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Anyone going to PSU?

Tips on where to stay, eat, get tix and/or where to sit? Should be a great meet. Wonder if SL will be rolling by then.
Hyatt Place, Days Inn, The Scholar, and The Graduate are all downtown hotels that you can walk from. The food in State College is average, but there are decent meals to be had. Downtown, The Tavern (recently renovated and improved), Central Reservations, and Federal Taphouse are decent. Happy valley Brewing (short drive) is good. All seating is pretty good in The BJC. Tickets will have to be purchased on secondary seller web-sites. You'll have to suck it up $$$.
 
Most of the Top 10 P4P recruits at this point, sigh.
Funny, when Ohio State and Iowa are bringing in top classes, some PSU fans grow restless and think they are cleaning our clocks. I really haven't dug into but to me it always seems the years Iowa gets a good class, PSU doesn't and vice versa. Like I said, I haven't looked much to see if I'm right but for awhile there it seemed to me that Iowa and tOSU were on the same cycle in getting kids and PSU and OK St. on another.
 
Funny, when Ohio State and Iowa are bringing in top classes, some PSU fans grow restless and think they are cleaning our clocks. I really haven't dug into but to me it always seems the years Iowa gets a good class, PSU doesn't and vice versa. Like I said, I haven't looked much to see if I'm right but for awhile there it seemed to me that Iowa and tOSU were on the same cycle in getting kids and PSU and OK St. on another.
You need to check your cycles. look at the top ten pfp brought in year in and out.
 
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I may need to do that when I get time.
JTS,
You're posting way too much over here. You could easily relapse.
Do we need to have an intervention?
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Most of the Top 10 P4P recruits at this point, sigh.
What are you even talking about? Iowa has 3 of the top 10 2023 recruits! Keuter, Jesuroga and Arnold. Hell, they even have the #24 Block as well. On top of all that, they have Chittum coming in after a grey shirt.

This is BY FAR the best recruiting run Iowa has EVER had under Brands. One of your worst takes in while…
 
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What are you even talking about? Iowa has 3 of the top 10 2023 recruits! Keuter, Jesuroga and Arnold. Hell, they even have the #24 Block as well. On top of all that, they have Chittum coming in after a grey shirt.

This is BY FAR the best recruiting run Iowa has EVER had under Brands. One of your worst takes in while…
Let’s hope Keuter actually wrestles.
 
Hyatt Place, Days Inn, The Scholar, and The Graduate are all downtown hotels that you can walk from. The food in State College is average, but there are decent meals to be had. Downtown, The Tavern (recently renovated and improved), Central Reservations, and Federal Taphouse are decent. Happy valley Brewing (short drive) is good. All seating is pretty good in The BJC. Tickets will have to be purchased on secondary seller web-sites. You'll have to suck it up $$$.

The Days Inn was torn down.

The Blue Loop (College Ave) and White Loop (Beaver Ave) are free campus shuttles and both stop at the Jordan Center.

If you’re a beer drinker, Zeno’s is a must. Best selection by far, and they always carry some of the local microbrews. Located directly above the center of the earth. A.K.A. the corner of College & Allen in the basement.
 
Guessing they wont be holding this duel in their high school gym. How hard will it to be to get a couple of tickets?
 
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This duel is at the shooting range, I’m guessing. The janitor at the gym was complaining about chipped bricks and bullet holes in windows.

The Scotia Range is about 25 miles out of town and the gravel road can get pretty rough during the winter. Perhaps they could join the fencers in the White Building.
 
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What are you even talking about? Iowa has 3 of the top 10 2023 recruits! Keuter, Jesuroga and Arnold. Hell, they even have the #24 Block as well. On top of all that, they have Chittum coming in after a grey shirt.

This is BY FAR the best recruiting run Iowa has EVER had under Brands. One of your worst takes in while…
What he said
 
Guessing they wont be holding this duel in their high school gym. How hard will it to be to get a couple of tickets?
I might try to go as well. Sadly, the game-stopper is my goddaughter's cheer competitions. As long as it doesn't conflict with Indy or Louisville I might take the plunge. Would love to see the Hawks try to pull off the upset! As for the tickets, I'm sure, just like here in Iowa, there are a few peeps on their board who would be kind enough to sell you a ticket. At least I think they would to those of us who haven't gone on their site just to be dicks (I'm thinking that's most of us). I'm curious to see how it compares to CHA. I would like to go there and to Okie State for duals in the next few years.
 
Would love to see the Hawks try to pull off the upset! As for the tickets, I'm sure, just like here in Iowa, there are a few peeps on their board who would be kind enough to sell you a ticket. At least I think they would to those of us who haven't gone on their site just to be dicks (I'm thinking that's most of us). I'm curious to see how it compares to CHA. I would like to go there and to Okie State for duals in the next few years.

I don't have thick enough skin to post over there. I've seen them run off quite a few reasonable Hawk posters over the years although that seems to have improved a little since snotglue is no longer a moderator. I do read frequently since there is a good handful posters who are very knowledgeable about wrestling.

PSU vs Iowa in enemy territory is on the bucketlist so I'll probably try my hand the old fashioned way when they open up for single ticket sales. I've already done Stillwater a few times and it is awesome. I can highly recommend the Gallagher experience.
 
I don't have thick enough skin to post over there. I've seen them run off quite a few reasonable Hawk posters over the years although that seems to have improved a little since snotglue is no longer a moderator. I do read frequently since there is a good handful posters who are very knowledgeable about wrestling.
Who are some of these reasonable Hawk posters that were run off over there? I'm struggling to think of just one. I guess if I were to name one, Chief would be a great example but I'm not so sure he was run off considering he's well respected and well liked by everyone there including me. He just sadly quit posting much. Also, JMadden, JS, JRod a few other Hawk fans still frequent the place. The 3 I named are some of my favorites to be honest....funny, entertaining and give us pushback when we need it...and boy do we need it at times.
 
I don't have thick enough skin to post over there. I've seen them run off quite a few reasonable Hawk posters over the years although that seems to have improved a little since snotglue is no longer a moderator. I do read frequently since there is a good handful posters who are very knowledgeable about wrestling.

PSU vs Iowa in enemy territory is on the bucketlist so I'll probably try my hand the old fashioned way when they open up for single ticket sales. I've already done Stillwater a few times and it is awesome. I can highly recommend the Gallagher experience.
Thank you, my friend...good to know WRT the Gallagher experience.
 
I was at Penn State when they brought in the convicts at Bellefonte to clear the snow out of Beaver Stadium.

Yes I know
The only time I was ever in Pennsylvania was the 1999? Nattys and as we were leaving on Saturday nite I remember we drove past a penitentiary someplace around the college.

I guess I'm a little older than you. The convicts came out in 1992. And yes, lots of convicts in Cali.....
 
Rockview State Penitentiary.
Fun fact....it is the home of Pennsylvania's electric chair.
Ol' Sparky
 
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I am bumping this. Tix on secondary market are about $200 plus. Any other leads out there? Thanks
 
What are you even talking about? Iowa has 3 of the top 10 2023 recruits! Keuter, Jesuroga and Arnold. Hell, they even have the #24 Block as well. On top of all that, they have Chittum coming in after a grey shirt.

This is BY FAR the best recruiting run Iowa has EVER had under Brands. One of your worst takes in while…
It seems, in the past anyway, that when we land a great class we don't get any studs for a couple years after. I hope Tom, next year, instead of getting a few "room guys" signs at least 1 more stud for a needed weight. If Arnold will be a 184 we're going to need a stud 197. We will also need a stud 174 immediately also. I see Chittum at 157 and Riggins at 165. All the rest of our studs coming in will be at 149 and below except Kueter obviously.
 
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It seems, in the past anyway, that when we land a great class we don't get any studs for a couple years after. I hope Tom, next year, instead of getting a few "room guys" signs at least 1 more stud for a needed weight. If Arnold will be a 184 we're going to need a stud 197. We will also need a stud 174 immediately also. I see Chittum at 157 and Riggins at 165. All the rest of our studs coming in will be at 149 and below except Kueter obviously.
Yep, that is very, very important. The hard part of that is that if you focus on one guy and don't get him, you end up with close to nothing in those off years. That is what makes PSU's recruiting so crazy, when they go all in on someone they pretty much get that person every time...
 
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Yep, that is very, very important. The hard part of that is that if you focus on one guy and don't get him, you end up with close to nothing in those off years. That is what makes PSU's recruiting so crazy, when they go all in on someone they pretty much get that person every time...
I’m not sure Iowa goes “all in,” on many recruits?
 
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