Jesus Bowl 08

A tradition that started some 8 years ago has been carried on yet another year. I am dubbing this event the Jesus bowl because it is an annual tackle football game that is played every year on Christmas morning. I figured since the games played on Thanksgiving are called Turkey Bowls (see my post on that below) this would respectively be called the Jesus Bowl.

The game this year went off without a hitch. Mother Nature threatened to shut us down earlier in the week with forecasts of bad weather. The weather, however, turned out to be the best we had in years.

This year we had fourteen players (that is including myself) which is not too bad of a turnout. Our player count has ranged anywhere from about 10 to as much as 20+. As long as I have this blog going I figured I would start documenting this momentous event. It will be cool to see the different faces that come and go through the upcoming years.

As far as myself - I wouldn't miss this event for nothing - as long as I can put one foot in front of the other. I am a firm believer in staying active. I believe it will keep you young in the long-run. The majority of the people that come out and play are at least 10 years younger than me and the founding players yet we old guys continue to hold our own.

Well that's all for this post. Check out the photos below of this year's participants...

Note: Anyone is welcome for ’09 we will be there same time (10:30am) – same place

Burbank High School
Florin Road
Sacramento Ca

The group photo




Individual players. I picked a nice shaded spot behind a cargo container that had some cool lettering on it to enhance the background a bit...

My sons (although they didn't play they came out and froze with the rest of us) get a photo spot for being good sports...

My youngest son got hit in the head with the ball right before this shot was taken, that is why he has the sad face (he was ok though)

And that's a wrap. See yal next year!!