Ahead of the Much-Awaited Showdown, Take a Look at Hawkeyes Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands’ Unreal Record Against ISU

Soon, the University of Iowa wrestling team will be traveling to Ames to compete with Iowa State Cyclones for the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series Dual. Interestingly, this event, taking place on Sunday at Hilton Coliseum, will be the first regular college wrestling meet to be aird by ESPN in its 44-years history. There are other catches as well.

The major reason for the attraction of viewer’s attention to this event is the coach of the Iowa Wrestling team’s incredible performance on the wrestling mat. As per the recent matches, the coach features an incredible score against opponent cyclones. 

Hawkeyes vs. Iowa State wrestling teams: previous records

Since 1912, Sunday will be the 87th meeting in the all-time series where the University of Iowa Hawkeyes are leading 68-16-2. The team has managed to win 18 straight meetings, 33 out of 34, and 57 out of 61 meetings. The recent tweet by IAwrestle was captioned as “Tom Brands is 17-0 all-time against the Cyclones as Iowa’s head coach.” It suggests that under the guidance of Brands, Hawkeyes are yet to face a defeat against the cyclones after 17 meetups. 

The first time dual was taken place with Iowa Wrestling, and Iowa State Wrestling teams were included in the top 10 of the national ranking way back in 2008-09. Consecutively, this will be the second dual where both teams are included in the top 10. The last time the Iowa State wrestling team won the series was on December 5, 2004, by 19-16. 

However, things are different this year from last year. Interestingly, duals have all the matches different from last year’s duals. The event’s major spectacle is watching the remarkable wrestlers coming up on the wrestling mat. But, Who are the wrestling prodigies on the plate of both the wrestling teams making this event one of a kind?

Exceptional performances this year 

Some exceptionally talented Iowa wrestlers include Drake Ayala, Brody Teske, Real Woods, Jared Franel, Gabe Arnold, Bradel Hill and Brennan Swafford. On the other hand, team Iowa State features Kysen Terukina, Evan Frost, Casey Swiderski, MJ Gaitan, Younger Bastida, and Will Feldkamp. 

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Furthermore, as per the predictions, team Iowa will naturally start as favorites. Furthermore, the team would emerge victorious with 21-14. The difference between the scores of the two teams would be a pin for Feldkamp, according to Flowrestling. But these are just predictions as the match will be taking place on Sunday. Can the Hawkeyes maintain the undefeated streak of their coach?

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