What a difference a year makes. Last season saw the Scarlet Knights crown their program’s first NCAA champions with Nickal, Nolf, Taylor, and Retherford’s now-Scrap-Life-mate Anthony Ashnault, who used up his eligibility, and some other guy you all might know who’s currently taking an Olympic redshirt year. This season, while they have a couple of ranked wrestlers, there are none with so high a ceiling.
As for the good guys, after a somewhat lackluster performance on Friday against the Illini with backups at 133 and 165, the Nittany Lions rebounded well on Sunday against Northwestern, including a surprise performance in a backup role by Creighton Edsall.