An argument was made that Cornell(the closest other than OkState) has been as good as Iowa at these weights during Brands' time running Iowa. Here is the numbers side by side:
No doubt that Koll has done a great job down low. But, Iowa under Brands has been outstanding at 125 and 133.
------------Iowa Under Brands:--------------------------------------------Cornell under Koll during same time:
07:125-Falck 8th-133-Galanakis(2-2)R16---------------------125-Nickerson 3rd-133-Frey (1-2)
08:125-Falck 6th-133-Slaton 2nd-------------------------------125-Rodriguez (2-2) R16-133-Grey 6th
09:125-Falck (3-2) R12-133-Dennis 7th-----------------------125-Nickerson 1st-133-Grey(3-2) R12
10:125-McDonough 1st-133-Dennis 2nd----------------------125-Nickerson 4th-133-Grey(3-2) R12
11:125-McDonough 2nd-133-Ramos R12--------------------125-Perrelli (1-2)-133-Grey 6th
12:125-McDonough 1st-133-Ramos 3rd----------------------125-Perrelli 4th-133-Arujau (1-2)
13:125-McDonough R12-133-Ramos 2nd--------------------125-Garrett 3rd-133-DNQ
14:125-Clark 5th-133-Ramos 1st-------------------------------125-Garrett 2nd-133-Grey (3-2) R12
15:125-Gilman 4th-133-Clark 2nd------------------------------125-Garrett 5th-133-Grey (1-2)
16:125-Gilman 2nd-133-Clark 2nd-----------------------------125-Macri (2-2) R16-133-Garrett 1st
17:125-Gilman 3rd-133-Clark 1st------------------------------125-DNQ-133-Grey (2-2)
For Iowa at 125: They had 9 AA finishes out of 11, with the other 2 both making the R12. Of those 9, 6 were top 4 finishes with 4 Finals appearances and 2 Champs.
For Cornell at 125: They had 7 AA finishes out of 11, with none of the other 4 making R12 and 1 of those being a DNQ. Of the 7, all were top 5, with 2 Champs and a Runner-up.
For Iowa at 133: They had 9 AA's out of 11 again, with the other 2 being R16 and R12. Of those 9, 8 were top 3 with 7 Finalists and 2 Champs.
For Cornell at 133: They had 3 AA's out of 11, with the others, except 1 DNQ, all winning a match or 2 and 3-R12s. Of the 3 AA's, they had 2-6th's and 1 Champ.
To sum it up, as good as Cornell was during that time frame(it really is impressive) they were not even close to Iowa.
No doubt that Koll has done a great job down low. But, Iowa under Brands has been outstanding at 125 and 133.
------------Iowa Under Brands:--------------------------------------------Cornell under Koll during same time:
07:125-Falck 8th-133-Galanakis(2-2)R16---------------------125-Nickerson 3rd-133-Frey (1-2)
08:125-Falck 6th-133-Slaton 2nd-------------------------------125-Rodriguez (2-2) R16-133-Grey 6th
09:125-Falck (3-2) R12-133-Dennis 7th-----------------------125-Nickerson 1st-133-Grey(3-2) R12
10:125-McDonough 1st-133-Dennis 2nd----------------------125-Nickerson 4th-133-Grey(3-2) R12
11:125-McDonough 2nd-133-Ramos R12--------------------125-Perrelli (1-2)-133-Grey 6th
12:125-McDonough 1st-133-Ramos 3rd----------------------125-Perrelli 4th-133-Arujau (1-2)
13:125-McDonough R12-133-Ramos 2nd--------------------125-Garrett 3rd-133-DNQ
14:125-Clark 5th-133-Ramos 1st-------------------------------125-Garrett 2nd-133-Grey (3-2) R12
15:125-Gilman 4th-133-Clark 2nd------------------------------125-Garrett 5th-133-Grey (1-2)
16:125-Gilman 2nd-133-Clark 2nd-----------------------------125-Macri (2-2) R16-133-Garrett 1st
17:125-Gilman 3rd-133-Clark 1st------------------------------125-DNQ-133-Grey (2-2)
For Iowa at 125: They had 9 AA finishes out of 11, with the other 2 both making the R12. Of those 9, 6 were top 4 finishes with 4 Finals appearances and 2 Champs.
For Cornell at 125: They had 7 AA finishes out of 11, with none of the other 4 making R12 and 1 of those being a DNQ. Of the 7, all were top 5, with 2 Champs and a Runner-up.
For Iowa at 133: They had 9 AA's out of 11 again, with the other 2 being R16 and R12. Of those 9, 8 were top 3 with 7 Finalists and 2 Champs.
For Cornell at 133: They had 3 AA's out of 11, with the others, except 1 DNQ, all winning a match or 2 and 3-R12s. Of the 3 AA's, they had 2-6th's and 1 Champ.
To sum it up, as good as Cornell was during that time frame(it really is impressive) they were not even close to Iowa.