Thoughts From Super Bowl '09

As I type this, Arizona just scored a TD on a fade route from Kurt Warner to Larry Fitzgerald, who had been mostly silent up until that drive. So this may be a close game yet.

Random thoughts as January winds down and we head into the "Love" Month...

- My Dad's 50th birthday party was held last Friday. The whole family turned out, from cousins to grandparents. It was an awesome time. The "roast" that we had planned for him turned into a big celebration of all the positive things he's done. I contributed a couple: our days in RAs participating in the Pinewood Derby, and the time that he nearly threw two loud, obnoxious fans out of a Clemson/USC basketball game.

- I have a new unit ready for mid-February. My GT kids are going to study bias and propaganda.

- Wake Forest can't get up for the little guys on their schedule. Why couldn't we get the Deacs that showed up against formerly winless Georgia Tech two weeks ago?

- Must beat Duke on Wednesday. Must, must, must.

- On the other hand, N.C. State looked a lot like we used to against the Tar Heels years ago. I know, I know, we got steam-rolled this year, but my point remains: the Pack managed a few runs here and there, but ultimately, you knew they didn't have the skill, the coaching, or the talent to overcome the Heels. We do now...if we can just put the whole package together.