College football season ends...

Well, another college football season has ended and as I look back it was probably one of the best for me. It started when I saw Syracuse play Akron in the Carrier Dome followed by a visit to Memorial Stadium to watch Clemson host North Carolina State. Jay Adcook and I, along with our wives, attended the Syracuse-South Florida game in Tampa in October. I then journeyed to South Bend to enjoy Syracuse's win over Notre Dame in freezing weather. The University of Central Florida moved to it new stadium last year and I went to two games there this year. It is a good stadium which was built for a mild 55 million dollars. As I watched the Univ of Alabama- Birmingham defeat UCF, history in this new stadium was already being made in that it was the first game in the new Brighthouse Stadium where no touchdown was scored. That will be a trivia question in 2062!!!

As the season came to a close I enjoyed the Florida State / Wisconsin game in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando. The above pictures show the Florida State Seminole mascot as he and his horse roam the sideline. Next, Florida State throws a first quarter pass.

The final game for me this season was the Georgia / Michigan State Capital One Bowl on New Years Day. Pictured is "UGA" the Georgia mascot posing for pregame pictures and the Georgia "Red Coat" marching band. Another interesting trivia fact. The week before the Michigan State / Michigan game at E Lansing, several members of the marching band camp out at the Spartan statute to keep Wolverine fans from spraying it yellow and blue.

That's it for now, anyone with information to post send it along. Happy belated New Year to all.

On the road, actually water ways...

If you have been following Dick and Libby's blog, he mentioned going to the "Rod and Gun Club" to eat and I have a link posted here which will take you to the website. It also makes for interesting reading.

http://www.evergladesrodandgun.com/

this is Dick and Libby's blog: http://dickandlibby.blogspot.com/

Checking the blog...

I know everyone is busy this time of year but if you find a few minutes with not too much to do, check out Dick Mills, and wife Libby's, blogspot. If you start reading, it sort of keeps you returning at least weekly to follow along on his travels along the east coast. I have included a link so you can stop by anytime. Anyone with news drop me a line.

http://dickandlibby.blogspot.com/

FM varsity cheerleaders off to Gator Bowl...

The Gator Bowl will be played in Jacksonville, FL on Thursday January 1st, 2009 at noon on CBS.
F-M cheerleaders to perform at Gator Bowl
by Elizabeth Doran
Saturday December 27, 2008, 5:18 PM
Fayetteville-Manlius High School's varsity football cheerleading squad will perform during half-time in the Gator Konica Minolta Gator Bowl on New Year's Day in Jacksonville, Fla.The squad is among 20 teams from across the United States performing in the Gator Bowl, and the only team from New York, said cheerleading coach Tami Rigling. The 20 girls on the F-M cheerleading squad will leave Sunday for Jacksonville. The squad will compete on Dec. 29 in the Americheer Gator Bowl National Championship, and then perform a five-minute dance/stunt routine to a medley of Beach Boys tunes during the Gator Bowl parade on Dec. 31 and the Gator Bowl half-time show on Jan. 1.

Were you there???

Where were you 50 years ago? Can you remember our late spring presentation of "Showboat"?

I guess I was there but without a program, I'm having a hard time remembering if I watched it or was in it. I was in it one year with Laurie Reynolds and Karen VanNewkirk but as I remember it was 1961 0r 1962; My boomerang won't come back. Anyone have any other memories from those early days? Just hit on comments below and type in a message. Click on

the picture to see enlarged view(any picture posted). What can you buy for $.50 today???

Life today at FM

I have enclosed a link to several Syracuse Post Standard articles about life at FM today. It provides a good insight into what some students are thinking and doing and how today's student think and feel. It is quite interesting.

http://blog.syracuse.com/voices/eastern_onondaga_county/fayettevillemanlius/

John and Joyce Staples

I received a Christmas card from John and he is on the road again. They stopped in Daytona for a Motorhome show in 2006 after having sold their home, car and most of everything else to take to the open road. We enjoyed dinner with them as they brought us up to date on the plans they were hoping to work out. The biggest trip they have planned is to travel north to Alaska. This is the plan as they winter in the Yuma, AZ area with the idea to go north when the roads open fully from the winter's storms. They traveled much of the east coast and out through the midwest enjoying much of our country along the way. I hope we can get them to send photos as they traverse the Rockies or Pacific coast highway come spring time. I've enclosed a picture of home when they visited in 2006. Anyone who needs to contact John, contact me and I will get the info to you. KR