Have they announced the numbers yet? To me, it looks like an Iowa vs Purdue home match.
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These should simply be held in Iowa City every time. It's the best venue and will always garner large crowds and great support.
Agree but when 8 of 12 finalists from HV tough to argue
Pretty much this^.
You'd think the place would be full considering the many current/former Nits wrestling. Also, from a geographic perspective it makes sense, considering all the PA athletes competing but sadly the attendance doesn't reflect it.
Just more publicity for the current juggernaut. The announcers on USA Network hyping the PSU program made me a little sick to my stomach last night. It is, what it is...
You'd think the place would be full considering the many current/former Nits wrestling. Also, from a geographic perspective it makes sense, considering all the PA athletes competing but sadly the attendance doesn't reflect it.
Just more publicity for the current juggernaut. The announcers on USA Network hyping the PSU program made me a little sick to my stomach last night. It is, what it is...
One thought is my scenerio. Its got great coverage on TV and free. I was planned to go but the tickets were limited snd pricy. Also, if it was just freestyle, I think they’d capture more people. I was discouraged from going because I didn’t want to sit through Gro and women’s.
I think free refers only for the finals on TV (USA network, if you have that)
Peacock was the only way you could watch live streaming yesterday and this morning's session, and that required a monthly or yearly subscription.
JB would have received a standing ovation. Same for Gilman after dropping his second match to SL.
Hey, I'm watching for free. Just need to have a brother willing to share log in info😁
Discouraged from watching women's matches that are usually more entertaining than the men's? Also discouraged from supporting the large amount of women's Hawkeye wrestlers competing?
Dude. Stfu.
It's free via computer on NBC.com but does require a TV subscription and login. Wifey(no pics) handles these types of technical things at our house...
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Our guys get more respect from the fans in Iran then they do at State College.
Yah, I tried to add a fishing pic, since most like those but can't even figure that out...
Again, gives you a feeling for my tech skills, which is why I retired
Crowd today was pretty good in person. Not packed out, but fullish. If any of you are in happy Valley, I’m headed down town between sessions.
I really, really should have been there. A friend of mine is friggin team leader for the USA men's team, so I could have had VIP access. But in all honesty I was too nervous to watch Spencer in person.
Great weekend. Spencer does his thing. Tom is representing well. And there are finally some cracks in the Happy Valley castle.
You should have went, I have been telling you guys Spencer is almost back to top form should be close by Paris
Lifelong resident of PA here. Wrestling is very much a niche sport in this state. To the degree that there is interest, it is mostly at the high school level. When I was a student at the school whose name is not spoken here back in the 80s, the teams were good but not great and there was very little excitement for them. Almost no PA residents have any knowledge of who the stars of the sport are and it does not surprise me at all that attendance at the OTT would be far lower than it would be in a place where wrestling really is a part of the culture such as Iowa.
Hence the joke PSU fans think wrestling was invented 15 years ago:/
I have peacock and I don’t pay for it either. Maybe it comes with my YouTubetv deal.
I don't know any PSU wrestling fans. From what I've seen here, I don't like the majority of them any more than you all do. I can easily believe that many/most of them are bandwagon, fair-weather fans who know very little about the sport. As for me, I followed Spencer(whom I've watched since he was in the 9th grade) to this place and have just been hanging around ever since.
It came free with Xfinity internet at one time. I have AT&T internet now but perhaps Peacock is tied to a similar promo these days.
I got it free with Xfinity a year ago or so but since Xfinity has stopped that promotion.
You did say that. Honestly, after the first two matches I was not a believer.
They are two separate services. To the best of my knowledge YouTubeTV does not have a Peacock channel, nor can you purchase it as an add on to YouTubeTV.
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Cracks in the castle? That's wishful thinking, but delusional.
Even paying for Peacock is nothing compared to paying for some type of cable. We paid like $40 for a year of peacock…wife did. I had no idea until Thursday when trying to figure out how to watch.
Agree. The only cracks are one PSU guy getting beat by another, e.g. Brooks over Taylor.
Given the PSU recruits who looked good at OTTs (Lilledahl, Mirasola), as well as other young PSU collegiate stars doing well (Bartlett, Facundo, Mesinbrink), plus unbelievable recruit classes coming in the next 2 years - 7 are top 20 p4p (8 if Blaze commits to PSU), PSU will be loaded for the foreseeable future.
Doesn't really matter now, but it was all free for me at NBC.com. Just entered my Hulu TV provider login.
How can you afford to have 60 guys in your wrestling room and another 50 in your wrestling club?
They’re all just happy to be there and drink from the Cup of Carl.
The Friday and Saturday morning sessions were streamed free on NBC Sports. Each individual mat and the quad view on Friday. Saturday, for some reason there was no quad view.
Shane Sparks did the PBP on the quad view Friday, and he did a hell of a job. He was much better than the broadcast team.
Okay I'll take your word for it but I didn't pay for Peacock. I mentioned Youtubetv because the only thing that was required to log into the channel was to confirm my provider with an activation code. I try not to look the gift horse in the mouth.
Edit to add that I don't know how your name got replaced LIV4God
I believe PSU or Cael sets a limit on the number of guys on the roster. I think it's 37 or 38 but someone more knowledgeable will chime in otherwise.
The NLWC active roster is something like 15 or 16 guys.
I had a choice between great tickets for the big tens for $50 each and stayed at my sisters house. And that was a two day ticket price.
Compare that to a price tag of I think $275 and two nights at a hotel? And we have a family member who isn’t doing well.
And add in next year the NCAAs are in Philly, so for me personally, I rolled out the Olympic trials.
Wrestling is a niche sport everywhere . Football , basketball , hockey , baseball , nascar will all garner a lot more viewers.
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