PSU Is 800U: The Quickening

Sure, we lost a 6-time B1G 800 meter Champion and an NCAA 800M Champion in Isaiah Harris, but look at the Freshman Class of incoming 800M replacements in alphabetical order!

• Ben Bulkeley
  Hometown: Fairport, N.Y. | High School: Fairport
  Event(s)-Personal Best(s): 800-1:50.96
•  Elijah Claiborne
  Hometown: Northport, N.Y. | High School: Northport
  Event(s)-Personal Best(s): 800-1:52.24
• Isaiah Claiborne
  Hometown: Northport, N.Y. | High School: Northport
  Event(s)-Personal Best(s): 800-1:51.62
• Hudson Delisle
  Hometown: Quakertown, Pa. | High School: Quakertown Community
  Event(s)-Personal Best(s): 800-1:52.01
•  Drew Maher
  Hometown: West Long Branch, N.J. | High School: Shore Regional
  Event(s)-Personal Best(s): 800-1:49.16
•  Malual Mu                                                                                                                   Hometown: Trenton, N.J. | High School: Trenton Central                                              Event(s)-Personal Best(s): 800-1:51.14

I didn't originate the moniker "PSU Is 800U", and I don't know who did.  But I did help spread it to a wider audience even before FloTrack picked it up.

It isn't a taunt or a brag at all.  It is a lot like the Dallas Cowboys calling themselves America's Team in the 1970s.  It gets a lot of people riled up, but it gets listened to and ends up being a positive thing when it gets backed up by sustained excellent performance.