Intro, part 1

Welcome to "The Matchup". I'm Jay, aka The Maniac. I live in SW Florida, where I work as a maintenance director during the week, and a couch potato on football weekends. I was born in Fl, pretty much raised in Virginia, and have been back here since 2005.

I got my love of sports pretty early on. I played baseball for 15 years, and played 3 sports in high school (football, wrestling and baseball). I've been to some pretty sweet games and places that only fueled my sports craze. Some of the big games I've been to: Game 6 of the '99 Stanley Cup Finals (It's still not a goal, Mr. Hull), Game 7 of the '97 World Series (Marlins' "11th Heaven"), and the first and second rounds of the men's NCAA tournament 3 times.

My favorite sport has to be college football, as you'll figure out quickly. I live and die by West Virginia athletics. I won't write about them much though. If you want to read anything I have about WVU, go to http://www.wvumaniac.blogspot.com Now, onto the important stuff:

This blog is a different style than most you'll see. Most blogs now are written by only 1 author. This, my friends, defies all norms. "The Matchup" is a cooperative blog wrriten by 2 people who go way back. The other author will write his intro soon.

Please do not be afraid to leave us feedback on any of the sections, articles, pages- whatever you'd like to call them. We're friendly. I apologize in advance to anyone I may offend (I definetly try not to, but these days, people get offended waaay too easily).

Enjoy.

The Maniac