STILLWATER – Remember, Bedlam as we know it in full blown Oklahoma State-Oklahoma competitive fire was born on the wrestling mat.
So consider that for context when Cowboys coach John Smith talks about his team's biggest wrestling rival: the Iowa Hawkeyes.
“I think you could say that,” Smith said, “just from the standpoint of the last 25 years of my career, one of the teams to beat was Iowa. We were one of them, too.”
And so it is again, with No. 1 OSU hosting No. 3 Iowa for another clash of the sport's most decorated programs in a match set for 2 p.