McEnelly “should be stalling, right?” 
2026 NCAA Wrestling Championship Official Thread
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184 - Ryder drops a 7-3 decision and will wrestle for 7th.
197 - Merrill with a 3-2 decision and an NCAA FINALIST!!!
FOUR Freshmen in the finals. Panda’s win wasn’t the prettiest, but he made it.
Come on Iowa State - beat Nebraska (Bastida / Ferrari)
Wrestled a stud. Always hard to score on.
Cody pulls out a clutch win by not giving up a takedown on several solid shots by his opponent, but he pulled a leg away. He rode for 25 seconds and wins. A freshman who is in the National finals but we have 4 of those. Doucet wins and so he has a chance for 3rd. Zack lost and so has a chance for 7th. He needed to keep his hands on his opponent and thought played into his opponent's strength by staying outside and he got picked off a couple of times losing takedowns on good shots. Swiderski did not wrestle so good and lost a close decision in overtime. Cody's win very impressive and demonstrated his toughness with an opponent that he never got close to a takedown but still wins.
As of right now we are ahead of Nebraska by 21. Of our 10, I have 2 out, 4 in finals and 4 in wrestlebacks. Is that right?
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AJ losing is a great way to finish a fun night for the young Pokes!
Zach couldn’t be heavy in the head bc of wrestling with 1 arm. Pure guts from him.
There was a poster that wrote last night maybe we can win 4 of 5 or maybe 3 of 5, I am glad I did not post what I was thinking which was we are not getting 4 of 5 wins in the semi's. Landon's performance thru the semi's I believe is memorable beating Larkin in the quarters in overtime and bigger beating Duke in the semi's in overtime with great grit, great effort and great skills. He has a chance to be the outstanding wrestler if he wins tomorrow night and Jax if he wins would also have a very good chance. 133 and 157 could be the 2 toughest weight classes in the tournament. But if Sergio wins against a 2 timer maybe he could be. However if Cody beats Barr that would be the upset of the tournament and he could be outstanding wrestler. I have nothing to complain about tonight. Great day! Now tomorrow is a new day with lots of potential to be another great day. Time will tell
Dude the fact that Spratley is the only one who realistically had a shot to make it and he was the ONLY one who didn't...couldn't be more impressed with the team.
Sprat still has a chance to wrestle above seed, but who would've thought?!
Vega and Jax are the only two really expected to make it to the finals based on seed.... Rob/Panda, LFG!
I think we only take ONE title tomorrow but damn, way to give yourself a chance to win multiple!
Penn State is NOT as far ahead of OSU as well all originally thought and I can't wait for those P*ssies to schedule a dual with us at some point.
Let's finish strong, win a couple titles, and get 2nd place with ease!
Sprat still has a chance to wrestle above seed, but who would've thought?!
Vega and Jax are the only two really expected to make it to the finals based on seed.... Rob/Panda, LFG!
I think we only take ONE title tomorrow but damn, way to give yourself a chance to win multiple!
Penn State is NOT as far ahead of OSU as well all originally thought and I can't wait for those P*ssies to schedule a dual with us at some point.
Let's finish strong, win a couple titles, and get 2nd place with ease!
Is this the best Friday for OSU wrestling in 20 years?
If you’d told me a month ago that OSU had 4 freshman finalists and none of them were Dee, I would’ve asked how he got injured. What a tournament for this young group, and the lineup is only going to get better!