Well, let’s see if I can hit 50/50 again?!!!
Sunday, January 20, 3:00 pm ET
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
49ers (11-4-1)
Falcons (13-3)
SF or Atlanta? Can I defer? No? Okay……
Brass tacks, Atlanta has the better personnel. SF has the better team. But, only because of the coaching. It comes down to how good SF’s defense is. If they’re up to the task, they win. Atlanta has a great collection of talent. But, their coach is an imbecile when it comes to game-time situations.
I’m picking Atlanta, but, I’d dearly love for SF to take advantage of their stupidity at some point.
Sunday, January 20, 6:30 pm ET
Ravens (10-6)
Patriots (12-4)
Coaching, players, Ravens, Patriots……. Pats win. I don’t want them to, but, they’re the better team. They’re at home. They should win.
I don’t trust the Atl defense to make Atl my choice. I’m trusting the SF defense. Also, SF may be riding high from last week. They will be tough to stop. I’m taking SF.
I, like you, don’t want NE to win. Balt has loose ends from coaching not yet ready for the prime time big ones–they got breaks that help them beat Denver. But regardless, their experience may take the day. These two teams know each other from big battles over the years. I don’t know who to pick in this one. On paper it’s NE. But that ‘paper’ burns up quick in the playoffs—it can’t last in the fire of the pressure of do or die games. I just am really worried that the officiating won’t help Baltimore like it did last week and New England will win.
I’m hoping for a Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh Super Bowl.
I want you to be 100% wrong, but I think you’ll be 100% right, unfortunately.
Jim
Oops, 100% wrong. Who would’ve thought both games were going against the grain.
Well, maybe the Superbowl won’t be a complete loss–entertainment wise.
Jim
Yeh, hopefully it will be entertaining. I think it’ll be a great game.
I want the 49er’s and the Pats to win…
I’m waiting for the Atlanta coaches to do something real stupid.
Matty ice has covered for their shortcomings so far.
So far, but, you know it’s coming!
What happened to the defense of SF?
Good question. SF better be up by more than 8 in the last 2 minutes! But I still trust them. I don’t trust the Atlanta defense. Maybe they’d like to cover Vernon Davis today, who knows.
LOL, they just might decide to cover Davis at some point. But, I think the White/Jones/Gonzalez receiving corps is too much for SF.
They’ve made enough in adjustments to slow them down. I think it’s Matt Ryan and not the receivers, though Gonzales has a ton of experience.
The question is now what will the Atlanta defense do now that the SF offense is rolling?
And man, Kaepernick is fast!
Time out in the third qtr? You may be seeing Atlanta blink………………
Yep, why not hold on to the things for when you need them?
The big blitz made the Arctic bird cough up the rock.
You CAN’T go the the QB’s head. It’s simple.
A missed FG and a fumble on the goal line have kept SF from walking away with this one…. so far.
No doubt, missed opportunities usually come back to bite!
Atlanta’s play selection on that last series was simply stupid.
LOL, bet they wish they had that timeout they wasted earlier back!
That was their last play? What was that?
It wasn’t beyond the first down line.
But the SF defender got away with some heavy illegal contact.
Right…… well I was talking about the very last play of the game, but yes, that 4th down play was equally stupid.
I think the last play was supposed to be a hook and ladder with lateralsssssss following.
LOL, maybe they need to re-draw that one. With the height of their receivers, I think I would have thrown it up for a jump ball.
Only caught the last quarter but that long drive by Brady was excellent, and SF defense were just just good enough. Died in a ditch at the 4 yd line.
Wish I caught the rest of the game, but our station will probably replay it later in the week Thursday or so.
There was quite a contrast between the 1st and 2nd halves. SF defense came up huge in the 2nd half.
Atlanta just doesn’t have the depth, the character, to fight all the way through the big games. They really do need a new coaching staff. But I think their rich owner doesn’t understand football. So he moves along not knowing what needs to be done to be better in these tough games—he ends up being on the sidelines on tv at the end of these games with sad looks on his face every year.
Exactly true. Atlanta had every opportunity to get it done, they just failed. And will continue to fail until something changes.
Brady spikes Reed and the refs weren’t on the ball to call the personal foul.
Exactly.
I guess they’re not going to call personal fouls on NE.
Baltimore doesn’t have an officiating style that helps them like last week. This crew is letting it be a bit dirty—right up New England’s alley.
But the Ravens aren’t such a clean lot either.
There are some hard hits going on in this one. Two teams that don’t have a taste to lose. 4th qtr could be a classic.
Amazing that wasn’t called helmet to helmet.
NE better get with it or they’ll be watching the SB from the living room.
Hey, the popcorn’s cheaper, and you get instant replay.
LOL, true that! Looks like it’s the Ravens! That really surprises me.
Well I got one right SF on to the Super Bowl for SF and Balt. Who are you guys picking?
I had picked Denver to win it all vs. SF in the SB. But, well, no use crying.
SF to win. I like their attitude. The offense has some deep fight in it. And their defense is better than Baltimores.
Think I am taking Ravens to win.
Harbaugh–Harbaugh, wow, tough pick. But SF is better coached. And they have a tad better talent—especially at QB.
I’m taking SF.
Yeh, interesting history being made with the brothers.
Those sports shows are always looking for a catch phrase. Well, a brothers rivalry is probably what we’ll be getting for two weeks from those shows.
No doubt.
I was perfect this weekend! Perfectly wrong. I did get one thing right. I stated earlier that the Harbaughs win together and lose together. I just did not get WHAT they would do together correct.
never the less, it is actually the best outcome for me. NE is out (I hate cheaters). My mother has her precious 49ers in the SuperBowl, and while not “my team”, I like the Ravens, so we can have another bet on the game!