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Chick-Fil-A Bowl

Alan Knox — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:20:00 +0000

On New Year’s Eve, our family, along with my (Alan’s) parents and Margaret’s parents, attended the Chick-Fil-A Bowl in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. We were happy that Auburn defeated Clemson in overtime. The game was very exciting!

Before the game, we all went to the Varsity for dinner. I (Alan) attended Ga Tech, so it was fun to return to the Varsity. Their menu has expanded, but I (Alan) still had their chili dogs and onion rings. Everyone else had hamburgers or chicken fingers, but its just not a trip to the Varsity without chili dogs and onion rings.

We were actually walking around the Georgia Dome to get to our exit at midnight. So, we “rang in” the New Year with several thousand Auburn fans. Here are a few pictures from before the game.

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UGA-ly Vandalism

Alan Knox — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:30:00 +0000

Last Saturday morning, the day that the University of Georgia football team known as the puppy dogs barely managed to squeak by the Auburn Tigers, someone (or ones) destroyed the value of our home and property with various posters and drawings of blasphemous, sacrilegious, and downright heinous pictures and words. We called in the local police, the state police, the FBI, CTU, CSI, FEMA, and the AARP to investigate. Jack Bauer has some leads and is calling in Johnny English for help in uncovering the culprits. I think the pictures speak for themselves. We warn you though – these pictures are grotesque.

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Saturday Ups and Downs

Alan Knox — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:02:00 +0000

Good news! It has been raining here for the last few days! We need rain very badly, so we are very grateful to God for this rain. I think this area is currently in a rain deficit of almost 20 inches. As the weatherman – I mean, meteorologist – said, the rain from the last few days didn’t erase the deficit – as if we wanted 20 inches of rain in 3 days – but, the rain we got was definitely needed!

Bad news! Because of the rain, Jeremy’s last football game was cancelled. He had a great time playing football. Jeremy has wanted to play football for as long as we can remember. He listened to the coaches and learned alot. He played both offense and defense, started every game he played, and is looking forward to playing again next year. We have a team party next week.

Good news! Miranda and her friend Lindsay took part in a young entrepreneurs craft sale this morning. They made some pot holders and greeting cards and sold them at the craft sale. They are using all of their proceeds to help some friends go on a mission trip to Thailand. I hope to post some pictures from the craft sale later.

First Win!

Alan Knox — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 12:30:00 +0000

Jeremy’s football team won their first game yesterday. We travelled to Wilmington, NC – about 2 1/2 hours away – early Saturday morning. The game was scheduled to start around 1:00 pm, but for some reason they decided to start 30 minutes early. Margaret and some friends arrived just after the game started. During the game the temperature was in the 90′s with very high humidity. The boys went through several coolers of water during the game. But, we were very proud of our boys. They played hard and won the game in the fourth quarter – a very difficult time of a hot and humid football game.

Jeremy started the game playing fullback and defensive tackle. During the game, the coach asked him to play offensive tackle to block one of their defensive players who was breaking through our offensive line. Also, he played linebacker part of the game to help with some defensive problems.

Just after half-time, Jeremy got sick for a while. It was probably due to the heat, his not being hydrated enough (our fault), eating lunch late, and starting the game early. After resting a few minutes (he normally plays the whole game), and drinking some water, he played the remainder of the game.

By the way, the team had an exceptional waterboy for this game. (His name was Alan… you all would have been proud of him.)

Unfortunately, we do not have pictures of the football game… or the waterboy in action.

Pictures of Jeremy’s first football game

Alan Knox — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:50:00 +0000

Our friend Maël (his blog is called “The Adventures of Maël & Cindy“) took some pictures at Jeremy’s first football game. Unfortunately, there were no bleachers on the visitor’s side of the field, so all of the pictures are from field level. It was difficult to follow the play, but Maël was able to get a few good pictures of Jeremy.

By the way, Jeremy’s game jersey is #44. You may have to look carefully for him in some of the pictures.

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Jeremy’s first football game

Alan Knox — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:08:00 +0000

Jeremy’s team (the Wake Forest Titans) played their first football game of the season Saturday evening. Unfortunately, the Titans lost, but they played a very good game. They were very disciplined and played the fundamentals very well. They lost primarily because of turn-overs and problems with kick-off returns.

On offense, Jeremy played fullback. At times, in their offense, the fullback lines up in the wing position. Jeremy did not get to run the ball this game, but he blocked well.

On defense, Jeremy played defensive tackle. He made several tackles during the game, including tackling the quarterback in the backfield a few times. He also chased down someone who had intercepted the ball and kept him from scoring.

Jeremy also played on all special teams. Besides a few plays where the coach substituted someone else at defensive tackle, Jeremy played the whole game. He was very tired after the game, but managed to eat a couple of Krispy Kreme donuts. On Sunday, Jeremy was still very tired and his arms are black and blue.

You will all be very proud of Margaret. She managed to stay off the field, even when Jeremy came off the field at one point holding his arm. (His arm was okay. He only missed a couple of plays.)

Miranda also enjoyed the football game – although, I’m not sure she watched the game itself. She was very excited because the Titan cheerleaders came to our game. She and a friend stood in front of the cheerleaders the whole game. Miranda is hoping to cheer next year.

We were also very excited that many of our friends drove down to Raleigh (about 30-40 minute drive) to watch Jeremy play. Counting our family, Jeremy had more supporters than there were players on his team. We thank God for giving us such great friends.

Jeremy’s Football Practice

Alan Knox — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:18:00 +0000

Here are some pictures from Jeremy’s football practice last Thursday night. Notice how clean his mom has his uniform at the start of practice, and how dirty he is at the end of practice. He is playing running back on offense and defensive end on defense. His practice jersey is number 19. So far he has not broken any bones, but his forearms are black and blue.