‘My pizano’ Tales of Gary Calcagno

Daniel Allen Staff Reporter conditioning coach. Jacked, Italian and downing red bulls by the package. During every dual, he sits with the coaching staff and if someone loses a match, he’s one of the first to console them. If they win, he finds the first opportunity to celebrate with them.

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For older players such as fifthyear Chase Ferguson, college was a last minute choice. Before becoming the Cowboys’ captain, the native Australian played four years at South Florida, and just barely made it there.

On the other end of the age spectrum lies freshman Carl Roothman from Cape Town, South Africa, who began talking to Taylor as soon as he was hired at OSU.

“The long term goal was obviously to go pro, but I felt that my game still had some areas to improve on,” Roothman said. “I started talking to [Taylor] the first day that he got the job…we spoke for quite a long while because I had an injury and wasn’t sure when I would come.”

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