Albert Banks

As many of you know I played for the University of Florida Ultimate Club Team (UFUCT) in college. It was a great time and I made lifelong friends. We grew the team from humble beginnings into a Sectional and Regional force.

This year, UFUCT made it’s first ever appearance at Nationals. The 16 team tournament is the pinnacle of College Ultimate. Florida went undefeated in the tourney to become the 2006 College Ultimate Champions defeating Wisconsin 15-12.

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This team was truly special, accumulating a final record of 49-1. They won the Florida Winter Classic, Trouble in Vegas and Stanford Invite tournaments in the regular season. Florida continued their domination by capturing the AC South Sectional and Atlantic Coast Regional titles to become the top seed at Nationals.

Anchoring the team in his final season was Captain Tim Gehret. His dominating play on offense and defense showed he was clearly the best player in the country. It was made official as he won the 2006 Callahan Award, given annually to the top college player.

Check out CSTV for the broadcast of the final: Schedule

UFUCT, UFUCT, UFUCT U!

If you haven’t seen Ask A Ninja yet, you’re in for a good laugh. It’s brought to you by a couple guys in LA who dig comedy an do improv. As they say, “We make shit up and people laugh. Sometimes.” People email the Ninja questions and he answers them on a quasi-weekly basis. Here is my favorite episode where he answers a ton of questions in one sitting:

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Wow, a lot has happened in the past few weeks… Here’s the lowdown:

I finally worked up the nerve to ask Katie to marry me. After a lot of sobbing and face covering I finally got an “Uh huh” followed shortly thereafter by a real “Yes”. This was in the morning, so we had to hide it from our families until they met (for the first time) that evening. It was a surprise to the parents, but our siblings had a pretty good idea it was coming. So now we’re a “package deal” as we like to call it. And no, we do not have a date. Don’t ask. If you do, the answer is February 31st, 2011… on Mars.

We’re moving! Yes, after many years the stronghold of Gainesville will finally be broken. I’ll miss the fall football, but I’ll be back for some games. Our eventual destination is Charlotte, NC. But, we’ve got a year detour in Richmond, VA (courtesy of Connie). This weekend, the Fantastic Four (myself, Katie, Ronnie and Connie) made the long drive to the Commonwealth and a place to call our homes.

That’s the big news in my life…

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The crocodile hunter runs into Albert the Alligator at ESPN headquarters.

As many of you are aware, my company Myjive has gotten very busy lately. In the fast paced technology industry, thing happen quickly. We have multiple active projects and collaborations involving people accross the globe. We also dabble in side projects purely out of creativity, curiousity or you could even say geekiness.

Not all of these ventures come to fruition yet or have been made public. So, if you are curious about what we’ve been up to you can check out the Leak. The Leak is where we post about new and exciting work going on behind closed doors. Go ahead… get your feet wet!