Ohio State at Penn State: What you need to know about Saturday’s game

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His new look was inspired by the song he chose to play as he did his routine: “Spiders” by the heavy metal band “System of a Down.”"},{"_id":"NDA4FXSKW5GBZOEANJB7HGOWMI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“For this performance, I wanted to fully embody the dark, edgy theme of the song,” Seals said."},{"_id":"FY23HJN2ONHGNC5KR6QOZMPM3Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A friend who’s a fashion model in New York City helped Seals pick his outfit — a black shirt and grey pants — and encouraged him to shave his head. He did so an hour before the performance."},{"_id":"UBIHWJYWQBDN5M4JKWSVL5OIRI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“He said, ‘You have a good face shape for it,’” Seals said. “I really thought about it, and within the Yo-Yo community, people know me. I’ve been in the game for a long time. I realized it would be really shocking and add a wow factor if it was a complete 180 from just regular average Joe because that’s kind of what I am. I’m not a particularly notable person aside from Yo-Yo.”"},{"_id":"INRXHEHJTRBCJFKQGHJ4T7E2L4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The look worked, as the comments on the YouTube video of the performance show."},{"_id":"QON5S3CLCBD3DP2ZPGEJW5VFCE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The spider on the belt, the album cover logo on his shirt, the bald character from the video clip,” one person wrote. “The deeper you look, the more you appreciate the beautiful details. Connor’s ability to break character and impersonate another person that we know just shows us how much passion and determination he has for this freestyle.”"},{"_id":"6DN4PC4JXBDLBBWBCZF3JLFAVM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Seals worked for months on the performance. It’s hard to find songs with the right tempo, he said. Once he picked the song, he edited it down to three minutes and then picked what tricks would be appropriate for different parts of the song. About 40% of the tricks in a performance are common tricks that everyone in Yo-Yo knows, Seals said, and the rest are original tricks created by the performer."},{"_id":"HSTQSXPL4FBDNCXHCEP7NO4T2Q","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I had my first rough draft finished in March,” Seals said, “and I’ve gone through many revisions of the performance since then, but I’ve been practicing that performance probably every morning, right when I wake up, for about 45 minutes to an hour every day for the past five or six months.”"},{"owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"coxohio"},"address":{},"syndication":{},"auth":{"1":"6bb039eadb9044c2a06566f6c717625b8698ccb2e4707983ef4fe639dc1c28da"},"caption":"Connor Seals, of Oakwood, competes in the National Yo-Yo Contest in Las\nVegas, Nev., on June 29, 2025. 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He had the fifth-best score in the preliminary round and the ninth-best score in the semifinals. In the final round, he scored a 94.3 out of 100. No one else topped 90."},{"_id":"AGHAL4FDF5ENHOQ6BKAUA6C5CU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Seals heard people in the crowd talking about his new look as he prepared to perform in the final."},{"_id":"ZZPBLZBLERAGBPNBAE3K2ICNP4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“They were just like, ‘What’s going on? Is he wearing a bald cap?’” Seals said. “‘We know this guy. He’s a goody two shoes, Christian guy. Why is he dressed like this?’ I was trying to get people to be on the edge of their seat before it started. 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