COACH PAT O'ROURKE'S 33-0 MEN OF ICE, THE TOP SEED FOR THE BARON CUP, WILL BE FACING THE EIGHTH-SEEDED EXPLORERS IN "THE BIG BARN ON MEMPHIS," A.K.A. BROOKLYN'S JOHN M. COYNE RECREATION CENTER.

THE EAGLES WILL BE AT SULLIVAN GYM ON SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE SECOND GAME OF THE ANNUAL HOME-AND-HOME SERIES WITH THE 'CATS.

AGAIN, PREVIEWS ON BOTH GAMES WILL BE COMING LATER TONIGHT.

*ALTHOUGH I THOUGHT NEW ENGLAND MIGHT SQUEEZE OUT A VICTORY, THE CORNER LOVED THE TRIUMPH BY THE G-MEN. IT WAS ALMOST 'CAT-LIKE. ELI MANNING IS NO LONGER IN THE SHADOWS, MY FRIENDS. HECK, ELI LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION WITH THIS OLD-TIMER WHEN I WATCHED HIM PLAY HIS LAST GAME FOR OLE MISS.

THE CORNER ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COVER MARIO MANNINGHAM DURING HIS DAYS AT WARREN HARDING - COVER AND REPORT GAME STORIES INVOLVING MARIO, NOT COVER HIM ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD. ALTHOUGH THAT OLD SAINT IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH DEFENSE MIGHT HAVE BROKEN UP WHAT IS NOW AN HISTORIC RECEPTION.

OHIO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. ITS FOOTPRINTS ARE EVERYWHERE.