Why I Miss Bill Clinton (and other thoughts):

It was a great night for wrestling at The Barn last night! My #1 ranked Iowa Hawkeyes came to town and took care of business:

"We took care of business the way we needed to take care of business... We just come to wrestle, and we came here ready to wrestle. We don’t talk about the past." - Iowa Head Coach, Tom Brands (quotes)

I'm liking the new Tom Brands regime quite a bit. The Hawks looked aggressive, scrambled well and didn't give up on matches when they were behind. It's an attitude-thing that seemed (to me) to be missing under Zalesky's leadership.

I wasn't sure if Micah would let us watch all that much of the dual. He's still a bit too young to be captivated by sporting events. He does ask critical questions, though. When we explained that wrestling was about two guys trying to "tackle" each other (trying to keep it simple), he asked, "Why not a boy and a girl?" There are any number of directions to go with that question, but I did reassure him that girls do wrestle in some places. In any case, we were able to see the matches at 133 through184 - enough to see the Hawks' victory was at hand.