Who would have ever thought that footballs biggest prize would be competed between one house hold. Jim Harbaugh head coach of San Francisco 49ers will take on older brother John head coach of the Baltimore Ravens. Can you imagine how many times they played each other when they were kids in the back yard imagining they were playing for the Super Bowl and in 2 weeks time this childhood dream will actually come true.
The way I see this Super Bowl match up is a match up that is for filling many dreams. Many of those dreams and fairy tale headlines are on the Baltimore side which could be the reason they have made it this far. Ed Reed one of the greatest safeties to have ever played has yet to play in a Super Bowl. Many people just assume he was part of that Ravens team that won it in 2001 however he was not and it would be criminal if he was to join the list of great players to have never one a Super Bowl.
Torey Smith the productive Ravens wide receiver who has been brilliant in the playoffs is playing for someone else. Earlier in the season Smith lost his younger brother and a Super Bowl win would almost be for him. Then there is the greatest storey of them all number 52 last game.
In 2 weeks time the Ravens will hear one last moving and pumping pre game speech, one last crowd standing entrance on to a pitch and opponents will feel one last hard hitting tackle from Ray Lewis. For the last three weeks Ray has been playing his final game but has lead his team to victory to grant himself one final game. How fitting would it be for one of the greatest linebackers and defensive players and defiantly the best leader to bow out holding the Lombardi trophy.
It's these fairy tale like stories that have been motivating the Ravens for weeks and continue to do so. Can one more headline be written in two weeks time as they jump the final hurdle.
Through out the course of this week at the end of each blog I will give my review on the previous day at the senior bowl in the Mobil Alabama.
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