Sometimes the truth can be dressed up by cute sayings and flowery adjectives. And sometimes, it’s just more powerful to state the facts as they stand. In a historic weekend for the wrestling program, Cornell’s wrestlers picked up an individual title, as well as second, third and fourth places en route to finishing second in the NCAA tournament, behind powerful Iowa. Stated simply, the Red wrestling team gave its all in Omaha, and the results speak for themselves. The Red, which entered the championships ranked third in the country, earned its highest NCAA finish in school history.

The wrestling team will be travel to Philadelphia, Pa., and Princeton, N.J., this weekend to face Ivy League foes Penn and Princeton. After dismantling Columbia (6-7-1, 0-1) and Hofstra (5-10-2) last weekend, the Red now hopes to improve on its overall record of 5-4-1 (1-0 Ivy).

The e-mail was short: “Josh, me and you need to have a little chat. No problems, just want to talk.”

So, one night in Nov. 2005, I took a phone call. The voice on the other end was Chris Mascaro ’06, and he was offering me the opportunity of a lifetime.

What if you had the opportunity to go to every Cornell athletics event for free, home and away; receive an all-access pass and the best seats in the house to every event; meet and talk with all the players and coaches; befriend the staff and administration in and out of Athletics, at Cornell and other schools; chat with famous media personalities, coaches and athletes from around the country, in college, professional sports and beyond?

Would you take it?