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Psalm 1 guy

All-Conference
Nov 3, 2019
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I was in Carlsbad for work last summer and my wife, who's from Oceanside, was bragging up the weather. It was pretty damn awesome. If I could magically make a bunch of people leave California and housing more affordable, I would move there in a heartbeat
San Diego proper and anywhere near the coast has great weather. Once you head inland it gets very hot in the summer. I live in Ramona, which is 35 miles N/NE from downtown San Diego. In the summer, San Diego is often a good 20 degrees cooler than Ramona.
 

Corby2

All-American
Jul 14, 2025
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Coastal florida ain't bad. At least East coast. Never been to the Gulf Coast of Florida. Granted, orlando last year for work was brutal ha
My dad has a place outside of Orlando it's definitely humid . I spent most of my summers as a kid in the Clearwater area my grandparents lived there. So it's one place I never wanted to live
 

Fatwoodchuck

Senior
Oct 19, 2023
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In an English course at the Altoona Campus, long ago, the professor explained how they track pronunciations with the frequency of use to a maximum or center. The phrase "YOUNGS" a form of the yinz and many others, was centered in Altoona, PA. That takes me back to a former era and many versions of a similar phrase or word. One of my favs was Youse guys, a classmate from Erie said it that way.
When abouts did YOUNGS gain popularity and when did Altoona surpass Johnstown in population? Im rooting for Johnstown.
 

Dren007

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Feb 19, 2012
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Yes thank god it's dry humidity is 9% so that saves us. I can't do humidity anymore. Some people here go to FL in the summer and do winters in AZ. My opinion Florida summers with humidity are worse then AZ summers
Brother lives in Tucson and works for the U of A. Been there 30 years and loves it. I go out in November and it's really a nice time to be out there. He does miss the mom & pop pizza joints back east. Ran the Tucson marathon. Rough, full sun the whole way.
 

Corby2

All-American
Jul 14, 2025
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Brother lives in Tucson and works for the U of A. Been there 30 years and loves it. I go out in November and it's really a nice time to be out there. He does miss the mom & pop pizza joints back east. Ran the Tucson marathon. Rough, full sun the whole way.
Tucson is about 2 hours from me. We get down that way once in awhile. Love the Mexican food in Tucson they've so many good spots.
 
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Blaze is now the 3 so Davino beat 3,6 and 11. Jax beat 4,5 and 6 . I don't agree but many would. So to say it was driven might be far fetched. So you think they did it so Blaze has Davino on his side? Willie said he would've ranked Jax #1 and seeded him #1 I don't agree either but many think it was right
Willie up the Jax hype before he wrestled a match. He would have picked him if he only had a half dozen matches.
 
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Roswelllion

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Aug 18, 2003
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San Diego proper and anywhere near the coast has great weather. Once you head inland it gets very hot in the summer. I live in Ramona, which is 35 miles N/NE from downtown San Diego. In the summer, San Diego is often a good 20 degrees cooler than Ramona.
Agreed. The weather is spectacular if you are west of the 5 from San Diego to about 90 minutes north of L.A. East of the 5 it is still beautiful and mostly always sunny in SoCal but can get very hot in the summer.
 

Aardvark86

All-Conference
Oct 12, 2021
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What's really troubling is that his hair dye was getting all over Luke's hands.

That should have been an immediate DQ. If Peterson shows up like that again, the coaches should get in the refs ears.

Make the fker shave his head to wrestle.
Careful there big fella.
 
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SouthpawPSU42

Redshirt
Jul 2, 2019
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Does anyone know the history of why we have the 32/33 pigtail match? Considering we have at large bids, why do they qualify 33 instead of 32? I quite enjoy the pigtail match and am not saying to get rid of it, but what’s the history behind this?
 

donboy6499

All-Conference
Jun 9, 2025
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Does anyone know the history of why we have the 32/33 pigtail match? Considering we have at large bids, why do they qualify 33 instead of 32? I quite enjoy the pigtail match and am not saying to get rid of it, but what’s the history behind this?
Remnant of a past era where some weights had 35 guys, some 28 guys, etc. But they took 330 (it was 360 at one time when they took the D2 and D3 champs).

There were brackets with 40+ guys in the past I believe. Some with low 20s. The goal used to be the best 330 (or 360) regardless or weight. But they eased into 330, then at some point eased into just having an equal number for every weight.
 

mcpat

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Mar 12, 2021
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Last night I filled out my first bracket - 125. One of the first matches in the bracket is 16 Ezekiel Witt vs 17 Jeff Strickenberger. They wrestled each other not once, but twice at B12s. This is the kind of thing I wish the seeding committee would try to avoid at least in the first round.
 

donboy6499

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Jun 9, 2025
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Last night I filled out my first bracket - 125. One of the first matches in the bracket is 16 Ezekiel Witt vs 17 Jeff Strickenberger. They wrestled each other not once, but twice at B12s. This is the kind of thing I wish the seeding committee would try to avoid at least in the first round.
Can't agree with this more.

Now, if you tell me that this thing is 100%, no questions asked, AI Willie Committee Data spit it out, I get it. But it's not.
 
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midniteride

Redshirt
Oct 18, 2016
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Agreed. The weather is spectacular if you are west of the 5 from San Diego to about 90 minutes north of L.A. East of the 5 it is still beautiful and mostly always sunny in SoCal but can get very hot in the summer.
On the return leg of one of my "Coast To Coast" motorcycle trips I left San Diego mid morning and usually rode for 5 or 6 hours before settling on where I would like to spend the rest of the day & night. Beautifull day as I left San Diego but it didn't take long to realize that I was getting burned up riding in a t-shirt. So I put my Belstaff jacket on with all vents open and rode as far as I could in the blistering mid-day heat. This got me to the town of Gila Bend AZ where I headed to the first motel I saw, even though I usually camped. I immediately started filling the tub as I couldn't wait to get into a tub of cool water. Once undressed I started to get into the tub but found that it was HOT. Tried both taps and they were both hot water. I went to the office to question the problem and was told that the water came out of the ground at 106 degrees and that visitors get ice from the machine to adjust the tub temperature. Decided then & there that I didn't like the Southwest, aside of the CA Coast!
 

HOA242n!

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Aug 18, 2025
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San Diego proper and anywhere near the coast has great weather. Once you head inland it gets very hot in the summer. I live in Ramona, which is 35 miles N/NE from downtown San Diego. In the summer, San Diego is often a good 20 degrees cooler than Ramona.
I have a cousin in Ramona, as does my wife. My aunt lives right on the beach In Encinitas. Some of our best friends are in Vista. We usually take a trip to visit them all every summer. Incredibly beautiful area with possibly the best weather in the world. Unfortunate that it has to be in California.
 
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I have a cousin in Ramona, as does my wife. My aunt lives right on the beach In Encinitas. Some of our best friends are in Vista. We usually take a trip to visit them all every summer. Incredibly beautiful area with possibly the best weather in the world. Unfortunate that it has to be in California.
We live at room temperature all year round. Been here in beautiful Carlsbad by the Sea since '98 and the curse of the great weather is the overabundance of nuts and flakes.
 
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CarolinaFan1

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Jun 7, 2025
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Last night I filled out my first bracket - 125. One of the first matches in the bracket is 16 Ezekiel Witt vs 17 Jeff Strickenberger. They wrestled each other not once, but twice at B12s. This is the kind of thing I wish the seeding committee would try to avoid at least in the first round.

But we are trying to grow the sport — you know, by having the fans get to see the same match over and over again. Exciting.
 

gimb14

All-American
May 3, 2022
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Last night I filled out my first bracket - 125. One of the first matches in the bracket is 16 Ezekiel Witt vs 17 Jeff Strickenberger. They wrestled each other not once, but twice at B12s. This is the kind of thing I wish the seeding committee would try to avoid at least in the first round.
There seems to be a lot more rematches (or potential) this year. Not sure if that's true or not. That's the only issue I have at 133. I wanted the rematches separated to make them less likely instead of in the semis.
 
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I have a cousin in Ramona, as does my wife. My aunt lives right on the beach In Encinitas. Some of our best friends are in Vista. We usually take a trip to visit them all every summer. Incredibly beautiful area with possibly the best weather in the world. Unfortunate that it has to be in California.
I agree with the "in California "part!
 

pawrstlersinpa

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Jan 26, 2013
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We live at room temperature all year round. Been here in beautiful Carlsbad by the Sea since '98 and the curse of the great weather is the overabundance of nuts and flakes.
In casual conversation, do you tell people you're from Carlsbad or San Diego? I recently asked a co-worker if he's still in Diego and he said he is. When I asked what part, he said, "Carlsbad." I thought there was enough separation that Carlsbad would self-identify.
 

Sunshine88!

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Sep 26, 2025
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In regards to PJ and Marcus. If they wrestle mean and Nasty no one will beat them. Bottom line.
 
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In casual conversation, do you tell people you're from Carlsbad or San Diego? I recently asked a co-worker if he's still in Diego and he said he is. When I asked what part, he said, "Carlsbad." I thought there was enough separation that Carlsbad would self-identify.
Usually depends on where I am. If I'm in CA, I'll usually always say Carlsbad. When I'm back in the real world I'll go with San Diego. We're close to 30 miles north of downtown but SD city limits extend pretty far north, about 7 or 8 miles from my house.
 

pawrstlersinpa

All-Conference
Jan 26, 2013
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Usually depends on where I am. If I'm in CA, I'll usually always say Carlsbad. When I'm back in the real world I'll go with San Diego. We're close to 30 miles north of downtown but SD city limits extend pretty far north, about 7 or 8 miles from my house.
Hilarious that you say "real world." Our middle son lives in PB. Every time see go out, I look at him and say, " You don't love in the real world."
 

Nitlion1986

All-Conference
Apr 13, 2024
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The rematches. It used to be they seeded to 12 and avoided conference v conference until the quarters. The biggest complaint was too many Big10 and Big12 competitors wrestling in the quarters.
 
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