A TALE OF TWO HARBAUGHS

By STEVE KING
This was supposed to be the much-anticipated weekend when two streaking Ohio football teams focused on making the playoffs were going to host key games on national TV against their rivals, both of which have head coaches with the last name of Harbaugh.
But COVID-19 put a stop to that.
Michigan, coached by Jim Harbaugh, had to call off its game at Ohio State on Saturday because of an outbreak of the virus on the team.
But the Baltimore Ravens, coached by older brother John Harbaugh, will definitely show up for its Monday Night Football battle against the Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Don’t confuse the Harbaughs, both of whom are natives of Toledo. While Jim is the bungler who can’t beat Ohio State or ranked teams, and struggles to beat in-state rival Michigan State, John is one of the best head coaches in the NFL. The former Miami (of Ohio) defensive back is in his 13th season in Baltimore — only New England’s Bill Belichick, New Orleans’ Sean Payton and Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin have been coaching their current teams longer — and, with a record of 134-84 (.615), he has the fourth-most wins in the NFL during that span. His Ravens have made the playoffs eight times, including in both of the last two years, and in the Super Bowl following the 2012 season, they won the Super Bowl, edging Jim’s San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the famous “power-outage” game,
And unlike Jim, whose rambling, incoherent comments — and his bizarre trail of providing answers to questions that aren’t even asked by reporters — are hard to listen to, and whose surliness is difficult to stomach, John is well-spoken and affable, just a total joy to be around. Every time he comes to Cleveland to face the Browns, he has a shout-out to relatives who live in the area.
It’s easy to root against Jim, but it’s hard to root against John, the “good” Harbaugh. Nonetheless, Browns Nation will be pulling against him on Monday night.