some great Iowa related videos going up today on Flo. Highly recommend you check them out! Pro not required.
Thanks Flo!
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The Dennis story about the crack heads robbing him was gold. That was definitely a sketchy situation Dan found himself in!
Crazy story, and Dan is a good story teller! He is such a character.
It's unreal some on here oppose Flo and what they are doing. They've brought unprecedented exposure to the sport of wrestling and to Iowa wrestling.
It's unreal some on here oppose Flo and what they are doing. They've brought unprecedented exposure to the sport of wrestling and to Iowa wrestling.
A lot of videos...thanks Flo. On the interview with Spencer, he's talking about how he can do an avg of 56 pull ups. At the Olympics, he was all proud of that and than Dennis was like "is that all?" and rips off 112. Dude is a beast.
If DT was a Hawk he would have had more practice wrestling on sweaty mats. Just sayin.........
Man.. that throw Dennis had on Turk was huge.
Spencer said F*** way too many times. I had to keep looking in the background to make sure he was in the Iowa room
http://www.flowrestling.org/video/1...o-more-muscle-ups-than-mcdonough#.WVHMWoVlCEc
Spencer Lee interview.
Spencer Lee interview.
Is it just me or does it sound like the camera guy is ripping a bunch of farts throughout the video?
There was a story told by Herbert (I believe) that when Tom got to VT campus there was records posted in the wrestling room for pull ups, and probably others. Kind of like football has bench, deadlift, squat etc. As the story goes Tom grabbed the bar in his street clothes and promptly broke the record. I don't recall where I saw that interview but thought that was pretty damn boss.
There is a good one on there of Clark and Dennis drilling against one another while using just one arm. After the cameras had stopped rolling Terry actually had to intervene and stop them. The concern was not of Cory re-injuring his shoulder, but that they appeared to be on the verge of having too much f**.
I saw the throw in real-time and thought he laced the leg like an inside trip and pancaked him with the emphasis on taking him horizontally with the force of the underhook combined with the fact that turk was on one foot and off-balance. Slow-motion shows how he arched straight back to elevate Turk completely off of the mat first, prior to changing direction horizontally. It was a damn thing of beauty that takes ridiculous strength / explosiveness.
I'll say it again: I love flo. Anyone who disagrees should go back in time 12ish years ago and remember how much coverage the sport had.
shut up, Turk. 
the only reason we went to Iowa was to protect Cael's aura b/c we're PSU fan boys!
the only reason we went to Iowa was to protect Cael's aura b/c we're PSU fan boys!
We knew it all along! Truth comes out! You have to really love HR now that we gave ya an appreciation thread. We give you money and say thanks! Isn't that enough to love us?shut up, Turk.
the only reason we went to Iowa was to protect Cael's aura b/c we're PSU fan boys!
shut up, Turk.
the only reason we went to Iowa was to protect Cael's aura b/c we're PSU fan boys!
Wow Turk you got a capital T along with Cael and PSU! You are in some rare company with smalls.
Flo's videos, interviews, etc. are great! However, IMO their customer service, billing and streaming service operates in an unethical manner. They double-billed me and refuse to resolve the matter, essentially stealing $40 from me, without providing anything since the stream didn't work. So, yes, they've done some very good things for wrestling, but administratively they've operated in unethical ways.
This is the love part of my love/hate relationship with Flo. I commend Flo on these great videos. Now can Willie get back to me on why they buried the huge news Cael/Taylor tantrums and ran with the Gilman Midlands story immediately? One was an epic story while the other was a nothing to see here.
Here was a cool snapshot of Gilman from the Flo guys on the way back to the airport
http://www.flowrestling.org/video/1...reactions-with-bader-tony-and-cp#.WVb1l9MrJE4
http://www.flowrestling.org/video/1...reactions-with-bader-tony-and-cp#.WVb1l9MrJE4
Despite my issues with Flo, I do have to applaud Mark Bader - I think he's an excellent match announcer/commentator on Flo broadcasts of matches, and I appreciate that he doesn't take himself too serious, kind of self-deprecating.
Quick story about Bader --- about 8-9 years ago I was at NCAAs in St. Louis and randomly ended up sitting next to him - we talked quite a bit and he invited me to grab lunch, just he and I - went to a BBQ place in Soulard. That was our only interaction until last month at WTT in Lincoln - I was with Chief and Lax at a bar after the finals, when Bader and Willie walked past and Bader looked at me and said "I know you from somewhere." I reminded him of lunch in St. Louis many years ago, and was amazed that he would remember me since I'm not a real memorable type guy. Doesn't surprise me that I don't hear anyone badmouth or criticize him...some of the other wrestling media personalities, not so much.
Quick story about Bader --- about 8-9 years ago I was at NCAAs in St. Louis and randomly ended up sitting next to him - we talked quite a bit and he invited me to grab lunch, just he and I - went to a BBQ place in Soulard. That was our only interaction until last month at WTT in Lincoln - I was with Chief and Lax at a bar after the finals, when Bader and Willie walked past and Bader looked at me and said "I know you from somewhere." I reminded him of lunch in St. Louis many years ago, and was amazed that he would remember me since I'm not a real memorable type guy. Doesn't surprise me that I don't hear anyone badmouth or criticize him...some of the other wrestling media personalities, not so much.
They haven't answered that question? Color me surprised. It seems they like to defend or address other things rather quickly.
Mendoza - i met LaxHawk that night at WTT's. Good dude.
as far as the Cael vid thing - it was pretty simple. but 1) it gets old trying to defend things and 2) am i really to believe that if i post a justification everyone will accept it? or will it just further devolve?
the simple answer is this - our camera's didn't pick up the cael/dt thing. if you looked at our vid, the cam ops were focused on J'Den and his corner as you might typically expect cam ops to do after a win. we actually had a post WTT production meeting yesterday and this was addressed.
so the flowrestling team is the last people out of the arena at around midnight. they had a 6am flight back. there's no conspiracy and no delay. we got the article up as soon as we could with the asset when we hunted it down and got permission to use it.
as far as the Cael vid thing - it was pretty simple. but 1) it gets old trying to defend things and 2) am i really to believe that if i post a justification everyone will accept it? or will it just further devolve?
the simple answer is this - our camera's didn't pick up the cael/dt thing. if you looked at our vid, the cam ops were focused on J'Den and his corner as you might typically expect cam ops to do after a win. we actually had a post WTT production meeting yesterday and this was addressed.
so the flowrestling team is the last people out of the arena at around midnight. they had a 6am flight back. there's no conspiracy and no delay. we got the article up as soon as we could with the asset when we hunted it down and got permission to use it.
Hey Willie...who was DT pointing at and why if you know or had to guess? I didn't get to meet you guys which was a bummer
What good would any explanation do? Many of you have proven time and time again to be wholly unreasonable with touches of paranoia.
The moment it happened, we looked through all our footage to find it. Our cameras didn't shoot it, nor did our highlight shooter. We reached out to other photographers and shooters who weren't flo affiliated, none of them that we reached out to had it.
We went home with nothing. Saw Chris' tweet later, asked him for the footage and permission to post, and immediately put it up and lead a freaking newsletter (big, big, deal) with it.
While Iowa fans whine about how long it took to get up, on the other side word got back to us that neither Cael nor DT were pleased (DT to a far, FAR more extreme degree) that we ran the footage at all, to say the least.
Whining on both sides? Good.
A good journalist would quote what DT said not dangle the carrot for clicks
CP you realize Championhawk is one of our more extreme posters right? You guys need to chill a bit on how you portray "Iowa fans". Thats a very generalized term that puts a negative light on the masses.
A side note.. You obviously have seen the many Gilman hate threads, and probably witnessed many ugly comments about him in person. Now that you have spent a couple days with him how do you feel about him now? Flo sports put out a lot of negative Gilman content in the past that helped fuel the haters. It created a persona of him as the villain and people ate it up. Flo is a huge wrestling media outlet and often the only one. What you say and do spreads like wildfire in the wrestling world. Something as simple as a silly tweet Willie put out caused quite a stir didn't it? Thats the social media world we live in in 2017. Just remember a lot of eyes are you! Thats why we pay ya the big bucks!
Looking forward to the new Gilman film btw. I cant imagine trying to cut/edited 8 hours of film into a quality 30 min documentary. Although, i wish i had your job, a fun challenge it would be. Keep up the hard work fellas. You are getting there
A side note.. You obviously have seen the many Gilman hate threads, and probably witnessed many ugly comments about him in person. Now that you have spent a couple days with him how do you feel about him now? Flo sports put out a lot of negative Gilman content in the past that helped fuel the haters. It created a persona of him as the villain and people ate it up. Flo is a huge wrestling media outlet and often the only one. What you say and do spreads like wildfire in the wrestling world. Something as simple as a silly tweet Willie put out caused quite a stir didn't it? Thats the social media world we live in in 2017. Just remember a lot of eyes are you! Thats why we pay ya the big bucks!
Looking forward to the new Gilman film btw. I cant imagine trying to cut/edited 8 hours of film into a quality 30 min documentary. Although, i wish i had your job, a fun challenge it would be. Keep up the hard work fellas. You are getting there
