From the corner chair

Just like old times ...

As the ESPN cameras panned the crowd before the start of last night's finals at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, the crowed booed - every time an Iowa fan was televised.

One young Hawkeye fan held up a sign that read "Back in Black" and was soundly booed.

Looks like the Hawkeyes really are back on top.

It's all over, but the ...

Championship bouts get under way in a couple of hours, but Iowa wrapped up the team title earlier this morning at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

It wasn't a great morning for the Hawks, who won three of eight bouts, but Jay Borschel finished third at 174 pounds, Matt Fields was fifth at heavyweight and Charlie Falck at 125 and Phil Keddy at 184 placed sixth.

Iowa State got a fifth from Nick Gallick at 141, a sixth from heavyweight David Zabriskie (he lost to Fields in OT), sevenths from Nick Fanthorpe at 133, Cyler Sanderson at 157 and Jon Reader at 165 and an eighth from unseeded DAvid Bertolino at 197.

UNI's Moza Fay finished fifth at 165, giving UNI it's first all-American in three years.

All in all, a great weekend for the state's schools.

Brands is the man

Iowa wrapped up the NCAA wrestling title early Saturday morning when ISU's Nick Gallick lost in the 141-pound consolation semifinals.

The Hawkeyes won just one of four consolation matches themselves in the morning, but the damage was done.

Iowa is once again king of the college wrestling world and there is one person responsible - Tom Brands.

Brands has returned Iowa to its tough, aggressive ways. He was named Big Ten Coach of the Year two weeks ago and should get the national award, too.