Penn State’s performance at Rutgers on Friday night was another impressively steady show. It was one that resulted in a nine-bout winning streak from 133 through heavyweight and included four technical falls on the way to a 35-3 victory in front of a sold-out (8,057) Jersey Mike’s Arena crowd in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Rhoades’ passion was coming from a good place. He and Penn State just defeated a supremely talented Rutgers team — one that features two potential top five picks in the 2025 NBA Draft in Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey — to end a four-game losing streak that had begun to drag the Nittany Lions down to the depths of the conference standings.