Iowa is up against a behemoth in Penn State. It's a team coming off of the best NCAA Championship outing ever and has each of its projected wrestlers currently ranked in an All-American position by Intermat. By March, it could be seen as the best team in NCAA wrestling history. Yet, the message remains the same.

Iowa wrestler Gabe Arnold engages in some trash talk before the Hawkeyes visit Penn State for the biggest college wrestling match of the year.

Iowa wrestling's Gabe Arnold calls out Penn State, Carter Starocci after Ohio State dual

Penn State coach Cael Sanderson and Nittany Lion wrestlers Carter Starocci and Mitchell Mesenbrink, each ranked No.1 at 184 and 165, respectively, offered opinions on Monday about four sentences and 44 words — a.k.a. smack talk — that came out of Iowa City on Saturday after the No. 2 Hawkeyes defeated No. 4 Ohio State.

That hasn’t stopped Iowa’s Gabe Arnold from calling out defending four-time NCAA champion Carter Starocci ahead of a meeting. The two are expected to be part of the dual on Fr

Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands previews dual with Penn State, discusses Gabe Arnold's trash talk with Carter Starocci

The No. 1 Penn State Nittany Lions wrestling team embarks on a big match week with the 2nd-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes coming to the Bryce Jordan Center for a Friday night Big Ten match.