NCAA Wrestling 2026

[Whitefox82]

I’m looking forward to OSU giving PSU a run for their money in the coming years. Penn has been so dominant for so long, they need competition!

 

[Jamie930]

B1G has been the champs for the last 20 years.

I will just say Go Bucks

 

[Jamie930]

As for the girls wrestling like boys. They had to in order to wrestle, as they were probably the only girl on the team.
All girls sports are that way. You can tell the ones that played with the boys.

 

[Okie-hunter]

@LostArra

You stole my thread this year!!! Lol.

I am JUST getting back to work. Went to Big 10s in person. My in person "story" which will be no surprise...

AJ Ferrari has SERIOUS issues. Up front- HUGE Penn State fan, but I appreciate those kids who wrestle hard and can be better. I enjoy(ed) AJ like most. A train wreck you just can't NOT watch.

Live and in person, they kept all three mats up. Finals in center. 3rd and 5th matches on each end. I haven't watched the aired TV version yet. May have been at 184?? I was very close to the 5th place end mat. Think Allred medical'd out. And must have been reviews on Finals matches. Point being, Mat 3 was vacant. Lights off. NOBODY was loitering around the mat edge.

AJ has to come out of the back. Get up on Mat 3. Start stretching. The most odd/awkward, show all 13,000 of you how flexible and handsome I am. Was soooo cringy. Sure enough.....coach Manning has to come out from the back and BEG him to get down. Like 3 times..."AJ...come on down...let's go"

What a fuggin TOOL. I stood next to him and his old man (Of course AJ had to come up to the public in the BJC and walk around). He is way shorter in person. And his old man isn't nearly as jacked.

This made me laugh because I’ve seen the AJ behavior you speak of.
When he was at OSU he came to the high school state tournament. If I recall correctly he found the tightest wife beater his body could squeeze in to and strutted around all evening seeking attention from whoever would give it to him.
The guy is an arrogant nut case & overall just not a good person imo.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Lol small world

I thought after I posted my opinion “shit…there’s a guy on here that’s related to him. Not gonna land well. Ooopsy “

 

[Tjdeerslayer37]

I thought after I posted my opinion “shit…there’s a guy on here that’s related to him. Not gonna land well. Ooopsy “

1000% doesnt bother me a bit lol

 

[longtail]

Let me sum up the tourney in a nut shell for ya --
PSU - dominates everybody,wins natty,wins hodge, PRAISES JESUS for how awesome they are
EVERYBODY ELSE - snooze fest of Overtime matches that last 20mins becuz of Challenge Bricks because there was 1 really good scramble that WONT get overturned because had reaction time,reaction time, and more reaction time.
ALL THE FANS - Fire the Brands Brothers, whats wrong with IA

Been following college wrestling my whole life and even though im still a big fan things are just so much different than what they use to be. Personally, im not a fan of the challenge brick and Im not a fan of the Portal and NIL. I feel it takes away from the purity of the sport. I also cant believe when you look through the brackets you see the majority of the wrestlers haven't even wrestled 20 matches this season..............
its crazy when youth kids are wrestling 80 and HS kids are wrestling 50 and now in college they barely wrestle 30.

Sorry to be so negative its always easier to criticize from the outside in. On a positive note Im always excited to watch high level wrestling and of all the college sports out there Wrestling is still the hardest and most rewarding of them. Best thing a person can ever do is wrestle.

 

[jmez]

Ferrari is an asshat. I was, and still am, really disappointed in Manning for taking him. I think getting a team trophy last year clouded his judgement.

Would love to see Ferrari get bounced in round 1 or 2. Won't happen, he's way too good at doing nothing.

Taylor won't be in the finals at 157. Yes he won last yerar but was maybe the 4th or 5th best in that bracket. He had a great tournament and not taking anything away from the kid, he's an AA caliber wrestler but not NC. Kasak was clearly better, and it wsn't even close. Duke simply fell vicitim to his style the first match. Push the pace, push the action, he's vulnerable on his feet if you stay out of the underhook. Carl saw it and fixed it.

There is no one better than Carl and company at preparing their kids to wrestle. Espcially once they have a head to head on tape. You might beat them once, you will rarely beat them twice. Devino won't beat Blaze again. You are better off losing to PSU all year and trying to get the win in the finals. They don't repeat the same things that got them beat prior. They could legit win 8/10 weights. It will be kids outside the B1G that beat them.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Speaking of AzzHats…Starocci disappeared. Dick Twisting and Corn Holing not positive mentoring ?

Tho accuser McHenry now claiming Knights Templar runs the Room.

 

[jmez]

Brooks suspension for PED's also recently upheld. 2 year ban.

The PSU room isn't all sunshine and roses, no one's is. At the end of the day, PSU simply outworks their opponants. Other than a couple kids, they are always on the offensive, always looking to score. 0-0, 10-0, 4-3, doesn't matter they continue to attack. Rocco doesn't fit that mold, why he is vulnerable. Van Ness only fits that mold when he gets down by 7, why he'd vulnerable. You are not going to get the first takedown against them and then win a 3-2 match. That is the mantra of the rest of college wrestling. PSU doesn't allow that to happen.

 

[Bearded Bowhunter]

Taylor won't be in the finals at 157. Yes he won last yerar but was maybe the 4th or 5th best in that bracket. He had a great tournament and not taking anything away from the kid, he's an AA caliber wrestler but not NC. Kasak was clearly better, and it wsn't even close. Duke simply fell vicitim to his style the first match. Push the pace, push the action, he's vulnerable on his feet if you stay out of the underhook. Carl saw it and fixed it.

I'm a Nebraska guy, so obvious bias, but I think takes like this are always ridiculous. Winning a NC is always about the best guy those 3 days, which is why the sport and NCAA tourney are awesome. He won it, so it isnt even possible for him NOT to be NC caliber.

I also don't think Shapiro has what it takes to beat him. Shapiro had almost no competition all year and got beat by #11 in a not close match in his conference finals. I think AT makes the finals. Duke did look better in the B10 finals though.

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

I don't watch any MAC or ACC? Who are the Dark Horses from the East Coast?

Shapiro always looks good on Instagram and paper. I usually know most of the Cornell and NC State line ups. Out of the loop this year. Matty Singleton seems solid.

What Bracket Busters are we overlooking?