Last year at the Big Ten Wrestling Tournament, so many things that could go wrong for Penn State did go wrong, and the Nittany Lions ended up second to a better-than-their-seed Ohio State squad. Cael got his squad turned around for the most important tournament, though, and crowned five national champs in the process.
This year, the Big Tens are at host Michigan State, and the Lions look, so far, to have fewer BYEs than last year in the first round, thus more opportunities for bonus. And with some weights up in the air, even with four number one seeds and those aforementioned national titlists, Penn State is no sure lock with Ohio State’s stockpiling of previously-not-B1G wrestlers of the ranked persuasion.