(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1. AFC Championship: Kansas City 35 Tennessee 24; NFC Championship: San Francisco 37 Green bay 20.
2. The early line has the Kansas City Chiefs a 1.5 point favorite over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV in Miami on February 2nd.
3. Raheem Mostert’s 220 yards rushing Sunday was the 2nd most by a player in postseason history and the most in 49ers history.
4. Former Arcadia assistant Robert Maxie has been named the offensive coordinator at Pasadena.
5. Former Dallas Cowboys HC Jason Garrett has been named the offensive coordinator of the New York Giants.
6. Clemson RB Travis Etienne announced that he is returning for his senior season.
7. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said he was “open minded” about playing for another team.
8. The Houston Astros will interview Dusty Baker next week for their open manager position.
9. Los Altos improved to 17-3 overall and 4-0 in the Hacienda League with a 61-52 win over Charter Oak Friday night.
10. On this date in 1980 the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 in Super Bowl XIV at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Terry Bradshaw was named the MVP.
That 1980 Super Bowl loss still hurts after all these years. Yeah, Bradshaw and Swann were an amazing tandem, but gee….hadn’t the Gods of football ordained that it was finally the Rams’ time, after all those years? I remember the Rams SPRINTING to the other side of the field to start the fourth quarter, with the win seemingly in hand, and then those long bombs ripped-out the hearts of Los Angeles fans everywhere.