CLEVELAND – The September sun of the preseason is grueling. The whistle of the year's first live match sounds like a freight train in your bed. And the Big Ten dual meet schedule takes a toll night-in and night-out. But for four Hoosiers, this weekend is a culmination. A chance to ascend the podium as one of the top grapplers in the nation.
But nothing will be given this year in "The Land", inside "The Q", on the banks of Lake Erie, when 330 wrestlers converge on eight mats to see who reigns supreme on the nation's biggest collegiate stage.