Originally Posted by r.payton@att.net

Purdue !!


2-Lindsay Wilson ?

In B1G football, schools have certain rivalries that play each year no matter what schedule shuffling goes on (tOSU-Mich; PSU-Neb now etc). Do Indiana and Purdue wrestle each year?

Originally Posted by quinn14

I love it when tOSU beats Michigan in anything. I don't care if it's hopscotch, I like seeing Michigan lose.

So, would it be a bigger deal for you this year to beat Michigan, than say Iowa, Minn or PSU?

Originally Posted by TomWright25

So, would it be a bigger deal for you this year to beat Michigan, than say Iowa, Minn or PSU?

Dude, I honestly have a 49-star flag in my front yard b/c I have independently awarded Michigan to Canada. It's always nice to beat an Iowa, Minn or PSU, but I harbor no ill will towards them. Hunter beating Russell made my season.

Originally Posted by TomWright25

As a PSU fan I agree, mostly. But I would put Lehigh in there as well (2b) as a good long-standing rival. But Iowa is clearly #1. I wish we still wrestled Ok St. I would put that at 1b.

Tom,
I thought about a couple of the PA schools. Lehigh is certainly the top, much more so than Pitt (then the others). But competitively, that match hasn't meant all that much since PSU joined the B10. If I had to choose, I'd take Iowa, then consider any of Lehigh, Minny, Ohio State. For me, moving to the B10 and that the Lehigh match has been less competitive over the last decade or so has dropped it down.

Originally Posted by BlueBloodLion

Tom,
I thought about a couple of the PA schools. Lehigh is certainly the top, much more so than Pitt (then the others). But competitively, that match hasn't meant all that much since PSU joined the B10. If I had to choose, I'd take Iowa, then consider any of Lehigh, Minny, Ohio State. For me, moving to the B10 and that the Lehigh match has been less competitive over the last decade or so has dropped it down.

It's kind of odd that you feel that way given Pitt is better than Lehigh. In addition, PSU and Pitt have a history of being arch rivals.

Originally Posted by BlueBloodLion (Your team's biggest dual)
Tom,
I thought about a couple of the PA schools. Lehigh is certainly the top, much more so than Pitt (then the others). But competitively, that match hasn't meant all that much since PSU joined the B10. If I had to choose, I'd take Iowa, then consider any of Lehigh, Minny, Ohio State. For me, moving to the B10 and that the Lehigh match has been less competitive over the last decade or so has dropped it down.

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It's kind of odd that you feel that way given Pitt is better than Lehigh. In addition, PSU and Pitt have a history of being arch rivals.

Tom: When I was at PSU Navy & Lehigh were the biggest duals, followed by Pitt who was also very competitive. Now I would have to say Iowa is the dual that means the most in light of their decades of dominance. But, when we wrestled Ok St each year 10 or more years ago, I would have put that dual right up there with Iowa. It's a shame we don't wrestle Ok St any more.