Sportinlife, you show excellent taste and fine wrestling discernment here, as always. I've borrowed one of your links (Trapped beneath a stallion) to use over in Other Sports as part of a post you might enjoy on Harvard's Jesse Jantzen .

Glad you like the photos Roy Robertson and your posts on the wrestling thread are very informative. Your use of the word "sublime" with reference to the sport suggests an appreciation well beyond my own. Your comment about the "Greek" appearance of a wrestler referred to by another poster was interesting. The wrestler bears a decided resemblance to Michaelangelo's David. Would M's model have been Greek? Or is the look common among Mediterranean men? Thanks for the insights.

The purity of the sport and its emotional intensity are what hooked me. There's no place to hide, there's just you and your opponent, and relentless struggle and testosterone aggression and killer instinct, safely contained. I got to "sublime" by way of "sublimation". It's a manly art, a kind of grand opera, and quite beautiful in its way.

I think if you mixed up photos of, say, 10 Greek guys and 10 Italian guys, and then had a "blind tasting", people would be able to pick out which was which, more often than not. If you mixed up photos of, say, 100 Mediterranean guys and said "pick out the Greeks" that would be a lot harder. European tribal history is SO complicated. An English friend once tried to explain to me the ethnic makeup of the UK and it make my head hurt. I interupted his long tale of Picts and Jutes and asked him if today, walking down the street, he could still tell these different ethnic groups just by looking, and he said "Oh yes, definitely"

I'm not sure what ethnicity Michaelangelo's David is supposed to have. In theory David was a nice Jewish boy, but in practice his statue probably looks a lot like whoever was at the gym that day when M went to hire a model. He looks Italian to me.

Hug from behind...

Hairy chest...

And some hairy pits...

I think it's part of the admissions process to have nice thighs to get into Purdue...

A nice butt helps too....

Lot of tangled body parts....

Slow down...

Alright, this feels better...

It's nice that you are holding my leg up for me, but do you have to strangle me!?

Nice butt....

Mounting a Boilermaker....

Nice bulge....

A few spread legs...

Taunting his teammates?

Grab that ass....

I'll take care of this...

Calm down there bronco...

I like that butt...

A nice bulge...

Bicep on bulge...

Hand on bulge...

Wow...nice butt

eek! Am I seeing things are is that bulge for the guy on the bottom a little too big for his own good? I don't know if it's the black unis throwing me off or just my imagination. But wow!

Both. I was taken by the illusion at first myself, and a magnificent illusion it was. But a bit closer look reveals that it's a combination of the light and his abdominal muscles that appear to be a rather enticing extension from his crotch toward his left side.

Variation on a theme...

Cowboy Tyrone Lewis throws Hawk Mark Mueller to his back before pinning him. From the Okie State / Iowa dual meet this Sunday.

OK, now THAT is a bulge.

Feeling like a pretzel

Now what's he looking for down there

spread both ways

Beautiful couple..nice bulge

And another..nice hold

Just say you love me once

[ January 14, 2004, 02:58 PM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

In another thread, sportinlife posted

Who IS that masked man?

He seems to like having that fist down there

Yellow buns are always winners

Hey look your zips undone!

HA! GOTCHA!

Nice arms

Wonder how many fingers he can take up there

Looks like this one is about to take an entire hand

Top guy..YUM!

He just likes how white shows off his butt..

..and he's not the only one

No way this doesn't feel good..for both of them

Nice hair..dark blonde with darker streaks, very nice

Relax and enjoy

He could put that hand there on me any time

A Harvard education in wrestling style

That hand could leave a permanent imprint

Mmm, tastes like chicken

Fair redhead's round bottom threatens to fill screen

I like your tattoo

The one on your other arm's even nicer

But that sun face is the bomb

I could just lie here staring at it for hours

Red highlights a package nicely

A moment of ecstasy captured

Great nipple shot...and cute package...and pit...bet he's licking that palm
Little too high up there buddy

Now that's a better angle

Let's hear it for the guys who don't shave their chests

[ February 03, 2004, 03:54 PM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

Seen while cruisin' the web for wrestlers:

Love the way Indiana University's symbol mirrors this wrestler's...symbol..

..that lower symbol could hurt sticking into the back of you though.

Some guys stand up to get a better view..

...while others can see better sitting down


Looks like somebody has their hands full

Yikes, the Indiana guy is the hottest photo I've seen in your wrestling series...IMO

Since there are two pics of "Indiana guys" I assume you mean the first one.

Of the two I think I'd rather be in the position of the second. wink

Will you be my valentine?

Ahh! Romance is not dead.

The Power of Love


How to love a redhead


More tough love


Sticky fingers love


Is that Cael on the bottom? True love indeed.

Squeezin the Charmin again are we?


Ohh! I wasn't ready!

[ February 15, 2004, 08:47 AM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

Nice to see Nate Ackerman again. He wrestled for Harvard back when I first started following the sport. He's a bright guy (now doing graduate work in math at MIT) and is training for England's Olympic wrestling team (he has dual citizenship).

Nate at home, with friend...

Scene on the mat

Pits of Ithaca

Virginia Tech boys who really grab ya

Jared Lawrence

..twice

Don't laugh, this took hours under the blower

A place to lay your head


Something to cuddle AND a place to lay your head

Even better to cuddle

Seeking the perfect hold

Gladiators

Armed for battle

Luke Becker..yum

Check out that hot guy without the shirt on in the background. Yum.

That guy in the background was one reason I chose the pic. wink

I love these wrestling pics. My roomate in college was on the wrestling team and he used to do some bizaree things to keep his wieght in his class, as in keeping the wieght off. I think the phrase he used was cutting wieght. One of his most bizarre things was to eat a lot of sour Jolly Ranchers because they made him get a lot of saliva then he would spit it out. I never commented on the logic of this though.

My brother was a high school wrestler, and he used to suck lemon drops and spit into a styrofoam cup while jumping rope wearing a rubber suit to lose every nano-ounce of weight. He also said one time he was over the weight limit, took a dump, and made weight. Never learned if that was just a lockerroom tall tale or the truth.

Nice balls!

Some nice pits...

Talk about a spread...

Ohio State sure grows their wrestlers meaty....

Hmm what are we looking at....

Take that butt....I got em...

How do I justify this to my girlfriend...

Nice bulge..

Yummy furry thighs...

I thought you said we were gonna cuddle...

Another meaty Buckeye...

Nice legs...

Ohhhh did you let one fly...

The king of meaty and hunky...Tommy Rowlands...

Nice butt...

Big thighs....nice pits...

Hunk...

With some nice hairy legs...

More backside...

Spread those legs...

Veiny bicep......hairy chest...furry legs......what more could you want??

And he's tan!

I was wondering what it would take (other than a six-pack) to get a straight guy to spread his legs and bend his wrist like that.

Now I know. Thanks illini wink

Two guys with a lot of muscle...

Don't be scared, come back!

More muscle...

I'm taking you home...

I like mounting Boilermakers too...

Nice pits...

Intimidating his opponent...

Great pics! Any pics where you can see the jock strap lines or waistband?

A man after my own heart!

Wrestling packages

Where to look for one


Where not to look find one

One that slopes

One that's shiny

A lumpy one

A cone-shaped one

A nice bulb

The pointer

kiss me you fool

if you insist

interesting

let me explain about those pictures in my locker coach..

what me worry?

[ February 23, 2004, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

You know you look just like Ashton Kutcher...even the nipple

One hand in the crotch...

...deserves another

this bottom has his hand full, and the toework of a ballet dancer...

...not to mention a great split

love hairy legs

they just fascinate me

could look at them for days

your head is hurting my knee

black bottoms rock

and distract

darnnit, where's that dildo

dress left, ear piece over left eye, looking cool...

lost

take out

Nice bulge ... thanks for the links!

Fun in a singlet

Somebody is just asking for it

On my knees in my nice new blue singlet and he's waiting for instructions?

Marine with a poorly concealed weapon

Looks like a delightful surprise for both

Nice...lips

I think I see why he's licking his

That's a pretty heavy package you're holding

Be honest. Did you notice the package or the pits first?

Cirque du soleil on the mat

[ March 09, 2004, 04:11 AM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

WOW! I sure do like him.

You know i've never been much of a wrestling fan, but wow....... I just looked at some of these pics. I'll be at the next tourney.

Wow, It's been a long time since I've been on this message board, I didn't realize what I have been missing. Illi, I still love you man! wink

Yikes, this Marine is what dreams are made of...

Third prize wedgie - Now that's coping a feel

Second prize wedgie, not my shade of purple

Winning wedgie. That canary singlet rocks.

British wrestling

Bowing before the queen

Beefy thighs

Wedged against the wall

All butt and thighs

Consolation

Big thighs akimbo

leglock on a sexy bum

Package anyone?

Where do they get these thighs?

Grabbed by the goods

Modeling a chic singlet

Prematch facial

[ March 14, 2004, 06:58 AM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

Sportinlife, more great shots. Thanks for all the posts. I'm still drooling over the red headed Marine. I may use him as wall paper, LOL, he deserves to be used for something!

Some interesting photos from this site of historical and unusual wrestling photos


And you thought the popularity of this hold was a recent development


Two photos of a couple of amateur Macedonian wrestlers in northern Greece (slow loading)


A 1930's poster


A nice package from the past - love those sepia photos


Great postcard from the 24th Olympiad


Sometimes the simplest drawings say the most


And black and white photos can be the most sexy

I love this one:
It suggests some of the physical and emotional intensity of the sport. Wrestlers have an expression: "Leave it all on the mat!" and this guy has done that...

Like the Olympiad postcard suggests, it was once a form of combat. Certainly preferable to WMD's.

Be nice to settle all disputes with a refereed wrestling match.

NCAA Wrestling Championships on television this Saturday: semis 4-6pm (est) NESN; finals 6:30pm (est) ESPN2.

Wrestlers call this "The Big Dance".

Thanks for the heads-up Roy Robertson.

A couple of A & F'ers revel in their heterosexual purity :cool:


Heavy lifting


Cael's cheek approaches a package


Grimmacing and grasping


Dirty dancing


The head between his thighs hold...


Seems to be a popular one

[ March 17, 2004, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]

UNNGHHHHHHHH

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/A...718_640x480.jpg
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[ March 18, 2004, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: golfer 20 ]

Meet Mr. Tommy Rowlands golfer! 6'5" 230 pounds of beef (how much of that is in his package is debatable!). There are a bunch of pictures of him in the rest of this thread too. I'm glad Ohio State made their new singlets the way they do...all their wrestlers sport nice, meaty thighs and great bulges now! Root for Tommy in the NCAAs so you can see him on TV.....he's a VERY good wrestler to boot!

He can't believe what he's seeing


Does he go for the nipple or the pit?...decisions, decisions :confused:

These tripod.com pics are not showing up on my computer.

Timber, you have to copy/paste the URL into a new browser window.

Some heavy humping going on here....

At least we know he likes it...

Although it looks like the Northwestern boy's having some trouble....

Silver coated jockstrap...

More jockstrap....(you kinda have to look closely...)

Rubbing the crack...

Very odd position...

Getting pinned...

Some more slight jockstrap...
Nice lines...

Riding him....

Thrusting to the sky....

Don't get any ideas!

Tommy Rowland's HUGE thighs...


By the way, for those of you who get this in the next hour.....apparently ESPN is airing the semi-finals live at 7 EST tonight (Friday). The press release mentioned checking your local listings, so if it's not on ESPN, look for it on other ESPN affiliates, such as whatever channels you usually get ESPN+ basketball/football games.

[ March 19, 2004, 03:00 PM: Message edited by: illini n milwaukee ]

Butt in yellow singlet I

Butt in yellow singlet II

Reaching for a butt in yellow singlet

Muscled chest - hairy leg

Bronco rider

His mouth opens automatically just looking at it

Cartwheeling

Slippery saddle

Vengeance is sweet

[ March 20, 2004, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: sportinlife ]