2026 NCAA Championship Session IV Thread
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A solid consis by Blaze and Duke and our 5 big favorites win and we’re looking at 180+. I’d like to hit a number that even the desperate Midwest Mafia tournament re-scorers can’t take it away from us
FLB has a pretty solid staff right now. Milano was a D1 starter at Clarion, Johnson is a former coach of the year in D10, Murphy was a D3 AA at Thiel. I honestly thought they’d fall off the map after McChesney and Pryzbicien stepped down, but they’ve got a competitive team again.
It’s amazing to me how many kids still do the P.O. Box thing for Reynolds. They aren’t the only big dog on the block anymore
You’re not the only one. 75% win rate in the semis and it feels like failure. We’re spoiled. But yes, that one is hard to deal with.
I think that was their plan--to take PJ into deep waters. His tank is a bit suspect.
Duke really likes ties in elbow . He didn't get them against Robideau probably because of hand defense. He probably needs to work on leg attack when that happens. He had a good single early that he should have finished.
A Fiat free finals! And Iowa loses a team point in the process. Maybe The Powers That Be wanted to gift something to the Penn State fans to help take the edge off what happened to Duke.
They keep their streak alive of having a finalist each year for the last 75 years or whatever. W/e DGAF about tan Tom's band of circus freaks
It’s the seventh time in history that 6 are in the finals
Backed out. The last 2 he sprinted in reverse without ever braking to slow down.
Normally no, but we expect better than normal in today’s bat **** crazy world!
I believe even if the ref called the takedown wrong , he is supposed to let wrestler finish move if on a pinning combination. He totally should have not blown the whistle by guidelines. One of the worst stoppages ever.
Edit for above per Tom Mc
The rule was changed a couple of years ago to stop match after the takedown in OT. See below.
Stupid rule change .
Edit for above per Tom Mc
The rule was changed a couple of years ago to stop match after the takedown in OT. See below.
Stupid rule change .
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Odd how Ferrari didn't want to pray with Batista after the loss. He always willing to pray after a win.
Pete, on your Pj match you stopped after calling Pj for the win. Im glad you finished the pbp. I thought the worst. That you glitched. Order restored. Thanks for everything you do here.
So instead they choose to do exactly that by ignoring the rules and situation. It is a shame they can't figure that out.Cause the refs do not want to interfere in the final outcome.
Duke in that match reminded me of Kasak last year against Joey Blaze. You knew he was the better wrestler but lost. And both of them handed Taylor a Natty in the process.
I addressed this earlier.
In college (and HS; that was changed @ 2 years ago to match college rules), in sudden victory, you make the call to stop the match when points are attained by one of the wrestlers. The ONLY exception is if the defensive wrestler is in near-fall criteria. If they are, so as not to disadvantage the offensive wrestler's team from picking up bonus points, you don't stop the match. If a pin is attained, then you stop it then. If the defensive wrestler goes out of near-fall criteria, you stop it then.
As Robideau was not in near-fall criteria when the ref determined that a TD had been attained by Duke, he would have been wrong to not blow the whistle, and let the match continue.
One of the kids I coached, Logan Grass had a great career at Mercyhurst. He was highly seeded the year Covid killed the tournament, Sigh.
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McGowen could wrestle tomorrow's match just like he did in Rec Hall and these clowns will not hit him more than twice for stalling, and the second call will have to be for some seriously egregious avoidance.
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I know and I know other schools don't to. Hell, a kid named cody burnette lived about 8 minutes from commodore perry but because his dad was an absurd *** hat and basically got told not to come around, his boy wrestled for Greenville. Hell cody Copeland also was not a Greenville kid who wrestled for Greenville. Commodore perry back then did not have a single kid that pulled that crap. We had 50 kids in my graduating class and with that, a really good team with an undefeated state champ in ceremuga. Wish piaa cracked down on it more. Would've helped us have a real shot at times. Still beat Greenville but reynolds...Gah.
No. The plan was to keep PJ away from Robi’s body. He just used hand fighting to do it for the entire match. PJ is brutal and confident in close quarters. So keep him away and effectively hope for the best. Who knew the best would be a massive referee failure.