“Winter is Coming.” The Starks promised it for 8 seasons of Game of Thrones, and so it came. Last March. When the pinnacle of the wrestling season was upon us - it was all taken away. Just like that. And this was such a long Winter. The longest in living memory. And it was oh, so cold. But alas, Summer has come again. The bitter sting of the Winter winds just a phantom memory - but also quite possibly, a forewarning of what could come again.
Pat Popolizio had what some might say was his best overall season as “The Skip” of the NC State wrestling program.