IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON BABY!!!

So as you can see from the Kruger home we are definately excited for the upcoming football season! I am not even going to say who we cheer for because if you can't figure out that small detail on your own then you need to be punched in the gizzard.

I HAVE A NEW BLOG FAT LARDS! ITS TONYANDJESSICABERGSTROM.BLOGSPOT.COM THIS IS WHERE I WILL BE ADDING ANY PICTURES/NEWS OF TONY AND I. I WILL CONTINUE TO ALSO TRY AND UPDATE KRUGER STUFF ON THE KRUGER BLOG OR I WON'T WHO KNOWS. ADD IT PEOPLE.. ADD IT

Practicing with the team

Here is a couple of pictures of Paul practicing with the ravens. About a week ago he called my mom and told her that he got a couple interceptions one of which he intercepted and then pitched to Ray Lewis who then ran it in for a touchdown and then chest bumped with Paul haha. What a guy what a guy.

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OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Some were surprised when the Baltimore Ravens took Utah defensive end Paul Kruger in the second round. But Kruger's game tape and interviews caught the Ravens' eye this offseason, and the team feels he has the potential to be another good rusher in their complicated scheme.


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Paul Kruger is looking forward to working with a veteran defense.
Kruger took some time during minicamp to talk to the AFC North blog about, among other things, moving cross country and playing with future Hall of Famers.
You're a young guy (23) moving from one end of the country to another. How is that transition going?
Paul Kruger: You know it's all been so fast and so abrupt that I really don't have time to feel the effects yet. But I think once I have a couple days to let everything sink in and see the city a little bit, it will be more apparent to me how different the situation is.
Did the Ravens show a lot of interest in you during the pre-draft process?
PK: I was definitely surprised. They didn't bring me out here for a visit. They didn't come to Utah [for a workout]. So, yeah, I was definitely surprised.
What are your thoughts on playing in the Mountain West Conference just several months ago to sharing the same huddle with Pro Bowlers like Ray Lewis and Ed Reed?
PK: It gives me something to aspire to. It's somebody you can learn from. These are great guys. Everybody is real welcoming and real nice. So I think for me it's something to work towards. I'm not walking in like I'm the man or anything. I just want work hard and learn from them as much as I can.
How aware are you of the physicality of the AFC North?
PK: Being on this team in it and of itself is just enough to blow you away. But when you realize you're going to be playing teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers and other top-notch teams, you really understand that week to week it's going to be a fight. So I think it's something the coaches are going to keep preparing us for.

Just a few engagement pictures. 22 more days!

The Immaturity Of a 13 year old Collegiate Athlete

Anyone who reads my blog knows who my 13 year old brother Mark is. He is as of now the runt of the family as we sometimes say. But in saying that I do not mean it in a bad way. My family always says, even though Mark will probably be the shortest (short as in 6"2 so the size of to most people a very tall person) but in being the shortest, stalkiest kid in the family he will probably end up the best athlete out of all of us as we say. The other day when coming home from work I checked the mail before I came in the house. I always search through to see if there is anything for me and I scrolled through a number of letters from a billion different unviersities with Joe's name on them for football scholarship offers etc. As I am searching through I noticed a letter from UCLA with Mark Kruger on it. I said to myself this kid is in eight grade this has got to be a mistake! I open the letter because I was so curious and in it is a hand written letter from the UCLA coach! Saying Mark, we can't officially recruite you now but please know there is a full ride scholarship waiting for you and we will be recruiting you as soon as you are of age etc etc! I burst out laughing in the driveway as I read this! I couldn't believe that my little brother mark was already recieving hand written letters from major football teams at his age. I mean coach Kyle Whittingham at Utah has already said there is a full ride waiting for him and so has coach Bronco Mendenhall but letters at this age is hilarious! As I'm standing there I look down the street and here comes rolling up in those rip stick/skateboard things is my still-in-his-baby-fat-hasn't-hit-puberty-yet little brother mark. He was sloppily trying to ride his ripstick and bounce a ball up the street as the same time. I just sat there and laughed at my collegiate athletic but yet so uncoordinated football dominating little brother. Even though Erica is younger than him we consider him the baby. Everyone always says that Paul, David, and Joe are going to all make it to the NFL, well guess what people.... My money is on MARK!!! Out of the three older brothers Mark is the only 8th grader in the family to recieve a hand written letter at 13! I am very proud of my little brother Marky.

At The Symphany!

Tony suprised me the other day by taking me to the symphany. We actually got fairly good seats compared to what we could have had. I had to laugh because those who have been to the symphany before know that the floors are uneven on the entire upper floors so as your walking to your seat you can feel gravity pulling you to the railing and you feel like you are going to fall over the side so for me and my special depth perception mixed with uneven floors I had to hold on to Tony and a chair the entire time while walking/tip toing to my seat. Once I made it to my chair I chuckled as Tony filled the entire chair and half of mine. This wasn't lard falling over the seats it was just a big dude that was too big for the tony chairs. If my bum filled the seat then Tony's bum definately wasn't moving the entire time. After about an hour of listening to the music and commenting to Tony about how funny it would be if the instructor that was leading as intensly as he was naked, I started falling asleep in my chair (sorry Tony). Tony gave me a nudge and said it was time to go and he could tell that I was sleepy so he had me wait inside while he went and got the car. So sweet so very sweet. Thanks for the fabulous weekend mister.