For the last several years, our alma mater’s have played one another in some major team (and minor/individual) sports. We are both very good-natured and very respectuful of one another’s teams. We even hosted a living room full of Aggies for the year A&M went to Miami for football. The party was themed “Gig ‘em, [...]
The University of Miami takes on the University of Wisconsin, Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando Florida. #gocanes
Texas Aggies Will Yell for Miami Hurricanes to Win Got this in email today (from Rivals.com). You Aggie readers should want Miami to beat FSU next Monday. History that Correlates Since 1997, there has been a direct correlation between the winner of the Miami/FSU game and the Texas/OU game. 1997 FSU 47 – Miami 0 [...]
At the Summer Sendoff for Austin area students who will be attending the University of Miami this fall, they gave the current enrollment numbers: applications received, students accepted, students in attendance, average GPA/SAT/ACT scores. I just laughed and said, “none of us could get in, now, huh?” While some of the numbers of today are [...]
When I attended the University of Miami, there were always wonderful animals in our campus lake (which was formed via the canals to the bay, so the water is brackish). After Hurricane Andrew, we had a resident pelican who stuck around for ~3 semesters before he presumably headed back to the beach. Manatees used to [...]
Canes Fans: Vote at the below link to have Sebastian on the cover of EA Sports NCAA 2009 Football game. http://www.easports.com/ncaa09/ You can vote once per day between now and March 14th. Bookmark the page so that you can go back each day. Sebastian is under the Atlantic Coast tab. The Ibis is the last [...]
I go to the same convenience store and chat with the same guy every morning. He’s just a doll and one of the best examples of customer service I’ve ever seen. Today, for the first time, he notices, admires, and compliments my Miami ring. He seems impressed. I beam a little with pride. As I’m [...]
