Getty Images
LAS VEGAS — On Monday afternoon in Boston, Sam Panayotovich interrupted his text messaging with Jordan Lynch, the football coach at his alma mater, Mount Carmel High in Chicago, to dig into the NFL.
The Caravan have been aiming for their fifth state championship under Lynch’s guidance, but Panayotovich’s inquiries turned to the Bears.
He called up the Vikings’ 2022 season at Pro Football Reference and counted 11 one-score triumphs.
“Eleven-and-0 in one-score games,” Panayotovich said. “That’s a good parallel to [coach] Ben Johnson, in his first year with the Bears. That was Kevin O’Connell’s first year in Minnesota, and they won every close game.