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I just saw the best play in the whole game
Fourth down,12 seconds left in the game, ball on the six yard line, Ravens have to punt
No brainer, take the safety
But the punter takes the snap and nobody comes after him. Seconds tick off....12, 11, 10, 9.....nobody chasing him
8, 7, 6, 5.........finally, a 49er chases him out with 4 seconds left
What happened? The Ravens held, they tackled, they bit, they sat on them. Anything to prevent the defense from getting through
What are the refs going to do? Call a penalty and automatic safety?
The refs did not even throw a flag
It may have been dishonest, it may have been incompetence. See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/s...-referee-is-questioned.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0
Note, this article was written days before the Super Bowl!
I just saw the best play in the whole game
Fourth down,12 seconds left in the game, ball on the six yard line, Ravens have to punt
No brainer, take the safety
But the punter takes the snap and nobody comes after him. Seconds tick off....12, 11, 10, 9.....nobody chasing him
8, 7, 6, 5.........finally, a 49er chases him out with 4 seconds left
What happened? The Ravens held, they tackled, they bit, they sat on them. Anything to prevent the defense from getting through
What are the refs going to do? Call a penalty and automatic safety?
The refs did not even throw a flag
It may have been dishonest, it may have been incompetence. See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/s...-referee-is-questioned.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0
Note, this article was written days before the Super Bowl!
ive been arguing throughout the playoffs that Bolding has been the ravens MVP. Flacco has played very well, obviously, but Bouldin and Torri smith have made him look great all playoffs long. Another example of how Flacco hasnt been great is his badly underthrown TD to Jones -- he could have called for a fair catch on that pass. It was all the receiver there too
Also the fake FG was a mistake. I tend not to like those calls and use the phrase -- thats why they call it the book to explain why you just take the points. 9 yards was a long way to go on the fake.
Unlike Kapernick,Flacco kept his composure and did not panic when things were going wrong for him such as having that pressure put on him when he was rolling right and throwing across his body making that amazing throw to keep the drive alive for them.
everybody can keep going on saying Flacco is mediocre.That just makes him go out there and prove all his cynics wrong making excellent key clutch throwns like that one and that amazing 30 yard -I think it was,down the field clutch throw against the Broncos up in Denver where its the most difficult place other than Seattle for visiting teams to win at with the loudest fans in any outdoor stadium other than them and dealing with the worst winds ever in any stadium facing what was a blizzard wind yet still making the clutch throw.after he made that clutch throw in denver,there was NEVER doubt in my mind that he had emerged as a great clutch quarterback and it was the ravens destiny to win it all this year.
Oh and I am no Ravens fan whatsoever.I just admire a guy like that who shuts up all his critics and can come into a an extremely hostile environment like that and then to top it off,beat the team that had the best record in the AFC this year with one of the greatest clutch quarterbacks in NFL history to top it off and then beat another great future hall of famer in The Brady Bunch and the gang on the road the following week as well.
i pretty much agree with everything you said.and just to be clear im not saying he his mediocre. I would debate the use of the term elite for him -- and i dont think he is as i use the term -- but he is very good.
There were some bad calls both ways. It wasn't remarkable for either side, just the normal missed calls or incorrect calls that happen during the course of just about any game.
What kept the Niners from winning was, once again, bad first half play, an overly porous secondary, and bad management at the end of the game. That was horrendous time management and play-calling when they had 1st and goal with a couple of minutes left. Bad by the OC, bad by Kaepernick, and on the final play, it looked like bad attempted blitz pickup by Gore.
I was extremely disappointed at how the Niners fell apart right at the end, especially after they turned what looked like a blowout into a possible win; but they never should have let it get that bad to begin with, and if it weren't for the power outage, they may never have been able to mount the comeback. Either team would have deserved the win the way the game was played.
Still, a good year for the Niners and plenty to build on for next season. Who knows, maybe they'll be able to afford and acquire Revis to help with the bad play on the back end!
There were some bad calls both ways. It wasn't remarkable for either side, just the normal missed calls or incorrect calls that happen during the course of just about any game.
What kept the Niners from winning was, once again, bad first half play, an overly porous secondary, and bad management at the end of the game. That was horrendous time management and play-calling when they had 1st and goal with a couple of minutes left. Bad by the OC, bad by Kaepernick, and on the final play, it looked like bad attempted blitz pickup by Gore.
I was extremely disappointed at how the Niners fell apart right at the end, especially after they turned what looked like a blowout into a possible win; but they never should have let it get that bad to begin with, and if it weren't for the power outage, they may never have been able to mount the comeback. Either team would have deserved the win the way the game was played.
Still, a good year for the Niners and plenty to build on for next season. Who knows, maybe they'll be able to afford and acquire Revis to help with the bad play on the back end!
The niners can thank that power outage for happening since it made it a close game for them.It allowed them to regroup and get their compouse back and clearly took away the momentum from The Ravens they had just like Dan Marino,Shannon Sharp and others said they thought it would.Would have been a blowout if not for the power outage.
as far as the whiners who keep whining about the non call in the end zone,get over it already,all he was doing was SHOVING him which that reciver was doing just as much of.Good non call.Even the announcers said it was a good non call.I'll take their word over the whoners here anyday.Talk about a non call,the announcers were amazed on the non call of Flacco getting hit out of bounds on third down which should have been called unnessarry roughness.They were in niners territory then and a 15 yarder would have gotten them a lot closer and an excellent chance to get at least a field goal out of it and extend the score. and I saw the niners clearly holding on many plays that should have been called that were not.
Please,like Montrovent said,there were bad calls that went both ways on holding on both tames.but that non call in the end zone against that niner reciver was not a bad non call.Good non call.the ball was out of bounds and totally uncathable.Get over it whiner fans,the cleartly better team won.
If you want to be angry about something,be angry at Jimbo for being an idiot making the change of Kaperncik at the middle of the year and being a jerk benching Smith who had been playing well,due to injury. Jimbo was playing to go to the superbowl,he wasnt playing to win it all.
If he was,he would have started Smith.Smith would have kept his composure in the first half and not panicked like Kaperernick did so many times and would not have made the bad errant throws or made the bad decision Kapernic made being indecisive at the goal line sliding instead of tucking the ball under and running for the touchdown.all that was because of inexperience which Smith has plenty of and would not have made those costly mistakes especially the costly interception because of that.
There was never a doubt in my mind that Kapernicks inexperience would cost them in the end like it did.so if your doing to whine whiner fans,whine about JIMbo being an idiot benching Smith at the middle of the year.that will be something I guarantee,he will be harrassed by fans in the bay area over over the off season.
There were some bad calls both ways. It wasn't remarkable for either side, just the normal missed calls or incorrect calls that happen during the course of just about any game.
What kept the Niners from winning was, once again, bad first half play, an overly porous secondary, and bad management at the end of the game. That was horrendous time management and play-calling when they had 1st and goal with a couple of minutes left. Bad by the OC, bad by Kaepernick, and on the final play, it looked like bad attempted blitz pickup by Gore.
I was extremely disappointed at how the Niners fell apart right at the end, especially after they turned what looked like a blowout into a possible win; but they never should have let it get that bad to begin with, and if it weren't for the power outage, they may never have been able to mount the comeback. Either team would have deserved the win the way the game was played.
Still, a good year for the Niners and plenty to build on for next season. Who knows, maybe they'll be able to afford and acquire Revis to help with the bad play on the back end!
The niners can thank that power outage for happening since it made it a close game for them.It allowed them to regroup and get their compouse back and clearly took away the momentum from The Ravens they had just like Dan Marino,Shannon Sharp and others said they thought it would.Would have been a blowout if not for the power outage.
as far as the whiners who keep whining about the non call in the end zone,get over it already,all he was doing was SHOVING him which that reciver was doing just as much of.Good non call.Even the announcers said it was a good non call.I'll take their word over the whoners here anyday.Talk about a non call,the announcers were amazed on the non call of Flacco getting hit out of bounds on third down which should have been called unnessarry roughness.They were in niners territory then and a 15 yarder would have gotten them a lot closer and an excellent chance to get at least a field goal out of it and extend the score. and I saw the niners clearly holding on many plays that should have been called that were not.
Please,like Montrovent said,there were bad calls that went both ways on holding on both tames.but that non call in the end zone against that niner reciver was not a bad non call.Good non call.the ball was out of bounds and totally uncathable.Get over it whiner fans,the cleartly better team won.
If you want to be angry about something,be angry at Jimbo for being an idiot making the change of Kaperncik at the middle of the year and being a jerk benching Smith who had been playing well,due to injury. Jimbo was playing to go to the superbowl,he wasnt playing to win it all.
If he was,he would have started Smith.Smith would have kept his composure in the first half and not panicked like Kaperernick did so many times and would not have made the bad errant throws or made the bad decision Kapernic made being indecisive at the goal line sliding instead of tucking the ball under and running for the touchdown.all that was because of inexperience which Smith has plenty of and would not have made those costly mistakes especially the costly interception because of that.
There was never a doubt in my mind that Kapernicks inexperience would cost them in the end like it did.so if your doing to whine whiner fans,whine about JIMbo being an idiot benching Smith at the middle of the year.that will be something I guarantee,he will be harrassed by fans in the bay area over over the off season.
I disagree about Kaepernick. While his inexperience may have played a part in how the game went, I think he showed great composure in not folding under the pressure of being down 22 points in the SB. More, Kaepernick had already had to mount comebacks in the previous 2 playoff games, including going down 17 to Atlanta. I think he has shown great ability in the playoffs, great poise in very tough situations. Unfortunately he may have been flustered at the end, but getting to that point after being down so far is something I don't know that Alex Smith would have been able to do.
Smith is much more of a game manager than Kaep. Yes, he played a great game against the Saints in the playoffs last year, but for the most part he is at his best when he's efficient and doesn't turn the ball over, but doesn't take shots at big plays. Kaep has a stronger arm and obviously better running ability (although Smith is no slouch), he just brings a higher potential ceiling than Smith. It was unusual to have Smith lose his starting position due to injury, but I think the team's success shows it wasn't a bad decision. More, Kaep is looking to be the QB of the future, whereas Smith is at least halfway through with his career.
I understand how in a game like this, one that put the emotions of fans through a roller coaster of ups and downs, that frustrations lead to anger at any possibly bad calls. Honestly I'm surprised I'm not more upset about it, since I'm a long-time Niner fan. But I think it was clear that the Niners play, rather than any poor reffing, was the culprit at the end of the game.
And as Crabtree himself said, the ball was uncatchable. Maybe if it had been a better throw, we'd see a flag, but it wasn't.
Smith is much more of a game manager than Kaep. Yes, he played a great game against the Saints in the playoffs last year, but for the most part he is at his best when he's efficient and doesn't turn the ball over, but doesn't take shots at big plays. Kaep has a stronger arm and obviously better running ability (although Smith is no slouch), he just brings a higher potential ceiling than Smith. It was unusual to have Smith lose his starting position due to injury, but I think the team's success shows it wasn't a bad decision. More, Kaep is looking to be the QB of the future, whereas Smith is at least halfway through with his career.
just one thing on that; Smith, last year GOT them to the super bowl in that he was a fumbled punt and a Giant TD ahead, he got them the lead, that fumbled punt on their own 27 gave the giants the ball and the D could not hold, Smith did his job....
Blindest....refs when it came to holding by the Ravens on multiple occasions.
Bindestest: boedcea who didn't see all the non called pass interference and holding plays by the 49ers, well outnumbering anything that Baltimore got away with.
As for pass interference....you mean the offensive pass interference non-call?
There were some bad calls both ways. It wasn't remarkable for either side, just the normal missed calls or incorrect calls that happen during the course of just about any game.
What kept the Niners from winning was, once again, bad first half play, an overly porous secondary, and bad management at the end of the game. That was horrendous time management and play-calling when they had 1st and goal with a couple of minutes left. Bad by the OC, bad by Kaepernick, and on the final play, it looked like bad attempted blitz pickup by Gore.
I was extremely disappointed at how the Niners fell apart right at the end, especially after they turned what looked like a blowout into a possible win; but they never should have let it get that bad to begin with, and if it weren't for the power outage, they may never have been able to mount the comeback. Either team would have deserved the win the way the game was played.
Still, a good year for the Niners and plenty to build on for next season. Who knows, maybe they'll be able to afford and acquire Revis to help with the bad play on the back end!
The niners can thank that power outage for happening since it made it a close game for them.It allowed them to regroup and get their compouse back and clearly took away the momentum from The Ravens they had just like Dan Marino,Shannon Sharp and others said they thought it would.Would have been a blowout if not for the power outage.
as far as the whiners who keep whining about the non call in the end zone,get over it already,all he was doing was SHOVING him which that reciver was doing just as much of.Good non call.Even the announcers said it was a good non call.I'll take their word over the whoners here anyday.Talk about a non call,the announcers were amazed on the non call of Flacco getting hit out of bounds on third down which should have been called unnessarry roughness.They were in niners territory then and a 15 yarder would have gotten them a lot closer and an excellent chance to get at least a field goal out of it and extend the score. and I saw the niners clearly holding on many plays that should have been called that were not.
Please,like Montrovent said,there were bad calls that went both ways on holding on both tames.but that non call in the end zone against that niner reciver was not a bad non call.Good non call.the ball was out of bounds and totally uncathable.Get over it whiner fans,the cleartly better team won.
If you want to be angry about something,be angry at Jimbo for being an idiot making the change of Kaperncik at the middle of the year and being a jerk benching Smith who had been playing well,due to injury. Jimbo was playing to go to the superbowl,he wasnt playing to win it all.
If he was,he would have started Smith.Smith would have kept his composure in the first half and not panicked like Kaperernick did so many times and would not have made the bad errant throws or made the bad decision Kapernic made being indecisive at the goal line sliding instead of tucking the ball under and running for the touchdown.all that was because of inexperience which Smith has plenty of and would not have made those costly mistakes especially the costly interception because of that.
There was never a doubt in my mind that Kapernicks inexperience would cost them in the end like it did.so if your doing to whine whiner fans,whine about JIMbo being an idiot benching Smith at the middle of the year.that will be something I guarantee,he will be harrassed by fans in the bay area over over the off season.
I disagree about Kaepernick. While his inexperience may have played a part in how the game went, I think he showed great composure in not folding under the pressure of being down 22 points in the SB. More, Kaepernick had already had to mount comebacks in the previous 2 playoff games, including going down 17 to Atlanta. I think he has shown great ability in the playoffs, great poise in very tough situations. Unfortunately he may have been flustered at the end, but getting to that point after being down so far is something I don't know that Alex Smith would have been able to do.
Smith is much more of a game manager than Kaep. Yes, he played a great game against the Saints in the playoffs last year, but for the most part he is at his best when he's efficient and doesn't turn the ball over, but doesn't take shots at big plays. Kaep has a stronger arm and obviously better running ability (although Smith is no slouch), he just brings a higher potential ceiling than Smith. It was unusual to have Smith lose his starting position due to injury, but I think the team's success shows it wasn't a bad decision. More, Kaep is looking to be the QB of the future, whereas Smith is at least halfway through with his career.
I understand how in a game like this, one that put the emotions of fans through a roller coaster of ups and downs, that frustrations lead to anger at any possibly bad calls. Honestly I'm surprised I'm not more upset about it, since I'm a long-time Niner fan. But I think it was clear that the Niners play, rather than any poor reffing, was the culprit at the end of the game.
And as Crabtree himself said, the ball was uncatchable. Maybe if it had been a better throw, we'd see a flag, but it wasn't.
-Lewis got faked out of his shoes by Gore.
-Crabtree is a beast , one of the most energetic runners after the catch I ever saw.
-The last series of the game, the Niners were definitely nervous, they were 'playing ahead of themselves', when harbough called that time out to prevent a penalty he should have called the whole team over and told them to settle down and do what they had been doing and focus on the end zone not the winning the game.
-another word on that time out, that 5 yards may not have been as bad as losing the time out, you have another 5 yards for receivers to run their routes and the linebackers to drop, opening up more room for the QB to run if he had too. Plus that time out would have given them 30 more seconds on the clock
-NO ONE could cover Boldin, he was virtually unstoppable. it appeared at some point they should have double covered him
-and on that note, the Niners need a help in the Def. backfield, they gave up big lays to everyone in the playoffs Seattle, GB and of course some of those not very good passes by flacco that the Ravens got to.
-game changing play of the game for the losers? The Fumble, down 7-3 at the ravens 28 and rolling.....bam. they not only lose a possible 7 or 3, they give up 7. Whats a swing.
- biggest lapse? giving up the run back....unforgivable.
-the last play of the game, holding, no doubt of it, I watched it 6-7 times, he had a hold of his jersey,a fist full, its unmistakable.
- the Niners showed a lot of poise and made a game of it, I didn't think they would at 28-6, the lights going out? Did that swing momentum, give the niners an edge/? No, I don't think so, in the end ( and I hate agreeing with Simms) they are pros.
-small pat on the back goes to me, I said here the niners down 28-6 would not hold the ravens scoreless and they would run out of time, told my wife right then and there, even IF they come back they will be a possession short.
-Big pat on the back- Flacco and those that picked the Ravens.
-Prediction? kapernick has played all of 10 games? the Niners will be back, they are young and I think they will crown their new stadium with a Championship.
-Biggest what if- what if they had given the team back to Alex Smith....? ( I still think he got hosed btw)
The niners can thank that power outage for happening since it made it a close game for them.It allowed them to regroup and get their compouse back and clearly took away the momentum from The Ravens they had just like Dan Marino,Shannon Sharp and others said they thought it would.Would have been a blowout if not for the power outage.
as far as the whiners who keep whining about the non call in the end zone,get over it already,all he was doing was SHOVING him which that reciver was doing just as much of.Good non call.Even the announcers said it was a good non call.I'll take their word over the whoners here anyday.Talk about a non call,the announcers were amazed on the non call of Flacco getting hit out of bounds on third down which should have been called unnessarry roughness.They were in niners territory then and a 15 yarder would have gotten them a lot closer and an excellent chance to get at least a field goal out of it and extend the score. and I saw the niners clearly holding on many plays that should have been called that were not.
Please,like Montrovent said,there were bad calls that went both ways on holding on both tames.but that non call in the end zone against that niner reciver was not a bad non call.Good non call.the ball was out of bounds and totally uncathable.Get over it whiner fans,the cleartly better team won.
If you want to be angry about something,be angry at Jimbo for being an idiot making the change of Kaperncik at the middle of the year and being a jerk benching Smith who had been playing well,due to injury. Jimbo was playing to go to the superbowl,he wasnt playing to win it all.
If he was,he would have started Smith.Smith would have kept his composure in the first half and not panicked like Kaperernick did so many times and would not have made the bad errant throws or made the bad decision Kapernic made being indecisive at the goal line sliding instead of tucking the ball under and running for the touchdown.all that was because of inexperience which Smith has plenty of and would not have made those costly mistakes especially the costly interception because of that.
There was never a doubt in my mind that Kapernicks inexperience would cost them in the end like it did.so if your doing to whine whiner fans,whine about JIMbo being an idiot benching Smith at the middle of the year.that will be something I guarantee,he will be harrassed by fans in the bay area over over the off season.
I disagree about Kaepernick. While his inexperience may have played a part in how the game went, I think he showed great composure in not folding under the pressure of being down 22 points in the SB. More, Kaepernick had already had to mount comebacks in the previous 2 playoff games, including going down 17 to Atlanta. I think he has shown great ability in the playoffs, great poise in very tough situations. Unfortunately he may have been flustered at the end, but getting to that point after being down so far is something I don't know that Alex Smith would have been able to do.
Smith is much more of a game manager than Kaep. Yes, he played a great game against the Saints in the playoffs last year, but for the most part he is at his best when he's efficient and doesn't turn the ball over, but doesn't take shots at big plays. Kaep has a stronger arm and obviously better running ability (although Smith is no slouch), he just brings a higher potential ceiling than Smith. It was unusual to have Smith lose his starting position due to injury, but I think the team's success shows it wasn't a bad decision. More, Kaep is looking to be the QB of the future, whereas Smith is at least halfway through with his career.
I understand how in a game like this, one that put the emotions of fans through a roller coaster of ups and downs, that frustrations lead to anger at any possibly bad calls. Honestly I'm surprised I'm not more upset about it, since I'm a long-time Niner fan. But I think it was clear that the Niners play, rather than any poor reffing, was the culprit at the end of the game.
And as Crabtree himself said, the ball was uncatchable. Maybe if it had been a better throw, we'd see a flag, but it wasn't.
Smith is much more of a game manager than Kaep. Yes, he played a great game against the Saints in the playoffs last year, but for the most part he is at his best when he's efficient and doesn't turn the ball over, but doesn't take shots at big plays. Kaep has a stronger arm and obviously better running ability (although Smith is no slouch), he just brings a higher potential ceiling than Smith. It was unusual to have Smith lose his starting position due to injury, but I think the team's success shows it wasn't a bad decision. More, Kaep is looking to be the QB of the future, whereas Smith is at least halfway through with his career.
just one thing on that; Smith, last year GOT them to the super bowl in that he was a fumbled punt and a Giant TD ahead, he got them the lead, that fumbled punt on their own 27 gave the giants the ball and the D could not hold, Smith did his job....
