AMERICA’S GREATEST FAN SCHEDULE FOR 2005

Sept. 8^th: Left Los Angeles for road trip across America

Visited Birthplace: Thousand Oaks

Visited 1^st home: Ventura, Ca

Visited High School and Football Field: Paso Robles, Ca

Stayed 1^st night on the road at Football buddies house Mark Sierra in Mountain View, Ca

Sept 9^th: Ate Wild Blackberries on the side of the road just inside the Oregon Border.

Sept. 9th: Eugene, Oregon

We had a Football BBQ with Superfan Puck The Duck and Friends in Eugene, Oregon

Sept. 10th: Boise State vs. Oregon State (Corvallis)

Rain, Sleet, 1^st game and it came down to the last minute before the Oregon State pulled out the victory!

Stayed in a Huge and mostly empty Christian Fraternity in Downtown Corvallis.

Sept. 11th: Boise State (Boise, Idaho)

Camped out on the Boise State 50-yard line the only "BLUE" field in College Football with Boise State Superfan’s The Seilaff Brother’s.

Sept. 12^th: Interviewed Boise State Head Coach Dan Hawkin’s…. Coach Hawk was amazing and he gave $30 Buck’s for the gas fund!

Sept. 13th: Ft. Collins, Colorado

Husker Elvis #1:

Stayed with SuperFan Larry Brew of The Famous Husker Elvis’s Brother’s

Sept. 14^th: Alliance, Nebraska

Husker Elvis Brother #2…. We visited the hometown of the Husker Elvis’s and got a taste of small town America.

Sept. 15^th: Interviewed Nebraska Head Coach Bill Callahan

Sept. 17th: Pittsburg vs. Nebraska (Lincoln)

Great Tailgate and what a beautiful site to see all the red everywhere on Saturday’s in Lincoln, Nebraska

Sept. 18^th: Sunday dinner at Jim & Sue Huber’s  (The Winner’s of the Husker Family Of The Year) We had an amazing meal of Nebraska beef and several other goodies but what really stood out for me was the homemade Creamy Corn Casserole.

Sept. 19^th: Interviewed #3 Husker Elvis Brother at his House in Omaha, Nebraska

Sept 20^th: Interviewed Iowa State Head Coach Dan McCarney

Sept 21^st: Interviewed Wisconsin Head Coach Barry Alvarez

Sept 22^nd: Partied hard at German Polka Bar in downtown Madison (Loved Madison, Wisconsin)

Sept. 24th: Michigan vs. Wisconsin (Madison)

Got funky with America's number one College Band and went wild with the crowd as the Wisconsin Badgers upset the Mighty Michigan Wolverines in the last minute of play.

Sept. 25^th: Stayed at #4 Husker Elvis Brother’s house in Madison on the lake.

Sept. 26^th: Stayed outside Chicago Suburb at SuperFan “Vinaya The Tailgater’s House”

Sept. 27th at Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)

Interviewed a Priest outside Touchdown Jesus:

Said a prayer for my Dad Marko (He never made it to Notre Dame and he Always wanted to visit Touchdown Jesus)

Oct. 1st: Michigan vs. Michigan State (Lansing)

Amazing tailgate…. The sexiest girls on our trip! Spring was in the Air and the state of Michigan was Pumping.

Oct. 3^rd: Interviewed Michigan Head Coach Lloyd Carr inside the ‘Big House’ Stadium then went to the cemetery with Michigan Superfan Jeff Holzhauzen as Jeff took us on a fieldtrip and history lesson of Michigan and College Football

Oct. 4^th: Interviewed favorite College Football Magazine creator Phil Steele at his office’s in Cleveland, Ohio (Phil has 12 TV’s in his office playing on Saturdays in the fall) Awesome guy and the purest of the pure who love Football.

Oct. 5th: Logan, Ohio

Meet up with Ohio State SuperFan Dan "Boonie" Wychle and marveled at his built in Buckeye Stadium in his living room ceiling.

Oct. 6h^th: Begin our 4-night stay at the KA Fraternity house.

OFF THE HOOK!!! To Fitz and the KA Gang!

Oct. 7^th: Penn State Pep Rally w/ Joe Paterno leading the way…Incredible experience made you want to put the pads on and hit someone!

Oct. 8th: Ohio State vs. Penn State (Happy Valley, PA)

103,000 Thousand Plus at this slugfest!!! Felt like a big High School game…there was a sense of Innocence in the air…incredible game and an amazing atmosphere.

Oct. 10^th: First day of meeting the one and only “Big Cat” Superfan for the West Virginia Mountaineers (We stayed 8 day’s with Big Cat outside Morgantown)

Oct. 12^th: Interviewed West Virginia Coach and Legend to be Rich Rodriguez (Great Interview)

Oct. 14^th: In Homecoming Parade Downtown Morgantown with SuperFan Big Cat and His Big Truck!

Oct. 14^th: Live In Studio Interview with local NBC Affiliate

Oct. 15th: Louisville vs. West Virginia (Morgantown)

The Best game of the Year triple overtime comeback wins by the cardiac kid’s the West Virginia Mountaineers.

Oct. 22nd: North Carolina State vs. Wake Forest (Winston Salem, NC)

 Stayed in the Dorms at NC State with my Younger Brother Aaron (sophomore at NC. State)

Oct. 24^th: Wilmington, NC…. Surfed Big Hurricane swell w/ a guy named 6’8!

Oct. 27^th: Interviewed Tennessee Head Coach Phillip Fulmer

Oct. 29th: South Carolina vs. Tennessee (Knoxville)

Tailgated on the Vol Navy River w/ Mike Woods, Cy Simon, and Nate Jarpe. Filmed the Peyton Manning press conference…. experienced the Orange Nation and the feeling of being very small in the beautiful Neyland Stadium

Nov. 4^th: Interviewed Virginia Tech Head Coach Frank Beamer (Great Person)

Nov. 4^th: Stayed at the Miami Hurricane Hotel in Roanoke, Virginia with the Hurricane booster club courtesy of SuperFan Randy Banner!!! We had a great time!

Nov. 5th: Miami vs. Virginia Tech (Blacksburg)

On the 50-yard filming the coin flip before the game…. The best pregame of the whole year…the emotion was so thick you could cut it with a knife! Intensity at the highest level!

Nov. 10^th: Interviewed Georgia Head Coach and Super Person Mark Richt

Nov. 12th: Auburn vs. Georgia (Athens, GA)

SEC Pageantry: The oldest rivalry in the South (104 years)

Visited Mike “Bulldawg” Wood’s at his house and filmed him preparing for a game!

Nov. 19th: Clemson vs. South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Went with younger brother Aaron and before the game we filmed Diehard South Carolina fan’s inside a Train Caboose.

Nov. 23^rd: Left Charlotte, NC with my two little brothers and headed to Florida for Thanksgiving at Superfan Fred The Head’s house. Visited and slept in President Jimmy Carter’s hometown Plains, Georgia

Nov. 24^th: Thanksgiving at Fred The Heads in Ocilippo, Florida

Nov. 25^th: Went to Gatorland the number #1 Gatorpark in the world and filmed for 3 hours with Fred The Head Florida State Seminole Diehard and Gatorland Warden and Diehard University of Florida Gator Fan Tim Williams

Nov. 26th: Florida State vs. Florida (Gainesville)

Experienced the swamp atmosphere and the Gator victory

Nov. 27^th: Visited Dad’s fatal car crash with two younger brothers outside of Charleston, SC

Dec. 2^nd: Went to Washington D.C. and visited the White House and stayed in New Jersey at friends apartment. I ate a whole Peking duck for dinner.

Dec. 3^rd:  Army vs. Navy (Philadelphia, PA)

Experienced one of the great sporting events of my life.

Dec. 3^rd: Stayed in New York City for the 1^st time went to an amazing loft party in SOHO and ate Pakistani food at 3am

Dec. 5^th: Interviewed My favorite College Football Writer ESPN’s Bruce Feldman in Central Park and made little snowmen with New York’s first snow.

Dec. 6^th: Stayed at 2 Time All American Linebacker Grant Wiley’s House in Pennsylvania

Dec. 9^th and 10^th: Stayed with Superfan and Division 2 Diehard Brandon Meisner in Florence, Alabama Hotel.

Dec. 10^th: Division 2 National Championship (Florence, AL)

Northwest Missouri State (Maryville, MO) vs. Grand Valley State

(Grand Rapids, MI) 

Dec. 11^th and 12^th: Stayed with controversial booster and great fan College Football Fan Roy Adams in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dec. 15^th: Visited University Texas and ate Brisket at Opie’s BBQ!

Dec. 16^{th& 17th}:  Stayed with FireFightin Rick McKinney at Fire station 14 in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Dec. 17^th: High School National Championship and Texas State Championship (Irving, Texas)  #1 South Lake Carroll vs.  # 10 Kady of Houston

Dec. 18^th: Interviewed and went to dinner with Texas Tech Coach and Great Guy Mike Leach

Dec. 19^th: Slept in New Mexico State Parking lot:

Dec. 20^th: Interviewed New Mexico State Head Coach and Offensive Guru Hal Mumme

Dec. 21^st: Camped at an Indian Hot Spring and Slept in Native American Teepee 45 minutes outside Deming, New Mexico

Dec. 22^nd: Interviewed Recruiting Coordinator of Arizona Dan Berezowitz in Tucson, Arizona

Dec. 22^nd: Slept in Jeep outside Las Vegas

Dec. 23^rd: Las Vegas Bowl…Cal vs. BYU

Worked for ESPN on the sideline

Dec. 24^th: Back in Los Angeles for Christmas with Family

Dec. 28^th: Holiday Bowl in San Diego - Oregon vs. Oklahoma…. Surfed Cardiff By The Sea before the game 8 to 12 foot!

Jan. 4^th: USC vs. Texas in the National Championship (Pasadena, Ca). Rode bikes with film equipment and Interviewed fans from both sides.