We haven’t seen enough to know for sure, but the tea leaves indicate the possibility: this could be Cael Sanderson’s best Penn State Wrestling team ever.
You ever try to read Tea Leaves? It’s an ancient practice, rooted in mysticism and philosophy, but this is the Information Age and there are modern tools. No, not the kind of tools that stalk around the mat huffy & puffy and woof with empty words after actions have proven insufficient.
Modern tools, the kind that turn mysticism into empiricism.
We’re talking about Brackets!
And not the wac international brackets or old college ones that rely on fancy french words like “repechage” to work, but modern double-elimination college brackets that showcase the heart and grit and fortitude of once-defeated grapplers battling for survival in the lower consolations.