Blog: Rob Roots for His Alma Mater, and Only One Is Beaten

Barry and I are graduates of Bloomfield High School in New Jersey. Bloomfield was no football powerhouse when I played in the early 1980s, and had never won a state playoff game until this year. When the team reached the 2012 finals, played at MetLife Stadium in early December, I had to go.

Making it even better, Bloomfield's opponent was neighboring Montclair High School, a rival school for 80 years and Bloomfield's traditional Thanksgiving Day opponent. In fact, Montclair had just beaten Bloomfield 14-7 on Thanksgiving, and now they were meeting again just two weeks later.

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