Giving up serious size and strength here. Plenty of time for him to grow into the weight.
MOCCO IS A HAWKEYE!!
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Giving up serious size and strength here. Plenty of time for him to grow into the weight.
He beat Bechtold in freestyle 3x previously to that match, twice by tech.
Question guys - and any ladies on here: What in the world made Mocco drop from 9th to 15th in the class of 26 rankings? Did he lose in the last couple months? I saw the talk about a DQ above, but I don't see any recent losses on Flo. Just curious...and thank you.
He lost at Super32. Won Ironman a few months later.
Here is Mocco's U17 World title run (4 matches).
We know you're not sure, par for the course. Iowa has been in with him from Day 1. They weren't the first to contact or visit but they were very close. The training camp at Iowa sealed the deal for him,
He also lost to Ross a few years ago in freestyle at the US Open in 2022. Michael made huge gains since then, and Ross was out with injury for awhile
Yep. So, if you have time watch the flo film they did several years ago that is now on youtube. Steve ended being coached and built a very tight relationship with both Tom and Terry. Part of the reason Steve left Iowa is when Tom took VA tech job.
Damn, look at Spooner being all positive! Things are looking up, positive vibes only!
The sheer number dickheads in the cult per capital is an anomaly that needs to be studied.
Is he actually 5'10 or is there a joke on here that I missed? I thought he looked taller than that.
Impressive, he has a great low leg/ankle pick series. A critical get for many reasons. Great work in landing him, more of the same moving forward.
Steve and his wife lived with Terry for awhile in Colorado Springs too.
Great. Shows there can be a definitive difference between the two styles, despite the obvious similarities. Mocco was much smaller than him but there's plenty of time to add muscle. He probably already has.
And has been working on bottom intensely over last year as a result. Kid is committed to excellence
And he's 25 lbs heavier now, was much smaller than Bechtold then. Interested to see how he fares at upcoming trials. He's already registered
Well I am not at liberty to discuss all the details, nor would I. But there are a lot of other details to consider, like summer competitions, training locations, obviously now a days there are legal and tax issues (Florida vs Iowa) etc.
He actually wrestles a lot like Barr. And unlike his dad has awesome leg attacks to compliment is foot sweeps and defense
funny, it came down to Iowa and PSU, little does that internet warrior really know. With Ohio State and NC State also getting some consideration.
Steve has admitted he was at his best while at Iowa, followed Terry to Co Springs and Iowa to train. He is very close with Terry and loves the idea that his son can train with his Olympic coach. Mocco left Iowa but trust me when I tell you that his love for and kinship with Iowa and the Brands remained. It also helps that Steve's wife is an Iowa grad!
He's 6'2, confirmed. Maybe even 6'3" I originally typed Steve's height because I was told Mike is 4 inches taller. Opps. Call that a "smalls" mistake...See what I did there? But once upon a time he was 5'10" too!
Note to smalls, this is how you admit to mistakes. See what your "douche bag" comment will get you - it makes me focus on all the comment made of you, like not credible, a drunk, unprofessional, biased...and least everyone thinks you're incredibly handsome though
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I think football and the injury were major reasons. Plus bloodline.
If I'm not mistaken, I believe that Steve initially wanted to follow Tom to VaTech, but this is when coaches could still block where athletes could transfer to, and Z blocked all from VaTech and ISU when Tom left, so that left OSU open for Steve to transfer to....again, I have no documentation to confirm this, just what I was lead to understand from conversations over the years....
Who cares?
kidding, no clue. ask smalls, he's all up on OSU and can read tea leaves really wellNegativeWho cares?
83% of your posts reference Smalls. Weird, but I guess A+ for dog on a bone award.Who cares?
and some reference willie, but let's leave the percentage at 83%, always the goal
He was granted a full release by Z to go wherever he wanted, he considered following Tom but didn’t think he could make an Olympic team training at VTech and at the time the best guys were coming out of Stillwater. He talked about it in the Flo documentary.
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Folks, it looks like we're getting our mojo back, and not a minute too soon.
Almost feel bad for the Finals opponent. Get all the way there and lose in 18 seconds.
