Twas the night before Samford...

Well, the meal is over, meetings are done, and the players are all tucked in with visions of touchdowns and victory dancing in their heads.

The team arrived right on time this afternoon under police escort through Birmingham. The meal of pork chops, beef tips, and apple pie ended an afternoon of excitement.

Sean Thom and Edmund Curry are proof that Faulkner football players know how to eat before a big game. After supper we had a team devotional lead by Coach Nichols. From supper we went right into offense and defense meetings where we went over last minute changes and updates. The guys had some down time after that right before bed check.

The special part of the evening was after the meetings. Some of the coaches made a drive over to the Children's hospital to visit Dean Briggs newborn granddaughter that has been there for 4 weeks now. Let me tell you, Dean is one proud grand dad...as he should be. We all had an opportunity to visit with baby Reagan and some of the amazing nurses from the hospital.

I'll tell you this, a walk through that hospital or watch these people work, you'll see REAL heroes. Football and this game really mean nothing...it's just a game, but meeting some people that really make a difference in life puts things in perspective. These kids are amazing. We had a chance to talk with one young man who just had a cancer treatment, and loved to talk about video games, so Coach Howell went into detail about the history of Donkey Kong...he's truly a renaissance man. This is a great hospital that does unbelievable things for people. God Bless the Children's Hospital.

Go Eagles!