Five Is Enough

A trio of words for you.

Five is enough.

If the proverbial writing on the wall can be trusted, or, if history itself means anything at all, then as Gable as my witness, it would appear self-evident that the Lions of Penn State will not only win the 2023 NCAA Tournament, but do it - mind you - with half their team tied behind their back.

From a Coaching perspective, barring any injuries of course, just the knowing you are about to get the job done with only half a team, that has to be what is often called a beautiful thing, if not something to behold.

This is a year it seems, short of miracle of water walking proportions, that PSU might win the title without needing to perform even a single, magic trick - which as we all know is the specialty of the house.

Unless Ferrari and the Bugatti wrestling brothers show up in Iowa or Ohio State's garage, it appears that the deal is done, and the five unknown soldiers can take their foot off the gas a bit, or even perhaps take a year off.

But, as you know, the incoming five of course, aren't going to take this year off - and of course if they can, they are definitely going to put the petal to the metal and perform some outstanding wrestling magic.

First of all, let’s take a look at Cael’s Fantabulous Five.

In ascending order....

Senior, Roman B. Young, Sophomore, Carter Starocci, Junior. Sir Aaron Brooks, Senior, Max Dean, and Captain Kerk, Junior.

The point to first note is that these are not your normal, everyday stars.

In the wrestling star world, do to their unique position, power and poise, these gentle giants are outright Betelgeuse’s.

About 150K times more powerful than a regular, more earthly star, if you will.

That’s why, if any of them were to lose, for my .02, it would cause great chaos in our collective wrestling Universe.

If it sounds as though I am making big presumptions, with the favorable PSU results, I won’t disagree.

However, if could, I would like to add that to me, it feels more that have learnt to decipher the writing on the NCAA wrestling wall, and have come to believe if you want to know how a team, coach, or individual is going to do in the future, a good place to start is in the past.

However, and however unlikely, it is also, if not just as true, that some truly do find their way, and make the big change.

And more power to them that do!

But I invite you to think about this for a moment... all but ONE (and the Minnesota Marauder just might win it too) if any of the fine, four, finalists, former Champions lost, we would be absolutely stunned.

It wouldn’t just surprise us, it would be stunning with a capital “S” (or italics)

Paris is a great last name, not to mention a beautiful city, but most of all, he is an amazing wrestler, but, with all due respect to one of the greatest ever, if Mr. Mason loses, would you be stunned?

How about Warner, Schultz, Monday, Carr?

Four studs galore, but would you be shocked? Would you be dismayed?

Given that, allow me offer you four straight up, somewhat bold sentences, to help show you exactly what I mean…

1. For what it is worth, I would respectfully offer that at 133 pounds, short of some sort of injury, or WWlll, I would be SHOCKED and DISMAYED if Roman B. Young didn’t make the finals, and win it all this year.

2. Moreover, no matter who else shows up on the mat at 174#s, I will be SHOCKED and DISMAYED if Carter Starocci doesn’t make the finals, and win it this year.

3. Furthermore, (and you’ll like this one) if Aaron Books got 2nd place last year, or even 3rd or 7th, or, let’s go way off the mat and say he did the ol, 0-2 barbeque…even if he did all of that as close as this last year,

I would be SHOCKED and DISMAYED if Aaron Brooks doesn’t get to the finals, and win this year - with more ease than most.

4. Allow me please to ask you, does Mr. Dean, strike you as a young man who’s going to get lazy and go backwards since last March? Or maybe you feel his workout partners over the summer weren’t up to snuff? How many days do you think Mad Max took off from training since winning his first title last year?

If Max Dean doesn’t bow and arrow his way to another final and NCAA Title, I would be SHOCKED AND DISMAYED!

Do you catch my drift?

Now, let’s get something straight right off the top. I feel it’s important to understand that am not making a prediction here, as much as merely analyzing data, looking back at meaningful history and applying some plain Jane, reason and common sense. And to be totally fair, let’s honor the fact that there are most certainly other super studs this season who definitely would qualify as Gods of Wrestling as well, no doubt about it, and here’s two doozies for you – Iowa’s, Spencer Lee, and Cornell’s, Yanni D.

But again, those two gems are hundreds of miles apart and one in ten million athletes.

Debatably, the best of the best, of all time and space.

But, all of the Penn State’s "Fantab Five" are on the same Penn State team and live on the same campus. They suffer and sweat in the same, small, space.

Moreover, I might offer that the PSU fantabulous five are almost and in some cases just as dominant on the mat as our two, potential, four-time National Champions. (which by the way, would be a first time, ever.)

So, the question begs, how does he do it?

How is Cael dominating the entire world of NCAA Wrestling?

And lastly, how is he making it look so darn easy?

In this article, I will offer you a glimpse behind the curtain with at least what I view as the magic that is going on in the Penn State Wrestling program. The magic that is being performed again this winter all over the US by perhaps the greatest wrestling coach on planet Earth right now.

You will be lead down the lesser known path, equipped with some lesser known thoughts on what I see as a couple of lesser known, but truly explosive tricks by the original magician of them all, Coach Cael Sanderson.

Keep in mind, the snappy lingo below and throughout is nothing more than me just playing around as a writer.

Please note that these are NOT official names used by Coach Cael or anything close. Coach Cael probably has never thought of these things like this before.

Again these are just a form of word play, humor and a small bit of imagination involved for the readers enjoyment and pleasure.

Back to the Content...

Below are the 3 main points to be covered first.

Please give them a scan.

When we reconvene, we will discuss the finer points at short length but great depth in each area -

1. The New Guy Launch Pad Program. (NGLPP)

· These developers make NASA look like a bunch of clowns

· 1st Year Moon Shots – Parabolic Ascents – Quantum Leaps. No Experience needed???

Straight to the Moon, No Delay, No Waiting – from No Where to Now Here

2. Creating Little Magicians Out of Thick Air

· Champion Creates Champions using "Weird Science"

How Cael is beating them all with knowledge – NeuroScience and Quantum Physics (WeirdScience)

In the Land of the blind....

PLUS, BONUS MATERIAL, including...

3. How to Use Weird Science to Win at Wrestling

·Neuro-Nano, Systems of Science N2S2

The Secret Way of the Top 1%

How to Utilize IT to Your Extreme Advantage

TBC...

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