Sunday's football stuff

The Clyde Fliers beat Dayton Chaminade-Juliene in overtime Friday night to advance to the third round of the Ohio high school football playoffs. It was a thrilling game as the Fliers were trailing 14 to 6 with the clock running down in the fourth quarter. They drove down and scored a touchdown and capped it off with a two point conversion to tie the game and set up overtime. In overtime, Dayton struck quickly and had a second and goal from the one. The Fliers stopped them on three straight plays and then won the game with a 41 yard field goal. The game was well worth the two hour drive to get there. The Fliers running back (Matt Guhn) is going to Michigan on a wrestling scholarship but don't be surprised if we end up seeing him playing on Saturdays.

On Saturday, the Buckeyes facing a Northwestern team with a very strong offense cruised to a surprisingly easy 48 to 7 victory. It was a great way for this senior class to go out in their final home game. This will be a tough group to replace as 11 starters are graduating this year. That group includes several players who will get drafted on the first day of the NFL draft next April, most notably A.J. Hawk.

Today is an odd day for NFL football. Only one game involves a match up of two teams with winning records. I'll admit to being extremely biased, but I'm predicting a Browns upset over the Steelers tonight. The Steelers are clearly a different team without Ben Roethlisberger. They barely got by a weak and stumbling Green Bay Packers last week. While the Roethlisberger injury gets all the attention, the Steelers are actually fairly beat up on defense particularly their linebackers which had been an area of strength. I expect a lot of running and a fairly low scoring game which will be decided in the 4th quarter.

Today we have more proof that clowns are magnetic. First Ralph Nader comes out claiming Terrell Owens' suspension is somehow a violation of his free speech rights. Now, a race baiting extortionist clown is coming to TO's "rescue."