It is just a cool place to go. The cadets, the history, the look and feel are fantastic. I’ve been there many times - just have to get there for the Black Knight to round it all off.
This is why the current PSU run it so enjoyable. Love to hate and be critical of Iowa, but they are a wrestling powerhouse whether some want to admit it or not. They know this and have a level of arrogance about being so good for so long. The satisfaction we have is that PSU has knocked...
Kid is from NJ for starters and maybe it’s more that he likes the PSU culture and has ties within the program we do not know about. Or maybe it’s something wrestling lineup related - in Cael we trust.
My take on Mendez. He was too cocky. In his mind he wanted it more and trained like a demon and was the hodge favorite and pushed it all against a kid who was simply waiting in the weeds to counter. Mendez probably thought, I may as well win this thing because I am better and want it more...
I saw what you saw and it translates to our other wrestlers. They just look smaller.
I wonder if it has to do with the PSU singlets. Do they slim or create an optical sense that our guys are not that big.