Is there a real chance Penn State doesn't win the team title?

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Nebraska is red hot and racking up tons of bonus...could they pass Penn State if Penn State falters in the semis (which is a real possibility)?

[ChickenWing]

No

[D3 for LU]

D3

[Pa in Taiwan]

It's narcissism.

It's not a question of whether Jimmy is or isn't a Nittany Lions fan. It's about making posts that attract attention so that he can feel like the center of the universe with everyone revolving around him. 

Pay your debts.

We remember. 

Dork.

 

[BruceyB]

Jimmy, let me tell you something. You have my respect. I can't imagine being dedicated to this craft for so many years and to still approach each day with the enthusiasm and vigor you have for so long displayed. A lesser man would have succumb to the belittling remarks, insults, and sarcastic responses to your antics, but not you. You put in the work each and every day creating new threads daring to ask the questions that many others would even consider worth asking. For that, I salute you.  Never change Jimmy. Never change.

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Nebraska is on fire

[Jimmy Cinnabon]

Penn states lead is only 3 points. 

[Pa in Taiwan]

2 minutes ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Nebraska is on fire

Undoubtedly. 

Keep in mind that PSU has 5 wrestlers still competing for the title in 165 through Hwt and Nebraska has only Minto. 

Is there a real chance that Minto will get past Messenbrink?

 

 

[jajensen09]

Nebraska needs to battle in the medal rounds

[dragit]

13 minutes ago, Pa in Taiwan said:

Is there a real chance that Minto will get past Messenbrink?

 

 

So close!

[Pa in Taiwan]

Just now, dragit said:

So close!

Losing by major is closer than losing by tech fall. The bonus points from Mitch will add to the PSU cause.

[scourge165]

This was no doubt trolling(and still not going to happen)...but damn, this is SO much closer than I thought.

 

Good thing PSU gets some decent guys coming in like Duke, Blaze and then... some kid from Japan I hear is solid...

[dragit]

I think all this Penn State/Nebraska stuff is pretty straightforward.

Some folks got threads going based on their correct recognition that Penn State might not have the same type of individual champion stable they've had throughout their amazing run.

They were right.  There was really only one PSU guy who was really a lock here, MM.  Even their 4x champ wasn't/isn't really a lock.  He's got one of the top four PFP guys in his weight class and has had to go to OT vs Keck and the 3 seed already this year.  This isn't a team full of Taylors, Ruths, Retherfords, Nolfs, Nickals, Brookses, Halls, etc.  125 - wide open race, true freshman who had a great B1G, but so did Davis last year and there was no reason to think anyone knew who could win this weight class.  133 - not a strong champion contender. 141 - super cautious, has never shown he's likely to get it done.  149 - one of a group of guys who could have won but not close to being a dominator. 157 - a legit co-favorite, kind of a surprise what happened to him.  165 - prohibitive favorite.  174 - not the favorite, he's two weights up and KOT is the guy, and Hamiti not surprisingly has taken that step up that was long expected now that he's now coached by . . . Penn State's number one product in the Cael era.  184 - amazing but not a lock.  197 - up a weight and young.  285 - no chance to win with the GOAT in the bracket.  

Bottom line, this wasn't likely to be a 4+ champion team, which is the model of the great PSU teams.

But the idea that they weren't going to win, even if Nebraska did what it had never done before and ran the table, was ridiculous, because math.  This is a different type of 170+ point PSU team.  Different from the past such teams, not a 4+ dominant guys team.  But ALSO different from the past, no holes in the lineup, a 10 AA team.

So hail to the Happy Valley Winners again.  But, also, sincere props to Nebraska, they've taken the step up that they hadn't before, they'll be third which is their best in the Manning years.  And maybe tomorrow they'll  solidify that with another step by being the runner up and having multiple champs.  They're an impressive group.

[Boring]

4 hours ago, Jimmy Cinnabon said:

Penn states lead is only 3 points. 

More like 34 points.