Penn State 4th all-time in number of National Championships

Penn State also 4th all-time In number Academic All-Americans.

And Barren and Barbour destroying both. There should be a class action law suit filed. Disgraceful.

$230 million.....fully guaranteed! Gave up five draft picks including three first rounds! Insane for a guy with his history.

An 8 million dollar NIL deal for a 5* recruit ? College football as I knew it is over.

I took Thursday and Friday off. It's the eve of NCAA Wrestling Tournament. Excited having Beam and coke. What's your drink?

After spending this past season as a volunteer assistant at LaSalle, former Penn State head coach Pat Chambers is reportedly in good position to grab his next head-coaching gig. ESPN's Jeff Borzello reported yesterday that Chambers is a "primary candidate" at Florida Gulf Coast.

Chambers resigned from his post as Penn State's head coach in October 2020. The university had launched an internal investigation regarding him and his program after he had admitted to referncing a "noose" around former guard Rasir Bolton's neck. Bolton later transferred to Iowa State, citing the exchange.
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Not nearly enough chatter about PSU hoops on this board. I think the Nits have a decent shot to win their first two in the B10 tourney. Minny then O$U. Then who knows as we would then play Purdue who is definitely beatable. We just cannot win the close games but perhaps our luck changes this week. Regardless of what happens this week I am excited about where Coach Shrews has the program headed. Recruiting is better than ever. Would love to be dancing next March.

really disturbing allegations made about playboy enterprises from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Several stories of statutory rape for 13~17 year old girls. Fairly common to get photos and releases for 17-year-olds and then wait until they are 18 before publishing. Several stories that Heff filmed women while drunk/high in orgies and then use it as leverage to keep them in line. Also several stars (director John Huston, Jack Nicholson, Cosby, Polanski, Jim Brown, etc.).

On the other hand, several employee "witnesses" discussing their experiences but one has to wonder where the F they were when coked out 18 year olds were being filmed having orgies. So one has to wonder how much of it is women that knowingly leveraged their looks and are now calling it out after they've been used up.

Thoughts?

For all those spreaders who infect wrestling threads: here is your opportunity to practice social media distancing.

If you're not willing to wear a muzzle, er mask, then do your part to keep everyone else healthy.

Preemptive:

FOOTBALL

We can be assured there will be ugliness on the boards over the next several days as the big PSU vs Iowa dual comes and goes. But we can also do some good with our fanaticism and prognostications . . .

Wresting for Life could use our dollars, and it is a great cause. If you like putting your money where your mouth is and would like to do so on predicted outcomes in the PSU vs Iowa dual, let’s try doing so here with proceeds going to Wrestling for Life.

We can be rivals and work together at the same time.

The Big Ten Tournament starts tomorrow in Lincoln and because I, an idiot, made a commitment to take my girlfriend to Philly for the weekend I’ll be in and out of the board throughout.

Brackets were released earlier today and can be found below, while coverage can be found on the Big Ten Network as well as BTN+.

Saturday’s first session begins at 11 a.m. with session two starting at 6:30 p.m. (and semifinals to begin at 8:30 p.m. approximately). Sunday’s third and fourth sessions begin at 12 and 4 p.m. respectively with the conference title bouts and placing bouts set for 4:30 p.m.

What do you suggest?

Intriguing…

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Last one fellas (at least here), let er rip

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Since some on the board have a man-crush on @jmadden1998 I figured I would post some stats from here and the cesspool:

Joined cesspool January 26, 2017
Joined premier forum January 26, 2017

Posts on cesspool: 1,476
Posts on premier forum: 1,252

Reaction Score on cesspool: 2,177
Reaction Score on premier forum: 2,041

Reaction ratio on cesspool: 1.4749:1
Reaction ratio on premier forum: 1.6302:1

My take. He likes us better than the cesspool. We like him more than the cesspool likes him.
Can someone just buy this kid a few blue and white shirts and put an end to this?

And don't worry guys...my reaction ratio is 2.9869:1. I will not lose to a hawk. Ever.

On the BTN/ESPN/ACC schedules this week (television asterisked, PSU bolded, replay italicized) . . .

Wednesday
- ISU vs Mizzou (7:30pm) [ESPN+]

Thursday
- Harvard vs Brown (12:05pm) [ESPN+]

Friday
- CMU vs MSU (6pm) [B1G+]
- Princeton vs Rutger (7pm) [B1G+]
- Columbia vs Maryland (7pm) [B1G+]
- **UNC vs NC St (7pm) [ACCN]**
- Pitt vs Duke (7pm) [ACCNX/ESPN+]
- Presby vs Gardner-Webb (7pm) [ESPN+]
- VaTech vs UVA (7pm) [ACCNX/ESPN+]
- Army vs Navy (7:30pm) [ESPN+]
- Wyoming vs WVU (8pm) [ESPN+]
- Bucknell vs Okie St (8pm) [ESPN+]
- Kent St vs SIUE (8pm) [ESPN+]

Saturday
- **Replay: UNC vs NC St (12am, 6am) [ACCN]**
- Binghamton vs Harvard (11am) [ESPN+]
- **Purdue vs Northwestern (1:30pm) [BTN]**
- Columbia vs Rutger (5pm) [B1G+]
- Maryland vs American (7:30pm) [ESPN+]

Sunday
- LIU vs Brown (12:05pm) [ESPN+]
- Michigan vs CMU (12:05pm) [ESPN+]
- Penn vs American (1pm) [ESPN+]
- Cleveland St vs GMU (1pm) [ESPN+]
- UTC vs Indiana (1pm) [B1G+]
- Cornell vs Wisconsin (1pm) [B1G+]
- Rider vs PSU (2pm) [B1G+] EDIT: Or is it 1:35pm? B1G+ app now has it listed that way, as of this evening (Sat), but no mention of a change on PSU website.
- VMI vs Citadel (3pm) [ESPN+]
- Oklahoma vs Okie St (3pm) [ESPN+]
- **VaTech vs NC St (6pm) [ACCN]**
- **Iowa vs Nebraska (7pm) [BTN]**

J

Note from Barry:

"Each year, Penn Staters can elect three alumni to serve on the Penn State Board of Trustees. It is important that we have proper representation and a voice in the governance of Penn State.

Barry Fenchak is running for a seat on the Board. Barry would provide a strong voice for responsible governance at Penn State.

The elections consist of two phases - the nomination phase which runs from January 15th through February 25th, and the general election which will take place later in the spring. Barry needs the nominations of 250 Penn Staters to be on the ballot in the spring.

If you are an alumnus who has voted in previous elections, you should receive a nominating ballot in your e-mail on January 15th. Please enter "Barry J Fenchak, Class of 1984 Engineering" on your ballot.

If you are not familiar with the process, or have not voted in previous elections, you need to request your nominating ballot from Pen State. You can find a link to request your ballot here: 2022 Alumni Trustee Nomination Ballot Request (http://office.com).

You do have to be an alumni to cast a ballot - but if you are not, you can make an impact by forwarding this message to any alumni among your family and friends. Since Penn State does little to publicize the elections, they probably are not aware of the process of how to vote, or who to vote for. Thanks.

Also, Barry's website can be found at http://barryfenchak4trustee.com. There is a lot of good information there.

I’m Barry Fenchak, and I need your help. To be listed on the April 2022 Penn State Alumni Trustee ballot, I need 250 nominations from Penn State alumni.

Nominations will run January 15th to February 25th. On January 15th alumni will receive nominating ballots by email. Please nominate me, Barry J Fenchak, 1984 Engineering. If you are expecting a nomination ballot email and don’t receive one, please click here or call the Penn State Trustee office at (814) 865-2521. I appreciate your support."

Intermat Update 2/1
Not much change in tourney points from last week. PSU (118) now ahead of a new 2nd place team in Iowa (87.5) by 30.5 points, with Michigan (73) dropping back to 3rd place and now behind by 45 points. ASU (65) stands pat in points, but moves to 4th while Okie St (51) falls to 5th.

PSU, Iowa, Michigan changes since Jan 25:
125 - Hildebrandt up one spot to #6.
141 - Micic down seven to #11.
149 - Bartlett up one to #18; Storr up one to #15.
157 - Lewan up one to #13.
197 - Brucki down four to #10.
285 - Kerkvliet down two to #5; Cassioppi up one to #4; Parris up one to #3.

285 seems like an interesting discussion.

Everything went right for Penn State and not much went right for Minnesota in their Thursday matinee showdown. Penn State topped the Golden Gophers in dominant fashion after losing 76-70 just five days ago. Backed by Jalen Pickett's 20 points (15 in the second half), the Nittany Lions cruised to victory.

Game recap here:

Micah Shrewsberry grew up watching Big Ten basketball. He credited Tom Izzo and Michigan State for building the blueprint for winning in the conference. Shrewsberry and Penn State topped No. 19 Michigan State for Shrewsberry's first ranked win. Afterward, Izzo told Shrewsberry he was proud of him.

More on what that meant to the first-year head coach, and Izzo also complimented John Harrar after his big night. Check out the story:

Beginning at about 1:58 Simms gives his unvarnished opinion of Harbaugh. Among other things when he went to Michigan, he didn't even bother to tell his coaches a San Francisco that he had left until the very end of the process. Gave no assistance or support to his assistant coaches at San Fran. Cut off an interview for a petty reason. Thinks there is no real interest in NFL with respect to Harbaugh -- thinks Harbaugh himself is planting the rumors. Let's hope Michigan is stuck with this jerk. https://www.sportscasting.com/chris...2IkWFUhSLwcD64Tj8yJxq0uPMdE7Tue_C0eFWuaKKqU9A