As I sit down to type this latest Iowa wrestling preview I’m struck by a somewhat humbling, if obvious notion: This might be the week my services are ‘needed’ least all season long. I mean seriously,

Tom Brand’s Iowa Hawkeyes have been outstanding through nine matches. But Cael Sanderson’s Penn State wrestlers have been performing at a different level heading into its final match of January.

Penn State seeks its fourth consecutive win over Iowa when the No. 1 Nittany Lions (9-0) host the No. 2 Hawkeyes (9-0) Friday night at the Bryce Jordan Center. DraftKings calls head coach Cael Sanderson’s team a 21.

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.

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.

That hasn’t stopped Iowa’s Gabe Arnold from calling out defending four-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci ahead of a meeting. The two are expected to be part of the dual on Fr

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.