HAVE YOU HEARD???
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I know big guys can lose weight easily but us small guy it was really hard I went from 125 to 96 as low as I could go and back in the day you had to weigh in at the weight you were going to wrestle for the season at the beginning of the yr so I ended up at 103 I tried to keep my weight close to that but was hard!by the end of the season all the weight drop finally caught up to me!
Are you saying this staring in the mirror? Sounds like your skin isn't that thick have some fun and stop taking it personally. It's ok to be delusional every once in a while lmfao. WE ARE. Your welcome
That sauna at Bloom was great, spent a lot of time in there managing my weight. Met Tony Caravella my freshman year in it swapping stories of my HS wrestling coach. I believe Ricky had a great ability to cut weight, met him in person @ nationals I think in 1988 at Cole Field house, at that time I was still at my fighting weight around 158 lbs @ 5'6" he at at least two inches on me and I swear he was as broad and thick as I was with his weight at 118 lbs. I have no doubt during the off season he was over 150 lbs.
At my high school we didn't need it. The wrestling room was off the locker room with a wall between it and the coal fired boiler that heated the building, on the other side of the locker room was the swimming pool.
Hot and humid it was all the time.
To make a point that was brought up on another thread concerning how good the PA State schools were in the 1970s thru 1980s. Ricky Bonomo won his 3 NCAA titles at 118 for Bloom and then Jack Cuvo won the next 2 for ESU at 118. 5 years in a row that weight was dominated by PASAC schools.
We use to wrestled against ESU. I remember Cuvo because one of our best wrestlers was at 118 and he TORCHED him!!! He hd some kind of TD record I believe. Not sure if it was for his school, or for the NCAAs? In any case he was taking down and letting up my teammates in the 1st and built a commanding lead.
Figured match would change some when he chose down in 2nd because our guy was a great leg rider. He got the leg in, but Cuvo tripoded, shook his hips and off he went like a cowboy trying to ride a bucking bronco!!!
I started using that as a counter from that time on, simple and effective.
Cuvo was the best wrestler from his feet that I ever saw. I watched him a lot in high school at Easton win 3 State titles. In college he ran into Bonomo a couple of times and Ricky would typically hit one big move against Cuvo and hang on for win. Cuvo's conditioning was phenomenal. He was All State and All American in cross country.
He went down to Foxcatcher and his whole life changed. Got into it with Easton cops and won a huge lawsuit against Easton a number of years ago. Two Easton cops tried to arrest him, It didn't go to good for the blue shirts, they had to call for backup. I think he filmed the whole incident.
Rovernation probably knows more about the incident.
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From what I've been told, his reputation is not real good and he isn't allowed anywhere near the Easton wrestling room these days.
UT OH, ^^^^^^what happened now!?!??!?
As for Cuvo, like I said, we battled his team in college, and all I knew of him was he was a machine especially from his feet! Our guy was very good, a TWOOO time AA, but was no match for that guy!!!
You would of probably been up at Bloomsburg when Don Reese was there. Made it to finals in 1982 losing to another Pennsylvania alumni C.B. Mock wrestling for North Carolina. Even with Ricky's 3 Nationals, Reese has the most wins at Bloomsburg.
I'm certain a lot of people know this, Ricky Bonomo was indirectly part of the Cael PSU hiring. Ricky told Cael that PSU could dominate if he took over the program.
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Yep, the spring of 1982 I was student teaching at Bensalem Township HS. Didn't get to follow much wrestling then, and it really messed up my participation in the state and national collegiate powerlifting meets, due to a lack of training facilities, time, and money.
Work sucks.....
Did starfish post something about his Johnson to JB and create another fiasco? I truly am not understanding this? JB is one of the GREATEST AMERICAN wrestlers of ALL -TIME!!! Certainly he is coming to the end of his competitive career, but EVERYONE should be showing him some respect!!!
Oh never mind, apparently PD3 stepped in to take care of it!!! I am LMAO, this is not a good look for your team at all!!!
Asked and answered long ago on GIA in the HR days when Vodka politely asked.
Post in thread 'Bo vs DT' https://iowa.forums.rivals.com/threads/bo-vs-dt.275320/post-6611251
I suggest you go re-read that thread. I seriously doubt anyone here is going to respond to a re-hashed rumor made from whole cloth.
No drama to see here. Bo long since built his ATT gym across from DT's M2 Training Center.
WAIT, WHAT!?!?? I am talking about StarFish and JB, how you bring up BO and DT?
I will add, ALL this SHEEEEET talk is BS!!!! The sport will go straight to HELL if it is not brought under control!!!!
Really, what was the PD3 reference to?
Most are taught young, talk is cheap, "sticks and stones," and such. Hype is hype. Trash talk is an attempt to gain some kind of psychological advantage or done just for the fun of it (like the dozens).
Some people are just better at tuning out these things, because they see them for what they are, inconsequential noise.
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You get respect when you give respect. In my opinion JB talked shit so it makes sense to talk shit back right.
PD3 stepped in with a comment aimed at StarFish backing JB. Guess you missed it?
So you are saying that JB started it? Please post what JB said first? What I have now seen was, StarFish said he would "end JBs career." Then StarFish went up a weight and JB responded, "going to be hard to end my career up a weight!"
Then StarFish said his "johnson grew" or something there about!?!?!? Then PD3 stepped in and said he would take care of StarFish for JB.
AND you all say????
"Grip Work"? That's what they're calling it now?
. Gotta slow it down once you start needing glasses.
It's all
So no change.
You want to make a wager on PD3 vs Carter? I mean you seem to think talk matters. Of course, PD3 needs to actually show up and make weight. You appear confident he will.
It's all what?
And who said PD3 would win besides PD3? that being said, I would take PD3 for fun!
It all started with JB stating he would go for his bad knee during nationals. You forget about that?
He didn’t watch the NCAA finals. As an Iowa fan, why would he?
1) I am NOT writing the crap!!!
2) See YOUR post bellow!!!
OK, I am not seeing where this is out of line. If by "go after it" he means attacking LEGALLY and making StarFish show he can deal with it? Then that is a perfectly fine statement.
I have to believe that is what JB meant and NOT to try and attack it just to hurt him with say a kick type foot sweep. It is part of the sport and I have been on both sides of it.
Had kids attacking my hurt ankle, hand, etc.... I remember tight waisting the hell out of a kid with a hurt rib once when I was on top. He was trying to go after my hurt leg when I was on bottom. Was a WAR of attrition with us both in a lot of pain. Happy to say I won!
UH, and you said "be like this, and do NOT be like this^^^^^^ right!?!??!?!!
Do not forget about the IOWA RECORD of finalists which will NEVER be broken and is STILL rolling!!!
I'm no debating whether he should or should not go after star s knee however it did start the shit talking is what I'm saying. If I have an injured knee and someone says they are coming after it I'm spitting back I don't give a shit who likes it or not. That's my point
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