That and the fact that I literally gave a point range of what I believed the bottom end and high end scores were for each guy. Even the lowest range for all the other guys with Marinelli scoring 20+ puts them at or slightly over 100.
If you were ever on a high end team, you would know that a captain that is very well liked can create momentum that cascades across everyone else. Hell, even if you haven't, you have to have seen it as a fan of PSU watching how the momentum has built for them, especially in the Finals.
This isn't rocket science. Iowa won last year with Lee putting them on his shoulders and Alex getting injured. With Lee gone Alex winning it all can and should have the same effect.