When a wrestler tears an anterior cruciate ligament in December, he is probably done for the season.

When it happens in early February, it's almost a foregone conclusion that he is lost for the remainder of the season.

Not always.

On Friday night at Rec Hall, the Nittany Lions 133-pounder No. 10 Josh Moore suffered a torn ACL while wrestling against Michigan's No. 7 Foley Dowd.

Moore is not shutting himself down for the year as he plans to wrestle again this season.

Moore has found himself in a difficult situation over the past few days as he has had to face the fact of having his season cut short, but he has refused to let this stop him.

"I have been thinking about it (returning to action)," Moore said Monday night.

"There has been a lot of stiffness but I have been able to walk on it. Even today I have been able to jog a little bit. I am going wrestle.

"I will put a brace on it and see what I can do with it. Even if the next MRI that I had today returns positive, I think I can go and try to do my best wrestling."

Penn State wrestling head coach Troy Sunderland feels that the injury could have been possibly avoided had the referee made the call of potentially dangerous faster.

The two wrestlers were locked up for a while before the call was finally made.

Moore has not placed the blame on anyone.

"It's not the kid's fault 100 percent," he said. "He did pull hard on the knee, and it would have been nice if the call was made faster, but I can't place the blame on anybody."

Sunderland has seen Moore in this position many times in matches and in practices and all the other times he got out and was fine.

"Josh has been in this position hundreds of times," he said.

"He gets his knees caught a lot of times and always get out. This time for whatever reason it just didn't go."

There has not been any timetable that has been set for Moore to return and he has not put a timeframe on his return. Sunderland will leave all decisions up to the medical staff and Moore.

Sunderland did not even think this was a possibility on Friday night when it happened.

Wrestling with a torn ACL is not a totally unheard of situation. Penn State fans might remember Rob Niedlinger, who a couple of years ago competed with a torn ACL.

Sunderland realizes that competing with this injury will severely restrict one's mobility.

As recent as last year, Minnesota's Owen Elzen suffered a torn ACL, but he continued to compete through the end of the season when he earned All-American status.

"Anytime you can see it be done, it definitely helps the situation," Moore said.