Tried to reach Ken Maglicic and Joe Kantor after reading about them in Jim Dent’s new book about Notre Dame’s 1964 football season. It was head coach Ara Parseghian’s first year, the season that completely turned around the Irish program. Maglicic and Kantor were quoted at length.

Anyway, I tried to reach both of them the other day, but neither is in the phone book. I know they’re around. They both live here in the Cleveland area. Maglicic went to St. Joe’s High School, Kantor to St. Ignatius.

That leads to one of my pet aggravations. Many people have only cell phones, no land lines, and cell phones are not listed in the phone book.

When you’re out of touch with somebody you’re really out of touch. Maybe permanently.

Speaking of Notre Dame, all signs indicate that football coach Charlie Weis is on his way out. I don’t know anybody who has his back. Notre Dame will spend the rest of time looking for another Parseghian. The two most prominent names on their short list are Brian Kelly of U. of Cincinnati and Fitzgerald of Northwestern. Nobody seriously thinks Notre Dame could pry Urban Meyer loose from Florida or Bob Stoops from Oklahoma.

And now, you asked for it, you sickos, so here they are. For recreational and curiosity purposes only, the point spreads and over/unders on this week’s high school football playoff games.

D-1
Glenville 11 ½ 43 Massillon
Elder 9 37 Hilliard Davidson

D-2
Lake Cath. 3 52 Maple Hts.
Winton Woods 14 53 Marion-Franklin

D-3
Mooney 10 42 Steubenville
Col. DeSales 19½ 50 Wyoming

D-4
Chagrin Falls 6 49 Ottawa-Glandorf
Kettering Alter 21½ 44 Coshocton

D-5
Y. Ursuline 21½ 53 West Lafayette Ridgewood
Coldwater 8½ 43 Hamler Patrick Henry

D-6
Norwalk St. Paul 17½ 45 Grove City Christian
Delphos St. John 13 42 Maria Stein Marion Local

Good Luck.

This article reprinted from CoughlinUnplugged.com, through a partnership between Dan Coughlin and The Cleveland Leader. To read more of his writing, visit his website.