Nebraska earned second place in this spring's NCAA Wrestling Championships, and for that the entire team ...
Got runner-up rings?
Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding this ...
So Penn State, a conference rival, was wrestling at such a high level this year that Nebraska, after losing to them, thought it was appropriate to hand out second-place rings?
Is that really a thing?
I mean, they did some damage:
Ridge Lovett (149) and Antrell Taylor (157) won NCAA titles on Saturday night, helping Nebraska wrestling to its best performance and finish ever at the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships. The Huskers finished as NCAA team runner-up, with 117.0 points.
NU garnered eight All-America honorees at the tournament, with four semifinalists and two champions. Nebraska's title winners bring home the first individual championship since 2011 (Jordan Burroughs) and the first two in a year since 1984 (Jim Scherr and Bill Scherr).
The Big Red wrestlers put together 17 bonus-point wins for the fifth-highest point total by a runner-up in NCAA history.
Here was the final point tally:
Penn State just dominating!
Some comments:
Hey, these runner-up rings might not be worth much today, but I bet in a decade or two they'll be going for a fortune on Ebay!
Looking forward to seeing the Nebraska football team receive seventh-place rings for their performance in the Big 10 this year!
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