"Stray bullets change lives ... sometimes in a very tragic way,"

Semi humorous headline from my local news paper: Dallas police, officials discourage random gunfire.

As opposed to thought out gunfire?

But this is kinda scary too, but in a cool, high tech sort of way:

The city is also reviewing new gunshot detection technology. The machines, which are in use in Washington, D.C., and Chicago, are able to detect gunfire and pinpoint its location.

Big city life has it's high points and low points. This would be a low point. Have a happy and SAFE New Year's eve.

Lucky #13

Indiana Selected to Play in the Insight Bowl

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana University has been selected to play in the Insight Bowl, IU Director of Athletics Rick Greenspan and Insight Bowl Chairman Dick Stemple announced on Sunday evening. The Hoosiers (7-5, 3-5 Big Ten) will face Oklahoma State (6-6, 4-4 Big 12) on Monday, Dec. 31.

IU will be making its ninth bowl appearance and its first since the 1993 Independence Bowl. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. MST/5:30 p.m. EST in Tempe, Ariz. The game will be played at Sun Devil Stadium (73,752) and will air on the NFL Network.

"I was delighted to learn that our football team has been selected to play in the Insight Bowl," Indiana University President Michael McRobbie said. "Coach Lynch and our players persevered through a season of unique challenges and, with strong support from our fans, achieved their goal to `play 13.' As we strive for excellence in all things at IU, this achievement is a point of significant pride for all of us."

Congratulations, Hoosiers. What a great way to honor Coach Hoep's memory and brief legacy by making a bowl game. The kick in the gut is that the game will be broadcast on the NFL Network, which is unavailable to about 70% of the households in the country. I do believe Indiana is very much a cable company stronghold. I hope a local station gets to simulcast the game. That happened here in Dallas for the Cowboys/Packers game. Go Hoosiers!!

Here's the kick that got us to number 13.