Dan Gable is Iowa football team's honorary captain Saturday

This is called going for the big gun.

Iowa's football team has asked Dan Gable to be its honorary captain for its Saturday game against Ohio State. Wouldn't you love to hear Gable's private address to the team, which is trying to bounce back off the carpet after its loss at Northwestern last week? If anyone in the state of Iowa can come in from the outside and press the right buttons, it's college wrestling's all-time greatest coach and one of the greatest ever in any sport.

From the UI sports information staff:

Since his retirement from coaching, Gable has served as a special assistant to Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta. He will officially be retired from the University of Iowa at the end of this calendar year. But, total retirement from his involvement with University of Iowa and USA wrestling is something that will probably never happen.

Gable will accompany the Iowa captains to the center of the field for the pre-game coin flip. He will also be with the Hawkeyes in the locker room before and after the game and on the sidelines during the contest.

Since his retirement from coaching, Gable has served as a special assistant to Iowa Athletics Director Gary Barta. He will officially be retired from the University of Iowa at the end of this calendar year. But, total retirement from his involvement with University of Iowa and USA wrestling is something that will probably never happen.

Gable will accompany the Iowa captains to the center of the field for the pre-game coin flip. He will also be with the Hawkeyes in the locker room before and after the game and on the sidelines during the contest.