- Sep 8, 2014
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Last night we held my retirement ceremony from the Coast Guard at the VFW in Arlington, VA. One of my buddies played college football at Oregon State and retired last year - he's a big Patriots fan as well. So we got in touch w/ the OSU AD's office and they flew an OSU flag over the stadium and sent it to us. The Patriots flew an American flag over Gillette and sent it w/ a picture and letter congratulating him on his retirement. We put both flags in his shadow box. So, not to be outdone, he got in touch w/ UF's AD's office (he said he had to 'pester' them for a while) - he was able to get an authentic UF helmet, worn in a game (whoever #44 was - there's a small sticker inside the helmet w/ the #44) and it's signed by Dan Mullen, "To Chris, Thank you for your service. Go Gators. Dan Mullen":