2011 NFL Season - A New Game
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As much as I'd like to blame him and he does bear a lot of it, the extreme lack of 3rd down conversions is the true culprit. He made mistakes and they'll make great replays for the sports reports, but that was the downfall.
It's a shame 49ers, now lets begin rooting for the Patriots to give Giants the massive loss they so richly deserve.
I understand what the punt returner was trying to do.... that offense needed good field position if it was to have a shot. But, he should have fair caught it. The coverage unit was right on top of him and he took a dumb risk trying to be a hero.
I hate both teams. Last time these two teams met, I was at least in a different time zone. Still, it was an entirely different situation. The Patriots were a Goliath. They steam rolled everybody. The Giants were an underdog, so the upset (with the comeback) were exciting. This year, neither is particularly good, but the Giants are at least on a hot streak. The Patriots looked mortal against the Ravens and should have lost that game. The Giants have 9 wins and squeezed into winning a terrible NFC East by playing well at the right time. So the sports guys will play up rematch, but it's not even remotely the same thing (especially since a 13 win team trying to get back at a 9 win team several years later just doesn't have the same appeal to it).
Plus, it's the Giants and the Patriots and, as mentioned above, I hate both teams.
Plus, it's the Giants and the Patriots and, as mentioned above, I hate both teams.
God I feel so dissapointed but I wonder if it's more of a sick feeling. The 49ers had so many shots in that game and that stupid punt returner coughed up the ball TWICE. I don't know what to say really. Yeah the 49ers had a good season and I don't think this loss diminishes that season, but it's going to take some time to get over. Hell, I was thinking even going to the movies on Super Bowl Sunday. Maybe I just need to get away from Football for a while.
I think the thing that will anger me more is this whole rematch of Super Bowl 42. You'll have networks like ESPN pretty much covering it 24 hours a day and have that attitude of "as it should be". I was actually looking forward to a 49ers/Patriots Super Bowl because of the Bay Area ties, but that's not going to happen now.
What is it with the Giants anyway. Maybe we should threaten to fire Coughlin in Week 1 so his team doesn't suck until week 13 of the season. They always wake up when it's needed.
As for next season, it's too early to talk next season but the 49ers will be back. Hopefully they do some good things in the draft like depth at Wide Reciever and maybe get someone who knows how not to cough up Punt Returns. In the mean time, what a disheartening loss this was.
I think the thing that will anger me more is this whole rematch of Super Bowl 42. You'll have networks like ESPN pretty much covering it 24 hours a day and have that attitude of "as it should be". I was actually looking forward to a 49ers/Patriots Super Bowl because of the Bay Area ties, but that's not going to happen now.
What is it with the Giants anyway. Maybe we should threaten to fire Coughlin in Week 1 so his team doesn't suck until week 13 of the season. They always wake up when it's needed.
As for next season, it's too early to talk next season but the 49ers will be back. Hopefully they do some good things in the draft like depth at Wide Reciever and maybe get someone who knows how not to cough up Punt Returns. In the mean time, what a disheartening loss this was.
I'm going for the Giants because they aren't the Patriots.
There are other storylines too, for the intrepid sportswriter hoping to avoid the obvious Super Bowl XLII angle...
- Eli playing for a Super Bowl in his brother's house
- Tom Brady playing for a Super Bowl in his nemesis' house
- All the Peyton - Eli - Brady comparisons you can shake a stick at
But hey, I'm not a sportswriter so I hope they'll come up with some other storylines.
There are other storylines too, for the intrepid sportswriter hoping to avoid the obvious Super Bowl XLII angle...
- Eli playing for a Super Bowl in his brother's house
- Tom Brady playing for a Super Bowl in his nemesis' house
- All the Peyton - Eli - Brady comparisons you can shake a stick at
But hey, I'm not a sportswriter so I hope they'll come up with some other storylines.
I was disappointed that the 49ers blew it. I don't really care for the Giants but I hate the Patriots so...Go Giants!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Long live the Empire, baby!
Fun fact: this marks the tenth (or ninth, whichever) straight season in which the AFC was represented in the Super Bowl by either the Patriots, the Steelers, or the Colts.
YES SIR!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8
Kill me fucking now
So has Kyle Williams been cut from the 49ers yet? Impressive that one player could singlehandedly kill his team's chances to win as effectively as he did.
As for the inevitable Eli-Peyton comparisons in the next two weeks, I'll take those over Teblow-mania any day of the week. At least Eli's earned it--he looked like he literally had a bomb dropped on him after the 49ers game.
As for the inevitable Eli-Peyton comparisons in the next two weeks, I'll take those over Teblow-mania any day of the week. At least Eli's earned it--he looked like he literally had a bomb dropped on him after the 49ers game.
Hank Baskett with the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. That son of a bitch fumbled the on-side kick. Complete momentum change in the 2nd half.
Neither game went as I had hoped so now I guess I'll have to root for New England (the lesser of two evils from my perspective).
That's the exact opposite stance from most people I know who hate both teams. Most are rooting for the Giants because the Patriots, Tom Brady and Bill Bellichick are the root of all evil.
Wow, is grass always green from your "perspective"?
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