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Askren's Trials Controversies

I thought Askren had some good thoughts on the two major controversies from this weekend.

1) MM-Burroughs - Askren essentially says that's who MM is, he loves to fight, he straddles the line, the head shove was well deserved, and that he's had to choke MM in practice many times to get him back in line. Overall, pretty funny discussion from one of the last people that could be accused of anti-MM bias.

Also interesting discussion about when MM started training with him and how one of the big issues he had was keeping his composure. Ben used to purposely try to get him mad so he could learn to control himself. Reminded me a lot of the process with
Desanto in the Iowa room.

2) The PSU fans - I agree with him on this too. When a crowd gets large, it doesn't behave rationally. It gets swept up in the emotions of the event and sometimes does things that nobody would ever think they'd do outside of that context. I don't think it's an accident that the two notoriously poorly behaved fan bases are Iowa and PSU, the two largest by far. Get everybody together and people get wild and those in the crowd who actually suck become more emboldened to misbehave.

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PA HS Wrestling thread

Since Dunk requested a thread ...

Isaiah Vance is the returning PA AAA 285 runner-up to Hunter Catka, and the only wrestler Catka did not bonus all year. Heavy favorite to win this year. Borderline top 10 nationally. Won Powerade with a victory over Malvern Prep's Cole Deery (also national top 10) in the finals. Great pickup for Army.

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NFL Draft thread....

May as well get it started.

I'm guessing on the positions for the first 4 picks for the Steelers (4 in rounds 1-3).

- OT (I'd love to see Olu in Black and Gold) but he's a L-OT and Steelers seem to be looking for a R-OT...
- C
- WR
- CB

Also believe the Steelers have a 50-50 chance of trading up (somewhat) or down (moreso) in the first round and possibly going for a Center instead of an OT. The Steelers new GM is a wheeler-dealer.

** Not just a Steelers thread, but we'll all likely respond towards our "home" teams.......

How would this article fly for negative recruiting?


Essentially claiming that Kelly treated Black players differently and was uncomfortable around them. Of course, he probably doesn't have to recruit at OSU and isn't a position coach, so maybe not much impact. On the other hand, it can't help recruiting on the offensive side of the ball.

Whatever you think of McCoy and Jackson, Kelly does have an off-putting personality, and this can't help that perception with young Black men and their families.

Surreal Moment..Played Texas Hold em with Mark Hall !!

So I am at a Casino in Pa... I sit at a new table and I hear a guy say yeah I wrestled for Penn State a Couple years ago.. I look over wondering who is fabricating such a tale.. I almost passed out..It was None Other then Mark Hall.. Such a great guy.. Super Humble.. Of course I was the only person who knew all of his accolades.. He had the nerve to tell somebody he did Ok in College..That he was pretty good he guessed..I just looked around at the table and said I wish he would let me tell you guys how good he really is.. I dont think he wanted the attention.. We played together for 5 or 6 hours.. I said can I ask you just 1 question.. He said sure...I said Is there anyone now or in the last 15 years that could beat Cael in the Room.. He said Not if Cael is going 100%, Nope... I found that Awesome..lol
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