Who is the greatest of all-time?

It’s a question that haunts every sport in one way or another. You see it in the Michael Jordan vs. LeBron James debate in basketball, and conversations about Patrick Mahomes catching Tom Brady in football, and when hockey fans wonder if anyone can reach the peak of “The Great One,” Wayne Gretzky.

Here in Iowa, we like to debate wrestling. As in, who is the greatest Iowa Hawkeye wrestler of all-time? Will anyone be as great as Iowa State's Cael Sanderson was in college? How does former Cyclone Dan Gable’s loss to Larry Owings affect his legacy as a collegiate wrestler?

Wrestling is uniquely Iowan. Fans' passion does not waver from one generation to the next. Iowans care deeply about the Cy-Hawk dual winner in November and the guys who reach the podium at

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