About Us

Luke Sims is the current editor/leader writer for Black&Teal and chimes in from St. Paul, Minnesota.  Luke grew tired of watching the Vikings fail miserably to the Packers with their pass-first offense.  While never having visited Jacksonville, the tough defense and smash mouth offense appealed to his desire for real football.  Since his discovery of the proud Florida franchise in 2003, Luke has been enamored with the the Jaguars.  Some may say love is in the air, and as the Jaguars progress, the affair only grows.

• Please contact Luke for all questions concerning Black&Teal.  Send Luke all of your best Minnesota and Montana jokes at [email protected]
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Andrew Hofheimer is a staff writer for BlackandTeal.com and is a Jacksonville native, living there until he attended college in 2005. He graduated from Washington & Lee University with a degree in Business Administration and currently resides in Atlanta, GA. Despite living and breathing baseball when Jacksonville was first awarded a professional franchise, he was a Jaguars fan from Day 1 and fell deeper in love with every season, enjoying going to games with his family and friends. He considers himself an ever-learning student of the game and is hugely passionate about the Jaguars, the sport of football, and the city of Jacksonville.

 

Jason Love was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL. He attended Stanton College Prep, UF and is currently at FSU Law. Jason’s football experience comes from middle and high school, where he played OG, LB, TE and FB. Jason also is an avid USMNT soccer enthusiast. Jason keeps tabs on the Jaguars, UF Gators, US National Men’s Soccer and Jacksonville Suns.

 

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Daniel Lago was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Jacksonville in time to see the Jaguars’ inaugural season in 1995. He attended the University of Florida and is currently at Georgia Tech for graduate school studying nuclear engineering.  Daniel bleeds black and teal, but he also follows Gator football and basketball, as well as Orlando Magic basketball and Atlanta Braves baseball.

• You can reach Daniel at [email protected]

Lionel Joel was born and raised in Jacksonville.  His loyalty to the Jaguars was solidified when he discovered that Natrone meant more than football.  He meant business.  After a brief, inglorious stint playing lacrosse for Presbyterian College, he quickly wised up and became a Florida Gator.  After graduation Lionel moved back to Jacksonville, where aside from supporting the Jaguars with the white-hot passion of a thousand suns, he enjoys music festivals, Guinness Black Lager, beach bocce ball, and spends much of his free time convincing people that banjo music and Ned Betty do not go hand-in-hand.

• You can reach Lionel at [email protected]

David Johns is not a Jacksonville native. He’s from a small po-dunk town in Alabama. After he received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music, he moved to Jacksonville, FL where he lived in a storage shed for months until he could get his feet under him. During that time, he quickly developed an affinity for the Jaguars, and began supporting the team in whatever way he could. He enjoys music, plays four different instruments, is a songwriter, and is an avid comic book collector.

• You can contact david at [email protected]

Zain Gowani was born in a little town called Mercy, New Jersey.  This proved ironic as he showed none of it to opposing players on the football field, basketball court, and track growing up in Orlando, FL.  A highly touted prospect recruited by a number of flag football teams across the country, his amateur sports career was derailed by earth-shattering injuries at the age of 22, and he now lives in Nashville, TN where he is a medical student by day and a medical student by night.  In his free time, he follows his hometown Orlando Magic, the Florida Gators, Novak Djokavic, and of course, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

• If you ever want to talk sports statistics, the demise of childhood television, or osteosarcomas, drop Zain a line at [email protected]