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    Transfer Portal 2026 + Other team movements

    On what planet should anyone feel sorry for Manning?. He didn’t have to accept the transfer and sure as shite didn’t have to let him wrestle. A wrestler doesn’t follow orders from a coach and he keeps wrestling?? lol. Manning earned every ounce of his problems. Nevermind giving AJ a pass...
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    Moving to Pennsylvania and hoping to become a Penn State fan

    ..
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    Lion's Den closing?

    And the Whistle Stop upstairs.
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    Mikaela Shiffrin 2025-2026

    Today was a the skiing version of a curb stomping. Winning margin over a second again today just like the Olympics. She’s become the crystal globe miser. Emma has just enough points to keep Mikaela honest tomorrow. Overall Season point winner while only competing in two events is also a bit...
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    Step Out rule. MUST CHANGE THIS YEAR

    Well…..one ref did it sooner. 5 times and DQ’d him. That the re-match was the finals shouldn’t make a difference. Should have done the same as the rules say it should have. Should have dinged Robideau a couple of times too.
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    Step Out rule. MUST CHANGE THIS YEAR

    For clarification, Folk does not reward the defensive wrestler, the referees do. They have plenty of stalling rules to eliminate the retreat to the circle and continue to fail to enforce them. the easiest one virtually never gets called. Wrestler outside the circle, not engaged with a...
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    The don't clog the board with final/stay thoughts from NCAAs, post them here, thread

    I think Duke will not lose again. His growth between year 1 and 2 will be frightening since it starts from a scary place already. Robi was coached to keep PJ away from his body. There aren’t many tactics to do that he hasn’t now been exposed to. He will be on a Mesenbrink roll but with...
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    The don't clog the board with final/stay thoughts from NCAAs, post them here, thread

    A freaking short one, then, because he’s a short 97.
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    The don't clog the board with final/stay thoughts from NCAAs, post them here, thread

    What did the rest of the team do?
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    The don't clog the board with final/stay thoughts from NCAAs, post them here, thread

    Just like the Duke Taylor match, where the wrestler got two reactions, which must be the new reaction time. Robi moved his hand off and then back on the leg. So not sure why that’s allowed. And when I say “on” I mean “on”….not “around” or anything other that would constitute a defense to a...
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    The don't clog the board with final/stay thoughts from NCAAs, post them here, thread

    Well….Merrill on the Podium with the height advantage of the riser was shorter than both 3rd and 4th place finishers. That lack of height may have been a reason Josh didn't not get to his legs easily. For the most part, our guys are not smaller. It just seems that way though I’m not sure...
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    The don't clog the board with final/stay thoughts from NCAAs, post them here, thread

    And…..as long as refs are not calling the edge rules properly, the edge becomes an extra defender which is precisely why wrestlers retreat there and why the current OOB rule was added about 10 years ago to stop it.
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    What was Cael referring to about "the rules"?

    AJ thinks Bastida isn’t following rules. So there’s that…..
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    The don't clog the board with final/stay thoughts from NCAAs, post them here, thread

    Back home: 1) I'm surprised that people are impressed by Robideau's plan to slow down PJ but at the same time can see how hand fighting was a problem in Luke's match. Luke's ref was willing to try and call stalling to see if it pried the hands free. It didn't work but he didn't want to...
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    2026 NCAA Championship Session VI Thread

    I have one comment. Hand fighting is killing the watchability of this sport. freestyle tries to address it with passivity and sometimes gets it wrong but at least someone is on the hook for getting going. and the Watters Cannon TD review underscored just how ridiculous the Duke No TD ruling...
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