Hawkeye History In Front of Our Eyes (Just Not The Good Kind)

[Wrestleknownothing]

Well, we witnessed history last night.

The Iowa / PSU dual produced a number of firsts.

At -23, it was the largest loss for Iowa:

• In the 10-weight at duals history (1969/70 season – present),
• The largest loss at Carver Hawkeye Arena (1983 – present),
• The largest loss of the Tom Brands era (2006/07 season – present),
• The fewest points scored by Iowa at home in the 10-weight dual era.

And yet, it wasn’t that bad?

I mean a bunch of the guys who lost still have the potential to finish as AA’s (Woods, Franek, Caliendo, Kennedy, Glazier, and maybe, just maybe, Kueter) while contending for a team trophy that could very well be for second place. And they settled the shut out question in the first seven minutes of the dual.

[billyhoyle]

5 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Well, we witnessed history last night.

The Iowa / PSU dual produced a number of firsts.

At -23, it was the largest loss for Iowa:

• In the 10-weight at duals history (1969/70 season – present),
• The largest loss at Carver Hawkeye Arena (1983 – present),
• The largest loss of the Tom Brands era (2006/07 season – present),
• The fewest points scored by Iowa at home in the 10-weight dual era.

And yet, it wasn’t that bad?

I mean a bunch of the guys who lost still have the potential to finish as AA’s (Woods, Franek, Caliendo, Kennedy, Glazier, and maybe, just maybe, Kueter) while contending for a team trophy that could very well be for second place. And they settled the shut out question in the first seven minutes of the dual.

 

Correct, not that bad because the expectations have changed. Nebraska football can’t complain that they aren’t winning the big 8 every year anymore. This was a good performance given the state of the program. 

Edited February 10 by billyhoyle

[de4856]

Well I believe that Iowa is going to have to have a few great sessions including the blood round to get their guys on the podium. I’m not sure who from Iowa will AA, but at this point I’m thinking that should be their main goal, because I don’t think that they’ll be anywhere near title contention. But if Iowa can come away with a handful of AA’s I think that would be a good deal for them this year. 

[billyhoyle]

6 minutes ago, de4856 said:

Well I believe that Iowa is going to have to have a few great sessions including the blood round to get their guys on the podium. I’m not sure who from Iowa will AA, but at this point I’m thinking that should be their main goal, because I don’t think that they’ll be anywhere near title contention. But if Iowa can come away with a handful of AA’s I think that would be a good deal for them this year. 

That is the new standard. 4-5 AAs is a good year. 6-7 with a team trophy is a great year. Maybe an NCAA champion every 5 years or so. 

[1032004]

4 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Well, we witnessed history last night.

The Iowa / PSU dual produced a number of firsts.

At -23, it was the largest loss for Iowa:

• In the 10-weight at duals history (1969/70 season – present),
• The largest loss at Carver Hawkeye Arena (1983 – present),
• The largest loss of the Tom Brands era (2006/07 season – present),
• The fewest points scored by Iowa at home in the 10-weight dual era.

And yet, it wasn’t that bad?

I mean a bunch of the guys who lost still have the potential to finish as AA’s (Woods, Franek, Caliendo, Kennedy, Glazier, and maybe, just maybe, Kueter) while contending for a team trophy that could very well be for second place. And they settled the shut out question in the first seven minutes of the dual.

 

So Gable’s worst home loss was by 4 points?

[Wrestleknownothing]

34 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

So Gable’s worst home loss was by 4 points?

Correct. Turns out he was a decent coach after all.

With that win last night PSU also takes over the top spot for tormenting Iowa on their home mat. PSU wins the tie breaker over OkSt based on margin of victory.

 

Edited February 10 by Wrestleknownothing

[Wrestleknownothing]

Brands still trails Zalesky for most home loses in the 10-wrestler era.

Caveat: This is more than a little deceiving. McCuskey coached a long time and had some rough years, but most of them were prior to the 10-wrestler era. For example, in the 1965-66 season alone he had home loses by 0-39, 8-21, and 12-18. And I believe McCuskey had 32 home loses in his 20 seasons.

[ionel]

22 minutes ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Brands still trails Zalesky for most home loses in the 10-wrestler era.

Caveat: This is more than a little deceiving. McCuskey coached a long time and had some rough years, but most of them were prior to the 10-wrestler era. For example, in the 1965-66 season alone he had home loses by 0-39, 8-21, and 12-18. And I believe McCuskey had 32 home loses in his 20 seasons.

Clearly Brands must go.  Who wants to tell him?  

[Wrestleknownothing]

3 minutes ago, ionel said:

Clearly Brands must go.  Who wants to tell him?  

Not it

[PortaJohn]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

Clearly Brands must go.  Who wants to tell him?  

AJ