Articles for Friday

[Tom McAndrew]

Black Shoe Diaries: Matcast - Episode One
(something new on the landscape of PSU wrestling coverage)

MMA Fighting: How Ed Ruth's wrestling career nearly ended before it started

Stillwater News Press: National Wrestling Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2017
(nice to see Kolat entering the HOF)

State College News: Penn State Wrestling Lands Another Top Recruit

Black Heart Gold Pants: Tom Brands Speaks -- Wrestling season is back

 

[El-Jefe]

The Phil Davis quote about Ed Ruth is absolutely hilarious:


Davis, for his part, pretends to be jealous of Ruth.

"I'll tell you what, he's more handsome than I am," Davis, who fights Liam McGeary at Bellator 163, said at a recent press conference. "The guy goes to my alma mater, he's from my hometown, he destroys every single record I ever had — pins, wins, Big 10 championships, national championships. I mean, my parade through my city as the best wrestler of all time was so short-lived.

"Now this man is back into MMA, and he's going to make a huge splash and become a massive star and champion in his own right. And I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do. That's what I think about him. I don't know what to do. Everywhere I go, he goes, and he does it even better."