Jimmy Cinnabon

I was a bad wrestler myself. Starter (by default) for a season where I went winless. 2 other seasons primarily as JV where I was probably a .500 wrestler.

By the way, I did not invent the "I enjoyed the ____ era" meme. But you already knew that.

Minimum qualification is to have wrestled at least 1 season in middle school or high school. Anyone go 0-fer in their career? Anyone get pinned every match?

Where did all the Fighting Finesilvers go?

I did

Haines has the best shot assuming the new generation only includes SVN, Haines and Facundo. If we're expanding the universe to any PSU guy who hasn't won a championship yet I'd say Kerk has the best shot at it.

which you and I both know it doesn't...

No way. 1st time champ with when you have multiple 4x champs and multiple 3x champs....is not getting the Hodge unless he pins his way through NCAAs.

There are only 2 real locks: Spencer and Yianni.

When's the last time you heard a Penn State wrestler talk about having fun? I just realized I don't think we've heard mention of fun and dodgeball in a few years now. Has fun died at Penn State?

Brooks gets 1st and 2nd? Impressive.

That is possible, although I feel like that's close to a worst case scenario, barring injuries. If that happened + Iowa gets champs with Spencer, Woods and Cass, and AA from Teske, Murin, Siebrecht and Kennedy I think they would take 1st.

As a dedicated Penn State fan I am very in tune with the Nittany Lions. Here are my official PRE-BIG 10 predictions for NCAAs. My predictions likely will change after BIG 10s. 125 - Steen/Vespa. DNQ. The Curse of Suriano continues for Penn State for the foreseeable future. It may take another Bo to break it. 133 - RBY, champ. He takes out Fix for the third time in the finals. He's looking healthy, almost bored. Even a prime Desanto could not stop him now. 141 - Bartlett, 5th place. Hard to believe he only has one loss, but his lack of offensive production will cost him against guys like Woods and Sasso. 149 - SVN, 7th place. I am more positive on SVN as of late. He still can struggle on bottom with elite guys and I find his offense still to be a little too straight on. Low AA seems like best case scenario for him. 157 - Haines, 3rd. Haines is looking great but I think he can't beat the 5th and 6th year seniors like AOC who are just too strong and experienced. I think he is a multiple time NCAA champ in his young career though. 165 - Facundo, 5th. I think he's better than Barlett but 165 is just a minefield. I think he will benefit from another year of strength and development. I see him as a 2x champ. 174 - Starocci, 1st. It won't be pretty but I don't see anyone at 174 taking him out. 184 - Brooks, 2nd. Probably my most controversial pick. I think Hidlay takes him out in the finals. 197 - Dean, 2nd. In a shock, Warner bests him in the finals and gets sweet, sweet revenge. HWT - Kerk, 1st. I think he figures out his pacing and takes out Parris in the finals with a smart, controlled match. Penn State wins the team title going away. Iowa takes 2nd.

I'm in

WE ARE!

Paris rode Big Cass parallel for the last minute of the match. No stall call.

I mean that he wins his matches in almost the exactly same way. Take down, tilt, tilt, tilt, tilt until tech or fall. He's probably the strongest wrestler PFP, ever, and he is the GOAT...but is he so good that he's a bit boring to watch? You can play 20 of his matches and they will all almost look exactly the same. Same takedown over and over, same tilt, over and over. So I ask, Spencer Lee may be the GOAT, but is he a bit boring to watch (assuming you are not a Hawkeye fan)?

Pinto looks dangerous. First time seeing him wrestle...I think he is a real threat to everyone at 184, even Brooks.

On Kerk's last tilt he didn't release the wrist. Ref didn't catch it. It shouldn't have been a new move.

Haines looks lethargic

Haines looks lethargic

What was the red looking at

That was a fall

Not a slam?