Iowa is up against a behemoth in Penn State. It's a team coming off of the best NCAA Championship outing ever and has each of its projected wrestlers currently ranked in an All-American position by Intermat. By March, it could be seen as the best team in NCAA wrestling history. Yet, the message remains the same.
College wrestling's match of the year arrives Friday night in State College, where No. 1 Penn State will host No. 2 Iowa for national dual-meet supremacy. Penn State has not lost a match since falling to Iowa five years ago, and the Hawkeyes seek to restore their position atop the Big Ten by ending the Nittany Lions' 65-match win streak.
Penn State wrestling has continued its dominance this season. The Nittany Lions dismantled Rutgers over the weekend, the Nittany Lions won their 65th consecutive dual meet. Now Penn State gets ready for its toughest test of the year when they welcome Iowa for a highly anticipated showdown in the Bryce
Top-ranked Penn State hosts No. 2 Iowa in the Big Ten's most anticipated wrestling match of the season. It began with some trash talk.
The No. 1 Nittany Lions take on the No. 2 Iowa Hawkeyes — the last team to beat Penn State — on Friday night in the Bryce Jordan Center.
Iowa and Penn State meet in a dual of top-ranked teams on Friday. During the leadup, the two programs volleyed smack talk back and forth.
Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands previews dual with Penn State, discusses Gabe Arnold's trash talk with Carter Starocci
The No. 1 Penn State wrestling team hosts No. 2 Iowa inside Bryce Jordan Center at 7 p.m. Friday. The highly anticipated match between the Nittany Lions and Hawkeyes will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.