WE'RE APPROACHING ONE OF THE BIGGEST TELEVISION NIGHTS OF THE YEAR... SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!
WHETHER YOU'RE A FOOTBALL FAN, OR JUST WATCHING FOR THE FUNNY COMMERCIALS, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH A FEW PLAYERS TAKING THE FIELD... FOR THIS WEEK'S KNOW OHIO, WE LACE UP THE CLEATS AND TAKE THE FIELD TO FIND OUT WHICH PLAYERS AND COACHES IN SUNDAY'S GAME ONCE CALLED OHIO HOME...
HE'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE PLAYERS SUITING UP THIS WEEKEND IN THE MATCHUP BETWEEN SEATTLE AND NEW ENGLAND... BUT DID YOU KNOW SEAHAWKS Q-B RUSSELL WILSON WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN CINCINNATI?
WILSON HELPED LEAD HIS TEAM TO A SUPER BOWL LAST YEAR AND HE'S LOOKING TO BRING THE TROPHY BACK TO SEATTLE FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR.
SEAHAWKS HEAD COACH PETE CARROLL WAS BORN IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA... BUT BEFORE HE WAS THE COACH OF ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE NFL, HE WAS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES, FOR NEARLY TEN YEARS!
ON THE PATRIOTS SIDE, QUARTERBACK TURNED WIDE RECEIVER JULIAN EDELMAN PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR KENT STATE. HE NORMALLY CATCHES THE BALL, BUT HE ACTUALLY THREW HIS FIRST NFL TOUCHDOWN ON A TRICK PLAY AGAINST THE BALTIMORE RAVENS IN THE PLAYOFFS.
PATRIOTS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOSH MCDANIELS ONCE CALLED THE BUCKEYE STATE HOME. HE WAS BORN IN BARBERTON, JUST OUTSIDE AKRON. MCDANIELS' DAD, THOM, WAS ALSO A FOOTBALL COACH FOR A FEW SCHOOLS IN NORTHEAST OHIO... HE'S EVEN IN THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACHES HALL OF FAME.
HEY, SPEAKING OF, MAYBE WE'LL SEE SOME OF THESE FACES BACK IN OHIO ONE DAY AT THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, IN CANTON OF COURSE.