Why did LSU lose the tiebreaker — and what does it reveal about NCAA gymnastics scoring? The judging decisions behind LSU vs. Oklahoma, explain how tiebreakers actually work, and analyze Florida's rise to #1 after the first full week of competition. We also cover Anna Barbosu's historic NCAA debut, notable scores and trends across the country, and why GymCastic is leaving Twitter/X.
HEADLINES
- LSU gave an explanation of their tie breaker loss from the floor that doesn't match Virtus.
GYMTERNET NEWS
- What happened at the Sprouts Quad meet? Aka January Nationals. We discuss what happened between Oklahoma, LSU, UCLA, and Utah
- Which team is topping the charts this week?
- Florida spotlight
- Kayla DiCello competed for the first time since 2024 Olympic Trials
- Skye Blakely competed floor for the first time since 2024 National Championships
- Should this team be able to win nationals?
- What does this team need to do different this time around to make a national title happen?
- Spotlight: The Show
- Why Florida is winning the marketing game with its documentary/commercial show
- This week's 10.0 club is brought to you by Avery Neff's gorgina Yurchenko 1.5
- This week's 9.975 club:
- Vault: Paige Zancan, Hannah Horton, Ashley Glynn
- Bars: Azaraya Ra-Akbar
- Beam: Selena Harris
- Floor: Cecilia Cooley
- Our favorite moments of the week
- Cadence Gormley (Kentucky) went full ninja-mode on beam and saved her front aerial
- UC Davis has a humongous stick hat and we're here for it
- Ana Barbosu has a part in her floor routine where she stabs herself in the stomach three times and uses the blood as lipstick before she throws it into a ravine. Do we think this is social commentary on the state of the Romanian federation?
FEEDBACK
- What was going on with the commentary at the Florida meet?
- Score tower clarification question
- We need Spencer to be our beacon of light for the 2026 season
- University of Washington parking nightmare follow up
- Could Al Fong continue coaching in the United States?
- Why we are leaving Twitter
UP NEXT
- College & Cocktails : Friday Jan 16th, 7:45 Pacific after Oklahoma Missouri (SECN)
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Chapters
00:00 – Headlines: LSU Loses the Tiebreaker + Anna Barbosu NCAA Debut
00:29 – Sprouts Quad "January Nationals" + How the Tie Happened
01:29 – Lexi Zeiss Beam Score Controversy (Start Value Mess)
06:32 – The Tiebreak Explained: Why Oklahoma Wins
08:50 – College & Cocktails Promo: "Angry Beam" + Weekly Shows
11:23 – Gymternet News: Romania Hires Nikolai Forminte (Again)
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