Not sure how she does it.

There are others of course and maybe some will appear more impressive. But I think those around us are often best from which to draw inspiration because you know and feel their stories. It's just so impactful when you can be connected to someone with great strength, vision, drive, etc. How can you not be motivated to better yourself by that or to help others?

Probably old news here, but Dan Dakich being interviewed by Gottlieb today stated that Paterno stated he didn't want to join the Big Ten

Since Paterno was such a huge figure at PSU, I had assumed that he would have had veto power over this. Dakich said that Paterno didn't want to join the Big Ten because he thought it would hurt recruiting -- he didn't think East coast recruits would want to play Illinois or Iowa.

2024 NCAA's - Day 2 - Match/discussion thread

Good morning Penn State Wrestling Fans!
Feel free to use this thread for any and all of today's match discussions and PBP's. As always, if you are replying to another post, please remember to use the Quote function. And please try to avoid those totally vague "Wow"'s, "Holy Crap"'s and "WTF"'s type posts - provide some friggin' context, for cryin' out loud! ;-)

When:
Friday, March 22 at 12 pm EDT (Session 3 - Quarterfinals & Consolations), and at 8 pm (Session 4 - Championship Semifinals & Round of 12).

Where:
@ Kansas City (T-Mobile Center)

TV:
12 p.m., March 22 – Quarterfinals & Consolations (Session 3) on ESPNU and ESPN+
8 p.m., March 22 – Championship Semifinals & Round of 12 (Session 4) on ESPN and ESPN+

PRO TIP: If you haven't spent the $10 for ESPN+ yet, you may want to do that (and try to remember to do it before Session 1 next year as well).

ESPN+ has coverage of each mat for those that are subscribers. Here is the link to those individual mats and MATCAST streams: https://www.espn.com/espnplus/sched...84bd2e7f/channel/ESPN_PLUS/startDate/20240322

Radio:
Byers will have the radio call of the action and PBP's. The radio show is supposed to start at 11:40 am EDT, and the later session coverage supposedly starts at 7:40 pm. You can access the LionVision audio at: https://gopsusports.com/watch/?Live=2145&sport=30&type=Live, or via the Penn State Athletics app.
If LionVision ain't working, maybe this link will work: https://www.audacy.com/stations/bigfootcountrylegends.

PBP:
Hopefully, someone will step up and provide some PBP again (BIG THANKS to @SlipperyPete12 and @mcpat for their efforts yesterday!). As always, please remember to provide the score at the end of the match. Thanks!

Mat Assignments:
Mat assignments can be found here: https://bubbaland.net/wrestling/NCAA_Wrestling_Championships_2024.htm (be sure to select the correct tab at the bottom of the page) and also https://twitter.com/pennstateWREST. Thanks to everyone who posts the Mat Assignments in the thread.

Team Scores:
The best source for team scoring throughout the tournament is the Penn State Wrestling Club's website. Their link for live team scoring is: https://pennstatewrestlingclub.org/. Learn it, Know it, Live it. And don't forget it!

Team Standings
TeamPointsMaximum
Potential
Points
If
Seeds
Hold
# QF# SF# Cons 2# Cons 3# Cons 4
(Rd of 12)
Penn State
34.5​
275.5​
150.5​
8​
0​
2​
0​
0​
Iowa
24.5​
243​
67​
4​
0​
5​
0​
0​
Iowa State
24.5​
242.5​
66​
5​
0​
4​
0​
0​
Michigan
22​
240​
57.5​
5​
0​
4​
0​
0​
North Carolina State
22​
240​
82.5​
5​
0​
4​
0​
0​
Nebraska
21​
213.5​
60.5​
7​
0​
1​
0​
0​
Ohio State
20.5​
215​
52.5​
3​
0​
5​
0​
0​
Cornell
18.5​
213​
59.5​
3​
0​
5​
0​
0​
Virginia Tech
17.5​
236​
52.5​
4​
0​
5​
0​
0​
Missouri
14​
135​
44​
3​
0​
2​
0​
0​

Brackets:
Here are the updated brackets thru last night (in PDF): https://www.ncaa.com/_flysystem/public-s3/files/Session 2 Updated Brackets.pdf

Lastly, our guy's matches in Session 3:
125: #1 B.Davis vs. #8 R.Figueroa (ASU)
Consi 133: #10 A.Nagao vs. #24 J.Chlebove (ASU)
141: #2 B.Bartlett vs. #26 V.Vombaur (MINN)
Consi 149: #7 T.Kasak vs. #9 E.Fernandez (COR)
157: #1 L.Haines vs. #8 P.Robb (NEB)
165: #2 M.Mesenbrink vs. #10 M.Amine (MICH)
174: #9 C.Starocci vs. #1 M.Lewis (VT)
184: #6 B.Truax vs. #3 D.Plott (OKST)
197: #1 A.Brooks vs. #8 S.Buchanan (OU)
285: #1 G.Kerkvliet vs. #9 N.Feldman (OHST)
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