A New Day

It is official. A new day is upon us where children rejoice and men weep with joy. A day that brings great happiness and jubilation. A day that will forever be etched in the minds and hearts of all who are living. The Miami Dolphins have been victorious. They have defeated the Baltimore Ravens. Let's hear it now...three cheers for the Phins. Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray!

Indeed, the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers retain their sole claim to the only winless season. Pop the cork on the champagne! You can celebrate once again Buc fans...you don't have to share the record books with anyone!

As the Dolphins awaited a Matt Stover (Ravens) field goal attempt in overtime you could feel what was going to happen. You see the Phins have lost 6 games by three points. 6 games! That means there have been 6 games that the Phins almost won. As Stover, who is a pretty clutch kicker, lined up...you just knew that this would be number 7. But, to our great ecstasy...he missed. We had another shot.

A couple plays later Cleo Lemon hit Greg Camarillo with a short pass and Greg proceeded to sprint to the goal line for a 64 yard TD! The Phins win! The Phins win! Going into the game on Sunday, Camarillo had only caught one ball for 2 yards. The only time his name was ever really mentioned in the post-game comments before was in regards to a holding penalty that brought back a Ted Ginn Jr. kick return for a touchdown. They lost that game by three points.

In Miami...and the hearts of Dolfans everywhere, Camarillo is a hero. I guess you could say that he is the savior of the Dolphins season. A receiver who no one expected would change the game as he did. The defense accounted for the speed of Ginn and the strength of Booker. They even took care of Martin. They didn't however account for what an unknown receiver who after leaving Stanford, was not recruited. If you watch the play...you can see that the safety did not respect his abilities. He was too worried about the other guys.

The defense was watching for something. They were watching for many things. They thought the "savior" would be Ginn or Booker. Never did they think it would be Camarillo. But it was. And, they were not ready for it.

It sounds a little like people waiting for a savior that fit their paradigm of what a savior should be. The Bible depicts many people doing the same thing. They were looking for a king or a warrior. Anything...but certainly not a child...born in a manger...to a family that was not of royalty. A boy that would grow up to reject the idea that a savior had to be a warrior or a king. He was who He was...the unexpected expected one.

The moral of the story? Well...the Dolphins win!!!!!! That was pretty much my point...the rest were just rambles. Do with it what you wish.