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coach Thomas Brown are two Rams’ coaches with a Bulldog pedigree. Sean McVay, the Rams’ head coach, played high school football at Marist High in Atlanta for one-time Bulldog quarterback, Alan Chadwick, who will be inducted into the State of Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Saturday night in Macon.

A guest of Stafford’s for the game in Los Angeles, was his former Georgia teammate, Sean Chappas, who is now a member of the UGA athletic development staff. He remembers, when he played for Cowboys that he and Stafford attended the Super Bowl in 2012, being invited by a sponsor with which Stafford had a connection.

Stafford enjoyed the corporate parties, but would not stay for the game, noting that he did not want to attend the Super Bowl unless he was playinginit. Itdidn’tlook promising until this year when the Lions agreed to trade him to the Rams even though there was no guarantee that it would fall in place.

Just as there were a number of Georgia connections with “THE” drive in Super Bowl 56, it was the same with Elway and the Broncos back in 1987. ClarenceKay,former Bulldog tight end, was a member of that Bronco team. Dan Reeves, from Americus, was the Bronco’s head coach.

The backup quarterback for the Browns was Gary Danielson, who has made countless trips to Athens, calling Georgia games with the CBS Network.

Sitting in the stands with his father was a passionate 15-year-old Browns’ fan by the name of Mel Tucker, now the Michigan State head coach, who would become Kirby Smart’s first defensive coordinator in Athens.

When he was at Georgia, I remember a conversation with Mel about that game. “I could not believe Elway could go 98 yards in that game,” he said. “I was devastated. I am still mad about the outcome of that game.” Truth of the matter is that the percentages are not in favor of the team facing such challenge to do what Stafford and the Rams did.

The second guessing of the play calling of the Bengals’ coach, Zac Taylor, began before he took off his headset. Technology, for all its good, has many evils—the prime one the giving of a forum to the critics. The less they know, the louder they shout.