Bowl Prediction: Beef O' Brady's Bowl

Beef O' Brady's Bowl
Ball State (9-3) vs. Central Florida (9-4)
Parker's pick: Ball State
My pick: Central Florida

The Knights from Central Florida have a solid running and are playing what is basically a home game. Parker's going with Ball State because they're the underdog.

Fun on Friday- More Parkerisms and Turnerisms

Raising two sons, 8 and 5, means we have lots of fun conversations in our home. Here are some more:

Parker: Hey, can we drink some corn from a jar?
Me: What?
Parker: Like in the Rocky Top song.

Tonya (to Turner as she hugged him goodnight on his bed): Oh, my baby.
Turner: My adult.

Turner: Look at this little spoon I had when I was a baby. I loved this spoon.
Me: Why do we still have that spoon? In case somebody with a baby comes over?
Turner: So if another person moves into this house with a baby, they'll have a spoon.
Me: Who's going to move in here with a baby?
Turner: You never know. You never know.

Great Quote Thursday

It's awfully easy to look back from twenty years and see what should have been done. And the historian, no matter how careful, can never feel the tension, the uncertainty, hear the rumors--and put himself in the situation at the time of the action- Dwight Eisenhower

Bowl Prediction: San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl
BYU (7-5) vs. San Diego State (9-3)
Parker's pick: San Diego State
My pick: BYU

Surely this bowl has one of the longest names of any bowl. A rematch of former Mountain West Conference rivals, San Diego State has a powerful running game while BYU boasts a strong defense.  This game is a toss-up.

7 Questions for Men

North Point Ministries, under the direction of John Woodall, has developed a new men's ministry study titled "7 Questions That Rattle in the Minds of Most Men". It is a work developed by Woodall to help address the different stages of life that men face:

Birth to age 20: Foundation
20's: Preparation
30's: Initiation
40's-50's: Domination
60's-70's: Consolidation
80's: Afterglow

The study looks interesting. Here are the 7 Questions:
1. Where Am I?
There is a reason for every season.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

2. From Where Have I Come?
The cost of an unresolved past is missing the present and fearing the future.
Acts 24:16

3. Who Am I?
Discovery leads to recovery.
Psalm 139:14

4. Why Am I Here?
You were created on purpose for a purpose.
John 10:10

5. Where Am I Going?
Your legacy is defined by default or design.
Psalm 90:10, 12

6. What About Women?
Don't say "Don't," say, "Help."
Galatians 5:16

7. Who Can I Trust?
Secrets are too powerful to keep.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

The Bowl Season Kicks Off

Today the 2012-2013 bowl season kicks off with two games: the Gildan New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl from Boise, Idaho.

As we did last bowl season, I've entered into a friendly competition with my 8 year old son Parker to pick bowl game winners. We'll be picking winners straight-up, none of this against the spread stuff. For the record, Parker outpicked me by 3 games last year.

Here we go:

Gildan New Mexico Bowl
Nevada (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5)
Parker's pick: Arizona
My pick: Arizona
Parker's reasoning is that Arizona is a bigger school. Makes sense to me.

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Utah State (10-2) vs. Toledo (9-3)
Parker's pick: Utah State
My pick: Utah State
Parker's going with Utah State because they're ranked. Makes sense to me.

It's predicted to be 30 degrees in Albuquerque at kick-off and 37 degrees at kick-off in Boise on that hideous blue field. Not sure qualifying for a bowl is all it's cracked up to be.

Great Quote Thursday

Good leaders consider unintended consequences before taking major actions- Thom Rainer