Sunday, December 03, 2006

Super Bowl Videos

Click Here for a link to some great pics of the Super Bowl. They were taken by a friend of mine. He is giving them away because of "Mr. Personality" security guy at the Stadium! There are 190 pictures!

Here is the final Video of the Super Bowl. It is in 3 Parts - Introduction, First and Second Half.

At the Awards Banquet, I tried to give all the Coaches and Team Members Final Copies of both the 10 Game Regular Season and the 3 Game Playoff DVDs. If you did not get one, email me at markredd@markredd.com with your mailing address and I will send them to you. Just let me know!

Here are the Videos!

I can hardly wait for next Season!

Introduction



First Half



Second Half






Saturday, December 02, 2006

Super Bowl - Space Raider Victory

It was a tough tough day in Texan Territory. The Space Raiders beat the Texans by 1 point - 13 to 12 to become the 2006 Freshman TIFI Champions. Congratulations Space Raiders - well done. Both teams played their hearts out. It was a difficult way to end such a great season.

Nathan and I were coming home from the game - there were alot of tears from both of us. His because of the loss of the game - mine, well I hate to see my boy hurt and disappointed. It was a quiet ride - no music - nothing - until I broke the silence. I asked Nathan if I could say some things to him that I thought he needed to hear. He nodded his head yes.

I told him that I was proud of him and his team the way they played today. They played hard, they were well coached and they listened to their coaches. I said that he would be playing in many more ball games in his life - football, baseball, and basketball (anything but soccer ... grin) and he would win some and he would loose some. He probably would be playing in playoff and championship games again - and he would win some and loose some.

But that isn't what should define him. I told him not to let winning or loosing ball games define him as a man. When he and his team won - which they will - to win with dignity, humility and grace. And when they lost - which they will - to do so with dignity, humility and grace.

I told him he was a gift from God - and I was so proud for Sharon and I to be his parents- regardless of if he ever played another game. His value wasn't determined on a field - he was loved and accepted unconditionally.

It was a cool moment. Our puffy eyes met and hearts still hurting - we both knew all would be well.

Don't forget to love on you kids. They are really incredible.

MOVIE NEWS - The Game movie has every play (except for the one's I missed when the old guy in the wheel chair made me move - he was a grumpy piece of work wasn't he?) The length of the move is about 23 minutes long.

Here are some pics from the game.