One can dream, right?

Oklahoma State wrestling head coach and Penn State wrestling legend David Taylor namedropped his alma mater at the Cowboys’ summer media availability on Tuesday, showing he is more than open to taking on the back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back champions during the non-conference slate of the dual meet schedule.

“When it comes to Penn State, I’m saving one date on my schedule every single year for whenever they want to wrestle,” Taylor said. “As soon as they say they want to wrestle, we’ll do it. We’ll go there; if they ever want to come back here, we don’t really care. We just want to wrestle the best teams.”

David Taylor put it out there. He will save a date each year to wrestle Penn State in a dual. No expectation of home and home, willing to travel to Penn State. pic.twitter.com/fGg9rmrHql

— Christian Pyles (@CPyles8) August 11, 2026

“The Magic Man”, as he’s been nicknamed over the years, has turned around a historic Oklahoma State program that had disappointed in the last two decades into a burgeoning powerhouse after leaving the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club in 2024.

In his decade in State College, he was a four-time All-American and Big Ten champion, two-time Hodge Trophy winner, and two-time national champion in college before going on to win gold at 86 kilograms at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Those Cowboys have presented the biggest threat to the Penn State dynasty since the pandemic, shortening the gap from as large as 100 points at the 2024 NCAA Championships to just 50.5 points in 2026 — still a large gap, but more of a competition. All three of their individual national champions were true freshmen, giving them long-term viability.

The odds of such a dual happening in the near future aren’t that great, as Penn State has mostly opted for a softer non-conference slate that includes low-stakes invitational tournaments like the Black Knight Invitational to gear up its roster for a grueling Big Ten schedule.

Multiple teams that participated in last year’s National Duals in November were bruised and battered by March, most notably No. 2 Ohio State.

Still, such a blockbuster early-season dual might be worth pursuing, if not for the incredible storyline potential.

It’s always great when No. 1 and No. 2 square off, something that happened last year in conference action against the Buckeyes, but there’d be a different juice with Cael Sanderson and his juggernaut dynasty looking to put his protege and his upstart group in his place.

Add in the fact that these two programs have combined for a ridiculous 49 national champions? That’s box office.

There’d also be several compelling individual matchups if we got a fully healthy dual. Luke Lilledahl and Troy Spratley would start things off in a rematch of the NCAA Semifinals at 125lbs; Marcus Blaze and national champion Jax Forrest would finally square off after missing each other at 133 last year; Shayne Van Ness could square off with 141lb national champion Sergio Vega at 149 lbs, and an NCAA Finals rematch between Josh Barr and Cody Merrill at 197. There’s also the possibility of former Nittany Lions Alex Facundo and Zack Ryder being drawn into the lineup to face the men they lost roster battles to years ago.

But no matchup would have more buzz than a rematch of PJ Duke and national champion Landon Robideau at 157 lbs, if both remain at that weight.

Duke lost a controversial overtime bout to Robideau in the NCAA Semifinals, where he was the victim of an incorrectly awarded takedown in a sudden victory that stopped the action while Duke was in position to secure a definitive match-winning takedown.

The review reversed the call and inadvertently screwed the Nittany Lion, who would later lose in rideouts. You know Duke would love a chance to prove he’s the better wrestler.

Until Penn State wrestling officially releases its 2026 schedule, the possibility still exists that we’ll get this Dual of the Century in 2026, but until then? The offer’s out there from Taylor.