Disappointed

Needless to say I am a little disappointed in Texas A&M's play in the Holiday Bowl. A&M was in several close games this year (8). They were 5-3 in those close games with a combined margin of defeat of 6 points. One could argue that A&M was minutes away from being undefeated or 4-8 (before the bowl game).

On Thursday night A&M looked like a team that was 4-8. I'll give it to Cal (which I saw in person against ASU) they looked good this year. Probably a BCS caliber team.

I was mostly upset with the poor tackling, poor offensive & defensive line play, and the poor passing schemes/execution of the A&M team. These are things that haunted A&M last year as well.

With 17 returning starters A&M is in good shape for next year. But, I'm worried that the rest of the Big 12 will be vastly improved next year as well.

In my opinion, Coach Fran is still on the hot seat. Minimum acceptable wins for next year is 9 with at least one win against Oklahoma or Nebraska. But next year's conference schedule will not be easy with road games against TT, OK, MO, & Neb.

For now it's time to root for the other Big 12 teams & LSU!!

Cool New Wineries (at least to me)

I went with Kalya & Lindsey to some wineries the other day in Napa. We tried out three new wineries.

I highly recommend http://www.frogsleap.com/.

I also recommend http://www.honigwine.com.

Texas A&M in Bay Area Media

Check out Texags.com. You'll find lots of articles about A&M in the Bay Area media in preparation of the Holiday Bowl this week.

Also, I will be holding my personal maroon out this week at work! Gig'em Ags!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

First Webpage

Check out my first webpage
http://mike.a.deleon.googlepages.com/home

My First Blog & My First Earthquake

So this is my first blog. But more importantly, Kristen & I have felt our first earthquakes. Yeah, quakes. Last night and this morning there have been quakes in Berkeley that have shaken our house. It's crazy. We are now Californians. Ok. We're off to Whole Foods....

Check out the this link to the USGS about our earthquakes.