Barely 48 hours after handling No. 15 Pittsburgh on the road, the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes took a drubbing early in a 21-15 loss to the No. 11 Virginia Tech Hokies. The Hokies shocked the home team early as No. 21 Brent Moore – a native of St. Paris, Ohio – pinned No. 6 Sammy Sasso in the 149-pound match.
Ohio State faces the toughest non-conference schedule of any team in the Big Ten according to FloWrestling. Exhibit A: Back-to-back contests against top-15 teams inside a three-day period. Ohio State head coach Tom Ryan said that is by design.