He can't be directing his comment to PSU, though there's only one other perennial top-10 B1G team he could mean, so I'm not sure I fully understand Smith's griping. And I say that as a fan of his in some regards.
The teams OSU has significant history with; OK (178), IAST (83), IA (53), NEB (56), MIZZ (51), AZST (43), MINN (40) and a few others that no longer exist in D1, are the result of past conference affiliation or proximity-wise are convenient foes. Not unlike every other school, where cross-country jaunts during the regular season are generally limited to one or two each year (though I do see the Pokes heading east 3x this season), they wrestle schools close to them far more often than schools far away.
Michigan is praised in the interview, but only has 6 past duals vs OKST, the last being in 2004, and the one prior to that in 1998. Penn State, by comparison has 22 duals against OKST all-time, with the most recent being 2008, 2010, then a 4-match series from 2014-2017. We've wrestled them far more than any eastern team, and recency isn't the problem
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Of the other B1G teams, tOSU has wrestled them 4x (last in 2012), NU 4x, WIS 16x, ILL 15x and PUR 3x.
Of non-B1G teams that are eastern powers, CORN has wrestled them 6x and VT 1x. Even UNI, which is pretty good and "in the neighborhood" has only wrestled them 29x.
All-in-all, when I look at the facts, it's a bit of smoke blowing, so the comments get a gigantic
MEH from me. I'd love to see us wrestle the 34-and-holding Cowpokes, the same as I'd like to see us wrestle a dozen or so other teams.