<!--Introduction of myself, what I hope to write, then some statistical-mystical ramblings to follow-->

My name is CSStieber. I've trolled these MHR waters since the Buffalo Bills game last year (yeah, I froze my tukhus off at the game).

This was the MHR first post I read. hoosierteacher FTW

While I've only been ghosting around MHR for 5 months, I've been a dedicated sports-interwebs reader for going on 6 years. (I only write this in order to explain what will most assuredly influence my future posts) As a University of Michigan alum ('07), my home and hearth lay at MGoBlog.com, one of the premier college-sports blogs anywhere. EDSBS.com is where I also go for CFB fixes. As an inveterate NBA-nerdnik, FreeDarko.com has influenced me immeasurably in what I consider great sportswriting, where a fan tries, often in vain, to express in words the metaphysical connections between a his euphoria and it's relationship to his team's performances. I also dig FreeDarko's random-but-strangely-beautiful photos interspersed into the posts. So look for hints of all those sites in what I write.

Oh, yeah: Bronco bonafides: I graduated from a CoSprings high school in 2003, where the highlight in my sportsfollowing life up to that point was doing bumper cars with Eddie McCaffrey at Elitch's. I still think that Mike Anderson is underrated, both as a football player and as a hero for serving his country. I challenge any sportsfan with a soul to actually state that the Lambeau Leap is even in the same league as the Mile High Salute. Although a vegetarian, I would break my rules if it meant I could eat with John Elway at his steakhouse.

Okay, if anyone's still reading, follow me into the Mathemagical Land...

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