Earlier today, Penn State released their media day press conference call featuring Cael Sanderson, Aaron Brooks, and members of the media. The full press conference is available on Penn State's site. Here are four big takeaways and two questions after that call.

Cael Sanderson is throwing a wrestling party in State College and heaps of all-star international competitors are invited! 

The Penn State coaching staff has discovered a formula for wrestling success that has been unmatched in the last decade, and while that top-secret formula may never see the light of day, one thing that sets Penn State apart is the composition of the coaching staff itself.

After the FRL crew ranked the top five Penn State wrestlers of all-time, many, many people from all over were asking for the one, true, correct ranking. Rader's ranking. Ask no more wrestling fans, here it is. 

I've been quite skeptical of the claim that coaches can be skilled at "peaking," meaning that some coaches are able to get comparatively more out of their team at the NCAA tournament than the peers, but a fresh deep dive into the numbers has got me rethinking my view on the subject. I now believe that there is evidence that Cael Sanderson is better at "peaking" than other coaches in the NCAA.

Cael Sanderson is already up there with the greatest NCAA coaches of all time, and at just 40 years old, he still has a lot of coaching years in front of him. Through 14 seasons as a head coach (three at Iowa State and 11 at Penn State), Cael already has eight team titles, 25 AAs, and 73 individual national championships.

Nobody got the ending they wanted from the 2019-20 season. Covid-19 canceled the NCAA Championship Tournament, truncating a superb season before it could be properly concluded. But that doesn't mean we can't honor the extraordinary efforts the student-athletes put forth on the mat.

Penn State's head coach Cael Sanderson answered an urgent lineup question after their regular-season dual meet finale with American University. 

Penn State and Iowa put on the best dual in recent memory on Friday night. That dual headlined a slate of action that gave wrestling fans plenty to chew on until next weekend. Here are the biggest stories of the week.

Since the end of last season, we have suspected that this year's team race would come down to Penn State and Iowa. Even though we can't determine this year's NCAA team champion until March, every result for each team during the regular season leads to speculation about what it could mean for the team race at the NCAA tournament. After the first month of the season, both teams have given us a lot to talk about.