Purdue Headed to Champs Sports Bowl

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue football team today accepted an invitation to play in the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 29.

"We appreciate the opportunity to go the Champs Sports Bowl and play an outstanding team from the ACC," said head coach Joe Tiller, who will take his ninth Purdue team to postseason play in 10 seasons. "I am pleased for our players that they get this reward. We have a young team that has worked hard, gotten better over the course of the season and put itself in position to play in this game."

Purdue will play in its 14th bowl game in school history. The Boilermakers played in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando on Jan. 1, 2004.

"We're very excited about going to the Champs Sports Bowl," junior linebacker Dan Bick said. "Orlando is a beautiful place. I know the team went down there for the Capital One Bowl the year before I got to Purdue, and I have heard great things about that trip."

Said sophomore wide receiver Greg Orton: "Florida will be a great place to go to celebrate our bowl game. As a team, we have worked hard all season, and this is a great opportunity for us."

"Purdue boasts one of the most exciting offenses in all of college football," Florida Citrus Sports executive director Steve Hogan said. "The Boilermakers have one of the more passionate fan bases and will follow their team to Orlando to see what should be a top bowl matchup against a very good ACC opponent."

1967 Rose Bowl USC W 14-13
1978 Peach Bowl Georgia Tech W 41-21
1979 Bluebonnet Bowl Tennessee W 27-22
1980 Liberty Bowl Missouri W 28-25
1984 Peach Bowl Virginia L 24-27

ENTER JOE TILLER
1997 Alamo Bowl #24 Oklahoma State W 33-20
1998 Alamo Bowl #4 Kansas State W 37-34
2000 Outback Bowl #21 Georgia L 25-28 (OT)
2001 Rose Bowl #4 Washington L 24-34
2001 Sun Bowl #13 Washington State L 27-33
2002 Sun Bowl Washington W 34-24
2004 Capital One Bowl #11 Georgia L 27-34 (OT)
2004 Sun Bowl #21 Arizona State L 23-27

Colonial Days

Becca's class celebrated Colonial Days today and Jackie braided Becca's hair up so that she would look like Laura Ingalls. Since I'm on vacation today, I got to see them in the classroom as well.

I wish I would have gone with Jackie to pick Becca up after school. Jackie said that seeing Becca run done the hill in her dress carrying books really threw her back to Little House on the Prairie.

When I asked Becca what she did for Colonial Days, she replied "Nuttin". It sure is nice to have Jackie involved in the school so we know something goes on there.

Stewardship and Tithing

Josh Wilson, Michael Harrington and Brady Hudson are starting to convert me to the latest instruments of satire. I've always used a healthy dose of satire in my discussions and writing, but video technology is clearly superior. This one you tube video is just beautiful.

I look forward one day to talking to Jesus about His clearing of the temple while He walked the earth. Back in the 80's when Jackie and I lived in North Carolina, we had the chance to tour through the remains of the PTL club.

It is amazing how many groups of people have gathered together to build towers of babel over the generations. This video is extremely convicting to any of us that have flesh.

Christian No More

Matt Hind found these great videos on YouTube. You can view them all by searching for "Christian No More"

Tates Creek Volleyball Banquet

The 2006 Tates Creek Volleyball team celebrated their season at Hilton Green this year. Rob Hench did a great job with a video to recall some of the season. The coaches and players made presentations to each other and we all ate very well.

Carmen received the Defensive MVP award for the freshman team. She is pictured below with the Offensive MVP, Rachel and the most improved, Casey. All three girls will be playing on different BAVA teams in a few weeks.

A Tale of Two iPods

Last year, Adam and Carmen both asked for iPods for Christmas.

Uncle Keith came out of retirement and cancelled a tropical vacation in order to trade Steve Jobs some money for two engraved iPods for his neice and nephew. Carmen's white iPod is still in mint condition, but Adam's black iPod has finally given up the ghost. I've not recorded all the stress tests that Adam has applied, but I wanted to share just a few:

1. Left it in his pocket for Grandma to wash ( and tumble dry )
2. Drop it
3. Drop it on concrete
4. Run through crowded restaurants with cord swinging until it catches a chair which slingshots the iPod from his pocket into a neighboring chair
5. Football players punch him in the chest while he has it in his pocket
6. Football players smack it out of his hands while he is listening to it
7. Slam the Jeep door on it.

In 6 of the 7 listed trials, returning the iPod to its charging station has amazingly restored it's ability to function. In the last trial, it failed.... nothing is perfect, but this device is well engineered.