Big Picture

While Sunday's dual loss to SUI was a disappointment, especially in the lighter weights, we are taking the big picture view.

In
business a valuable metric is to compare how one is doing, all things
the same, to the previous year. Compared to the '07 dual,ISU was vastly better. The Cyclones were far less hesitant
, took chances when they had an opening, went for the big win when they
had a mismatch, and had every opportunity to win compared to their
visit to Iowa City last year. That is great news.

Last season's Cyclones were far different in March than in December, winning the B12 and falling a takedown shy of a National Championship, while SUI, which looked so intimidating against the Cyclones, finished a distant 8th. If Cael
can engineer another strong finish from this starting point- a win over
#1 and a loss to #3- there will be plenty of wins to celebrate, all
more important than a potential December win over SUI.

Besides, had ISU swept SUI this weekend, the Iowa river would have been filled with Black and Gold icebergs, jumped from the Burlington Street bridge. Nothing is worse than a sweep at the hands of Silo Tech.

Peterclone