Penn State is currently ranked #1

[Alphalion75]

...in wrestling and men's gymnastics. Here's another tidbit. Penn State holds more NCAA titles than any other school east of the Mississippi.

 

[GrimReaper]

...in wrestling and men's gymnastics. Here's another tidbit. Penn State holds more NCAA titles than any other school east of the Mississippi.

PSU will never catch Stanford or UCLA, 123-118-51.

 

[ILLINOISLION]

PSU will never catch Stanford or UCLA, 123-118-51.

And Stanford and UCLA will never be considered a school east of the Mississippi!

 

[Midnighter]

PSU will never catch Stanford or UCLA, 123-118-51.

USC is at 111.

 

[fairgambit]

PSU will never catch Stanford or UCLA, 123-118-51.

True but..... Stanford has 11 titles in men's Water Polo. Only 6 colleges compete. They have 8 in Women's Water Polo. Only 9 colleges compete. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Still, maybe Penn State could start competition in Demolition Derby, or Rock-Paper-Scissors. I think we could win Nattys in those.

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[GrimReaper]

And Stanford and UCLA will never be considered a school east of the Mississippi!

And that's an important delimiter why? So PSU fans can be two inches taller at the water cooler?

 

[LionsAndBears]

I've read that we have more NCAA Titles than the entire B1G combined or something like that. Not sure if it's all-time or just since we joined in 93 but I'm sure I've read that before on here.

 

[LionsAndBears]

And that's an important delimiter why? So PSU fans can be two inches taller at the water cooler?

I'd like to be 2 inches bigger!!

 

[OhioLion]

PSU will never catch Stanford or UCLA, 123-118-51.

Never say never
and
Always avoid always
However, as you say, it ain’t happening.


OL

 

[AvgUser]

And Stanford and UCLA will never be considered a school east of the Mississippi!

Keep heading East and you approach Stanford from the west!

 

[ILLINOISLION]

Keep heading East and you approach Stanford from the west!

And UCLA too…..talk about a coincidence!

 

[PSUFTG]

True but..... Stanford has 11 titles in men's Water Polo. Only 6 colleges compete. They have 8 in Women's Water Polo. Only 9 colleges compete. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Still, maybe Penn State could start competition in Demolition Derby, or Rock-Paper-Scissors. I think we could win Nattys in those.

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Penn State has won 52 NCAA National Championships.

Half of them come from these two sports: Fencing (14) - and Men's Gymnastics (12)

There are TWELVE Division 1 Men's Gymnastics programs (5 of them in the Big10 - now that Iowa and Minnesota, IIRC, dropped the sport)
There are 22 Men's Fencing programs - nearly all of them are NOT "power 5" athletic schools (only 7 are), most of them are Ivy League squads (7, IIRC), and a handful of tiny "D2" athletic programs which field Fencing as D1 (since it is very cheap and not very competitive)
Even at Penn State, no one - for all practical purposes - cares or attends.

Most of the rest come from two other niche sports (but sports that are well followed at PSU) - Wrestling (10), and Women's Volleyball (7)

 

[fairgambit]

Penn State has won 52 NCAA National Championships.

Half of them come from these two sports: Fencing (14) - and Men's Gymnastics (12)

There are TWELVE Division 1 Men's Gymnastics programs (5 of them in the Big10 - now that Iowa and Minnesota, IIRC, dropped the sport)
There are 22 Men's Fencing programs - nearly all of them are NOT "power 5" athletic schools (only 7 are), most of them are Ivy League squads (7, IIRC), and a handful of tiny "D2" athletic programs which field Fencing as D1 (since it is very cheap and not very competitive)
Even at Penn State, no one - for all practical purposes - cares or attends.

Most of the rest come from two other niche sports (but sports that are well followed at PSU) - Wrestling (10), and Women's Volleyball (7)

All the more reason to field teams in Demolition Derby, which will draw huge crowds, and Rock-Paper-Scissors, which is a truly national game.

 

[PSUFTG]

All the more reason to field teams in Demolition Derby, which will draw huge crowds, and Rock-Paper-Scissors, which is a truly national game.

Only if you can hold the matches in Beaver Stadium. Think of the revenue that would generate!!

 

[fairgambit]

Only if you can hold the matches in Beaver Stadium. Think of the revenue that would generate!!

 

[Alphalion75]

PSU will never catch Stanford or UCLA, 123-118-51.

That's true. But we rule the east my friend.

 

[BostonNit]

How can we be first? Pitt has something like 52 football natty's.

 

[CF Lion]

I believe PSU has a few in boxing, correct?

 

[PSUFTG]

I believe PSU has a few in boxing, correct?

The NCAA held boxing tourneys from 1932 to 1960. They awarded team championships from 1948 to 1960.
Officially, Penn State never won a NCAA championship - but if one goes back to that first NCAA tourney (1932) and allocated out team points in the manner used from 1948-1960, PSU would have been the champ - so it is a kinda'/sorta' unofficial NCAA championship in boxing in 1932.
(There were never very many schools sponsoring the sport - and when a boxer died from injuries suffered in a match at the 1960 NCAA tourney - that was the end of it)


PSU also has some "championships" claimed back before that brief period where boxing was an NCAA sport.

 

[leinbacker]

What about our National Champions Blue Band majorettes?

you know, a touch of blue, blue sapphire?

 

[JoeBatters1]

The NCAA held boxing tourneys from 1932 to 1960. They awarded team championships from 1948 to 1960.
Officially, Penn State never won a NCAA championship - but if one goes back to that first NCAA tourney (1932) and allocated out team points in the manner used from 1948-1960, PSU would have been the champ - so it is a kinda'/sorta' unofficial NCAA championship in boxing in 1932.
(There were never very many schools sponsoring the sport - and when a boxer died from injuries suffered in a match at the 1960 NCAA tourney - that was the end of it)


PSU also has some "championships" claimed back before that brief period where boxing was an NCAA sport.

I believe both Julius and Philip Epstein boxed at Psu with Julius being a champion in his weight class.

 

[manatree]

I believe both Julius and Philip Epstein boxed at Psu with Julius being a champion in his weight class.

Julius was a captain and won the championship in 1929. I thought I read somewhere that Philip was on the IM team, not the varsity.

 

[LuvDaLions]

...in wrestling and men's gymnastics. Here's another tidbit. Penn State holds more NCAA titles than any other school east of the Mississippi.

Doesn't Pitt claim something like 60 national titles in football alone?

 

[BostonNit]

Doesn't Pitt claim something like 60 national titles in football alone?

Don't exaggerate. I believe it's only 52.

 

[91Joe95]

Only if you can hold the matches in Beaver Stadium. Think of the revenue that would generate!!

Hmm, if they winterize the stadium...

 

[gslachta1]

True but..... Stanford has 11 titles in men's Water Polo. Only 6 colleges compete. They have 8 in Women's Water Polo. Only 9 colleges compete. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Still, maybe Penn State could start competition in Demolition Derby, or Rock-Paper-Scissors. I think we could win Nattys in those.

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Think Rock, Paper, Scissors Nattys are locked up by Pitt.

 

[fairgambit]

Think Rock, Paper, Scissors Nattys are locked up by Pitt.

Well yes, for now, but a few solid recruiting classes and I think we could challenge them. The girl in the middle is a 5 star.

 

[Woodpecker]

Well yes, for now, but a few solid recruiting classes and I think we could challenge them. The girl in the middle is a 5 star.

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Need to nail down the Fiskars NIL for shear supremacy

Many might take it for granite, but getting some Rock NIL money would be gneiss - that would be the schist.

 

[State4Life]

...in wrestling and men's gymnastics. Here's another tidbit. Penn State holds more NCAA titles than any other school east of the Mississippi.

Then burn down the bridges so the schools west of it can't cross over

 

[ChandlerPearce]

...in wrestling and men's gymnastics. Here's another tidbit. Penn State holds more NCAA titles than any other school east of the Mississippi.

#1 in wrestling....bet all the Iowa fans are stewing about that! Must say i dislike Iowa more than Pitt!

 

[PSU87]

Well yes, for now, but a few solid recruiting classes and I think we could challenge them. The girl in the middle is a 5 star.

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Doesn't matter if she's 5 star 'cause......

 

[MontereyLion]

I'd like to be 2 inches bigger!!

Bigger or taller?

 

[LionsAndBears]

Bigger or taller?

Yes