2026 NCAA Championship Session III Thread
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Crazy he is beating the big 197ers. Got to give him credit for heart for certain. Don't have to like him or especially his dad, but that is pretty amazing
285 Consi R3 - #9 Cole Mirasola vs. #18 Christian Carroll (WYO)
Period 1:
The last match of this session. Here we go! Collar ties & hand fighting. Carroll has a pretty big brace on his left knee. Carroll reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Cole shoots, but Carroll fights him off. Back to center tying up & hand fighting. Cole pushes forward & reaches for an ankle, but can't get there. Cole pushes forward taking Carroll to the edge. Carroll throws in an underhook & pushes back to center. More hand fighting & tying up. Cole pushes forward taking Carroll to the edge again. Carroll circles back to center. Cole shoots, but Carroll blocks him off. Tying up & pushing for a bit. More of the same to end the period. 0-0
Period 2:
Cole takes down. He pops up & gets the escape, 1-0. Tying up & pushing. Cole pushes forward & shoots. Carroll counters & gets a leg on the edge. He drags Cole back in bounds & jumps on his legs for the TD, 3-1. Out of bounds & restart. Cole is still down. Caution on Carroll. Cole works to his feet & gets the escape, 3-1. Cole picks an ankle & quickly finishes the TD, 5-3. Cole cuts Carroll, 5-4. Cole pushes Carroll a few times. Cole presses forward & shoots, Carroll counters & gets a leg. Cole works his way out of bounds & gets a stall call. Wyoming throws the brick. They want a TD awarded for Carroll on the last exchange.
Challenge lost, score stays 5-4 Cole. Back to action. Tying up & hand fighting. Tying up & pushing to end the period. 5-4 Cole
Period 3:
Carroll takes down. He pops to his feet & gets the escape, 5-5. Collar ties & hand fighting again. Stalemate & restart for some reason. Cole picks an ankle. Carroll dives onto one too. Carroll works up, but Cole gets out of bounds. Cole gets stall warning #2, point Carroll, 6-5. Collar ties & hand fighting again, 1-min left. Cole shoots, but no luck. Carroll counters but can't score. Cole gets to an ankle. Carroll counters & finishes a double leg for the TD, 9-5. Stoppage & restart. Cole is still down. He works to his feet & gets the escape, 9-6. Cole pushes forward, but can't find an opening & time expires.
Christian Carroll DEC Cole Mirasola 9-6
Period 1:
The last match of this session. Here we go! Collar ties & hand fighting. Carroll has a pretty big brace on his left knee. Carroll reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Cole shoots, but Carroll fights him off. Back to center tying up & hand fighting. Cole pushes forward & reaches for an ankle, but can't get there. Cole pushes forward taking Carroll to the edge. Carroll throws in an underhook & pushes back to center. More hand fighting & tying up. Cole pushes forward taking Carroll to the edge again. Carroll circles back to center. Cole shoots, but Carroll blocks him off. Tying up & pushing for a bit. More of the same to end the period. 0-0
Period 2:
Cole takes down. He pops up & gets the escape, 1-0. Tying up & pushing. Cole pushes forward & shoots. Carroll counters & gets a leg on the edge. He drags Cole back in bounds & jumps on his legs for the TD, 3-1. Out of bounds & restart. Cole is still down. Caution on Carroll. Cole works to his feet & gets the escape, 3-1. Cole picks an ankle & quickly finishes the TD, 5-3. Cole cuts Carroll, 5-4. Cole pushes Carroll a few times. Cole presses forward & shoots, Carroll counters & gets a leg. Cole works his way out of bounds & gets a stall call. Wyoming throws the brick. They want a TD awarded for Carroll on the last exchange.
Challenge lost, score stays 5-4 Cole. Back to action. Tying up & hand fighting. Tying up & pushing to end the period. 5-4 Cole
Period 3:
Carroll takes down. He pops to his feet & gets the escape, 5-5. Collar ties & hand fighting again. Stalemate & restart for some reason. Cole picks an ankle. Carroll dives onto one too. Carroll works up, but Cole gets out of bounds. Cole gets stall warning #2, point Carroll, 6-5. Collar ties & hand fighting again, 1-min left. Cole shoots, but no luck. Carroll counters but can't score. Cole gets to an ankle. Carroll counters & finishes a double leg for the TD, 9-5. Stoppage & restart. Cole is still down. He works to his feet & gets the escape, 9-6. Cole pushes forward, but can't find an opening & time expires.
Christian Carroll DEC Cole Mirasola 9-6
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Barr's development cannot be overstated. He might be the best wrestler on the whole team.
Feldman down 7-1. Moving very slow. Looks like his limping as well
Davis is not guaranteed a starting spot at PSU two years from now. We are talking PSU. Cael can snap his fingers and find someone seeded higher than #14 in two seconds.
We’ll need a new post NCAA edition of the Stilly Boys video series, where DT announces that Cael is still his daddy.
The 3 wound up 1-2 with 1 td (zero in regulation). Combine them with Vega and we are not seeing a offensive juggernaut arising in Stillwater.
I agree with the fact that MM could have been pissed over the torque applied. But my statement was about PJ duke getting hit in the jewels, not MM.
Feldman is a shell of himself……hope he heals
Only one of Taylor and Ayala is a National Champ and still alive in the championship round this tournament.
F**K, that's disappointing. Feel horrible for Cole, who gave it his best. He'll be back bigger and stronger.
Cole is like watching SD Jones back in the old WWF days, he ALMOST won every big match but never did.
ugh. Carroll gets his 3rd TD on a counter/scamble.
Carroll defeats Mirasola, 9-6
Carroll defeats Mirasola, 9-6
Otoh, the predicted improvement over the course of the year for him didn't really happen. He ended about like he started.
Well, damn. Another year in the room and improving, plus a good bit of seniors clearing out. Look forward to seeing cole wrestle next year. Time for a little siesta before the semi-finals. 8 pm eastern start sucks.
Cole wrestled him very tough. Should be proud of his tournament for a redshirt freshman HWT
you gotta be dreaming someone coming in could beat him out!hes right in what he says but they will have someone better!
TBH
Cole is one of the worst reactors to a reattack or scramble that I’ve seen.
Yes. Byers said he was definitely favoring an injury. I’m guessing a hamstring but idk
What if he went nuts and did some ultimately useless inchworm bucking thing with his legs and walking on hands with his hands, with nonstop forward progress. Could that somehow look like lack of control to the ref? Kind of like Tom Brands’ wild movement when he really was pinned.
A younger friend of mine was all excited. He was going to pick his kid up from wrestling practice. The club coach was a former Rider wrestler. I forget his name, but he had been pretty good in college. My buddy had gotten the club coach to agree to go takedowns. I tried to tell him stay away from that guy. The worst guy at the NCAA D1 tournament is a freaking beast, let alone this guy. My buddy still showed up for our 5AM workout, but all he did was whine about how bad the beating was.