Heading into December

[CHROMEBIRD]

It's just December but it's been a pretty damn fun season so far. I'm not sure why. Do we have more parity & upsets because of NIL and the portal? Did National Duals, Worlds, RAF, etc. supercharge the excitement? Fans wanting to move on from all the offseason drama? Is it because a bunch of Covid season long-timers have moved on??

It seems like just last year and the year before, a lot of people were feeling kinda "meh" and just sorta paying attention until Nationals. Now, CKLV, Midlands, Scuffle, etc. haven't even happened yet and there's already a ton of excitement. Good stuff!

[alex1fly]

Yes, Yes, Yes, and Yes

NDI was awesome

RAF and CLAW give more to talk about

Worlds was exciting

ISU beat Iowa

There are some great true freshmen wrestling right now and exciting high school seniors coming in 

People are paying more attention to great wrestling outside of PSU

[MPhillips]

1 hour ago, CHROMEBIRD said:

It's just December but it's been a pretty damn fun season so far.

It's been a hoot...

[ionel]

2 minutes ago, MPhillips said:

 It's been a hoot... 

ftfy

[Show_Me]

On 12/2/2025 at 3:14 PM, CHROMEBIRD said:

It's just December but it's been a pretty damn fun season so far. I'm not sure why. Do we have more parity & upsets because of NIL and the portal? Did National Duals, Worlds, RAF, etc. supercharge the excitement? Fans wanting to move on from all the offseason drama? Is it because a bunch of Covid season long-timers have moved on??

It seems like just last year and the year before, a lot of people were feeling kinda "meh" and just sorta paying attention until Nationals. Now, CKLV, Midlands, Scuffle, etc. haven't even happened yet and there's already a ton of excitement. Good stuff!

IMO, the National Duals event, by itself, supercharged a month (November) that typically has very little excitement and few highly ranked matchups.  The addition of NDI made this "regular season" much more entertaining and worthwhile as a fan.  Hoping it continues in its current format !