It’s the most wonderful time of the year. My cousin’s favorite song to accompany her favorite sport - football. We’re going to focus on college football for this one though.
The Florida Gators are the preseason #1, no surprise there. I’m not a Gator fan by any means (FSU all the way!), but I’ve heard it is a pretty nice area. If you’re starting school in the fall you may want to check out some off campus housing near Florida State University or the University of Florida. With Tim Tebow returning for his senior season, the Gators are predicted to win their third national title in four years. The top ten also includes: Texas, Oklahoma, USC, Virginia Tech, Ohio State, Ole Miss, Alabama, Penn State and Oklahoma State, in that order.
The top ten rankings don’t show it, but the SEC is going to be a lot stronger this season with five teams in the top 25 (Florida, Alabama, LSU, Mississippi and Georgia). LSU has been known for their defense in the past, but have struggled since power defensive lineman, Glenn Dorsey left in ‘08. I have high hopes for the Tigers, though. Georgia is a school that continues to go after it year after year; they finished last year with a very respectable 10-3 record. Coach Mark Richt has a no nonsense attitude and apparently so does the Bulldogs’ mascot, UGA.
It’s clear that quarterbacks dominate discussion for this season with the top three Heisman candidates, Colt McCoy (Texas), Sam Bradford (Oklahoma) and Tim Tebow (Florida) all starting in the QB position. Two of them hail from the Big 12 conference; Colt McCoy and Sam Bradford. Out of these three, my vote goes to Colt McCoy because I’m neither a Florida nor Oklahoma fan. My hatred for Oklahoma stems back to 2003 win they gave Jason White the Heisman trophy. Larry Fitzgerald got robbed! What ever happened to Mr. White anyway? Has anyone seen or heard from him? Is he even in the NFL anymore? That would be a NO! This is one of the many reasons why I’m looking forward to the Red River Rivalry even more this season.
Last season Texas beat Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry even with the horrible officiating throughout the game. And I will never understand how the Sooners jumped the Longhorns in the rankings last season when they clearly beat them in the head to head. There will never be a logical explanation for that mess. That’s the BCS ranking system for you. But if you’re thinking about moving and you’re an avid college football fan like me, think about Texas as many would argue the Lone Star state is home to the best college football athletes in the country. Check out some apartments for rent in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.
Schools in the rebuilding phase: Notre Dame. They are currently listed as #23 in USA Today Poll. I think that’s rather high especially with Charlie Weis’ job hanging in the balance. If the Fighting Irish don’t come through this year, he’s probably done. The Irish have ranked in college football’s elite throughout history, but you wouldn’t know it from recent seasons. They finished last season with a less than respectable 6-6 record. That’s not going to get it done this year. But if you’re still holding on to the Irish’s old glory days (like my father) then you’ll want to check out some apartments in South Bend.
Miami is another school that’s had its share of struggles. Miami really hasn’t been the same since the Ken Dorsey/Willis McGahee era (I’m not a Hurricanes fan, but I’m secretly a WM fan). Even though they’re not ranked in the top 25, the ‘Canes have a lot of returning talent and look to start the season strong. However, their first game is against the ‘Noles on 9/7 so that’s a guaranteed loss. Sorry Miami.
It looks like this is going to be a pretty eventful season. Many analysts predict the Gators to win the 2010 National Championship, but I think it’s still up in the air. Either way, I can’t wait for the season to start. Everyone mark your calendar for Thursday, September 3rd. Hard hitting and pigskin, that’s what I live for.
It’s been a few weeks since we’ve uploaded our community theater videos to social media websites such as YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Revver and AptsVideo.com. It appears they were on a hiatus for a bit, but have made a miraculous recovery.
This week the upload totals over 100 new videos. What? Over 100 new apartment community videos?? Yes, sir! Apartments for rent in cities all over the US have been distributed on our social networking profiles. Cities such as Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Carrollton, Denver, Durham, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Jacksonville, McKinney, Miami, Milwaukee, Naples, Portland, San Antonio, Tampa, etc. The list is really too long to go on, but you can check all the latest uploads on our YouTube profile.
During this week of uploading apartment community videos, I noticed we had a good amount of Texas apartment communities engaging in the online video realm. And I thought, why not spotlight their new efforts with a blog posting about those communities!? So here they are!
Parkside Crossing in Austin, TX offers one, two and three bedroom apartments with fireplaces, gourmet gas cooking, covered parking and elegant landscaping with resort-like amenities. With a flair for the extraordinary, Parkside Crossing Apartments invites you to set your standards higher for fabulous apartment home living.
Sedona Springs apartments, in Austin, TX, is located right off of Loop 1 South, which takes you close to all that downtown Austin has to offer. Our location puts you close to US-290, I-35, shopping and dining. Centered in the heart of Southwest Austin, Sedona Springs is the place to be.
The Parks at Walnut Apartments in Dallas, TX A relaxed, natural setting community nestled away with shade trees awaits your arrival at the Parks at Walnut in Dallas, Texas. You’ll love coming home to all our outside recreations. Enjoy the benefits of a sparkling pools, tennis courts and sand volleyball. We are ideally located in North East Dallas and are just 20 minutes from the heart of metropolitan Dallas.
Where Tuscany meets Texas … the newest apartment community located in prestigious Stone Oak/Sonterra is now open. The Montecristo offers a Tuscan/Italian resort style ambiance with lavish interior and community amenities. Architectural features include elegant arches outlined in masonry, stucco exteriors and wrought iron railings.
If you haven’t taken a look at our social media websites, you definitely need to! Especially since we write content with marketing/advertising ideas to help promote your apartment community videos. After your video goes live on ForRent.com, it is then uploaded to several social media websites such as YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion, AptsVideo.com. The purpose for doing this is to make the apartment search process easier for renters; we want your community to be where THEY are. It also helps expose the property’s attractive features. This really gives prospective renters the opportunity to gage a property before going to see it.
In addition to posting it on social media websites, we also write a blog alerting consumers what new videos have come out which feeds into our Facebook Page and Twitter. This again is to encourage them to seek more information about your property and hopefully drive more LEADS to your door step!
Want to find out what was posted this week? Well, here’s a rap up…
Or like they say in Ohio “Ohio, The Heart of It All”
Our professionally produced apartment videos enhance the apartment shoppers, YOUR, experience by allowing you to view apartment communities units and amenities as well as the surrounding city it is located in. All of these videos are syndicated to ForRent.com, AptsVideo.com, along with more than ten major channels including Yahoo, MySpace and YouTube.
Take a look at the most recently uploaded videos for this week, including many in the great state of Ohio….
Let me count the ways…we’re lucky that you provide more information about apartment communities to us. We’re lucky that you are on more video sites like: YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, Dailymotion and AptsVideo.com to be more visible for us. And we’re so very lucky by how you make the apartment search process much easier.
In short, we are just plain lucky to have you!
Here are just a few recent videos we’re LUCKY to view….
