Wisconsin v. Penn State: Sat 11/9/24, 2:30 PM CT (NBC)
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| Wisconsin vs. Penn State |
| Saturday, November 9, 2024 - 2:30 PM Central |
| UW Field House - Madison, Wisconsin |
It's a Madison matinee on NBC. Will the Badgers defend the Dungeon? Or will the Lions maul them on their home court?
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The Teams
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| 17-5, 11-2 B1G | 23-1, 13-0 B1G | |
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Players to Watch
Wisconsin
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| #13 - OH Sarah Franklin 6-4 GR | #14 - MB/RS Anna Smrek 6-9 SR | #10 - MB/RS Devyn Robinson 6-2 GR | #52 - MB Carter Booth 6-7 JR | #24 - S Charlie Fuerbringer 5-11 FR |
Penn State
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| #9 - OH Jess Mruzik 6-1 GR | #8 - OH Camryn Hannah 6-2 GR | #1 - MB Taylor Trammell 6-2 GR | #21 - S Izzy Starck 6-2 FR | #3 - L Gillian Grimes 5-6 JR |
History
The Series: Penn State leads 50-16.
In Madison: Penn State leads 19-12.
In University Park: Penn State leads 27-4.
Neutral: Penn State leads 4-0.
The Streak: Penn State has won 1, Wisconsin won the prior 6.
Last Meeting: Penn State defeated Wisconsin in Happy Valley on 11/11/23.
Did you know…?
Today is the 35th anniversary of Der Mauerfall, when the gates were opened at checkpoints throughout the wall dividing East Berlin and West Berlin, allowing citizens of East Germany to cross freely into West Germany for the first time since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Germans walk freely through Checkpoint Charlie between East and West Berlin the night of November 9, 1989.
On the evening of November 9 at 6 PM, Günter Schabowski, the East Berlin party leader, held a press conference was broadcast live on East German television and radio to discuss plans for an updated travel policy. The proposed changes would allow East German citizens to apply for travel abroad without having to meet the previous requirements for those trips, with provisions for both personal, round-trip travel and permanent emigration to be allowed through all border crossings, including those between East and West Berlin. Having been given little or no guidance about the formal timeline or implementation plan for the new travel regulations, the draft of which had been circulated a few days earlier, Schabowski, pressed by for details by reporters, announced that the new policy would go into effect immediately.
Climbing onto the wall at the Brandenburg Gate, seen from the West Berlin side.
Word of the new policy spread like wildfire across Berlin, and citizens began to flood to the wall, demanding that border guards open the gates. The border guards had been given no such instruction and, flustered, begged their superiors for guidance. It soon became clear that no one among the East German authorities would take personal responsibility for issuing orders to use lethal force, so the vastly outnumbered soldiers had no way to hold back the huge crowd of East German citizens. Finally, at 22:45 local time, Harald Jäger, commander of the Bornholmer Straße border crossing, yielded, allowing guards to open the checkpoints and let people through. As the Ossis (East Berliners) swarmed through, they were greeted by Wessis (West Berliners) waiting with flowers and champagne amid wild rejoicing. Soon afterward, a crowd of West Berliners jumped on top of the Wall, promptly joined by their East German compatriots.
A man chips away at the Berlin Wall.
Informal removal of the Wall began that evening and continued over the following days and weeks as people from all over the world, known as Mauerspechte (wallpeckers), used various tools provided by local youth to chip off chunks of stone to keep as souvenirs, demolishing lengthy parts and creating several unofficial border crossings in the process. Formal demolition by East German troops began the following June, symbolically paving the way for German reunification in October, 1990.
