He's either ungodly tired, or he's sick. He barely attempted to get off of bottom. Both guys looked like absolute hell.
2026 B1G Tourney Session III Thread
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During the regular season I was saying it's good let him get experience and feel it but at nationals I think he's going to make a different choice in a few matches.
Not sure who that was out there today, but it, but it definitely wasn't the Cole of the 2nd half of the season.
There appeared to be no effort from Cole in the 3rd period. Somethings not right. Wouldn't be surprised to see him medically forfeit out of the fifth place match.
ACCs is a one-day tourney, today. It's underway but Seidel has not wrestled yet.
Not a lot effort from Cole.
That was disappointing.
That was disappointing.
Most wrestlers hold a position right up to the point where stalling is about to be called before letting go just in time. For some reason Braeden waits until after it is called. Just part of the Scooter Experience.
Maybe Cole was the one who got ran over by a scooter last night.
141 7th Place (mat 3) - #6 Braeden "Scooter" Davis vs. #8 Billy DeKraker (NU)
Period 1:
Another fantastic opportunity to watch a PSU wrestler this morning. Entertain us Scooter! Here we go. Circling, tying up & hand fighting. Davis drops in on a leg, lifts DeKraker off the mat & brings him back down for the TD, 3-0. DeKraker works to his feet, but they go out of bounds. Stall warning on DeKraker. DeKraker works to his feet again & gets the escape, 3-1. Tying up & hand fighting. Davis with some snaps, 2-min left. DeKraker reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Davis presses forward a bit. DeKraker pushes back to center. Davis with some fakes, 1-min left. DeKraker shoots a double from way out. Davis gets an underhook. Stalemate & restart, 45-sec left. Circling & hand fighting with some tying up. Davis shoots, but DeKraker blocks him off. Davis works a front headlock until time expires. 3-1 Davis, +22-sec RT
Period 2:
DeKraker takes down. He pops to his feet, but Davis trips him back to the Resilite. DeKraker pops back up, but Davis brings him back to the mat. DeKraker works to a tripod, but Davis is smothering him from top. DeKraker works to his feet again, but they go out of bounds, restart. DeKraker is still down. He pops to his feet & grabs a leg. Stalemate & restart. Davis is up to 1:20 in riding time. DeKraker works to his feet again, but only for a moment before Davis gets him bellied out in the center of the Resilite. Davis is working a tight waist & a wrist. DeKraker is struggling to get off bottom, like Cole did. DeKraker works back to his base, then stands, but can't get hand control & Davis hangs on to ride out the period. 3-1 Davis, +2:22 RT
Period 3:
Davis takes down. DeKraker concedes the escape, 4-1, neutral start. Circling & hand fighting. DeKraker shoots for a leg. Davis rolls onto his back & gets an ankle. Yikes! They keep rolling & Davis comes out on top for the TD, 7-1. Huzzah! DeKraker works to 1-foot, but Davis is pinching the other leg with both his legs & DeKraker can't get any further. Davis gets DeKraker bellied out again & goes over 3-min of riding time. Davis looks for a tilt, but can't hold it long enough for points. Davis is just hammering DeKraker from top. DeKraker just can't get away. He works to his feet, but Davis jacks him up & brings him back to his belly. Davis rides out the period for the win. He adds a riding time point too, 8-1.
Braeden Davis DEC Billy DeKraker 8-1
Scooter takes 7th Place & earns an automatic bid to NCAAs! Nice job Scooter! His battery was fully charged for that match! Scooter might look like a 12-year old, but he manhandled DeKraker today!
Period 1:
Another fantastic opportunity to watch a PSU wrestler this morning. Entertain us Scooter! Here we go. Circling, tying up & hand fighting. Davis drops in on a leg, lifts DeKraker off the mat & brings him back down for the TD, 3-0. DeKraker works to his feet, but they go out of bounds. Stall warning on DeKraker. DeKraker works to his feet again & gets the escape, 3-1. Tying up & hand fighting. Davis with some snaps, 2-min left. DeKraker reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Davis presses forward a bit. DeKraker pushes back to center. Davis with some fakes, 1-min left. DeKraker shoots a double from way out. Davis gets an underhook. Stalemate & restart, 45-sec left. Circling & hand fighting with some tying up. Davis shoots, but DeKraker blocks him off. Davis works a front headlock until time expires. 3-1 Davis, +22-sec RT
Period 2:
DeKraker takes down. He pops to his feet, but Davis trips him back to the Resilite. DeKraker pops back up, but Davis brings him back to the mat. DeKraker works to a tripod, but Davis is smothering him from top. DeKraker works to his feet again, but they go out of bounds, restart. DeKraker is still down. He pops to his feet & grabs a leg. Stalemate & restart. Davis is up to 1:20 in riding time. DeKraker works to his feet again, but only for a moment before Davis gets him bellied out in the center of the Resilite. Davis is working a tight waist & a wrist. DeKraker is struggling to get off bottom, like Cole did. DeKraker works back to his base, then stands, but can't get hand control & Davis hangs on to ride out the period. 3-1 Davis, +2:22 RT
Period 3:
Davis takes down. DeKraker concedes the escape, 4-1, neutral start. Circling & hand fighting. DeKraker shoots for a leg. Davis rolls onto his back & gets an ankle. Yikes! They keep rolling & Davis comes out on top for the TD, 7-1. Huzzah! DeKraker works to 1-foot, but Davis is pinching the other leg with both his legs & DeKraker can't get any further. Davis gets DeKraker bellied out again & goes over 3-min of riding time. Davis looks for a tilt, but can't hold it long enough for points. Davis is just hammering DeKraker from top. DeKraker just can't get away. He works to his feet, but Davis jacks him up & brings him back to his belly. Davis rides out the period for the win. He adds a riding time point too, 8-1.
Braeden Davis DEC Billy DeKraker 8-1
Scooter takes 7th Place & earns an automatic bid to NCAAs! Nice job Scooter! His battery was fully charged for that match! Scooter might look like a 12-year old, but he manhandled DeKraker today!
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Sometimes you have a bad match. Give Iowa some credit.
excuses are for wusses
excuses are for wusses
Obviously something was off, there's a reason and maybe it's not our place to know everything.
Scooter with the 2nd period ride out
Nice to go out with a win. Well done Scooter!
He'll probably be 10th. He's 8th in the coaches poll, but would've been seeded behind 9 Taylor due to H2H anyway. He'll probably be below 10 Kueter now. Beat 11 Amos H2H. Finished ahead of 12 Hopke. 13 Colbert will drop after getting pinned at EIWA semis by Schon.
The hard one to tell is 7 Carroll. Has H2H over Mirasola but flamed out at B12, will drop in the coaches poll but by how much?
Braeden Davis!!!
8-1, DEC, over Billy DeKraker (NW)
He takes 7th place, and gets an automatic qualifier slot at NCAAs.
8-1, DEC, over Billy DeKraker (NW)
He takes 7th place, and gets an automatic qualifier slot at NCAAs.
I’d rather be a wuss than give iowa credit.
10 of 10 are headed to nationals:
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Jefe..please don’t feed the troll. He’s is #1 troll on Internat forum. He comes in innocent with dopey questions and will continue if people respond
7-pt win, left a bonus point on the mat. We're doomed.
Braeden rode him like a rented mule. Precisely why I never shoe mules.
Cole has fat Braxton for the 5th place match. I’m confident he can rest, refresh, and recalibrate to beach Amos again.
Nice match by Davis! Rooting for him at ncaas. Be pretty cool when he goes on a run.
You ask why no mules? Those bastards will act nice a pie, then kick the living hell out of ya. One kick was enough. Great match by Braeden! He showed up today. Love this kid.
Also, Braeden won a really nice scramble when in a bad position for a td. Good on him.
It stems from the incident. I'm not sure he's even aware. I've seen it on this board, TOS, X, Facebook.
Cole looked different today than yesterday. Bummer, but he has a chance in Cleveland!
Seems like Coles MO is quick first period strikes. TF or Fall. He had Ben dead to rights in the first but Ben turned it around. After that, he was shot. Third period for Cole seems like he either hangs on, or does enough to get close but can’t finish. We’ll see how he looks in the next match and then nationals. He still has AA capabilities which was a huge unknown starting the season
Plural. Incidents.