The B-Team

From left to right: Jacob, Randy, Brayden, Matt, Mike

Est. 2004

(sometime during the 1st block of medical school)

Facts compiled during our camping trip:

• Jacob needed a friend and someone to study with-he sought Matt as his obvious choice, Mike was Jacob & Matt's lab partner and joined as well
• Randy was studying in the room they wanted to use, he joined by default
• Brayden became a "staple" soon after
• Fellow classmates formed a group of their own and were endearingly labeled the "Dream Team" due to their incessant question-asking abilities, their eagerness for being at the top of the class, and their front-row seat tendencies, this is how the "B-Team" got their name
• Study sessions consisted of talking out the material and the World Series of Flatus (Matt won, Randy received all the publicity for it)
• Nicknames (don't ask): Matt-Weak sauce, Jacob-Hot sauce, Brayden-Uro sauce, Randy-Mercapto (a.k.a. stinky) sauce, Mike-Bleep sauce
• If they could be the Scooby Gang, Jacob would be Velma; Mike, Daphne; Randy, Scooby; Matt, Fred; Brayden, Shaggy
• 2 Members of the B Team are AOA (top 5% of the class)
• On our first camping trip-3 children tagged along; on our 2nd camping trip, there were 9.
• At least one B-Team wife has been pregnant throughout medical school; Brayden & Cassy contributed every other pregnancy; most of us had a baby during 3rd year (the hardest year).
• I never worried about Randy when he was gone, he was surrounded by good men.