Great athletes. Great coaches. And the pre-match banter between PSU four-time national champ Carter Starocci and his likely opponent, Gabe Arnold, has been pretty good stuff, too.

For the third-straight week, the No. 2 Iowa men’s wrestling program will see a ranked opponent — this time in the toughest matchup possible. The Hawkeyes’ 381 points are creeping up on top-ranked Penn State’s 400,

Iowa wrestler Gabe Arnold engages in some trash talk before the Hawkeyes visit Penn State for the biggest college wrestling match of the year.

Iowa is up against a behemoth in Penn State. It's a team coming off of the best NCAA Championship outing ever and has each of its projected wrestlers currently ranked in an All-American position by Intermat. By March, it could be seen as the best team in NCAA wrestling history. Yet, the message remains the same.

Tom Brand’s Iowa Hawkeyes have been outstanding through nine matches. But Cael Sanderson’s Penn State wrestlers have been performing at a different level heading into its final match of January.

That hasn’t stopped Iowa’s Gabe Arnold from calling out defending four-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci ahead of a meeting. The two are expected to be part of the dual on Fr