Not so many years ago, November and December counted as critical months in the collegiate wrestling calendar. Wrestlers might post 15 or 20 results before heading to “mid-season” tournaments like Midlands or the Scuffle. Of course, back then, guys wrestled 45 - 50 matches in a season, too. But in the words of the 1920’s comic strip, them days is gone forever.
Whatever your feelings on that shift, we can all rejoice that the calendar has flipped to January 2019. It’s officially Big Ten dual season, in earnest. And every weekend for the next two months, we’ll get to see some awesome competition.