As a life long wrestling fan, and a former wrestler, I must say it is disappointing to read all the bitterness expressed here. Growing up and wrestling in PA, it was simple, if you wanted to be the best, you had to wrestle for the best, and that meant DAN GABLE & IOWA !!! That was every HS wrestler in PA's DREAM, but unless you had MULITPLE state championship under your belt IOWA would not even talk to you, they didn't need to because they were the premier program in the country and they had their pick of the best . Gable had a run of championships that will NEVER be matched ! As a fan of everything PSU, I still will ALWAYS view Iowa wrestling and Dan Gable as the program who set the standard for college wrestling.
NO ONE EVER, would have then, made the same unproven speculations about those famed Gable programs that are being made now about Sanderson & the PSU program, and he was MORE dominant then than PSU is now !!
Brands has done a wonderful job of recruiting in PSU's back yard and the young talent at Iowa is going to be a force in the Big10.
Wrestling fans never hatted Gable and the Iowa program, we admired the talent, skill, hard work and commitment it took to reach the top of the mountain and to stay there.
As a fan of the sport, I believe college wrestling is more competitive than it has ever been and the BIG10 is leading the way. Have pride in your school and continue to expect nothing but the best from the program, BUT making unfounded and baseless claims about cheating and deep pockets does NOTHING but DISRESPECT the sport and the athletes, the sport YOUR University made so GREAT.
Your better than that Iowa fans !!!
PSU is under more of a microscope that any school in the country, due to the tragic events that transpired not long ago. PLEASE if you have PROOF of cheating, payoffs, or ANYTHING step up and make it known, until then show the CLASS that Dan Gable did when he built Iowa Wrestling.