We're in SC pa (Gettysburg area) and leaving around 7. 1:10 drive for us. Doors open at 9. I would like to get in lot closest xfinity center.
Going to Big Tens
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I almost got to wrestle Brad Lloyd. He ducked me to move up and wrestle our returning state place-winner (Lloyd won by a few points). No sense waisting Lloyd on the district qualifier with bigger fish to fry.
Travis was killed in a car accident back in the 90s…he was a close friend.
I only saw Mark wrestle, but I’ve known Downs over the years. Small world
That sits up on hill from xfinity center. There's a big open parking lot by the xfinity center.
Sadly I'm not attending in person, but still super excited for this! I'll get the command center set up tomorrow morning. Not an elaborate setup like many fans on here, but enough to watch B10 network, B10+, Track wrestling, and these forums. I'm always impressed with the media setups some have.
Let's go Lions!
Let's go Lions!
Everyone have fun! I got my masters at Maryland, and live about an hour from College Park. I have been waiting for BIGs to come down towards us. Now that it’s here, I am back in State College helping my parents. I’ll be watching on TV though!
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Great! Shows 1.5 hours for us coming from York.
I’ll shoot for getting there around 8:15.
Thanks for the feedback
The map I looked at is very flat.
I hope to!! Everyone have fun. I don’t make it down to College Park often, used to go for volleyball matches. There didn’t used to be a lot of dining options near campus, but they have built up quite a bit. Bentley’s is still there though!
Lmao. It won’t be when ya get there. Maps are misleading. 🤪The map I looked at is very flat.
Yeah, that wasn't great. The on-site food choices were pretty bad, but we weren't going to walk off campus to hit a decent restaurant or drive and have to pay a second parking fee when we came back.
I drove out of the lot between sessions and they let me back in.
Fabulous time at B1G’s. This forum was well represented! Shout out to hlstone and PSUPaul specifically for the tailgate, though you could have ordered better weather 😀. Creameryfreak, thanks for the seat so my brother could join us. And to the 15+ other posters here that I ran into and spent time with, even just a few minutes, hope you are home safely, or on your way. See some of you in KC!
What? You didn't like the pizza and drink for $26??? Shame on you. Lol.
We ate like Kings and Queens thanks to @hlstone ‘s cooking, as Roar said, the only thing we could have wished for was slightly better weather.
Also, I would like to give a shout out to the MD workers, to a person all were very personable and helpful, had some great chats with the bomb squad police parked by our truck. Even though it is officially a “no tailgate” university, we never got any flack.
Also, I would like to give a shout out to the MD workers, to a person all were very personable and helpful, had some great chats with the bomb squad police parked by our truck. Even though it is officially a “no tailgate” university, we never got any flack.
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And we even had 3 beers leftover.
Drove into the lot 4 times in 2 days. Parking ticket only scanned once!
Speaking of scanning, tickets for session IV didn't get scanned either. We never left the building after session III so I have some unused tickets for sale.
Cowbell Man must not have been there 😁
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would have been nice to know that a $9 session 3 ticket would also get you access to session 4 for free
Were there any Mich St fans in our Mich St section (213)? I don’t recall any. One Mich fan, one Ohio St fan, the rest PSU fans.
They were right in front of me in 113, not bad to chat with…..
When we were reentering for the last session, the security guys at our gate were saying, "Welcome to the Penn State Invitational", sorta had to chuckle!!
Second that MD worker compliment. MD did a really nice job hosting. The facility was great; the suport staff was welcoming and helpful; the PA announcer was actually very helpful in providing useful info on the brick appeals, background info on the wrestlers and what to expect during the upcoming sessions; stuff you don't always get from the host venue. My only complaint was the inability to keep the bout scoring up to date on the scoreboard.
I sat behind maybe 15 of them in the lower level. My actual seats were in 216 and 3 rows from the top. The MSU section had 20 or so empty seats and we sat in them for all 4 sessions.
Were you the guys I sat in front of in the empty MSU seats? One of you wrestled at Lycoming.
How were the traffic jams in the parking garages?
Was there uneven pavement for the senior citizens to negotiate?
Was there uneven pavement for the senior citizens to negotiate?
Hey did you sit next to a guy in a Northwestern visor?
I would also like to say the MD workers were very cordial. One even stopped me and wanted to talk about Aaron Brooks. Mr. Brooks is a legend.
The match scoring was mostly OK. They got behind on one of the finals matches and were a bit slow in a few other matches They could have updated the team standings a little more often.
I was in section 113. There were a number of MSU people just below us. The first few rows of section 114 had a bunch of Ohio State and a few Michigan fans, but both section seemed to be mostly Penn State fans.
Who wrestled at Lycoming? My uncle is head coach there. Cousin wrestles there now, and just qualified for D3 nationals.
