Kevin Harlan

You know them.

And the way their teams had been playing, you knew that it was going to be, you know, it had the chance to really be electric.

And clearly in the second half it was.

There were seven consecutive touchdowns scored.

It came down to the final part of the game.

And then in Tampa the next night, or in Jacksonville the next night,

You know, you knew the Chiefs were kind of building a little bit and it looked pretty good the week before against Baltimore.

Jacksonville was three and one first place team.

So, you know, now this week we've got Green Bay and Cincinnati.

So I've got 40 year old Joe Flacco, who's pretty doggone smart with an incredible arm.

You know, coming back to play the Packers for the second time in three weeks with a new team and starting the week that he was acquired.

So that kind of is a nice story.

And you kind of get used to those kinds of things emerging during the week of preparation.

You're a Jayhawk fan and a Packer fan, correct?

Well, I went to Kansas, University of Kansas, and then grew up as a ball boy for the Packers.

And when I was a ball boy, when I was 10, 11, 12 years old, I used to sneak up into the press box at Lambeau Field and recreate imaginary games during the lunch hour to an empty stadium and an empty field.

And so every time I get in that press box, I think of how lucky, like if you'd have told me at that age,

that my career would have had this kind of grouping of games and employers and time in the business, I would have said, you've got to be kidding me.

So that is a special place for me, for sure.

We're actually about 100 miles north of Green Bay, where we spend some time every year, and that's where we are right now.