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FanNation,

My friends, it's damn addicting. It really is. I will always remember my first throwdown, how stupid it was, and how Steveo's comments almost made me cry, and never come on here again. But SoonerGirl comforted me, God Bless Her Soul! Than BigDleech, my first friend on here, sent me an invite. Could you believe it? Someone like Bigdleech sent ME an invite!!!! I was so happy by gaining their friendships that they have held the top two spots in my Starting Lineup from Day 1. Those two spots have never been touched, and I never even thought of changing them. Then came Wallace. Wallace lives quite close to me, about a 35 minute drive away, and you know how we met? He left a comment on my profile about how bad Morelli is. Yep, and for the longest time we used to talk all the time. On here, AIM, you name it. He was my best friend on here for the longest time. Then Wallace moved on from FanNation. He was the first close friend that left this site, and it upset me. I tried to convince him otherwise, but he thought it was time to go. At the time, I couldn't understand his reasons. But now I do. So then my first group...what can I say about Big Ten Football. I always point to it as my proudest accomplishment. I know the Atroo, Night Owls, SIFS, and some of the private groups on here will disagree, but personally I thought there wasn't a tighterknit bunch on here that us Big Ten Football guys and gals. Go ahead laugh. But if you were a member of the Big Ten Football or Big Ten Basketball group, you knew how close we were, and how we were the defendants of the Best conference in NCAAF. Laugh all you want. But we did. In the meanwhile I attempted the art of the throwdown. I started out 0-5. But on the sixth TD, I finally won. And BS, and EFbasketball both voted for me in that throwdown, and both said that they were surprised I was 0-5 because they said I argued well! How about that?? Compliments from the best in the business at the time. Anyway so I began my quest to be a great throwdowner. After losing heartbreaking throwdowns, and accumulating a 9-12-3 record, I called it quits for throwdowning. I always had a great argument, always! And I lost some great ones. And some bad calls. But that's life. So life after throwdowning was blogging on my own blog about college football. I enjoyed it, and got quite a bunch of comments! So then after I saw the success of the Big Ten groups, I became addicted to starting or running previously made groups, thanks to Keeper and Real Sports, who both either helped me convince me I can run groups well, or like Real Sports, find dead groups and bring them back as we have done with the active Pro Triangle Fan Group. And all this while I was recieving friend invites left and right, and joined the elite Night Owls, and was one of the founding fathers of the Rumor Mill with my bestest buddy after Wallace, Dudeman. Dudeman is a great kid, who is not afraid to assume responsibility, and bats in the cleanup spot in my Starting Lineup, and for good reason. Good kid. So together we went on the endeavors of creating more groups, one of which is the SFAHW. (Join people.) Those are a couple of my accomplishments. Some of my biggest regrets? Well, I never achieved a .500 throwdown record, I never got into the SIFS, never getting on the most active list, stuff like that. Just a special shoutout to my best friends: Bigdleech- My first friend, and fellow PSU FAN!

SoonerGirl- The reason I stayed on this site.

Badgerfan07- Big Ten Football Co-Creator, and one of my biggest supporters, and I'm one of his biggest fans. Dudeman- Need I say more?

Dyhard- What a great kid. Loves his Packers!

JDawg1447- I can always talk NCAAF with this kid.

RUGator-I'm one of his biggest fans and supporters. And I hope he feels the same way.

1Hawkeye1- Big Ten Football/ Basketball homie.

BS- One of my first supporters and I'm rooting for him as he is serving our country (even if he is a Bronco fan) Bigalke- One of my newest, but coolest Night Owl/ Rumor Mill buddies!

Cincy- Great kid who likes bad teams.

DCSports- A crazy DC homer who knows his stuff.

G.O.A.T- One of the smartest young guys on here. Without a doubt.

InkDemon- One of my big time supporters.

KP- What can I say. Mom? Krobe- I'll never forget him.

LarryFitzFan- My first throwdown win!

Marc. H- My newest, but really good friend.

Prove It- ONE OF MY FIRST/BEST FRIENDS OF ALL TIME ON HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (One of the Big Ten Homies!!)

Steveo- We became friends! SS- Good kid, and one of the Big Ten Homies!!!

Thugmeister- Great blogs!

Tracy- She is something special is she not? One of the Night Owls/ Rumor Mill buddies!!

EF- One of the greats in my mind!

Ram- Another one of the smart ones on here, and one of my first friends.

Rdsknmaniac- For some reason, we never really got along. But somehow we did...good person.

Rstowe- Cool for a bunch of reasons.

Smoothsandy- Cool blogger!

Hemo- One of the more recent friends, but he was a cool Rumor Mill/ Night Owl Buddy!!

If I forgot anyone, sorry. All 114 of my friends are special. So was every one of my 80 blog posts, 24 throwdowns, and 3096 comments. I LOVE this site. I just wanted to let everyone know how thankful I am, and to let people know how I got on and around this site. Anthony E.