I'm over at Maples for hoops, but I'll head to baseball once hoops is over. Just firing this thread up now. Penn State leads 3-2 in the top of the 3rd. All runs scored in the 2nd inning. Larson hit a two-run homer for the Cardinal. That's how they got on the board.

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Top 10 Returning Wide Receivers for the 2024 Season

2017

December 20: #69

February 1: #106

Final: #102


2018

December 20: #108

February 1: #100

Final: #87


2019

December 20: #111

February 1: #129

Final: #112


2020

December 20: #50

February 1: #40

Final: #43


2021

December 20: #32

February 1: #45

Final: #57


2022

December 20: #90

February 1: #87

Final: #106


2023

December 20: #66

February 1: #97

Final: #84


2024

December 20: #94

February 1: #90

Final: TBD (currently #92)

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Some observations:

* The median Haase team is #87/#92. In other words, what we are experiencing right now is the smack dab middle norm of Haase basketball.

* The Haase era clearly peaked in 2020-2021. Even then the best he ever did was flirt with top 40.

* The narrative about Haase teams swooning late is overblown. It's happened twice (2021 and 2022) but the even more common occurrence is a midseason collapse (2017, 2019, 2023), though it's distinctly possible that the remainder of this season qualifies it as a late-season collapse. So far it isn't though - like the peak Haase 2020 team, the 2024 team has been very consistent. It's just at a blah level. 2018 is the lone example of steady improvement. In any case, the real story here is that the clear trend - 5-6 of the eight seasons depending on how this season ends - is teams collapsing at some point. It may often be earlier in the season than many of our fans perceive, but it's collapse nonetheless.

JHMG.

Where I am the weather is cold, grey and depressing.

When I'm down I like to go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_schools_with_the_most_NCAA_Division_I_championships

It is impossible to overstate the uniqueness of this achievement.

Also note the vast differences in number of students.

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Boyfriend and girlfriend interviewed about a “hall pass” and gf randomly answers “Barry Sanders” and a former Oklahoma State basketball player. As the kids say: ☠️

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2025 3-star offensive lineman Joshua Williams has officially announced his commitment to Stanford. I'll add my article in here momentarily.

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Somehow, tOSU ranked 2nd with the same record and a much weaker schedule. tOSU has played USC and UCLA and lost to both of them.

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Firing this up now. I’m on way over to Sunken. Just as a heads up:

I’m giving a talk in church today. I agreed to do it thinking the game wouldn’t start until 1:00 PM. Church starts at 12:30. Today’s game starts at 11:00. It was pushed back two hours yesterday due to weather.

What I’m gonna do is try to catch the first part of the game, head over to give my church talk, and then come back to catch the end of the game. Should be interesting!

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