Another year gone by and our favorite sports viewing holiday is once
again upon us. There will be plenty of turkey served this day but none quite as
large as the slate of football games the NFL is providing for our consumption.
When we limp into the warm comforts of home from our annual
"Turkey Bowl' games we will have the pleasure of witnessing the suddenly
strong Tennessee Titans destroy the hapless Detroit Lions. This should be a laugher,
take your showers at halftime as this one should be well in the bag by then.
The winless Lions might have had a chance if the Titans had come in undefeated,
and full of themselves, but the Jets sank that ship last week.
Next on tap, John Madden will call the game between the Dallas Cowboys
and the Seattle Seahawks. Tony Romo is back leading the Cowboys in their Super
Bowl push while the Seahawks have fallen off considerably since anyone around
here last checked. Enjoy your meal, my suggestion would be to eat huge
quantities and nap during the second half of this one; the dead hawk will be
swinging from the cowpokes lasso by the second quarter.
The only decent viewing option of the day comes in the nightcap. It
will be a chance to see if the Arizona Cardinals are for real as they play the
currently defunct Philadelphia Eagles. Perhaps the Eagles will show some heart,
lacking the last two weeks, in front of the home crowd. My hunch is the Cards
will dispatch the Eagles in a good game and prove nothing. They will be “one and
done” come playoff time.
My best viewing bets for the weekend are on the local level. Drop by
one of the two Thanksgiving Holiday Basketball Tournaments hosted at Lyons
Township High School. Both the varsity boys and girls are playing a full slate
of games over the next few days. The boys will play Friday and Saturday night
at North Campus. The matchups start at 7:30 pm with Saturday’s games featuring
an alumni reunion at half time. The girls play at 1:30 pm Friday and Saturday
at South Campus.
The Lyons Township football team has not played in a little over a month
but this is championship weekend for all of you prep fans. All eight levels
will play their title games at the newly appointed Memorial Stadium in
Champaign. The class 1A thru 4A games will be on Friday and the class 5A thru
8A games take place Saturday.
The game of particular interest, for those that follow the local scene
closely, is the 8A match up pitting the always strong Maine South Hawks against
LT division rival Hinsdale Central. If you recall, the Lions held a brief 7-0
lead against Central earlier this year. The Devils may have finally met their
match with the Hawks this weekend however. Poor weather could help the boys
from Hinsdale but the current forecast suggests that the Hawks will have their
way in the air. We expect a good battle nonetheless.
Enjoy your weekend and check back often.
