Iowa Wrestling Takes on Purdue

History is on our side. As it should be:

FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS. You read that right, folks. The Purdue Choo-Choos haven’t beaten us since 1961, which coincidentally was the last time they won in Iowa City. Most of you probably weren’t born yet. Some of you are young enough that your parents may have not been around either. That’s two generations of Hawkeye dominance and I absolute cherish this feeling.

A lot has happened since they last tasted victory against The Hawkeyes. JFK was around and hadn’t even given his moon speech yet. The Beatles were still in Europe and Roger Maris had just become the new home run king at 61 in 1961. Most importantly though, this includes 29 straight Boilermaker…