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Iowa and Penn State have won the last 6 wrestling championships and were left off each others schedules this year so the coaches made the matches themselves.Penn State agreed to travel to Iowa, which is no small deal, considering that the Hawkeyes routinely lead the nation in attendance. That includes a staggering 15,077 fans that showed up for a dual-meet between the two schools on Feb. 1. That number is just a few hundred fans short of the NCAA-record of 15,955, which not ironically, was also set by Iowa back in 2008.
Speaking of the Hawkeyes, to their credit, both the athletic department and school made a lot of sacrifices to make the match happen as well. Not only did women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder willingly re-arrange her home schedule to accommodate the wrestling program, but the school itself actually changed the schedule of a graduation ceremony to make it happen too.
Yes, that actually happened, and it shows just how important wrestling is to the folks in Iowa. It also showed how important a dual meet between the two schools was for the sport itself.
With the logistics in place after months of back-and-forth between the schools, the match that the college wrestling world craved finally came together: Penn State will travel to Iowa for a non-conference dual meet on Dec. 21 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It will be televised live by the Big Ten Network.
This was done by two coaches over a wrestling rivalry, someone please explain to me why this can't be done in other sports?
Speaking of the Hawkeyes, to their credit, both the athletic department and school made a lot of sacrifices to make the match happen as well. Not only did women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder willingly re-arrange her home schedule to accommodate the wrestling program, but the school itself actually changed the schedule of a graduation ceremony to make it happen too.
Yes, that actually happened, and it shows just how important wrestling is to the folks in Iowa. It also showed how important a dual meet between the two schools was for the sport itself.
With the logistics in place after months of back-and-forth between the schools, the match that the college wrestling world craved finally came together: Penn State will travel to Iowa for a non-conference dual meet on Dec. 21 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It will be televised live by the Big Ten Network.
This was done by two coaches over a wrestling rivalry, someone please explain to me why this can't be done in other sports?
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