2026 NCAA Championship Session III Thread

CTStall

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Some matches to watch between higher seeds in the next round of consis:
133 - 9 Serrano vs 10 Leete
141 - 9 Olivieri vs 10 Consiglio
141 - 11 Composto vs 12 Simcox
157 - 6 Swisher vs 12 Zerban
165 - 5 Lockett vs 6 Arujau
184 - 11 Cartagena-Walsh vs 12 Fishback
197 - 6 Rademacher vs 12 Geog (winner likely gets 4 Sasso)
HWT - 5 Feldman vs 6 Taylor
HWT - 11 Dawson vs 12 Amos
It will be interesting to see how Lockett comes back from his melt down. I imagine Taylor had him in a padded room .
 

Coastal2

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A guy that was a B1G champ and a 1 seed at NCAAs as a true freshman and 5th in the country as a true sophomore doesn’t have the “skill” needed to be in the lineup wasn’t on my bingo card.
133 last year was one of the weakest weight classes of all time. A returning national champ, runner up and multiple AAs were all passed by freshman.
125 the year before was also an insanely weak weight class.

That said, I still think Davis has a chance to make some noise on the backside.
 

Sir Pin Alot

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Respectfully, I don’t think you’re being fair. A college athlete gets busted for drinking one time and he lacks dedication? We have all watched Braeden wrestle for three years now and what is obvious (to me at least) is he’s no athletic dynamo. I think he’s reached his peak.
Reached his peak or not, he's still a PSU all American and BIG champ. Two extremely difficult achievements. His story isn't fully written yet and with a little luck, he can still AA this year. I agree with your statement, sadly underage drinking is a right of passage at college, getting busted for it is not. If he wasn't dedicated, he would have packed it in already.
 

tullfan68

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133 last year was one of the weakest weight classes of all time. A returning national champ, runner up and multiple AAs were all passed by freshman.
125 the year before was also an insanely weak weight class.

That said, I still think Davis has a chance to make some noise on the backside.
 

Brian LB-U

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Reached his peak or not, he's still a PSU all American and BIG champ. Two extremely difficult achievements. His story isn't fully written yet and with a little luck, he can still AA this year. I agree with your statement, sadly underage drinking is a right of passage at college, getting busted for it is not. If he wasn't dedicated, he would have packed it in already.
100%
 

CTStall

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I guess all the mouthy Davis haters had better college careers than Davis in their dreams.
My previous post was more about what Davis tried to do mid season when he was intially redshirting and then was put into a lineup. I do think behind the scenes these athletes know the situation. Maybe Desmond /Ono gives Davis trouble at practice and Davis sees the hand writing on the wall.
We don't know, I do think that he seems to that he is not having" fun. "
I'm not a hater , I just think his situation is complicated moving forward and might be adding pressure.
It's frustrating to because he can beat Hardy and others if he stays within his skill set. He looks big move too much
I hope he has a great day today. He's capable.
 
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PAgeologist

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No inside info, but I'd say its likely Braeden will transfer. He doesn't seem to have the skill and dedication necessary to be in the PSU lineup.
He has the skill and dedication. Mr Davis' issues seem to be solely between his own ears. His situational wrestling IQ is questionable at times. But far more important, his emotional maturity is severely lacking. One would hope that hanging around the team would have helped that, but so far it hasn't.
 

BaccaFarmer

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Eating your own isn't good . Davis doesn't deserve any of it. Bunch of people who probably didn't even make JV bashing an AA because he's not good enough. Looks like we have another cesspool forum in wrestling now
Baby Face has been a fan favorite with a large percentage of the fan base. He’s been up, down, and all around in his 3 years. I hope he rolls in sessions 3,4, and 5. It’s gotta be tough being a good wrestler on a team stacked with #1’s.
 

Corby2

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Baby Face has been a fan favorite with a large percentage of the fan base. He’s been up, down, and all around in his 3 years. I hope he rolls in sessions 3,4, and 5. It’s gotta be tough being a good wrestler on a team stacked with #1’s.
He's sacrificed for the team over and over and gives 100% effort. You guys are gonna win by 80 and have an AA at 141 and people are ripping on him it's ridiculous.
 

Sir Pin Alot

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Eating your own isn't good . Davis doesn't deserve any of it. Bunch of people who probably didn't even make JV bashing an AA because he's not good enough. Looks like we have another cesspool forum in wrestling now
Timeout, you cannot compare some of the critiquing that happens here with the doom-death loop/dumpster fire, Iowa forum.
 

Corby2

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Timeout, you cannot compare some of the critiquing that happens here with the doom-death loop/dumpster fire, Iowa forum.
Eating your own is eating your own. This is actually the same. Be better guys. This is why I think forums should be your real name own what you say. Also athletes and parents read this stuff so do recruits and future recruits
 

Misalorales

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Eating your own is eating your own. This is actually the same. Be better guys. This is why I think forums should be your real name own what you say. Also athletes and parents read this stuff so do recruits and future recruits
Wait, is your actual first name Corby? Always assumed it was like corban or something.
 

CowbellMan

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Shayne looked really relaxed yesterday he wrestled great. Would love to see him get to the top of the podium.

Hoping to see Luke finish cleanly on his shots today. Peterson is going to play the edges and try and make it a one takedown match.
You mean….like the brutal thud on the mat edge in the Big Tens. Yeah, I’d like to order a couple of those too. Lol.
 
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Jason1743

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I look for Davis to portal. He will be better off elsewhere. There is just no room for him at Penn State. He isn't as good as Luke, Ono, Blaze, or even Sidun in the near future.
Totally agree. If a wrestler doesn't have legitimate national title chances then he can't crack this line up.
 

Misalorales

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Eating your own isn't good . Davis doesn't deserve any of it. Bunch of people who probably didn't even make JV bashing an AA because he's not good enough. Looks like we have another cesspool forum in wrestling now
Good hyperbolic morning to you as well. Lmao Are some dogging him? Sure. Did one of big posters get a full ban for racist remarks because he lost? The Iowa board is substantially worse at this and you know that. You're not dumb. You're just occasionally disingenuous.
 

mickpsu

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10-0 round definitely possible.

Blaze probably has the most difficult matchup. Ayala has been wrestling well, and like you said, it can be difficult to beat a quality wrestler 3 times in a season.

I like Luke's matchup with Peterson a little better but still not easy.
Contrarily, I feel okay with Marcus against Ayalya. Although it was a tight match the last time they wrestled, for whatever reason, I never felt Ayalya was close to getting in on Marcus. I just remember feeling pretty calm watching the match and not feeling Drake was going to score.
 

Corby2

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Good hyperbolic morning to you as well. Lmao Are some dogging him? Sure. Did one of big posters get a full ban for racist remarks because he lost? The Iowa board is substantially worse at this and you know that. You're not dumb. You're just occasionally disingenuous.
FYI @vhsalum is a black man. Enjoy the wrestling.
 
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Pinne24

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It will be interesting to see how Lockett comes back from his melt down. I imagine Taylor had him in a padded room .
This could be the best thing for his wrestling. Hopefully this will propel him to work on his conditioning and body and not rely largely on his athleticism.
 

Misalorales

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FYI @vhsalum is a black man. Enjoy the wrestling.
I missed the part where being black allows you to call young men that wrestle for you favorite school racial slurs in a clear derogatory manner...If anything, that makes it worse. That's eating your own on steroids.
 
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