Penn State wrestling newcomer Joe Sealey doesn’t have his first college win yet but many feel that he was robbed of it.
Sealey is— for now— Penn State’s starter at 157, with Tyler Kasak injured.
The No. 3 overall recruit in the 2024 Class made his college debut Friday night against Ohio State’s Brandon Cannon and was overmatched in a 10-1 major decision.
No controversy there. But less than 48 hours later, Sealey had another crack at his first win, with the opponent being Illinois’ Jason Kraisser, ranked No. 30.
The two wrestled a tough bout, and with 15 seconds left, Sealey and Kraisser were tied at 1.
Then, Sealey got what many felt should have been a takedown.
The officials agreed at first, ruling that Sealy had gotten a takedown, which would have put him ahead 4-1 with little time for Kraisser to do anything about it.
It seems rare in college wrestling that video review results in a call being overturned. But this ruling was overturned. As a result, Kraisser won 2-1, with the extra point being because he secured riding time.
The people of social media were not too happy.
SOCIAL MEDIA REACTION
Here’s how some people of social media reacted to the takedown that wasn’t.
“Takedown for Joe Sealey?” @_wrestlersgrind posted.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Takedown for Joe Sealey? 🤨
pic.twitter.com/6shibrbt4l— WrestlersGrind (@_wrestlersgrind) February 16, 2025
“Can’t believe they wiped Sealey’s TD,” Christian Pyles of FloWrestling wrote. “Decided the match.
Can't believe they wiped Sealey's TD. Decided the match. pic.twitter.com/v1wCFfcNT8
— Christian Pyles (@CPyles8) February 16, 2025
“Sealey had three decent shots at a takedown and is gonna lose because Kraisser- NEVERMIND FUCK YOU KRAISSER,” wrote papa_gardner11
Sealey had three decent shots at a takedown and is gonna lose because Kraisser-
NEVERMIND FUCK YOU KRAISSER
— Papa G (@papa_gardner11) February 16, 2025
Twitter is always an interesting place.
NOT MUCH TIME TO POUT
Sealey doesn’t have much time to pout over his loss.
With the Big Ten Championships less than three weeks away, it’d be fair to expect that Kasak, the No. 1 wrestler in the country at 157, would sit out for what should be an easy win over American Friday night at Rec Hall.
If this is the case, Sealey will have another shot to get win No. 1 at Penn State.
PSU’s regular-season finale is scheduled for 7.
