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2026 NCAA Championship Session IV Thread

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SlipperyPete

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174 SF - #1 Levi Haines vs. Patrick Kennedy (IOWA)

Period 1:
Here we go! Circling, tying up & hand fighting. Kennedy reaches for a low leg, but can't get there. Levi drops in on a leg. Kennedy sprawls back & fights out of it. Collar ties & hand fighting. Kennedy tries to pick an ankle, but Levi jumps back & evades him. Levi shoots, but Kennedy blocks him off. Back to hand fighting & tying up, 1-min left. Levi shoots & locks around the leg. He reaches for the other, but can't get it. He shelves the leg, then works behind for the TD, 3-0. Levi rides out the period. 3-0 Levi, +28-sec RT

Period 2:
Levi takes down. He works to a quadpod, then his feet & gets the escape, 4-0. Levi shoots & gets a leg. He comes behind & finishes another TD, 7-0. Kennedy works to his feet & Levi lets him go, 7-1. Tying up & hand fighting again. Kennedy shoots, but no luck. More circling, tying up & hand fighting. Kennedy shoots, but can't get there. Levi shoots, but Kennedy circles away, 30-sec left. More tying up & hand fighting to end the period. 7-1 Levi, +34-sec RT

Period 3:
Kennedy takes down. He sits out, but Levi is pressuring heavily from top. Kennedy tries to turn, but Levi stays with him. Kennedy works to his feet, but Levi brings him back to the mat. Kennedy gets back to his feet, but Levi takes him out of bounds. Levi is over 1-min of RT. Kennedy is still down. He works to his feet & gets the escape, 7-2. Kennedy shoots, Levi counters & gets a leg, then finishes another TD, 10-2. Levi cuts Kennedy, 10-3. Levi shoots & gets a leg. Kennedy gets one too. Levi counters & catches Kennedy in a turn. He gets the TD, 13-3 & adds 4 NF, 17-3. Kennedy rolls to his belly. Levi rides out the period. Levi adds a riding time point for the 18-3 technical fall.

Levi Haines TECH Patrick Kennedy 18-3 (7:00)
 
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PAgeologist said:
Yes. But it was still a pinning/near fall hold by PJ. Either way, the real travesty was the call getting overturned.
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I fully agree with the travesty of the call getting overturned. But a half nelson is also a pinning combination, if a wrestler gets a takedown in sudden victory and has a half in, the match doesn't continue just because he has a half in. Same concept, if Duke would have rolled him through and immediately put him into criteria, the match would have continued. Either way, its over now and like I said, I fully agree it was a travesty that the call was overturned.
 
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Tom McAndrew said:
@F7Mello -- again, my Quote function is pretty balky today.

To answer your question:

in SV, you whistle to end the match when you think points are scored. The ONLY exception (in both HS and college) is if he defensive wrestler is in near-fall criteria (i.e., taken directly to their back). You then let it play out, so as not to disadvantage the offensive wrestler's team from possibly picking up bonus points. In that situation, once the defensive wrestler is out of near-fall criteria, then you end the match.

In the Duke match, the ref thought Duke had the TD, but Robideau was not in near-fall criteria when he made that decision/made the call, so it would have been a mistake to allow the match to continue
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You dont call a take down until you know it's 3 , than its up penn st to throw the brick.
 
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Misalorales

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gimb14 said:
Remember when that awful ref cost Duke a chance at the national title?
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season 20 20x1 GIF by South Park
 
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LB99

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Tom McAndrew said:
@F7Mello -- again, my Quote function is pretty balky today.

To answer your question:

in SV, you whistle to end the match when you think points are scored. The ONLY exception (in both HS and college) is if he defensive wrestler is in near-fall criteria (i.e., taken directly to their back). You then let it play out, so as not to disadvantage the offensive wrestler's team from possibly picking up bonus points. In that situation, once the defensive wrestler is out of near-fall criteria, then you end the match.

In the Duke match, the ref thought Duke had the TD, but Robideau was not in near-fall criteria when he made that decision/made the call, so it would have been a mistake to allow the match to continue
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I’m sorry, but that doesn’t fly in this situation. You can’t stop that action then reverse your call. That’s called I effed up and cost the offense wrestler in that situation the match.
 
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js87931

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Scam likely said:
You dont call a take down until you know it's 3 , than its up penn st to throw the brick.
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But he did know it was three. Duke accomplished the same control position that’s been a takedown for a long time. Cradle, broken down to the hip. The review official inserted a different definition of reaction time. This is on the booth, not the mat guy.
 
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AxonHillock1

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Tom McAndrew said:
@OhioLion -- the Quote function is not always working for me (too many windows opened, which is taxing the memory).

But to answer your question:

As I wrote, in my quick review I thought it was a TD, but the ref called it really early, and Robideau grabbed a leg just as the TD was whistled.

So it goes back to whether the review panel thought control was established. Duke had a cradle while Robideau had a leg, then Robideau lost the leg for a sec or two, then he got it back. The mat ref probably wishes he hadn't called it so early, though in SV, you are supposed to call it as soon as you think points are scored.

In looking at it again on replay, I'm not all that surprised it was overturned. Control wasn't established long enough. Would Duke have gotten control? We'll never know. Cradles don't generally break locks around the offensive wrestler's leg. If the offensive wrestler can put the defensive wrestler on their back, then the defensive wrestler usually releases the leg lock to try to roll off their back. Certainly not a sure thing, either way.
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I'm a lurker and not a poster but this is an incorrect take until the nonsense this year. What is "long enough"? There is no time restriction and PJ made 3 distinct actions (locked up cradle, sat him to his side, exposed his back) before the only reaction from Landon was to work off his back. That isnt a reaction against the TD but to giving up back points. Multiple ref and review screw ups here and there needs to be accountability for people being bad at their jobs.
 
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Nitlion1986

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RockyChi said:
supposed to let that play out anyway
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Once the call is made the match is over. There is nothing at that point to play out. Taylor threw the brick after the action was done.

The wrestling action should have been allowed to continue to be sure before making the call.
 
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gimb14

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js87931 said:
But he did know it was three. Duke accomplished the same control position that’s been a takedown for a long time. Cradle, broken down to the hip. The review official inserted a different definition of reaction time. This is on the booth, not the mat guy.
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no. by definition, when the match was stopped, it wasn't a takedown. review was right. this is 100% on the ref.
 
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F7Mello

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LB99 said:
I’m sorry, but that doesn’t fly in this situation. You can’t stop that action then reverse your call. That’s called I effed up and cost the offense wrestler in that situation the match.
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TBF - I asked specifically about continuing action. Tom already addressed it and said, yes he thought it was a TD and should not have been overturned. T was being kind to me and explaining the nuance of the OT rules
 
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Haines brought it and Kennedy stall by moving forward don’t work. That is how you beat these guys that do that. Show blaze and pj that video! Rode him out and tired him out then put him on his back. Well done.
 
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LB99

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js87931 said:
What I love about Haines is that 90% of what he does is the stuff you teach 1st year wrestlers in the their first two weeks. He just does it so well.
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My HS coach used to tell us that if you perfect just one move from neutral, top, and bottom, you’ll win most of your matches. You don’t have to be fancy. Just be really really good in fundamentals and be perfect on simple moves.
 
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Corby2

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Tom McAndrew said:
@F7Mello -- again, my Quote function is pretty balky today.

To answer your question:

in SV, you whistle to end the match when you think points are scored. The ONLY exception (in both HS and college) is if the defensive wrestler is in near-fall criteria (i.e., taken directly to their back). You then let it play out, so as not to disadvantage the offensive wrestler's team from possibly picking up bonus points. In that situation, once the defensive wrestler is out of near-fall criteria, then you end the match.

In the Duke match, the ref thought Duke had the TD, but Robideau was not in near-fall criteria when he made that decision/made the call, so it would have been a mistake to allow the match to continue
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You ref when the hip hits the mat on a nearside cradle it's a takedown immediately been that way forever
 
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psu0408

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Levi completely wore Kennedy out mid way through the 2nd and poured it on in the 3rd.
 
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