His nationally-televised mullet analysis may have been the talk of the tournament for Iowa wrestling coming out of the Big Ten Championships, but Sam Brooks was more than just a comedy act last weekend.
Turns out nobody in college wrestling helped their NCAA seeding over the weekend more than Iowa’s fluffed and feathered 184-pounder.
Brooks entered the conference tournament ranked 13th by InterMat and coming off perhaps the worst match of his season.
But four straight victories and a Big Ten title (and an unforgettable post-match interview on the Big Ten Network) launched the junior to a No.