Pre Game Music

I'm starting to make the 2010 pre game CD, so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know either on here or on the Jav A Blog Facebook page.
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Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day and thank you to all who have done so much to make our country great!
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Alvarado's Advice

Live Simply.
Love Generously.
Care Deeply.
Speak Kindly.  
Leave the Rest to God.

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God Bless Carlos Alvarado

Alvarado's Advice

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game,whether you are a winner or loser. -Lou Holtz
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Graduation Day

More than 600 prospective graduates are ready to cross the stage to receive their degrees during two commencement ceremonies to be held at the Steinke Physical Education Center at Texas A&M University-Kingsville Friday.

At the 4 p.m. ceremony, graduates from the Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences and the colleges of Arts and Sciences and Business Administration and University College will receive their degrees. The College of Education and the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering will confer degrees at the 7 p.m. ceremony.

The graduates just finished doing their rehearsal for graduation and will be getting ready as their big day is coming soon.
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Moving Day

With most of the students finishing up their finals the dorms are full of parents vehicles to help them move out of the dorms and back home for the summer.
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Breaking Down Film

Alvarado's Advice

Joy is not in things; it is in us.  -Richard Wagner

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This Week

The players are in the middle of their finals and getting their workouts in on their own schedule.  As the players finish their finals and have their exit meeting with Coach Atterberry most will head home for the summer or for a few weeks before summer school starts in June.
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Alvarado's Advice

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing.  Knowing is not enough; we must apply.  Being willing is not enough; we must do.  -Leonardo da Vinci

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Pancake Challenge Part 2

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Alvarado's Advice

The Hall of Fame is only good as long as time shall be, but keep in mind, God's Hall of Fame is for eternity!  To have your name inscribed up there is greater more by far, than all the fame and all the praise of every man-made star!

Jav A Blessed Day!
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Marathon Challenge

A challenge has been made.  A pound for pound coaches 6 man relay marathon. Who Wants Some!?!?

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Alvarado's Advice

You get the best efforts from others not by lighting a fire beneath them, but by building a fire within them.  -Bob Nelson

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Beach to Bay

Coach Mannino, Patterson, Callaway, Atterberry, Martinez, and Schroff running the Beach to Bay Marathon in Corpus Christi. Each Coach ran approximating 4.4 miles each to complete the marathon. Special thanks to EmbroidMe for the sponsorship.

Certification Test

All of the coaches just finished the yearly NCAA recruiting test.

Alvarado's Advice

Never turn your back on enthusiasm! -Buddy Ebsen

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Office Work

The coaches are working on sending out camp brochures.

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Devin Shaw's Pancake Challenge

Part of being in college is having a little fun while you're here, so Devin Shaw made a pancake challenge.  It has its own facebook page, has had over 40 people try it, and has gotten a lot of hype this year.  The challenge is to eat a HUGE pancake in 4:30 minutes with the rules explained in the video.  So we put Coach Ppool up to the challenge.
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Alvarado's Advice

Quality is never an accident.  It is always the result of intelligent effort.  -John Ruskin

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Governor Rick Perry and Porky

Governor Rick Perry was in Corpus Christi at Moody High School for a college fair to promote higher education.  Over 35 colleges and universities were represented, but none better than Porky and Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

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Coming Soon

Check tomorrow for Devin Shaw's Pancake Challenge.

2010 Recruiting Recap from LSC Scoop

A recent LSC Scoop post.
Texas A&M-Kingsville  A+

Potential impact players for 2010 (in no particular order)
TAMUK - Johnny Tivao - DT
TAMUK - Roman Pula - LB
TAMUK - Junior Tivao - LB

Top long term prospects (in no particular order)
TAMUK - Josh Schneider - QB
TAMUK - Henry Greathouse - DL
TAMUK - Forest Jones - DB
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Jav A Blog Jorge Guerra Buffalo Bills Interview

Jorge Guerra just finished Rookie Mini Camp with the Buffalo Bills. It was a three day Mini Camp used to introduce the rookies to the coaches, the players, and most importantly the playbook.  Jorge will go back to Buffalo on May 25th for OTAs or Organized Team Activities.

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Alvarado's Advice

Therefore don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself.  Each day has enough trouble of its own.  -Matthew 6:29

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TAMUK Football vs Northeastern St. 2009

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Interview

Check out the blog tomorrow morning for the inteview with Jorge Guerra.
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2010 Texas A&M Kingsville Football Camp

2010 Texas A&M Kingsville Football Camp Dates

• Youth Camp Grades 1-8 June 17th 8:00 am- 3:00 pm
• All Skills Camp Grades 9-12 June 19th 8:00 am- 3:00pm

From Coach Atterberry

I want to invite all student athletes eligible to participate in our camps to come. The bloodline of our program is South Texas, from Houston to San Antonio and the entire Rio Grande Valley. Our football camps give us an opportunity to get to know you better, allow us to show off our beautiful campus and facilities, and let people have a firsthand look at what our football program is all about. It gives you the opportunity to get high quality football instruction, be seen by college coaches, while providing an opportunity to get a head start on the 2010 football season.
Click here for more information and to register.

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This Week

This week the players will be studying and getting ready for their finals.  They will also have their exit meeting with Coach Atterberry.
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Alvarado's Advice

It takes less time to do the right thing than to explain why you did it wrong.  -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Happy Mothers Day

A mother grows her garden with care and kindness. She wears beauty in her smile and carries hope in every pocket, as she teaches us to walk gently upon the earth. A mother puts her faith in the seasons of time and patiently plants the seeds of love everywhere...

Happy Mothers Day to all Mothers and especially my MOM for everything she has done and taught me, I wouldn't be the person I am today without the great Mother that I have.

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Alvarado's Advice

Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength.  -Frances de Sales

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Alvarado's Advice

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.  -Walt Disney

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Jazz Blast

The campus has been alive and jumping lately with the freshman fiesta and the 1st Annual Jazz Blast.  The Jazz Blast brought me in from all the way across campus with its great live music and free food to everyone that was around.  There was a good turnout of over 100 people.

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Talking to Students

Coach Atterbery, Marc Kinney, DeIra Glover, and I spoke to San Juan Middle School today at Javelina Stadium.  San Juan Teacher and Coach Abel Estrada, a former Javelina football player from 98-02, brought his students to tour Texas A&M Kingsville's campus and got a special tour of the locker room and weight room.  The players also spoke to the students about the daily life of a college student athlete and the importance of staying in school. They also answered questions and took many pictures with the students.

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TAMUK Track

Shane Meling our SID, Anthony Washington, CJ Griggs, and assistant track coach Anthony Ayala.

The track team was packing up the bus  to leave to San Angelo for the Conference Track Meet which starts with the decathlon today and most of the other events starting Saturday and Sunday.  Good luck to all the TAMUK athletes this weekend.

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Texas A&M Kingsville Football 2010 Recruiting Class

Check out the great post by The LSC Scoop on our 2010 Recruiting Class.  There is a breakdown by position and some videos of upcoming freshman. Click here to read. 

"Overall Grade- A+"

"The Javelinas recruited well across the board. Young talent at QB, RB, OL, DL and DB and immediate help at OL, LB, DB and especially the DL."
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Alvarado's Advice

Your life is either a celebration or a chore.  The choice is yours.

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Final Team Meeting

With dead week next week and finals the week after that tonight was our final team meeting.   Coach Atterberry stressed the importance of finishing strong in the classroom and to stay working out hard over the summer with only 118 days left until the 1st game.  The Summer Workouts on online and available to anyone by clicking here.  The highlight of the meeting was the team hype competition that had the whole room fired up!   Each team came up with a chant or saying that might be used next year.  There were many good ones and a few favorites which will be incorporated next year.

There were also individual awards that were given for the combine competition, the winners were by position:

Darnell Hicks

Matt Stoll 
Matt Romig
Tressor Baptiste
Marc Kinney
Mardrick Johnson
Trent Perkins
Derek Tesch
Daniel Ramirez
Fred Winborn
Mitchell Swan
There was also the Iron Man award given by Mr. Scott Dodds to Sherman Batiste.
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Last Workout

Today was the teams last practice.  We split into offense and defense to watch film and get a workout in.

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Freshman Fiesta

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Alvarado's Advice I Am Only One

I Am Only One

I am only one, but I am one.
I can't do everything, but I can do something.
And what I can do, I ought to do.
And what I ought to do, by the grace of God, I shall do. 
-Edward Everett Hale

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Day Off

Today was the players day off.  With the day off some of them came in to watch some film, while others were focusing on their school work with finals fast approaching.
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Trivia Answer and news

An outstanding 96% of the people that answered the trivia question got it right.  Johnny Bailey wore number 20 when he played for the Javelinas.

Some sad news regarding Bailey from The South Texan Online.  Former three-time All-America Javelina running back Johnny Bailey, 43, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to the National Football Post.


Bailey was also a three-time Harlon Hill Trophy winner, signifying the nation’s best NCAA Division II football player. Bailey, a ninth-round draft pick by the Bears in 1990. He played for Chicago for two seasons, making one start and rushing for 129 yards and one touchdown. He was primarily used as a return man and went on to make the Pro Bowl the next season with the Phoenix Cardinals, averaging 13.2 yards per return.

Bailey holds the Bears' record for the longest punt return in franchise history. He ran back a punt 95 yards for a touchown as a rookie on Dec. 29, 1990 vs. the Kansas City Chiefs.

Bailey later spent two seasons in Phoenix and then finished his career by spending one year with the Los Angeles Rams and another with them after the move to St. Louis.

Bailey is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He was college football's all-purpose yardage leader (7,803) when his career ended and he was No. 3 on the all-time scoring list with 428 points.

Bailey was at then Texas A&I between 1986 and 1989. He was a graduate of Houston Yates High School.
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Cinco De Mayo

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Movie Stars

Some students, professors, and I filming for the Texas A&M University-Kingsville promotional commercials.

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Alvarado's Advice

Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excited you and scares you at the same time.  Its must be a goal that is so appealing, so much in line with your spiritual core that you can't get it out of your mind.  If you do not get chills when you set a goal, you're not setting big enough goals.  -Bob Proctor

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Film and Weights

Today the team split into offense and defense to watch film and get a lift in.
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Teacher Appreciation Day!

May 3-7th is Teacher Appreciation Week and today is Teacher Appreciation Day.  I know many great teachers that have inspired and motivated me throughout my life.  So thank you to all the great teachers everywhere and especially here at Texas A&M Kingsville.  Click here to watch a quick heart of a teacher inspirational movie.

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Alvarado's Advice

The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.  -Vince Lombardi

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TAMUK Football vs. Tarleton State 2009 Highlight

Another great highlight video from Alistair Andaya!

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TAMUK Combine

The players just finished their testing for the day. They did the vertical jump, height weight, bench, broad jump, L cone, pro agility , and a laser 40 yard dash time.

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Combine set up

We are setting up for the players testing today.  The vertical jump, height weight, bench, broad jump, L cone, pro agility , and the laser is coming out to time the 40s.
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Jimmy Saddler-McQueen Bears Pictures

Jimmy Saddler-McQeen runs through a drill.

Check out the pictures of mini camp here and pictures of Jimmy on punt team.

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Alvarado's Advice

The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.

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Al Harris Road To Recovery Part 12

Former Texas A&M Kingsvilla Javelina Football player Al Harris in his road to recovery.
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Alvarado's Advice

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.  -Hebrews 11:1

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Helping Out

Coach Atterberry helping being an Auction Angel for KEDT to support public television. About 50 other TAMUK volunteers helped KEDT put on the auction program.

Alvarado's Advice

Nothing is worth more than this day.  -Goethe

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