TABLE OF CONTENTS The Blackout Bowl 9 From Brown to Raven Black 17 Soaring to the Super Bowl 24 Handing off to Harbaugh 37 A Hit and Some Near Misses 43 GRIDIRON GREATS For the Birds 11 A Really Big Man 14 StingRay 19 The Goose and Sam Show 26 Thirty-Six Super Seconds 32 Code Ed 40 Team Stats 47 Websites 47 Index 48
tight end Ed Dickson THE BLACKOUT BOWL Super Bowl XLVII featured the San Francisco 49ers and the Baltimore Ravens The National Football League NFL Championship Game became famous for pitting brother against brother as coaches of the teams Jim Harbaugh led the 49ers His older brother John was the Ravens headman From the moment the teams were determined the game took on many nicknames It was dubbed the Harbowl the Super Baugh and the Brother Bowl Their parents and sister became media stars It was a great feeling of joy said their mother Jackie when the matchup was determined I know one is going to win and one is going to lose but I would really like the game to end in a tie 11