AHS Eagles 17 - IKE 11

AHS Eagles Lead the Friday Football Frenzy: October 30, 2009  
AHS 17 - IKE 11! 
BEAT KINGWOOD and we are district champs next week.

Inspiration: Heather and Troy

Watching the Steelers-Titans opening NFL game of the year and saw this on twitter at the 1/2. Very inspirational. A reminder to all of us to enjoy each day we are given and to try to make our lives here together the best we can.

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Eagles Win First Football Game

Atascocita Eagles 16 - Hastings Bears 7 game story w/video: Eagles turn up heat in second half, get win
Transfer Carter
shines playing QB;
Bears still struggle
JENNY DIAL Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Aug. 29, 2009, 2:23AM

Our Eagles won on the road Friday night. It must have been a very competitive game. Especially since the very controversial QB that transferred back to Hastings this week played the second half and was very good. Proud of the Eagles D for holding Hastings and that awesome QB to only 7 points.

Wish I could see the game next week, but I am heading to Nacadoches, TX for a couple of fantasy football drafts. I'll have to wait for the next home game.

Texans play tonight

Go Texans!

At long last... My Texans Win!

It has been a terrible fall. We have had a car accident, hurricane, and terrible losses for our hometown football team. Especially the last two weeks - very close loses to the Colts & Jags, our divisional opponents.

Today was a rocky outing against the Dolphins. But, Matt Schaub won it on the final play of the game by running it in from the three yard line. A one-point win! Finally the Texans do it.





Is there anything better than a weekend where the Cowboys lose and Texans win? :)

Oh yeah, and the Nittany Lions are #3 in the nation. Another great win for JoePA's squad in Wisconsin. And I actually got to watch the game on ESPN.

Texans Football... Ahhhhhh. Finally.

It's football time America! And there are a few other stories out there besides Brett Favre. The Chronicle today asks, "Is Mario Williams the best defensive end in football?". Can you remember back to the draft? How disappointed was everyone that the Texans decided on Williams over Bush and Young?



The Texans were 8-8 last year. And they led football in the number of persons on their roster that were on the disabled list. Their injuries were crazy! But, this is turning into a pretty deep roster because each year the injury problems have forced a lot of people to play. Now that depth is paying off.

If the Texans were in any other division in football, besides the toughest - The AFC South (with Indy, Jacksonville, and Tennessee) - they would be picked for the playoffs this year. But, most nationwide do not give them the chance to overtake the big three in the division.

We'll see. The Texans could still be a year away. Their schedule is tough! It is going to be a lot of fun to watch and see it unfold though. I love their front office and GM. The moves they have made in the draft have been super. Demeco Ryans, Amobi Okoye, Williams and Fred Bennett have created a talented and youthful base to the defense that is going to start paying off big time.

Fantasy Football is getting ready to draft and for the first time I am considering putting the Texans D on my roster! I play fantasy football pretty seriously, so this is a big statement!

It is a Small World

It never ceases to amaze me what a small world we live in. Last week I was teaching class and we finished our projects early. I mentioned to students something about careers and how amazing technology is today. The Buffalo Bill's player Kevin Everett and his spinal cord injury was fresh on my mind. The injury had occurred just two days earlier.

I went on to mention the amazing treatment that they gave him as he was injured on the field. Then suddenly one of my students said, "Mr. D, that's my brother." I looked at her a little strange. I wasn't sure what she could have meant by that. Did she mean, like she is "Down with him..." and he is her "brother" - you know? She said, "Really, he is my blood brother. We have the same Mom, but different Dads."

My mouth about dropped to the floor. After apologizing to her because I had no idea and I did not want to upset her, she said he was doing much better than what they were reporting on TV. Sure enough the next day they said he was doing much better.

At the Teacher of the Year Luncheon this week all the people in attendance signed a big huge card to show our support to him and his family. I went up to the lady that organized it through the local Chamber of Commerce and told her how much his family would appreciate this and that I knew his younger sister.

Today they transported him to Houston and he is resting. His sister missed class to greet him. A very stressful time for the family, but his sister is in great spirits. To her credit you could not tell she was going through any kind of family trauma. She just kept plugging along all week and worked real hard.

It sure is a small world. The connections and people we meet.. amazing. It really is a 6 degree separation between just about everyone on the planet, isn't it?

Two and Ohhhhh!

WOW. Two wins to start the season. A week three matchup with arch rival Indy for sole possession of first place in the division. Does it get any better than this? It is fun to be a Texan.

Houston Texans No. 1!

Houston has the Texans,

The greatest football team,

We'll take the ball from goal to goal

Like no one's ever seen.

We're in the air, we're on the ground,

Always in control.

And when you say the Texans

You're talkin' Super Bowl. - John McClain, Houston Chronicle Writer

Yeah, Super Bowl is probably a bit pre-mature. But, who cares? We need to enjoy this. After 5 seasons of losing... Two and Ohhhhh! It's great.

They are calling our defense: "The Raging Bull D" -- I love it.

Bragging Rights!

Just like the inaugural game... we win again! :) Way to go Texans. Looking sweeeeet.
Texans Beat the Cowboys!

Football Season Returns!

Well, I am an excited guy. I love fall because of football. It is also a great time of year because it is a time of beginnings. School begins and everything is new. Football begins and even my Texans have a chance... sort of. :)

Fantasy Football drafting has begun and our family league has it's draft on Sunday. It is a great league this year. We have a couple of my friends that have played before along with new friends from work. Three of the ladies that worked with Norma and I last year at AHS are all joined up. That is going to be a lot of fun to see them duel.

My team names this year are the Duez Dragons (in my $60 auction league live draft in Nacagdoches, TX) and the Texas T-Rex. Both team names are for Aidan and his favorite animals. I even worked up a logo for the auction league:


It is going to be a lot of fun this year to play fantasy football and watch the games on our new big screen HDTV. Tonight's game with the Cowboys and Colts was just beautiful to watch. Also we began watching Hard Knocks on HBO HD. The show details the life of the NFL player in training camp. This year's team is the Kansas City Chiefs. Very interesting stuff and a lot of fun to watch in HD.

Football is back! Woo Hoo!

Post Super Bowl Thoughts

+Peyton Manning should not have won the MVP. Why not give it to the two RBs for the Colts - CoMVP was the right call there. I like Peyton and everything, but dude is seriously a ROBOT. He shows about as much emotion as a frog. Sorry, but if I just showed every doubter in America for all of those years... I would be like, "Stick it!" Or at least be so excited I'd be in tears. But, he must have "ice water running through those veins."

+Phil Simms is retarded.

+Super Bowl Commercials were not very good, but I liked the Coke ads the best. By far. They were imaginative and eye catching. The video game one was really well done.

+Rex Grossman is a spazz.

+The Texans are the #2 team in the NFL (we were the last to beat the Colts)

+Thank God for TiVo. It enabled me to catch the opening KO Return for a TD because we were just coming home from shopping and barely missed it. I saw 7-0 Bears with 14:50 left in the quarter and I said, "Hester took it the distance, ALREADY!" I really thought the Bears special teams would be a big difference. But that was the only play that haunted the Colts.

+Rain Super Bowl was interesting. The back-to-back fumbles (twice) was unique. But, I wonder what things would have been like on a fair field for both teams. Would it have changed the outcome? Grossman was lost in the slop. He couldn't throw it downfield at all. The week before he zipped some great long passes in the cold.

+The better team won. "TEAM" being the key word. Those Colts aren't great individually (except for at WR and QB) but you add up their teamwork, coaching, and spirit and that makes a Champion.


TOP 5 WAYS YOU KNOW FOOTBALL SEASON IS FINALLY OVER!
1. Your husband starts thinking about taking down the Christmas lights
2. That big lump on your couch is gone
3. Your husband starts learning the names of the kids all over again
4. Your husband discovers new qualities of your life that he never noticed before... like your new boyfriend!
5. Your husband just found out you had a baby last month!
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Super Bowl Pick is the ....

Super Bowl Sunday. It's a national holiday. The combination of food, football, and very expensive commercials make for a fun evening. All the hype that 2 weeks of national spotlight can place on an event and then they play football.

Who will win?

My head tells me that a team with a great running game (da Bears), a dominant defense (da Bears), and that has incredible special teams units (da Bears) should win. But, my heart says Colts. Manning. It seems storybook.

Plus, the last team to beat the Colts this year was the Texans. So if Indy wins, the Texans would by 'default' have to be 2nd in the NFL, right? (smile) I wish.

I think the MVP will be Thomas Jones, RB for the Bears. And not just because I owned him in my two (Championship) Fantasy Football teams this year. Well, yeah,... it's pretty much because I "owned him in my two (Championship) Fantasy Football teams this year." :) That and I just think the guy is gutty and tough. And the Bears running game could be the difference. They have a big advantage vs. the Colts run D.

Rex Grossman will have to make enough big plays to make up for his lack of consistency. He will also have to avoid the big huge turnover that he is prone to. Either Rex has a great day and the Bears win big... or Rex has a terrible day and the Colts will win big. I am rolling the dice that he will come up big.

My final score: Bears 37, Colts 17.

That's with my head.

My heart tells me: Colts 31, Bears 24. At least that is the score my heart will be rooting for. It would be nice to see the AFC stand tall again.
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NFL Championship Games = Predictions

Today's games should be great ones. I am going to get my presentation finished when Aidan naps and then be able to sit and watch both games. The pressure of putting together my presentation for Wednesday is getting to me a little bit. But, I think the material that I have put together - a photomovie with music and a powerpoint that explains our advisory program is pretty top notch. Hopefully my partner (a counselor) will agree and things will go smoothly.

I am anxious to finish the work and then move on to relax today and watch two great games.

Here's how I see it going down...

First game, Saints @ Bears:
The Saints offense is a lot better than the Bears offense. The Bears defense is a lot better than the Saints defense... but not lately. That's the difference. I think the Bear's D stumbles again in the playoffs. It's interesting to see how the Colts have played WAY better on D in the playoffs and the Bears have gone the opposite direction. Defense wins championships? Well, a great D can. This is a game that will be determined by the guts and destiny of the Saints Team. They know they are playing for a lot more than just themselves. A whole region of people from the Gulf Coast area are pulling for them. Me included.

Saints 37, Bears 27

Second game, Patriots @ Colts:
I think this is the best game of the day by far. The Colts have to get that monkey off their back, just like Steve Young did in the Super Bowl vs. the Chargers. It is weighing on Peyton Manning. I think the home crowd in the Dome really helps the Colts today. Their D won't be as good as it has been, and this will be another high scoring game. Manning will look more like Manning and the Colts will win it on a Vinateri field goal. Wouldn't that be ironic? The greatest clutch kicker in the history of the game leaves the Pats in free agency and goes to their rivals... only to beat them to win the Super Bowl in his first season away from the team. That would be a cool story.

Colts 41, Patriots 38

If it goes down like this, then the Super Bowl will have a Houston connection. First, Houston was awesome with great support to New Orleans during Katrina. There are still hundreds of thousands of people living in Houston that are from Louisiana. I hope they get something to bring them a little joy this year. I am definitely rooting for the Saints to go all the way.

Plus, in the AFC, the Colts are in the Texans division and Houston beat the Colts in week 15. :) Does that mean we are just as good as them? That we are really close to the Super Bowl ourselves? Probably not! But, it still is a lift to see how good the Colts are playing since we beat them. Maybe it will deliver some confidence to my home town team?

We'll see what happens. I usually think Championship games are a lot more 'defensive' and lower scoring than this. This weekend is the exception... of course, I could be totally wrong. That's happened before!

ESPN Predictions
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Cowher Powers Down

This isn't very surprising after what has been rumored all year long, but it still does sting. I remember when they hired him and I said, "Bill Who?" Boy did he take Steelers fans for a great ride.

I am sure that after winning the Super Bowl last season things were different for him. He had reached the top of the mountain and things look differently from up there sometimes.

I wish him the best of luck, but I can not see him roaming the sidelines for another team. It WILL happen in a couple of years, but it is just hard to even imagine. Could he possibly come back with a team like the hated rival Cleveland Browns? I just can't see it. But that is rumored as well. He played in Cleveland.

Thanks for the ride Bill. 15 great years. I sure won't feel as close to the Steelers now that you are gone.

Bill Cowher to step down as Steelers Coach on Friday Afternoon
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Texans 27 - Colts 24

For the first time in franchise history (5 years) the Houston Texans beat the Indy Colts.

Merry Christmas Texans Fans!

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Jersey Day!

On Fridays this year at school the varsity football team has been passing out their jerseys to the kids and then the kids take it to a teacher of their choice. Norma teaches freshman and I teach sophomores and we don't have many kids that play varsity football in our classes. So we have never been given a jersey... until today!



This really made my day. It was awesome. I got the kicker's jersey. Tony is a great kid in my class and I was really proud to wear his jersey. It gave me a little steam in my stride on a Friday. :) Luckily Norma took the camera in today to take some pictures of her kids so we had it to take a couple of shots of us.
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Powder Puff in the Rain

Tonight was our first ever Girls Powder Puff Football game at AHS. It was pretty wild. It rained and things got pretty crazy. Neither defense could stop the offense from scoring since the defense couldn't keep their footing. My junior team lost by a touchdown. There was a lot of controversy over some penalties that were called and the girls were really upset and felt robbed.

I tried my best to explain to them that sometimes you win... sometimes you lose. It's just the way it goes. Both teams really played well. I was real proud of all of the girls. It was entertaining football for sure.

My favorite part of the night though was when Aidan got there with Norma at the beginning. He came running out to me on the field as we warmed up and smiled to me. I gave him a big hug and let him blow my whistle. He loves doing that. I told him that I had to go and give me a hug and a kiss. He did both and it really made me smile. Norma walked him around the field a few times, but then it started to rain hard so she took him home just before the game started.

I can not express how happy Aidan makes me. It is an amazing thing. He is absolutely the best. Even on a night that was disappointing and dreary in the rain, I am so happy because of my wonderful son.

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