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You have $30 and 10 of Iowa's best ever wrestlers to choose - Go.

(BUMP to the front page. I was planning something similar, but I don't think my version would have ended up much different from Rambler's, so we'll just roll with it... I did add a graphic, tho. -- Ross)

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Basketball is nice, but let's do the same idea with wrestling.

EDIT: Someone in the original basketball thread had the same idea five days ago, but I didn't bother to read the thread before posting this in my wrestling excitement, so my apologies for ripping you off, sir!

I do not have fancy graphics, but wrestling isn't a fancy sport anyway.

Quick note: I didn't include Steve Mocco because he didn't finish his career at Iowa.

The Rules: 1) You must spend no more than $30 in picking your ten wrestlers. 2) You may slide wrestlers up one weight class or down one weight class, but no more than one. 3) You may not pick Dan Gable, who would cost $30 anyway, no matter how understandably tempting it is to do so.

125 lbs:

Terry McCann (2x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ, Olympic gold) - $5

Matt McDonough (2x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $4

Dan Sherman (1x B10 champ, 2x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $3

Jessie Whitmer (1x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Dick Govig (1x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

133 lbs:

Barry Davis (4x B10 champ, 4x AA, 3x NCAA champ, Olympic silver) - $5

Terry Brands (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $4

Eric Juergens (2x B10 champ, 4x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $3

Brad Penrith (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Tony Ramos (1x B10 champ, 3x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

141 lbs:

Tom Brands (3x B10 champ, 4x AA, 3x NCAA champ, Olympic gold) - $5

Randy Lewis (3x B10 champ, 4x AA, 2x NCAA champ, Olympic gold) - $4

Mark Ironside (4x B10 champ, 4x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $3

Doug Schwab (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $2

Cliff Moore (2x B10 champ, 2x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

149 lbs:

Brent Metcalf (2x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $5

Jeff McGinness (2x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $4

Troy Steiner (3x B10 champ, 4x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $3

Kevin Dresser (2x B10 champ, 2x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Bill Zadick (1x B10 champ, 2x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

157:

Lincoln McIlravy (3x B10 champ, 4x AA, 3x NCAA champ) - $5

T.J. Williams (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $4

Chuck Yagla (2x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $3

Jim Heffernan (4x B10 champ, 4x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Derek St. John (1x B10 champ, 4x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

165:

Jim Zalesky (3x B10 champ, 4x AA, 3x NCAA champ) - $5

Mark Perry (1x B10 champ, 4x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $4

Leslie Beers (2x B10 champ, 1x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $3

Dan Holm (3x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Tom Ryan (2x B10 champ, 2x AA) - $1

174:

Joe Williams (2x B10 champ, 4x AA, 3x NCAA champ) - $5

Marty Kistler (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $4

Jay Borschel (1x B10 champ, 2x AA, 1x NCAA champ - $3

Daryl Weber (1x B10 champ, 3x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Mark Reiland (2x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

184:

Chris Campbell (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ, Olympic gold) - $5

Joe Scarpello (4x B10 champ, 4x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $4

Royce Alger (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ) - $3

Rico Chiapparelli (3x B10 champ, 3x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Gary Kurdelmeier (1x B10 champ, 1x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

197:

Ed Banach (4x B10 champ, 4x AA, 3x NCAA champ, Olympic gold) - $5

Duane Goldman (4x B10 champ, 4x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $4

Lee Fullhart (4x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $3

Ken Leuer (1x B10 champ, 2x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $2

Joel Sharratt (1x B10 champ, 3x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $1

285:

Lou Banach (2x B10 champ, 3x AA, 2x NCAA champ, Olympic gold) - $5

Sherwyn Thorson (2x AA, 1x NCAA champ) - $4

John Bowlsby (2x B10 champ, 3x AA) - $3

John Oostendorp (1x B10 champ, 2x AA) - $2

Wes Hand (2x AA) - $1

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