On Tulsa Time said:

Sorry for living 12 hours away.

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Chasingthirty-five said:

I’ve had season tix for a few years and didn’t make it up once last year (did go to big12s).

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Chasingthirty-five said:

Guys sitting around me last night:
Dallas (me)
Wisconsin
Houston
Denver
Stillwater

But I’m not ribbing anyone. Your comment just made me want to share how cool it was that people did come from afar. I’ve had season tix for a few years and didn’t make it up once last year (did go to big12s).

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AtownPoke said:

Yep… It wasn’t a run of the mill opening dual. It was a recruiting weekend like we haven’t seen in years (arguably three #1 p4p recruits in attendance) and it was supposed to be a tone setter for the DT era. He was sold a bill of goods about who we are and what we value. We didn’t deliver. The ticket office was giving away 2 for 1 just trying to get people there and still only 50%. The importance was conveyed and people made excuses.

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Old Number Nine said:

Friday's attendance was announced at 6,781, the program's biggest for a home opener since December 7, 2003.

Round #1 Winner is… Oberebo - 169
Runner up: colcord - 219
Honorable mention: OSUBigBadBob - 419

Well maybe the *real* Oberebo uses tricks, you know? Maybe He's not omnipotent. He's just been around so long He knows everything.

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poke00 said:

I didn’t take it that way. Why not have it full? Will there be more at the FB game today?

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On Tulsa Time said:

Sorry for living 12 hours away.

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west2east said:

Iowa and Penn st are the only other 2 teams who put that many butts in the seats consistently. The sky isn't falling in Stillwater this morning. You had the biggest opening crowd in 20 years . To me that says people are excited

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AtownPoke said:

Maybe… It’s growing like crazy all over the country for being such a “dying sport” though and we fill it for bedlam and Iowa later in the season. Schools with 1/100th history and resources are growing their base and fan involvement.

It’s just pretty unbelievable to me that we tie ourselves to the whipping post for soulless sports (at this point) like NCAA football and basketball but we can’t find enough time and resources to support THE ONE truly elite program at OSU.

Iowa averages somewhere around 14k per and that’s just due to them embracing THEIR tradition imo. It’s all about being trendy at OSU. Some of that OU little brother stuff people talk about IMO. We try really hard to be who we’re not.

Anyway… if wrestling does fail at OSU it will be because of us, not a lack of commitment from the admin and boosters. It’ll be because the people with the lightest load were too busy making excuses.

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osu1988 said:

I guess you missed the promo that you buy a ticket for last nights dual and you get a ticket for Sunday as well.

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AtownPoke said:

This is turning into a strawman. My point isn’t that DT won’t eventually find big success and drag peoples asses to GIA.

The point is WE the fans missed and opportunity and we have to do better.

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DEWrestlingFan said:

Sounds like to me that he is super focused on the decision he has in front of him and is taking it very seriously. I read somewhere that this would be his last visit, unless he decides to make a visit somewhere after the wrestling season. Love the picture that Mineo posted of all of them in the wrestling room. That could be one hell of a lineup!

I also seen that Stillwater wrestler Ayden Thomas committed to Northern Colorado. That is a good fit for him with a redshirt next year and to be able to roll around with Poulin and Serrano and then step into either 125 or 133 for them the year after.

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