It’s not often that a super-hyped football game has the steak to match the sizzle, but Monday night definitely will.
The next edition of Monday Night Football sees John Harbaugh and the 7-4 Baltimore Ravens visit Jim Harbaugh and the 7-3 Los Angeles Chargers in a game with multi-layered significance.
Yes, the Harbaugh Bowl, or Harbowl, will feature some fierce sibling rivalry, and it will happen just before the Thanksgiving holiday.
But this contest also has major implications for the AFC playoff picture, so it’s a game with a lot of meaning outside all the Harbaugh households.
Unfortunately, the two Harbaugh parents will not be in attendance. While appearing on the Ravens’ official podcast, The Lounge, Jack Harbaugh said Monday night will see him and his wife, Jackie, heading to Florida, where they’ll be visiting their daughter Joanie (as you’ve certainly figured out by now, it’s mandated in this family that everybody has a first name that begins with J).
The Harbaugh parents will spend Thanksgiving with Joanie, her husband, former Georgia, Indiana, and Marquette men’s basketball coach Tom Crean, and their children, Jack and Jackie’s grandchildren.
“We are choosing to go down there and celebrate Thanksgiving with them and be able to watch the game with them,” Jack said.
“And we’ll have a lot of fun and enjoyment doing that.”
Monday night’s game also falls on Jack and Jackie’s 63rd wedding anniversary.