Iowa downed Illinois and Northwestern handily in wrestling meets this weekend to move to 10-0 on the season, but that’s hardly the story from this weekend.
Spencer Lee and Kaleb Young did not wrestle on Saturday against top-ranked Sebastian Rivera and third-ranked Ryan Deakin, respectively. Lee did not weigh in, while Young did but sat on the bench as Jeren Glosser lost to Deakin.
And the question, of course, is why.
“The best decision for them,” Brands told Cody Goodwin of the Des Moines Register. “It was in the plans. It’s something that, as coaches, we’re talking all the time about with these dual meets.