JoseVargasTX

LSU basketball camp summer of 1993. Walk out of the field house and there is a dude laying on the ground with a Cadillac hood ornament next to him. Look past that guy, there’s Shaq.

Dude had stolen Shaq’s hood ornament.

For some reason I had a disposable camera in my bag that day. Got a photo with Shaq, but he bluntly said he wasn’t doing autographs. We were both young in 1993. Fast forward and he has a house less than 5 miles from me today.

Have met Marcus Spears several times. Bradie James. Dale Brown.

Jonas brothers came to my work and we had to let them in back doors and give them private access. Good dudes.

Ran into Michael Irvin at a bar in Dallas—dude was a dickhead.

Ran into Troy Aikman at a convenience store where we were both buying miller lite. Had a nice conversation and shook hands as we introduced ourselves. Looking back at it, he was probably wondering why the hell I thought he needed to know my name.

Ross Perot—we catered a huge event at his house and he was a very nice dude. Wanted corn on the cob and that was the one food item we ran out of. I can still hear him saying… “where’s the corn on the cob? I want some corn on the cob!”

David Allan Coe… got on his bus after a concert. He signed a $5 bill and I spent it a few minutes later. It was still worth $5.

Former Dallas Cowboy Randy White… good dude.

I could keep going. Bringing back some fun memories.

Texas high school football playoffs… 1995, my junior year.

I played tight end and always went out with our QB in pregame and we tossed the football back and forth. I sometimes wore receivers gloves and sometimes didn’t. Depending on humidity and hot/cold, sometimes they didn’t feel right. This game I wore them.

Made several good catches in first half. About 50 seconds to play in the first half, coach calls a play where the qb fakes fullback dive hits me with a pass going straight down the field. I’m wide open. No one in front of me.

What do I do? Stick out my left hand and try and catch a perfectly thrown ball with one hand. Ball hits my hand. I juggle it back to my body and then it hits the ground. We punt and go to halftime down six.

Keep in mind, my dad was booster club president, my parents and many of the coaching staff hung out away from football.

Make it all the way through halftime and I thought nothing would be said about my drop… I was wrong…

Coach comes streaking across the lockerroom and kicks my helmet across the floor and says… JoseVargas… for all I care you can take those receivers gloves and stick them up your arse!

I played both ways and ended up having a great game and we won, but I still flashback to that drop.

WTF was I thinking? One handed catch for no reason.

Ended up at dragos. Enjoyable meal.

I’ve built several… my advice to you… build your house knowing that at some point it will have to be sold. No garage… good luck.

Condensate line is frozen—at least it was at my house. Hair dryer and some insulation on the outside pipe fixed it.

I drive a company gmc 2500 Denali

Wife drives a 2022 Range Rover

6’ 4”
350

People say I have the largest calves and shoulders/back they’ve ever seen.

I’m definitely proof that you can’t out workout bad eating and drinking habits.

Interesting—I wonder if we’ve ever met.

Phillip Hearn is your guy. He likes to fight.

Are you in staffing? I own a company based in Texas.