Hiya Sweetie,

It was a good weekend for your old Dad sports-wise.  First the Preds extended their winning streak to 7 games before losing Friday night but then won again on Saturday night to start a new streak. They are the hottest team in the NHL.  They are now in second place in their division and would be in the playoffs if they started today.  Monday night they lost to Calgary, the hottest road team in the league 5-0.  That still makes the Preds record 11-4 over the last 15 games.  Pretty good for a team with no offense, no big name goalie(s), no scoring stars and a coach that hasn't coached anywhere else -- oh and playing in a southern city that except for 15,000 intensely loyal fans, has no support to speak of.  On a side hockey note, when you get internet access in Hawaii, check out the video of Tomas Vokoun (VO-KOOOOON!) about getting decapitated by his own teammate.  I'm sure you can find it on YouTube or something.

On Saturday night, the Dawgs went to Bobby Dodd Stadium and Bobby Didd it to the previously #7 ranked Yellow Maggots 30-24.  UGA played it's best game of the season and whupped em like a gub-mint mule!  Dawgs were +2 in turnovers (in + category for the first time all year) and that says a lot about what might have been.  It was a bad week for the ACC.  The Maggots and Clemons are in their Championship Game this weekend and GT lost to us and Clemons (so aptly described to me as Auburn with a lake!) got beat by Lord Voldemort and the Gamecocks of South Carolina 41-17.  Then to top it all off the Boogers beat the semi out of the 'Noles in the cesspool the boogers call their stadium.  This was a truly gag a maggot night in booger-ville -- Teblows last home game; Teblows last this and last that blah blah blah blah blah blah.  He came onto the field carrying flowers, probably hugged Erban thirty times, cried a bunch (Erban cried too) and generally made homo asses of themselves.  If he wins the Heisman again a) they will probably rename it after him; b) grant him two more years of eligibility so everybody can have a chance to kiss his gay ass; c) him and Erban will announce that they are getting married and because Teblows is preggers with Erban's love child; and/or d) I will shoot my TV so I don't have to listen to any more crap about Teblows...

I had hoped that a Dawg win would mean a berth in the Music City Bowl but alas, it is not to be.  Kentucky is coming here to play UNC instead.  UK fans must be excited, this will be their third bowl trip to Nashville in the past four years.  Oh boy, Nashville again?!  Looks like the Poulan Weedeater/Fred's Bait & Tackle/Independence Bowl in beautiful downtown Shreveport, Loozeeana for the Dawgs.  I think it is on TV, probably on ESPN8, the Ocho.

When Sunday dawned we awoke to the Titans putting their four game win streak on the line against the Phoenix Cardinals at LP.  Titans spent the whole first half going up and down the field and kicked two field goals.  The Cards were playing without Kurt Warner because he was still suffering ill effects from getting his bell rung last week so Matt Leinart was their QB (of course everyone was referencing the last time Leinart and Young squared off -- UT beat USC for the National Championship).  Anyway, they weren't any better and only got one field goal so the score at half was 6-3.  Yawn!  Still pretty boring until the end of the third quarter when CJ takes off on an 85 yard TD run. That guy is amazing, probably the fastest guy in the league.  He leads the league in rushing and is on pace to run for over 2,000 yards this season, in fact the single season record of 2,103 is within his reach.  Bonus points if you know who holds that record--answer at the end--don't cheat, it is beneath you.  Anyway, he ran for 153 and became only the third back in NFL history to run for over 125 yards in six consecutive games (Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson were the other two).  Anyway so we are up 13-3 and kinda bouncing around in our seats and then some guy for AZ takes the ensuing kickoff back 100-yds for a TD.  So now we are back to 13-10 and uneasy.  In the fourth, they go on a long drive and score to take the lead 17-13.  We get the ball back with about 5 min to play and Vince throws a long one to rookie Kenny Britt and he makes a diving catch at about their 30, gets up, is hit and promptly fumbles.  Oh shit! was said almost in unison by at least 60,000 of the 67,000+ in attendance (1,000 were Cards fans; 4,000 were either in the bathroom or in line to get a corndog and their "Oh shit!" was either delayed or not heard, 2,000 were kids and not old enough (or brave enough) to say Oh Shit although they were thinking it and another 1,000 or so said !@#$#$%#@^%^&% instead of Oh Shit!  So as some head for the exits (their tickets should be revoked) the Titans hold on and force a punt with just under 3 min remaining.  Well, their communist muslim terrorist of a kicker promptly smacks one about 70 yards to our one and the same guy who ran the ko back for the td downs it right there.  So, here we go, 99 yards for our formerly suicidal QB to drive us for the winning TD and he has only 2:37 to do it. More former season ticket holders head for the their cars as Vince tosses a short completion and a couple of incompletes to bring up 4th and 4 at our 7. Complete to Lavelle Hawkins (who?) for 8 and a first down.  A couple of plays later VY drops, throws and his pass is batted up at the line and we all watch in slow motion as three Cards converge on it and then -- not a bird, but a Bo (Scaife) comes slicing across and catches it for about a 15 yd gain.  Ok, we think we got the mojo now, that pass should have been picked (VY had no int's all day -- who is this guy?).  Then VY tosses another to Lavelle, a couple to Jared Cook (where has he been? who knows - his last sighting was against Pittsburgh in week one) and the Titans get to the Cards 9 yard line with 19 seconds on the clock.  Two incompletes and a sack later (we used our last timeout) we have 4th and goal from the 11 with :06 to play.  Vince takes the snap, drops back, is forced to step up, is looking, looking, looking for a receiver, he may run and then flips it with that sideways way he throws right into a crowd in the back of the endzone and then, rising up like a phoenix between two defenders is.....no, not the Stay Puft marshmallow man...but Kenny Britt! -- he of the Oh Shit fumble! the rookie that was only playing because Justin Gage was hurt!--yes him!  He jumps up and snags that ball and hugs it to his chest likes its a sub sammich and he hasn't eaten in a week!  Titans Win!  Unbelievable! Five in a row! We stepped on their face with a hobnailed boot!  It was fun.

On Monday they were calling it the Music City March.  On Tuesday, VY was named AFC offensive player of the week. Today, everyone is predicting that the Titans will go to Indy next week and take down the undefeated P-hed and Dolts.  After that, we will be talking playoffs.  This town is giddy.

So, how was your weekend.  Ace those tests?

Found out that regular Verizon rates apply in Hawaii so call your little head off when you get there.  Also, Pamela wants to know what you want for Christmas so give us an idea so we can start making up excuses now for not getting you what you want.

Alright, gotta go, another Preds game tonight (schedule is a bit condensed because of the winter Olympic in February when the NHL will take a 2 week break).

Call us when you get to the good ole US of A.

Love you and miss you,

Dad