Thursday, May 04, 2006
Introducing... The Texas Sports Guy
With my first blog entry, I would like to introduce myself and explain to anyone visiting this site the premise and motivation for creating this blog.
My name is Aaron. I'm 26 years old, Texas native who has lived in Texas my whole life. I was born in Tyler, TX, the hometown of Earl Campbell, and have lived in the Austin area the last 21 years. I attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1998-2002, where I received a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. I married my wife Erica (the Texas Sports Gal) in February of 2005.
Now let me get to the background that matters the most in the context of this blog, my sports background. Those of you who decide to read this will pick up more bits and pieces along the way about my sports fan history. Before anything else, I am a Texas Longhorn, the greatest athletic department in all of college sports over the last 5 years. I bleed burnt orange, I am an annual season ticket holder for both the UT football and men's basketball programs. I attended in person each of the last two Rose Bowls, both won thanks to the heroics of Vince Young (who will be referred to as Vince from here on out, as the 2006 Rose Bowl game puts him in the same category as Earl, Ricky, and Major in Texas football history... the category of those known only by their first name). The reason I tell you I am a longhorn first and foremost is so you know this takes precedence over any and all allegiances to any professional sports franchise. I care more about UT alumni performing well at the professional level than I do my favorite professional teams winning.
So if any of you are familiar with ESPN.com Page 2 columnist Bill Simmons, the idea is to create my own columns in the same style and context as he does, from a fan's perspective more than that of an objective columnist. I enjoy the style that Simmons writes in, but I get sick of reading some of his opinions, especially those regarding my favorite local teams that he has no idea about. So this blog is created to give local fans a chance to read the same type of columns, but columns that have a MUCH greater knowledge base of the teams I'm writing about than someone who divides his time pretty equally between the Red Sox, the Celtics, and the Clippers.
An example of Simmons' recent ignorance: In a column written March 17th, 2006, Bill Simmons said the following about the San Antonio Spurs after watching them lose to the Clippers playing the 2nd night of a back-to-back... (paraphrasing)... The Spurs and Mavericks are both less likely than the Miami Heat to win the NBA title... The Spurs are tired of each other and their coach, but the Heat get a grade of "A" for team chemistry (anyone see Chicago/Miami game 4 the other day?)... This is Pop's last season coaching the Spurs. Of course anyone that follows the Spurs and Mavs on a regular basis knows these comments are just ludicrous.
So my gift to you, Texas sports fans, is my blog. No longer are you limited to a Boston-homer slant on fan columns. This is for you. Please feel free to comment and respond to anything you see written on this blog.
-The Texas Sports Guy
My name is Aaron. I'm 26 years old, Texas native who has lived in Texas my whole life. I was born in Tyler, TX, the hometown of Earl Campbell, and have lived in the Austin area the last 21 years. I attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1998-2002, where I received a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering. I married my wife Erica (the Texas Sports Gal) in February of 2005.
Now let me get to the background that matters the most in the context of this blog, my sports background. Those of you who decide to read this will pick up more bits and pieces along the way about my sports fan history. Before anything else, I am a Texas Longhorn, the greatest athletic department in all of college sports over the last 5 years. I bleed burnt orange, I am an annual season ticket holder for both the UT football and men's basketball programs. I attended in person each of the last two Rose Bowls, both won thanks to the heroics of Vince Young (who will be referred to as Vince from here on out, as the 2006 Rose Bowl game puts him in the same category as Earl, Ricky, and Major in Texas football history... the category of those known only by their first name). The reason I tell you I am a longhorn first and foremost is so you know this takes precedence over any and all allegiances to any professional sports franchise. I care more about UT alumni performing well at the professional level than I do my favorite professional teams winning.
So if any of you are familiar with ESPN.com Page 2 columnist Bill Simmons, the idea is to create my own columns in the same style and context as he does, from a fan's perspective more than that of an objective columnist. I enjoy the style that Simmons writes in, but I get sick of reading some of his opinions, especially those regarding my favorite local teams that he has no idea about. So this blog is created to give local fans a chance to read the same type of columns, but columns that have a MUCH greater knowledge base of the teams I'm writing about than someone who divides his time pretty equally between the Red Sox, the Celtics, and the Clippers.
An example of Simmons' recent ignorance: In a column written March 17th, 2006, Bill Simmons said the following about the San Antonio Spurs after watching them lose to the Clippers playing the 2nd night of a back-to-back... (paraphrasing)... The Spurs and Mavericks are both less likely than the Miami Heat to win the NBA title... The Spurs are tired of each other and their coach, but the Heat get a grade of "A" for team chemistry (anyone see Chicago/Miami game 4 the other day?)... This is Pop's last season coaching the Spurs. Of course anyone that follows the Spurs and Mavs on a regular basis knows these comments are just ludicrous.
So my gift to you, Texas sports fans, is my blog. No longer are you limited to a Boston-homer slant on fan columns. This is for you. Please feel free to comment and respond to anything you see written on this blog.
-The Texas Sports Guy
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