It was finally over.

At approximately 12:12 a.m. Mountain Time on Monday, March 22, my 19-day journey through the wrestling heartland wrapped up. And when I say wrestling “heartland,” I’m referring specifically to geography, not any quote by a current Penn State coach. So press conference quotes notwithstanding, here’s some things by the numbers.

I drove approximately 2,300 miles, and my trusty Trailblazer eclipsed the 40,000-mile mark somewhere in the middle of Kansas. In all, there were over 1,100 bouts contested across three NCAA championship events. Kyle Klingman and I manned the NCAA.com webcast for roughly 25 hours of competition and I spent 11 glorious days in Omaha.

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