NCAAs - your personal highlights
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Also - Mark Hall signing autographs for kids first thing after losing the finals .... after a lot of fans celebrated him losing cause he is such a "classless" person.
Thanks for asking. I'm not quite finished, still have a few more to process. Real life has intruded. But here's a link to everything uploaded so far, not sorted in any particular manner.
Other team's fans (some of them) celebrating losses by Penn State wrestlers is great, as long as it's not abusive (mean-spirited, derogatory, etc.).
That's our badge of honor right now, and we should wear it with pride.
yes., as i mentioned to a few folk behind us. check the scoreboard ,man, it's good to be the king
.Echo many of the thoughts above. Was very fortunate to have amazing seats and that made most of my highlights possible.
Jack Muler's (UVA) Brother snuck down and sat with us for both his frist and second round matches. Christian Pagdilalo's (ASU) Father snuck down for his match with Nolf. It was very exciting watching the matches through their eyes. Mr. Pagdialo was the perfect mixture of Optimism and Realism knowing what his son was up against but also continuing to shout instructions and encourgement. My little group was all in on Jack and Christain for the rest of the weekend.
During the quarterfinals, Terry Brands was on mat 5 and there was a great consi match going on mat 3 (cant remember bout), and Terry was just standing around I yelled "Sit down Terry" and he quickly sat down and gave a big smile and thumbe up. Telford was not amused and stayed standing and glared at me for a bit....
Finally, during the medal round, all of the refs were sitting in front of us and we were able to listen to a lot of their discussions and they were very receptive to our questions. Their respect for the athletes was evident and they quickly became fans while watching matches they were not involved in. It will be harder for me to hammer refs from now on.
Jack Muler's (UVA) Brother snuck down and sat with us for both his frist and second round matches. Christian Pagdilalo's (ASU) Father snuck down for his match with Nolf. It was very exciting watching the matches through their eyes. Mr. Pagdialo was the perfect mixture of Optimism and Realism knowing what his son was up against but also continuing to shout instructions and encourgement. My little group was all in on Jack and Christain for the rest of the weekend.
During the quarterfinals, Terry Brands was on mat 5 and there was a great consi match going on mat 3 (cant remember bout), and Terry was just standing around I yelled "Sit down Terry" and he quickly sat down and gave a big smile and thumbe up. Telford was not amused and stayed standing and glared at me for a bit....
Finally, during the medal round, all of the refs were sitting in front of us and we were able to listen to a lot of their discussions and they were very receptive to our questions. Their respect for the athletes was evident and they quickly became fans while watching matches they were not involved in. It will be harder for me to hammer refs from now on.
In one of Bo's matches he was riding his opponent. Bo reached back and addressed a minor irritant inside his shoe. For some reason, that just sticks with me as an indication of how he totally dominates.
Yep. I was in 103 too; it was especially bad during the RBY / DeSanto match. The one kid’s obscene gesture made me laugh out of surprise, it was so unexpected (and unnecessary).
The worst incident I saw was at end of the offical’s review whether RBY had the TD or it was at the end of the bout. A bunch of another school’s fans turned around to boisterously rub the PSU fans noses in it and a HS / young college kid startled everyone with an X-rated gesture to graphically communicate his thoughts. Those who saw it were a little dumbfounded. The natural reactions of a few rows of PSU fans actually put the kid in his place. They all looked at each other with looks of “Really?? WOW!!....” ; instead of an argument back at him. It was the perfect response, instead of it escalating.
Saturday was my first ever experience at NCAA’s, all I can say is I am extremely jealous of all of you that attend every year. I had seats in a suite that had food and beverage so that was pretty good.
After getting there Saturday morning, we went exploring. We went to the Lexus club first and as I looked in the door the first thing I see is the championship team trophy sitting on a table. Of course I had to get some pictures with it, but I couldn’t bring myself to touch it. I didn’t think I was worthy.
My youngest son and I went looking for souvenirs and saw Ben Askren which was kind of cool. Unfortunately the top I wanted they didn’t have in my size. Anybody know of a site where NCAA wrestling stuff is sold? I have goggled everything I can think of and have come up empty.
During session 5 saw Teasdale sitting in the suite beside us, but didn’t see any school affiliation with anybody in there.
In between sessions we explored several establishments trying to stay hydrated, I’ve heard that’s important.
As we were getting ready to leave the last place and head to the arena, a Rutgers fan sitting beside me starts talking about how he is so nervous about the finals. I was about to tell him I was rooting for Ash, but couldn’t bring myself to root for He who should not be named, when he continued that he was Suriano’s uncle. So I told him I was rooting for both also. Figured a little white lie wouldn’t hurt.
The wrestling was incredible and loved every second I got to experience.
We decided on going to a cigar bar as our last stop of the night in our continued quest for hydration. As I was chatting with my youngest I see him look up and say hi to somebody, turns out it was Myles Martin. I had to go over and shake his hand and congratulate him on fantastic career. Ended up talking to him for 10 or 15 minutes, great young man.
Hoping I get to go back again someday.
After getting there Saturday morning, we went exploring. We went to the Lexus club first and as I looked in the door the first thing I see is the championship team trophy sitting on a table. Of course I had to get some pictures with it, but I couldn’t bring myself to touch it. I didn’t think I was worthy.
My youngest son and I went looking for souvenirs and saw Ben Askren which was kind of cool. Unfortunately the top I wanted they didn’t have in my size. Anybody know of a site where NCAA wrestling stuff is sold? I have goggled everything I can think of and have come up empty.
During session 5 saw Teasdale sitting in the suite beside us, but didn’t see any school affiliation with anybody in there.
In between sessions we explored several establishments trying to stay hydrated, I’ve heard that’s important.
As we were getting ready to leave the last place and head to the arena, a Rutgers fan sitting beside me starts talking about how he is so nervous about the finals. I was about to tell him I was rooting for Ash, but couldn’t bring myself to root for He who should not be named, when he continued that he was Suriano’s uncle.
So I told him I was rooting for both also. Figured a little white lie wouldn’t hurt.The wrestling was incredible and loved every second I got to experience.
We decided on going to a cigar bar as our last stop of the night in our continued quest for hydration. As I was chatting with my youngest I see him look up and say hi to somebody, turns out it was Myles Martin. I had to go over and shake his hand and congratulate him on fantastic career. Ended up talking to him for 10 or 15 minutes, great young man.
Hoping I get to go back again someday.
Seeing Bo chilling during session 5 then taking time to have his picture taken with the kid sitting behind me. Class act
