This episode has been commissioned by Club Gym Nerd member Kerry, who requested an episode all about the 1993 NCAA Nationals, saying "This was the first NCAAs I ever watched as a kid growing up in Georgia, so this obviously got me hooked!"

• Setting the scene - what was college gymnastics like in the ancient year of 1993?
  • A new format called "Super Six" was taking the college gymnastics world by storm
  • Bonkers scoring and unrealistic 10s dominated the conversation (we wouldn't know anything about that)
• The competition - watch along with us HERE. Press play when Jessica tells you
  • The Great Marsden Billboard Incident of '93
  • We get distracted by the extremely 1993 fashions for a while
  • Jessica is not having these pirouettes
  • But seriously the fashion, you guys
  • Agina Simpkins is the best thing ever to happen
  • I MEAN THESE CLOTHES
  • Dee Foster's vault still holds up today
  • Greg Marsden hates the format (Shocked, I tell you!)
  • LONG LIVE GYM ACRO SERIES
  • Hope Spivey-Sheely puts everyone else's difficulty to shame
  • The legend that is Jenny Hansen
  • Questions about the Georgia All-American murals
  • Stanning Dana Duckworth
  • Georgia, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia
• Post-competition discussion
  • Whose personal style best encapsulated the year 1993?
  • What could the 2019 NCAA code learn from the 1993 code?
  • What did we see in 1993 that you are SO GLAD is gone?

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