GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING, College Crosse Nation! Thanks for making us a part of your day! Here’s everything you need to know for September 6, 2019.

College Crosse News

#JazBomb: Sources: Jim Mitchell to Princeton.

Great post from US Lacrosse on understanding mental health in young athletes.

Mental health can be an intimidating topic, in part because many people don’t fully understand what it entails. In the broadest sense, mental health includes a person’s emotional, psychological, and social well-being. While potential mental health issues can affect people in all walks of life, including athletes, the good news is that help is available and problems can get better. The key for parents and coaches of young athletes is to recognize when a young player needs help.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGNER!!!

The PLL playoff begins in Columbus, OH.

The Premier Lacrosse League regular season was as intense as it gets. Eight games, nearly a third of all those contested, went into overtime. Three teams entered the final weekend tied with a shot at two playoff spots, a battle that came down to the final game in Albany.

Back to work at College Park, MD.

This one is for all the beard aficionados out there: Men’s lacrosse coaching duo practices what they teach.

Besides being assistant professors of exercise science in the Allied Health Professions department and assistant coaches of strength and conditioning for Liberty University’s men’s lacrosse team, Jessi Glauser and Justin Kilian are also well known on campus for their bodacious beards. “It’s a prerequisite as a strength coach,” Glauser joked, noting that Club Sports Coordinator of Strength & Conditioning Chris Kerr, one of Kilian’s former students, also sports an abundant crop of facial hair.

#GrowTheGame

College Crosse Year In Review

To see all of our Chris’ posts, check out the 2019 Year In Review section on the site.

Shout out to Chris for all the fantastic work he did this summer on the Year In Review series. #HardestWorkingKidInTheBiz

What’s Up, New PhilaYorkJersey?

This is a very important article: NJ’s 34 great old-school pizzerias, ranked.

Old-school pizzerias — warm, inviting, delightfully out-of-touch; the modern outside world be damned. These are ancient-wallpaper, faded-menu, Naugahyde-booth kind of places, where the furnishings have been untouched for decades, and the words “Twitter” and “Facebook” often might as well be in a foreign language.

World/National News

That’s EXACTLY what the Loch Ness monster wants us to believe: Loch Ness monster might be giant eel, scientists say.

The most famous photo of the Loch Ness monster has long been discredited as a hoax, but scientists have come up with a new explanation for other sightings of the elusive beast -- it could be just a giant eel. A team of researchers used DNA samples from taken from the lake in Scotland where “Nessie” is believed to dwell and concluded that a more familiar creature was behind the legend. “There are large amounts of eel DNA in Loch Ness,” Neil Gemmell, a geneticist from New Zealand’s University of Otago said on Thursday.

Also ..... FOOTBALL IS BACK!

Your GIF/Video for September 6, 2019

FINALLY: Jack Ryan Season 2 finally has a release date, November 1st. Check out the newest trailer.

That’s it for today!! I’ll see you out there!! Make sure you follow us on social media!

Twitter: @College_Crosse

iTunes: College Crossecast, Across College Lacrosse

Facebook: College Crosse

Instagram: @College_Crosse

Managing Editors: Safe Fekadu, Chris Jastrzembski, Ryan McDonnell