Greetings to all Stampede Blue members!
A while back, Luke Shultheis announced on a Fan Post, that Stampede Blue would be hiring another contributor. He essentially asked if there were any members who had an interest in filling this position. I was beyond interested, but what came next was a total shock to me. Seeing fellow members go to the effort to suggest to Luke that “Clydesdales” would be a good candidate for the position, really brought a smile to my face and a bit of sense that I had connected with some of you. For that, please accept my heartfelt gratitude.
Your support continued as Stampede Blue sorted through what I believe to be a good amount of qualified candidates. I know that some of you became a bit impatient, but rest assured that there was a process and it needed to be completed. Actually, I may have been announced sooner, but giving me the ability to access and create content, needed to see me be able to authenticate, which my old flip phone does not have the ability to do. We are still actually using a work-around to complete this process.
So, don’t believe that this was a lengthy contract negotiation involving salary or artistic control. I’m doing this for beer money and I am happy to share my thoughts with all of you, as I have for 10 plus years. My hope is that I continue to connect with many of you and that you find relevance and a bit of humor in what I present. I also promise to do my level best to respond to your responses to my articles. Maybe not all of them, but if there is a question in there, I’ll get you a response.
Quickly about me. Clydedales is a name I have used for everything from bowling, softball, and fantasy sports teams, to dating profiles and forum handles. It’s a simple connection in that I was quite the Budweiser fan for much of my youth. Bear in mind that I consider my 30’s and 40’s as part of my youth these days, at the ripe old age of 64. I am currently a high school Drafting and Computer Science teacher, but I am hoping to be able to retire at the end of this school year.
I was a Colts season ticket holder for 26 years, starting in year two in Indy. My disposable income conveniently took a hit the same year that Peyton’s neck did, which ended my run. I moved away from Muncie, going on 10 years ago, so I have gone through an array of ways to watch the Colts. The first was to go to a Sports Bar. This only lasted a season as I found myself spending 40 bucks on beer and wings and only occasionally being able to hear the broadcast. I was fortunate enough to have the NFL Sunday Ticket for free for two years by choosing the Dish Network as my provider.
Since then, I have had NFL Plus. I get to stream the games about five minutes after they are completed. Because of this, I don’t see a ton of other teams, because I do not watch the other games while the Colts are playing, for fear of getting spoiler alerts. It does allow me to have the “All 22”, which I hope to be able to use in the occasional article.
The articles will be centered around the “Pulse” of the fans. I’m not 100% sure of the format, but I will be offering an article or two each week. I expect to have greater details on the format of my articles as we all transition to the new login format. I hope you can have a little patience with me as I grow into this role.
Lastly, thanks again to those who were in my corner during this process. You all have given me the green light to respond to my wife’s queries about why I am spending so much time on the computer with an, “I’m working here!” response.
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