2026 NCAA Championship Session VI Thread

[WEAREPSU_LI]

Is President Trump making an appearance tonight? He is usually in attendance

Might be something else going on that he should be focused on.

 

[razpsu]

Freaking whole section just booed SVN when they announced him on the award stand. WOW.

edit: I didn’t realize he didn’t come out.

Word is he was drug tested.

 

[darkknight]

Quint just called Levi a 2X AA?!

The announcers and interview dude are awful. I'd rather turn the volume down then here Quint.

 

[1995PSUGrad]

Has anyone ever met Levi Haines’ father? He seems like someone I would like sharing a beer with

A good friend of mine works with Levi's dad. According to him, Mr. Haines is a pretty good guy, really down to earth.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[RBOld]

Mesenbrink 3x champ and Levi 2x AA…. Atta boy Quint

He's there to hype OkSt. So far ESPN thought Valencia was SVN, didn't know how many titles MM has and claimed Levi is a 2x AA.

Once is a mistake, twice might be a mistake but three times? They're not being very subtle.

 

[zzs006]

Does anyone think Max will attack more after the success he had in OT last match? He got to Rocco’s legs cleanly and was as close as you can get to a td after not attacking much at all in regulation

 

[Nitlion1986]

Was waiting for someone to go for a big move against Mitch. Not that it was likely to work but props to him for trying something different. Seemed to just piss Mitch off though.

What's impressive is after watching Penn State dominate the post season for 15 years TnT finally tried a different approach and a rested Iowa performed to something close to their potential. Then just to prove it wasn't a fluke, after 8 face stomping losses to Mitch TnT gave Caliendo at least a Hail Mary to throw instead of following the typical "keep working, he's stallin ref!" routine. Proving even the slowest will eventually learn from continuous beatings.

 

[Psalm 1 guy]

Mitchel doesn't do push ups he pushes the earth down lol

In honor of the late Chuck Norris!

 

[gpsu88]

Going to miss watching Levi, great to have him for 4 years. What a great wrestler and person

 

[RBOld]

This match is the match. Rocco has something inside of him. 3 SV wins to make the finals a few years ago. Multiple SV or tie breaker victories over all the good guys this year. A gutsy come back over fishback. One more time Rocco.

I think Max will be coming, Rocco is going to have to score to win this one.

 

[Shifty15]

Did Ferrari accuse him along with Yonger?

 

[johnstownsteel]

Pretty sure he's drinking more than one

And your buying....

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[gimb14]

@GregPickel, can you check the NCAA Wrestling twitter account, or the Big Ten Wrestling twitter account? Both have tweets about Mitch, with the NCAA tweet showing video. Alas, both are telling me it's adult content (WTF?), so I can't post them. I'm hoping you can access them, and then post them.

Edit: nope

 

[Nitlion1986]

What's criminal is mm is back next year

I was thinking that if this wasn't a sanctioned sport, what Mitchel did to Caliendo tonight would be considered criminal.

 

[soonerbd]

Apple Country Stroy!

Drive through it almost every other day, beautiful country located in the south mountain fruit belt, full of simple tough hardworking folk. South central PA is underrated

 

[El_Jefe]

ESPN closed-captioning just introduced Mad Max Piccinnelli, lol

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[SkiSkiSki]

To be fair, pretty much all 330 of these guys are arrogant. You don’t become the best in the country being “aw, shucks, I don’t know” Some guys can just act with humility but they all like the smell of their own farts to some degree

Not that there is anything wrong with that, right? Asking for a friend.

 

[Efejle]

The irony of Ohio State fans resorting to boos and nothing else

 

[WEAREPSU_LI]

Does anyone think Max will attack more after the success he had in OT last match? He got to Rocco’s legs cleanly and was as close as you can get to a td after not attacking much at all in regulation

Max seems to be a pretty great counter attacker, so who knows.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[zzs006]

Next year in St Louis I think we will see the exact same match in the 174 final, except it will be Henckel beating Minto 2-1

I’m all aboard the Henckel train and absolutely think he can be wrestling on Saturday night next year

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[OldMatCoach]

McEnelly looks like he weighs 215 easily. Compare the size of their backs and arms. I guess we know what Ferrari and Shapiro would claim ...

 

[WEAREPSU_LI]

That was a really good shot by Max, damn.

 

[Pennstater55]

Rocco needs to get his offense going.

 

[zzs006]

I guess that answered my question. Quick td for Max. Hopefully that makes Rocco take a few chances

 

[Nitlion1986]

Quint just called Levi a 2 time all american???? 4 time AA and 2 time champ you mean.

Quint is having a bad tournament

 

[tzinger]

Is President Trump making an appearance tonight? He is usually in attendance

Perhaps an executive order that the wrestling championships not be opposite March Madness.

 

[SlipperyPete]

184 Final - #1 Rocco Welsh vs. #2 Max McEnelly (MINN)

Period 1:
Here we go. Circling & hand fighting, then some collar ties come into play. Heavy collar ties & pushing now. Rocco pushes forward. McEnelly pushes back. McEnelly with some fakes. He reaches for a leg, but can't get there. Rocco is holding center, until I typed that. Now McEnelly presses forward. Rocco circles back to center & takes a half shot. Heavy collar ties & pushing, then they break & do it again. McEnelly drops to a low leg & quickly finishes a TD, 3-0. Rocco gets a quick escape, 3-1. Back to heavy collar ties & pushing with some hand fighting. McEnelly presses forward a bit. Rocco pushes back to center & time expires. 3-1 McEnelly, +4-sec RT

Period 2:
McEnelly takes down. He pops to his feet, but Rocco brings him back to the mat. McEnelly pops back up & Rocco drops to a leg. McEnelly fights for the escape, 4-1. Stoppage & neutral restart. Collar ties & hand fighting. Rocco fakes a shot & McEnelly reacts. Rocco takes McEnelly to the edge. McEnelly circles back to center, 1-min left. Circling & hand fighting. McEnelly reaches for a low leg, but can't get there. More circling, hand fighting & tying up to end the period. 4-1 McEnelly, Rocco +6-sec RT

Period 3:
Rocco takes down. He pops to his feet & McEnelly lets him go, 4-2. Rocco shoots immediately, but McEnelly blocks him off. Hand fighting & circling, 90-sec left. McEnelly stumbles into a shot, but Rocco blocks him off. Come on Rocco, let it fly! 1-min left. Rocco shoots a straight on double & McEnelly sprawls out of it. Rocco tries a 2 on 1, but no luck with it. He takes McEnelly to the edge & shoots, but McEnelly circles out of it. Out of bounds & restart. Rocco shoots, but can't get there. he shoots again, but no luck. McEnelly gets a stall warning. McEnelly gets a 2nd stall call, point Rocco, 4-3. Rocco keeps attacking, but can't find an opening & time expires.

Max McEnelly DEC Rocco Welsh 4-3

Rocco Welsh takes 2nd Place!

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Sir Pin Alot]

Rocco has to shoot.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[WEAREPSU_LI]

Not seeing any offense from Rocco.

 

[Nitlion1986]

Has anyone ever met Levi Haines’ father? He seems like someone I would like sharing a beer with

Friendly and polite. Easy as hell to talk with.

 

[NittanyChris]

Rocco way too passive in the 2nd.

 

[PSUcup]

You have to try to score

 

[RBOld]

Not looking good here for Welsh, it has 7-2 written all over it. (Hope I'm wrong)