Adam Rodriguez remembered when CSI: Miami premiered it wasn't welcomed warmly by the cast of the original CSI.

"They kinda snubbed their noses at us," he told Jordana Huber of Dose. "For some stupid reason when we started, I don't know why, they were really angry. And they were pretty bitter about it for a long time."

Rodriguez's solution to the animosity is simple: a good old fashion ratings battle. "I bet CSI: Miami would beat CSI if we were given their time slot," he said. "We can beat them in the ratings and internationally we are the No. 1 show. I'd love to see how we do in their slot."

In addition to finding ways to instigate fights between the two CSIs, Rodriguez has spent the last couple of months advertising the CSI: Miami board game, which already has become a piece of memorabilia for the actor. "Ten years from now, I'm going to look back, when I dig this game out of the bottom of my closet, and laugh."

Rodriguez was recently voted one of the sexiest men alive by People Magazine, but he tries not to let that get to his head. "I always laugh," he said. "I don't see myself as being that, so it's funny for someone else to think it does. I mean, I'm not saying they're wrong. But I'm a gym shorts or jeans guy."

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