Aggiepete -- Check It Out!

Aggiepete, thought you'd get a charge out of this picture of me tonight at a local watering hole down the street from our house in Altamonte Springs (Orlando). We grabbed some margaritas and fajitas after we got back from Miami.

December 24

Dear CtCSB Family, Merry Christmas to all of you. It is still early on the West Coast so I thought I would send greetings before the cooking begins. We, too, will have lechon, black beans and rice along with the traditional turkey, mashed potatoes and green beans. Sending love to all and a great day with family and friends.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! We are in Miami at Ayi´s house (I´m on Juan´s computer). Soon we´ll head over to the Dominguez to celebrate Noche Buena with Lechon Asado and all the fixings --and plenty of wine! Tomorrow we head to Rickfrax in Ft. Lauderdale for a Christmas day feast! Que familia! God Bless You All!

Here we go

I hope this blog takes me to the promised land... If I get the hang of this, I could be dangerous. Wishing all in the CtCSB the merriest of Christmases!

Welcome Michelle!!

Michelle, we're glad you're here! Your west coast kinfolk have been carrying the Cardinal & Gold Banner mighty high but I'm sure they welcome the reinforcement coming from your quarter! Welcome!

I bleed cardinal and gold

I would like to say a whole-hearted and long awaited hello to you all! After hearing that a blog had been taking place all season long without my knowledge (how dare you all talk college football behind my back) I demanded an invitation! I'm glad to be a part of the bowl game showdown! Like Ashley, I'll contribute something more substantial when I have the time... and when I'm not at work! Fight on!

Welcome Ashley!

Welcome to the blog, Ashley! Everyone, Ashley is Jason Fraxedas' girlfriend. She's a UF honors graduate in journalism and currently an editor for Islands Magazine. She's the one who gave me the idea and the mechanics for the blog to begin with and I expect terrific articles from her!!

Hi Everyone!

Hi Everyone! This blog looks amazing- thanks for letting me be a part of it! I'll share my first Gator game story later when I have ample time for detail :) Merry Christmas!

Yahoo College Bowl Pick'Em!

OK, Everybody! We have something new and really fun here! Jason has created a private Yahoo College Bowl Pick'Em Game for our blog --limited to our blog members. He's done all the legwork and registered our group. Essentially we each get to pick who we think will win in in each of the upcoming bowl games and rank them in the order of confidence level. For example if Victor is more confident that SC will beat Illinois than that LSU will beat OSU that pick will be ranked higher and so forth down the line. There are points assigned. We are all playing against each other in the blog. We can't see what each other has done in any given game until the game starts. Then we can see each other's picks while we watch the game. We can change our mind until each game starts. We can also check what the rest of the players around the country have picked and what the Vegas line is as to each game. There are other self-explaining details but they are all pretty simple. You will shortly get an email invite from Jason. Just follow the instructions. You need a Yahoo account. No groans please. Use the same password you're now using for google and the same prefix for your Google email ie if you are jfrax@google.com make it jfrax@yahoo.com. If your password is caca. Keep it caca. No complications please. This is not a national security clearance access or bank or portfolio access. This is silly throw away stuff. KSS ( Keep it simple stupid). This private pick'em is awesome. To access the Pick'em game. Just click on the Yahoo College Bowl Pick'Em to the right under "Football Links". But wait till you get Jason's email and follow the instructions. It'll be worth it. Jason and I have tried it and after you've registered all you have to do is click on the link on the right and you are in the game!!!

Amazing story

Well, after 1 post in the blog I have returned. Vic's story of the SC/ND game is mostly true, a bit of cuban exageration, but mostly true. SC 55 ND 24, incredible game. I've attended to many games over the years and my memory is no so good, I need Vic telling stories to remember more then a couple years back. Digggs in the corner of the end zone catching Hadens pass for a Rose Bowl win, Sam the Bam Cunnigham soaring over people for TD's, Marcus Allen, Ricky Bell, Anthony Davis... to many games. The greatest memories are Andy, Vic, Johnny, now my Father in law, and most recently my son as people to share the moments with. I'll write more often if possible. Jose.