As if Penn State wrestling could be more impressive than they’ve already been for the better part of two decades now.

Another record was collected by the Nittany Lions on Dec. 20, this time breaking the record for consecutive dual meet victories with 77 in a 42-0 shutout of Stanford.

That record has seemed inevitable for quite some time now. The next time you see PSU start to slip and even hint at not being dominant will be the first sign of any trouble in multiple years.

Penn State will ultimately be judged on how it does in the Big Ten schedule, and later on in the postseason, and rightly so. But the way the Lions are beating everyone is where it becomes impressive. No one looks at Stanford as a wrestling powerhouse, but they were No. 9 in the country last week when PSU shut out the Cardinal.

Penn State is 6-0 at this point in the midst of the holiday break, and the Lions have lost just five bouts in those six dual meets. They’re doing this, even though they aren’t 100 percent healthy with Aaron Nagao (141) banged up, and Josh Barr (197) just returning from injury on the record-setting night.

Penn State has every weight ranked in the top 13 this season, including nine of them in the top 10. Three of them in Shayne Van Ness (149), Mitchell Mesenbrink (165), and Levi Haines (174) are all No. 1 at their respective weights. Luke Lilledahl is second at 125.

It’s a wonder how long this can go on.

The Nits will get into the Big Ten schedule after the holidays, but it’s probable that no one will challenge the team this season in a dual meet. A matchup in Carver-Hawkeye Arena is daunting no matter what year it is, but Iowa has already lost a pair of dual meets this season to Ohio State and Iowa State.

The next two toughest teams in the Big Ten are Ohio State and Nebraska, and both of them will be competing in the Bryce Jordan Center with sell-out crowds.

Eventually the rest of the wrestling world is going to catch up to Penn State. Maybe it will take a non-conference dual meet sometime in the future for the streak to be snapped. Who wouldn’t want to see a home-and-home series with David Taylor and Oklahoma State sometime in the future?

For now, PSU wrestling remains a wagon. It will just be a matter of if Penn State will break its own points record at the NCAA Championships again in March.

Andy Stine can be reached at astine@altoonamirror.com.