The Baltimore Ravens beat the New England Patriots, 28-13, Sunday to clinch the AFC title. Earlier on Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons, 28-24, to win the NFC title.
One of the most unique things about the upcoming Super Bowl, which promises to be a great game, is that the head coaches for the Ravens and the 49ers are brothers. John Harbaugh is the head coach of the Ravens, and his little brother, Jim Harbaugh, is the head coach of the 49ers. People are already calling this year’s Super Bowl the “Harbowl.”
I look for the little brother to win this battle as the 49ers edge out the Ravens in the upcoming Super Bowl. I was surprised that the Ravens got by the Patriots on Sunday, and I don’t think they’ve got enough gas to get past the 49ers on Feb. 3.
However, my Magic Eight Ball doesn’t agree.
When I asked it on Monday morning if the 49ers would beat the Ravens in the upcoming Super Bowl, its answers was “My sources say no.” In other words, the Magic Eight Ball is predicting a Ravens win.
As you might have expected, both teams include players with Alabama ties.
Ravens players with Alabama ties include former Auburn linebacker Josh Bynes, former Alabama nose tackle Terrence Cody, former Alabama linebacker Courtney Upshaw and former Alabama State linebacker Nigel Carr, who’s on the eight-man practice squad.
49ers players with Alabama ties include former Auburn cornerback Carlos Rogers.
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Also during the past week, the Alabama Sports Writers Association named Carver-Montgomery quarterback Jeremy Johnson as the 31st recipient of the ASWA’s Mr. Football Award.
Johnson was an outstanding player at Carver, and Auburn football fans in the reading audience will be pleased to hear that the 6-foot-6, 219-pound signal caller has verbally committed to Auburn.
As the winner of this year’s Mr. Football Award, Johnson joins an elite fraternity of the best players from the state’s prep football history.
Vigor’s Tommy Compton won the first ever Mr. Football Award in 1982 and other winners over the years have included Pierre Goode of Hazlewood, David Palmer of Jackson-Olin, Freddie Kitchens of Etowah, Carnell Williams of Etowah, Brandon Cox of Hewitt-Trussville, JaMarcus Russell of Williamson, Andre Smith of Huffman, Julio Jones of Foley, Clint Mosley of Leroy and T.J. Yeldon of Daphne.
Johnson put up some impressive numbers while at Carver. As a senior, he threw for 3,193 yards and 31 touchdowns. He also rushed for 705 yards and seven touchdowns. As a junior, he threw for 2,432 yards and 24 touchdowns.
Johnson has the distinction of being probably the only Mr. Football ever to compete against Hillcrest on the football field. Many of you will remember when Hillcrest played two quarters against Carver in a preseason jamboree last August in Georgiana. Johnson saw limited action against Hillcrest that night because his coaches didn’t want him to get hurt before the season started. Hillcrest came out on top, 20-6.
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