Saturday, January 22, 2011

Trying to Get Caught Up

I am soooo behind.

Since it is becoming increasingly more difficult to keep up with making entries I will probably scale back.
I haven't been able to keep up with my viewing horror movies as I'd like and thus my blurbs stopped awhile back after viewing The original Phantom of the Opera. Hopefuly I'll have a chance this weekend to watch Chaney's The Monster and then report on it.
The notes I take on Pastor Paul's Sunday messages have fallen behind and now that John Hale is putting the audio messages on the Eagle Creek Grace Brethren Church website there is less need to post my notes. I'll probably still post the outlines and the link to the messages but I'll back off on much of the detail.

Both the messages "I would Go To Hell" from Romans 9:1-5 and last Sunday's message "Mercy Mercy" from Romans 9 can be accessed at
http://www.eaglecreekgbc.org/Home/SermonAudio/tabid/66/Default.aspx

Pastor's message "Mercy Mercy" is an outstanding message on Election.

I also haven't commented on the Colt's playoff loss to the Jets.

The game was a heartbreaker. In a grueling game the Colts had fallen behind but a late drive led to a 50 yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri. Unfortunately too much time was left on the clock. The 50 some seconds left were all the Jets needed mostly because the Colt's failed to cover the kickoff well. Antonio Cromartie returned the kickoff 47 yards and the Jets had the ball at their own 46. They only needed to cover 20 yards to be in field goal range. With just 29 seconds left and only one timeout remaining it appeared the Jets were willing to let the clock run down and settle for a long field goal of probably 49 yards. Then inexplicably Coach Caldwell called time out. This gave the Jets an opportuinty for Mark Sanchez to talk it over with the coaching staff and run an extra play. Peyton Manning looked exasperated on the sidelines with his arms raised questioningly. You could tell he was thinking "What are we doing?" What were the Colt's thinking? The next play Mark Sanchez hit Braylon Edwards for an 18 yard play on the sideline. Nick Folk now had a chippy fieldgoal attempt which he made as time went off the clock. Jets 17 Colts 16 Nick Folk may have made the field goal from 49 but his track record hadn't shown he was particularly effective from long range. Caldwell's decison certainly gave him a much better shot.
I'm not one of those stating Caldwell should be fired. That's ludicrous. It was a bad decision, but considering the adversity the Colt's went through this year, He did an excellent job.
The Colt's need not hang their heads, they endured more injuries to key players than any team
should have to and yet were AFC South champions again.
We'll look forward to next year.

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