[greghammel]

Oh don't get me wrong here fellas. I know Dan Gable and have talked to him many times. When I was in HS he had a cabin right down the road that he would bring wrestlers to go fishing on the Mississippi River to include the Brands. They would always order fresh thick cut steaks from the local IGA.
Bottom Line: He don't remember me, I remember him... score one more for Gable.
BTW: North Dakota is North of South Dakota for those challenged friends of yours!

[racerhawk]

Originally Posted by CRwrestling

greg, you're an idiot. look at all the people on the hawkeye basketball forum on this site. hawkeye basketball has no relevance to the basketball community outside Iowa either, but we're hawk fans and its fun to follow.

I think you're missing the point. I'm not judging whether it's right or wrong, but basketball is culturally relevant in the US, and wrestling really isn't.

Hawkeye basketball might not be relevant to people outside the state of Iowa right now, but I can tell you that everyone in Madison noticed when Iowa basketball beat UW. Very few people would care at all if Iowa beat UW in wrestling. I'm stating reality.

I actually think Iowa wrestling is great, fwiw.

[greghammel]

EXACTLY... When I lived in England my neighbor came out to greet me one day and said "you alright?" I said "sure mate... why wouldn't I be?" He said, "well, the football game!" I was wondering what he was talking about. I knew he was a kicker for the University of Miami in his younger days and was thinking maybe Miami beat a Big Ten team or something??? Then he said "oh don't act like you don't know that the US lost to England in football yesterday?" I laughed and said "ohhhh... you mean soccer? No... very few people care about soccer in the US and no I didn't know we were even playing England last night" and he didn't believe it.

Foreign people think American's are shook when we lose in soccer and that they actually accomplished something. They have NO IDEA we don't care enough about soccer to even know when they play.

Similar to Iowa Wrestling outside the state of Iowa.

FWIW: I like wrestling better than soccer!