What is your second favorite team?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

I am a Penn State fan but my 2nd favorite team to watch is Nebraska (notwithstanding the coaches).  Their guys really get after it, are offensive-minded and fun to watch.

[NormMacDonald]

I'm an IU and Purdue fan (shut up, I can be both if I want).  Outside of the big ten, I really like watching Cornell in the tournament. 

[Masonbuckeye]

Second favorite teams, what are we four years old? On a real note though I’ve always been a David Taylor fan but never supported PSU but I’ll say Okie State. Used to be a fan of ASU but it’s hard to root for that with their current status.

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[maligned]

6 minutes ago, Masonbuckeye said:

Second favorite teams, what are we four years old? On a real note though I’ve always been a David Taylor fan but never supported PSU but I’ll say Okie State. Used to be a fan of ASU but it’s hard to root for that with their current status.

Insults question as too childish to take seriously--then thinks deeply about answer and summarizes all long-stored up thoughts on the subject.

[Masonbuckeye]

2 minutes ago, maligned said:

Insults question as too childish to take seriously--then thinks deeply about answer and summarizes all long-stored up thoughts on the subject.

How I roll

[Ragu]

Cornell guy here. My second favorite team is no one. If there is no Cornell guy to root for always pulling for the underdogs 

[Wrestleknownothing]

Not a favorite team, but I was just thinking this morning how much I enjoy Nebraska's Brock Hardy and Ridge Lovett.

[PortaJohn]

PSU fan who cheers for every other Pennsylvania team except Pitt.  Cheer for PA wrestlers regardless of where they end up.  Was a big fan of all the PA boys that went to Iowa a few years back

[Hank]

no 2nd favorite team.  just 1st team and then other favorite wrestlers.  in the tourney i agree with ragu that i pull for all upsets

[maligned]

Agree with others that it's about particular wrestlers, rather than a 2nd favorite team. Cheer for all the Indiana ex-high schoolers, no matter where they are. And, as a recent Columbus transfer that has seen a lot of Ohio St matches live, I've become a fan of their guys and their stories (but still somehow don't cheer for the team?...strange, I know).

[Tyler]

UNI then PSU 

[Elevator]

Your Super bowl champs, the Eagles are my favorite!  Notable that Saquon and Cooper were youth wrestlers!

I used to root for team USA in freestyle but thinking about switching to team Canada.

[swoopdown]

Lehigh is my #2 as I attended as a grad student and left with a diploma and a wife.  Pitt is number 3 because all my kids graduated from there.  

[CHROMEBIRD]

I think it's more fun to have favorite wrestlers rather than favorite teams. They're not totally mutually exclusive, but they don't have to 100% overlap either.

[jackwebster]

I'm a walking cliche, but I root for whoever is wrestling Iowa and Penn State. Save that, I like Northern Iowa and their no b.s. style.

[lisa morales]

Yale, then Syracuse.

[Tyler]

Lisa, aren’t you a Cal State Bakersfield fan??? 

[SocraTease]

Slippery Rock (which doesn't have a D1 Team) ... just because I like the name and I'm a PA guy. 

Actually, I don't follow them, though apparently the women's team at Slippery Rock is called "The Rockets". 

More seriously: Dagestan. 

[pcostilow]

Ohio State fan, second is Virginia Tech.

[wrestle87]

I’m a PSU fan but that is getting a bit tiresome, especially after witnessing how people treated JB last year.  That legitimately made me reassess who I was on the proverbial bus with.

#2 is an all dogs team.  I love any story about a kid punching an AA ticket from a small school, and I love a low seeded bracket toppler.

So, my #2 team is seeds 17-33.

I really want Okie State to be a force again, and for there to be more teams that value and prioritize the fun upside to enjoying the sport instead of hating life as the price of success, so my #2 team is the DT OSU crew.

[Animal197]

PSU fan (and alum) PSU will always be #1

ISU fan (and alum) current #2. Dresser was just getting started when I graduated and I like what he’s doing.

I went to tOSU as well, and root for them when it’s not against PSU

[flyingcement]

I don't have a specific favorite.  I do tend to favor Lehigh because I started wrestling in the Lehigh Valley back in the day.  

If I consider Lehigh my favorite, then Northern Iowa is my second favorite.  I appreciate things like grit and humility which they tend to exhibit and all while consistently overachieving.  

[Chas2105]

13 hours ago, PortaJohn said:

PSU fan who cheers for every other Pennsylvania team except Pitt.  Cheer for PA wrestlers regardless of where they end up.  Was a big fan of all the PA boys that went to Iowa a few years back

This, only I without the exclusion of Pitt. I will root for WVU as well. I live between Morgantown and Pittsburgh. I like seeing all the PA guys do well, especially those from the WPIAL. 

[Gus]

My primary team is SDSU. I am partial to Iowa because I went to the 12 day Iowa intensive camp back in the day and Phil Keddy was my counselor and was an awesome guy.