2026 four-star QB Troy Huhn recaps Penn State visit with Happy Valley Insider.

"My trip to Penn State was awesome… I like everything from system to coaches and people.”

It will be interesting to see how this gets called. I know that there are blatant hip drop tackles but it feels like this is part of the flow of the game as well.

2024 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 31st - at West Virginia
Sept. 7th - BOWLING GREEN
Sept. 21st - KENT STATE

2025 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 30th - NEVADA
Sept. 6th - FIU
Sept. 13th - VILLANOVA

2026 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 5th - MARSHALL
Sept. 12th - at Temple
Sept. 19th - SAN JOSE STATE

2027 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 4th - SYRACUSE
Sept. 11th - DELAWARE
Sept. 18th - TEMPLE

2028 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 2nd - BALL STATE
Sept. 9th - at Syracuse

as the Columbus Fury hosted the Atlanta Vibe. I have never followed volleyball other than my daughter's age 12 games. My son, who lives in Columbus, plays Volleyball 4 to 5 games per week and is entering a state tournament. It was fun sitting with him and having him explain the game to me. I was surprised as they have, my guess, 5k to 6k fans. Almost all of the lower bowl was full except the end zones.

This was their 10th game. the league is backed by some big names including Tom Brady.

The gals were awesome. Very exciting and very athletic. Fury (I kept calling them "furries" to piss of my son) has a gal who is 6-6 named Rosenthal. She is the first sub. Columbus won in 4 sets. Afterward, they had an autograph session. The gals were absolutely beaming when they came out and the fans gave them an ovation. It was fun to see and great for these gals.

six foot six, Jenna Rosenthal




6-3 two time national NCAA champ (TX) Asjia O'Neal.

With the team score record and margin of victory.

3 questions

1 I don't have access to the rules at the moment. What's the scoring sequence for stall warnings in college? In NFHS - so high school etc - it is 1st warning no points, 2nd and 3rd 1 point, 4th 2 points, 5th match terminated. Same in college?

2 I see non Penn State fans in YouTube comment sections claiming Penn State is the most stall-happy team. On a scale of 1-10, how happy does this absurdity make you? I'm at a solid 6 out of 10. I really try not to focus on what bitter, jealous people say because our fans, like our wrestlers, should focus on being grateful for what we have but that is just SO hilarious 😂

3 was breaking the all time scoring record in your list of possible accomplishments when Cael took this job? It wasn't in mine. I truly can't believe we did this, boys. What a beautiful day to be a Nittany Lion. Thanks to everyone, including you all, for our community

The ESPN clowns were insufferable. I watched the the ESPN broadcast with the sound muted and synced with the radio. I tried watching the bouts later with the ESPN announcers, but found deletion the better option. Some of the student announcer teams we made fun of would have been an improvement. At least they addressed what was happening on the mat.

Rant over.

In four days just the three main threads have over 94 pages….and counting. Over 3,850 comments……and counting. Over 380,000 page views….and counting. And countless other threads.

How can you watch the matches and just read the comments? And no way you can watch the matches, read the comments AND put in your own comments!

Like someone else said…. You have to be AI bots.

Seriously, love your passion. I enjoy wrestling but nowhere near your addiction levels😉. And I have trouble reading it all as you have your own dialect of English.

My area didn’t have wrestling. My only experience was at PSU…. a kid on my floor had been a very good high school wrestler but opted to concentrate on his studies. Many weekends, after a few beers, we would wrestle in the elevator area. I was bigger and stronger…..5’10” and 180 while he was 5’7” and about 160….. so I could muscle him around a bit but he knew his moves.

Several times I thought I had had him in serious jeopardy and then suddenly the world would spin in three directions at once and I found myself flat on my back. I would ask him how the hell he did it and he would just smile and walk away.

A fascinating sport combining strength , skill, endurance, quickness, balance, brains, and guts.

Already, Miss State, South Carolina, Kentucky, Auburn and Florida have been bounced in the first round. I guess that basketball just doesn’t mean more to them, if you know to what I’m referring.

Walked on the moon than won 4 NCAA wrestling championships.

Little Brother to Duquesne, too!

Great stuff here…. 😄

One of my top highlights last night was Carter raising his hand after and pointing at him before calling him a national champ in his interview. Can’t be said enough just how essential he is to the team but beyond his area of expertise, you can tell he is a coach/mentor to these kids as well.

The audio of the crowd noise is so loud that I can't hear the announcers unless they scream. Maybe I'm lucky. CBS now joins ESPN on mute.

This kid is massive steal for us, & has a chance of being truly special for us once he bulks up to 250lbs. There’s arguably nothing he can’t do on a football field on a the defensive side of the ball. Can’t wait to see this kid in action. He reminds me a-lot of Dylan Stewart who we missed out on obviously.

Some internet pundits are clamining this, based on him having to go thru 2 National Champs to get to the Finals, and he did it on one leg. What do you think?

WEEKEND OF MAY 31st
RB Alvin Henderson (Elba - AL)
TE Nate Roberts (Washington - OK)
WR Kelshaun Johnson (Hitchcock - TX)
DE Max Granville (Fort Bend Christian - TX)
ILB Ty Jackson (Seminole Ridge - FL)
ATH Romero Ison (City College - MD)

WEEKEND OF JUNE 7th
RB Jabree Coleman (Imhotep - PA)
WR Jeff Exinor (McDonogh - MD)
WR Brandon Finney (McDonogh - MD)
DE Landon Rink (Cy-Fair - TX)
S Josh Johnson (Ironton - OH)
S Aiden Manutai (Kahuku - HI)
S Kainoa Winston (Gonzaga - MD)

WEEKEND OF JUNE 14th
QB Bekkem Kritza (Miami Central - FL) -- PSU COMMIT
RB Kiandrea Barker (Miami Central - FL) -- PSU COMMIT
WR Lyrick Smauel (Erasmus Hall - NY) -- PSU COMMIT
OL Owen Aliciene (Avon Old Farms - CT) -- PSU COMMIT
OL Brady O'Hara (North Catholic - PA) -- PSU COMMIT
OL Ziyare Addison (Sumner - FL)
LB Alex Tatsch (Latrobe - PA) -- PSU COMMIT
LB DJ McClary (Henry Snyder - NJ) -- PSU COMMIT
LB Dayshaun Burnett (Imani Christian - PA) -- PSU COMMIT
CB Jahmir Joseph (St. Joe's Regional - NJ)
CB Xxavier Thomas (Central Catholic - PA) -- PSU COMMIT
S Onis Konanbanny (Heathwood Hall Episcopal - SC)

WEEKEND OF JUNE 21st
WR De'zie Jones (DePaul Catholic - NJ)
WR Naeshaun Montgomery (Miami Central - FL)
TE Hayden Bradley (Buford - GA)
OL Max Buchanan (Seminole - FL)
DE Jayden Loftin (Sommerville - NJ)
CB Dawayne Galloway (Marion Franklin - OH)
CB DeShawn Stewart (DePaul Catholic - NJ)
S JaDon Blair (Mount Tabor - NC)

And telling....

Came right out and said that the amount of edge-wrestling taking place was being encouraged by the lack of penalty for doing so - which he clearly thought was wrong and 180 degrees unfair for the more aggressive wrestler. Any wrestler constantly giving ground should be hit for "passivity" (which is called "stalling" in Folk).

As-long-as the passing game shows marked improvement from last season I do believe we have the talent to finally make the playoffs this season in an expanded field. Nolan Rucci, & AJ Harris I’d argue will be the key reasons why we end-up making the playoffs this season.

If Harris ends-up being a True Number 1 corner, & Rucci a capable starter at tackle I believe that’ll be enough to at-least enable us to Win 10 games, & help propel us into a playoff spot.

Team Points Prediction

@98lberEating2Lunches
@not so fast my friend
@Lyons212
@PV_lion

Each picked seven champions correctly with one of those champions earning an extra point for being a 5-8 seed.

Please see @backdrft76 to collect your prizes.

Shout out to @wrestlingfan22 for also correctly picking seven champions, but no extra points for picking a 5-8 seed (although they were the only one to correctly pick Carr at 165).

Shout out also to @PSUeng for being the only person to correctly pick Henson at 149.

Final shout out to @mattu12 for being one of only two (along with @98lberEating2Lunches ) to correctly pick Figueroa at 125.

Below are the results from the base simulation followed by a simulation with some of the results fixed for PSU's top guys. Generally I don't like to fix any results but year after year Cael's teams do statistically better than expected. This is because he can't coach. Because he can't coach, his all star recruits wrestle harder in practice to make up for his coaching deficiencies. Pure and simple logic. With Brooks, Kerk, and MM fixed to get to the finals (but not assured of winning) you get results given in the bottom screen captures. These are based on 1,000 realizations that take about 4 minutes of computer time.

BASE




In the base results PSU is a very heavy favorite and NC State is the clear leader for second with a very small chance of an upset. A large number of teams could finish anywhere from 3rd to 10th. Penn State has an expected score of 143 with a 3% chance of beating the 170 record (base simulation). This is mostly due to Carter Starocci wrestling like a #9 seed statistically. However, if he is close to 100% healthy I would not want to be anyone in the 174 lb bracket. The pale horse is coming (my prediction).

Based on the results with some of the top PSU guys fixed to make the finals, PSU is expected to score 165 points with a 32% chance of beating the 170 record. If Starocci is fully healthy the record could very well fall. But 125 is not going to be normal where generally 6-7 wrestlers place around their seed at any given weight. Looking at the results there were so many coin flips between top 20 guys. I have faith in Davis but any guy at 125 could unexpectedly go 1-2. Lower points coming from him would likely be made up by Starocci getting more giving around the same probability of beating the record for Penn State.

The delta between 3rd and 9th is only 8 points! SERENITY NOW! Last year NC State and VT scored an average of 11 points BELOW expected and the top Big Ten teams were an average of 15 points ABOVE expected so keep that in mind. Some of you have talked about the problems with the seeding criteria like conference place where you are in a conference with maybe only one other top 20 guy at your weight and you wrestle two matches to win compared to one with eight or nine. Underseeding primarily punishes the overseeded wrestlers. They get dumped to difficult positions in the backside brackets. My advice is to look where you think your guy is too high, that is the most likely one to get in trouble. One thing is for sure it is going to be a scrap for the three trophies behind first.

FIXED



Do we need a probabilistic model to get the results this year? I think not. In fact the numerical results are summarized nicely by the following figure:


The Dunning-Kruger effect runs HOT in some wrestling circles!!!! Keep applying that lemon juice my friends.

UFF