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The squishy middle of the B1G (in geography and quality of ‘rasslin squads)

Sammy Sasso was a single takedown away from winning the Big Ten Championship as a redshirt freshman, dropping a 2-1 classic to Iowa's Pat Lugo a year ago. The sport's Freshman of the Year had a fantastic season, and — until COVID scuttled everything —  appeared on track to challenge Lugo for an NCAA title. That match, of course, never happened. But after the strangest offseason in memory, Sasso entered a condensed Big Ten season poised to be the man to beat in 2021. And he's lived up to the billing every step of the way, winning the 149-pound Big Ten Championship Sunday in State Colle...

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images As a note, all rankings are courtesy of Intermat, who do a good job and don’t charge me money to view them. Team rankings are dual rankings, not tournament. Should Iowa be wary of a slow start coming off of covid pause? That’s more or less what Kind of... asked me after Michigan lost to Penn State on Sunday. Well, yes and no. Penn State came off their pause by losing a couple big matches to Indiana wrestlers (need I say more?), and Michigan looked pretty slow this weekend against a good and a very good team. So why should Iowa be the exception? Well, fi...

Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images Atinat: Well, the Big Ten wrestling regular season is officially over. Unfortunately, covid cancellations were the story of this week, and of the season. We finish with a 5-0 Iowa and a 6-0 Penn State who did not get to wrestle because of the coronavirus, and we had three duals cancelled this week, including both of the scheduled duals for the Hawkeyes. But, at this point, we should be glad at the wrestling we did get, and look forward to healthy Big Ten and NCAA tournaments. Atinat: Jack Medley got his second consecutive start at 125, perhaps ...

The Hoosiers are coming off their second win of the season against Maryland.