Nobody needs another idiot fan ranting or raving, giving their personal opinion on their favorite teams activities without any real insight. I can't make any promises that I won't be an idiot fan but I will attempt to offer something less typical. The vast majority of my posts will be running, real-time blogs of Bay Area sports games.
San Francisco 49ers
3 April 2009
29 December 2008
Hey Guys!
Even though it took a last second field goal from Joe Nedney, we beat the Washington Redskins. And between you and me, we deserved it. We outplayed them all game, survived a bad second quarter, and finished the game strongly. We finished the season on an up-note by beating a good Washington Redskin team that had their playoff hopes broken last week. All we did was put the final nail in the coffin.
Continue reading "The San Francisco 49ers Salvage The 2008 Season"
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24 December 2008
Hey Guys!
We did it. We beat the Rams...barely! I won't get into everything that went wrong for the 9ers, i.e. Shaun Hills' poor decision making, the bad play of the offensive line, the poor job of Deshaun Foster, etc. Instead, i'm going to focus on the positives of the game.
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16 December 2008
Hey Guys!
We got a guy in! Patrick Willis, the 49ers 2nd year ILB has been named to his 2nd consecutive Pro Bowl. His stats support this selection: 121 Total Tackles (3rd in the NFL and 2nd in the NFC), 92 Solo Tackles (2nd in the NFL and 2nd in the NFC), 11 Passes Defensed (51st overall in the NFL, 24th in the NFC, 4th among LB's in the NFL, and 3rd among LB's in the NFC), and an 86 yard Interception return for a TD against the Seahawks in Week 2.
Posted by Zachary Shapiro | No comments yet
15 December 2008
Hey Guys!
As you're all aware of by now, the 49ers lost a winnable game at Miami. After the loss, the commentators and analysts like to describe the Dolphins win as a "smart" win. They keep saying things like: "They play smart football", or "The way they play the game is the smart way". This is characterized by their method of scoring early, comitting few turnovers, playing good defense, and winning the "Field Position Game".
Continue reading ""Field Position Game"? Either Way, 49ers lose"
Posted by Zachary Shapiro | No comments yet
14 December 2008
Can we get a quarterback? After watching today's "game" against the Miami Dolphins, I have never been more fully convinced that our issues are very simple. We need a quality, veteran quarterback. I sincerely think a good, and I stress "GOOD" quarterback can transform this team to an 11-5 or 12-4 team next year. It's that simple. If you've been watching the season of malcontent for many other teams, you know as well as I do that there will be some good quarterback available in the offseason. I wouldn't be suprised if Donovan McNabb is available (I've blogged about this before), Carson Palmer will be out of Cincinnatti, one of the Browns quarterbacks will also be gone. Marc Bulger is on his way out in St. Louis. Any of these possibilities are leaps and bounds better than our current position. How many 1, 2, or 3 yard out routes are we going to run?
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9 December 2008
Another week is in the books in the National Football League as we head to Week 15. But first let's take a look back at the week that was...Week 14! (my tongue is getting twisted) Several surprising outcomes this past Sunday including a few of the games I picked. I went a disappointing 1-3 in my picks. Very poor performance on my part. I'm finally realizing I'll never have a grip on the NFL. It's the most inconsistent professional sport out there. Any team can lose on any given week. But enough sulking, let's get on to this week's Fallout Report!
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7 December 2008
ately for Texans fans.
Winners - Green Bay Packers
2) New York Jets @ San Francisco 49ers
The Jets were surprised at home by the Denver Broncos last Sunday. This week they fly into San Francisco to take on the 4-8 49ers. Jets are 0-2 in the West Coast this season (losses against San Diego and Oakland). I however have a feeling that Brett Favre and company will bounce back after last week. The AFC East is still up for grabs and I believe that the Jets will hang on to sole possession of first. The 49ers are not a good football team. So I'll go with the J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets in this one. Ring it up.
Winners - Green Bay Packers
2) New York Jets @ San Francisco 49ers
The Jets were surprised at home by the Denver Broncos last Sunday. This week they fly into San Francisco to take on the 4-8 49ers. Jets are 0-2 in the West Coast this season (losses against San Diego and Oakland). I however have a feeling that Brett Favre and company will bounce back after last week. The AFC East is still up for grabs and I believe that the Jets will hang on to sole possession of first. The 49ers are not a good football team. So I'll go with the J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets in this one. Ring it up.
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23 November 2008
Donovan McNabb in scarlet and gold. I can see it now. McNabb's latest clash with Philly management no doubt has him on the way out. We need to be proactive and take the opportunit
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22 November 2008
I see the Browns winning a 'squeaker'.
Winners - Cleveland Browns
2) San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
This is what the Cowboys need. A winnable game at home. The 49ers are 3-7 (2nd though in the NFC West if you can believe that). The Cowboys need to keep winning to stay in the thick of the NFC East. Terrell Owens and Roy Williams should see the ball quite often (start em in Fantasy!) and the Cowboys should roll in this one.
Winners - Cleveland Browns
2) San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
This is what the Cowboys need. A winnable game at home. The 49ers are 3-7 (2nd though in the NFC West if you can believe that). The Cowboys need to keep winning to stay in the thick of the NFC East. Terrell Owens and Roy Williams should see the ball quite often (start em in Fantasy!) and the Cowboys should roll in this one.
Posted by Tex787 | No comments yet
15 November 2008
One highlight I can truly say was watching Mike Singletary take over as coach of the San Francisco 49ers. It did my heart good to see an old school Gridiron great out there coaching the old school way. Say what you will, I loved it.
Posted by Dayne Duranti | No comments yet
12 November 2008
Diehard 49ers fan here. Suffering with our inability to remain competitive. Monday night's game with the Cardinals was an improvement in many areas, but I think we are kidding ourselves if
Continue reading "Where have you gone, Joe Montana and Steve Young?"
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11 November 2008
Let’s start off today with a thank you to all the men and women who have represented our country in the Armed Forces. If it weren’t for the sacrifices that these Americans have made, we would be able to live our lives with the freedom and choice that we all enjoy. Thank you.
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8 November 2008
He just keeps ticking, worn out old Greg Maddox won his 18th Gold Glove this past week.
The playoff seedings in the MLL are set now. Argonaut as the number one seed gets the 3rd place team in the WAC, Calaveras in the number 2 spot gets to drive down to Escalon and Summerville travels to Modesto for a game with Central Catholic. Prospects don't look too good for an advance to the second round of any of the three teams, but as my good friend Ben always says, "You never know."
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26 October 2008
After another scary roller coaster ride on Wall Street last week, we at least have the weekend and sports to bring back some sanity to our life. Unless of course your motto is "Go Blue" and you hail from the great state of Northern Ohio or as most of you know it, Michigan. Who says there's no such thing as karma?
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22 October 2008
Who is going to win the World Series, the Phillies or the Rays? The best thing about this series is that I can be fairly neutral as to who wins and just root for some good ole' fashioned baseball.
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Wednesday Blast!
Somewhere the Tuna is smiling…
Hello Blast fans,
It’s that time again, time to do some blasting and we got some great stuff from Frisco, KC and everywhere else. Now since there are an extremely large amount of blasts with a number of unsavory words. I take it upon myself to replace them and still keep the original statements intact.
Posted by Luis Duran | 1 comment
21 October 2008
Week 7 is officially in the books as Tuesday, the 21st of October rolls around today. This week's Fallout report will cover the most interesting games from the week 7 slate in the National Football League. The alarm is going off in Big D as the Cowboys struggle for the second week in a row to find a win, the Vikings put up 41 in a loss, and Brett Farve gets the ball three times in overtime against the struggling Raiders, but can't chip any points in. I'll cover those happenings....right now!
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20 October 2008
In June, a Bulldog started off as an underdog and over the course of 3 weeks became a Wonderdog. Is it any surprise that a former Bulldog led the Rays to their first World Series appearance, in Bob Gibson like performance.
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18 October 2008
NFC East
Week 7 preview
Hello East fans,
As we head into the critical part of the season, the East sets up for a huge weekend of football. Last week’s slip up by every team except Philly made the race a lot tighter. We do not know if Mr. Jessica Simpson will play this Sunday after speaking with Brett over the week. Eli seems to have a injury similar to SuperFive’s and the Skins are wondering if they really lost to the Rams or not.
Posted by Luis Duran | No comments yet
12 October 2008
NFC East
Week 6
Hello East fans,
Wow what a week in the division, I can barely catch my breath after today’s games. First off I would like to apologize for my previous post. I had stated that the Redskins would be playing against the Seahawks and I do not know why I thought that.
Posted by Luis Duran | No comments yet
11 October 2008
NFC East
Week 6
Hello East Fans,
Well after a week of Hiatus to curse the football gods for my team’s embarrassing losses. I felt a preview of the Best division in Football was the only way to quench the thirst. Every team in the division except for Washington is on the road, let’s start with the leaders of the pack.
Posted by Luis Duran | No comments yet
7 October 2008
Sean Salisbury offers his fantasy football preview for week 6 of the NFL. Check this out every week at my blog.
Continue reading "Sean Salisbury's Fantasy Preview for Week 6"
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6 October 2008
It was an interesting week in the National Football League. A few surprises, a big meltdown by one team and one bruised and battered team found a way to win a big prime-time game. Let's get right to it--game by game.
Posted by Tex787 | No comments yet
So I normally title my Monday blog: Monday Mourning due to being hungover from a full day of drinking and watching sports, hence the “mourning” because I have to get up, go to work, puke in the bathroom, and subsequently fall asleep in all of my meetings and get absolutely no work done. But today is different, mainly due to the fact that CBS’s and Fox’s regional coverage of NFL games in my area was HORRIBLE. Games that had a spread of +11 with no fantasy implications at all were being aired, so I went and watched polo (you know, the sport where guys on horses trot around and whack a ball with mallets). I had never been to a polo game before but we decided to go due to the possibility of attractive females (there are always beautiful women at horse events). We mingled with a few and made up some elaborate lies that we were just checking out the competition and had our horses stabled a few miles away. We were obviously out of place, with our cheers of “nice pass man!” and “shoooooot it!” but we wholeheartedly plan on attending it every Sunday for the rest of the season – pending what NFL games are on of course.
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3 October 2008
First off, I want to introduce myself. My name is Jake, I live in Houston. I'm glad I found this place. I've read a lot of bloggers material today from predictions to their favorite teams' rants, it's great. I enjoyed it. Sports, baby sports!
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2 October 2008
There's something toxic emanating from California and it isn't the ever present smog that lingers over Los Angeles.
That stench is the the Niners secondary getting torched for big-play after big-play or the offensive line festering in the Bayou with six sacks. It's the most meddlesome owner in pro-sports embarrassing a once proud franchise on national television yet again. It's a .238 winning percentage for a young inexperienced head coach that became mired in the "Commitment to Excrement" coming out of Raider camp these days.
Continue reading "These are some dark days for Bay Area sports"
Posted by Jose San Mateo | 1 comment
30 September 2008
The Crying Game
The Terrell Owens story
Hello NFL fans,
Well here we are, week four of the third year with his last team. This will be his last team, I truly believe that. If I were an owner I would rather get a letter full of anthrax and then imprisoned IN Cuba to spend the rest of my days. The continuous onslaught of reporters and fans condemning my name and wanting my head on a stick would be too much for me to bare.
Posted by Luis Duran | 3 comments
29 September 2008
Well, it's Monday morning. All of us are recovering from a roller-coaster weekend of football. I sat on the same couch, in the same clothes, in the same position from Thursday evening (USC/Oregon St thriller) until 8:35pm on Sunday night. It wasn't until Sunday morning that I realized how bad I actually smelled.
Posted by Bob Lalor | No comments yet
Vernon Davis is 6'3" 250 lbs and looks like a greek god. But I believe Vernon Davis is a bust in San Fran. He has not lived up to being a good TE. Davis for his career has 77rec 861 yards and 7 t
Posted by Anthony Lambert | 1 comment
26 September 2008
The economic “crisis" is not that complicated. The stock market always wants positive press to continue its trading
Posted by John Barfield | 1 comment
25 September 2008
This is an ongoing record of the funniest sports' quotes from the major and local sports talk shows like ATH, PTI, Jim Rome, etc. I missed a few during Hurricane Ike and could use your help. Feel free to contribute some of you own from TV and radio or comment on the ones you see here. Your new quotes will be integrated daily as part of the ongoing record. To post a quote or make a comment just follow the comment link at the bottom.
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20 September 2008
One of the least talked about stories this week is 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Martz coaching against his former team in the Detroit Lions. The game that could be the "Martz Bowl" has both teams in a must win situation. For the Lions they need to avoid a 0-3 start in a hurry if they look to turn around their season and this is a very critical game for San Francisco as their schedule gets tougher than understanding a George Bush press conference.
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September 19, 2008 Red Zone Ranger: week 3 NFL This week in the pros it seems like there is a subtle changing of the guard going on in the power structure of the teams. Is Buffalo finally for real this time? They've done this before in years gone by where they come out fast and turn some heads, but usually by week five they start to unravel like a cheap suit. Injuries or lack of staying power, or something. But this year they did look impressive against two playoff teams from last year. If they blow out the Raiders this week, maybe I'll look for a comfortable place on the bandwagon to plant myself. And are the Broncos riding 'high' again? Cutler looks like he has a cannon for an arm and he knows how to use it. They have historically been known as an offensive powerhouse but unless they can find that genuine old skool 'orange crush' their defense will once again prove to be their achilles heel.
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12 September 2008
I just wanted to let you know that I may be unable to post for a few days. I live south of Houston, near Galveston, Texas. As hurricane Ike approaches there may be power outages and loss of internet access. If that is the case, I will be unable to write my column. Remember though, there are things much more important than sports. If you need Ike information, you can go to:
Posted by John Barfield | 2 comments
11 September 2008
sp; Sean Jones - Out 4 weeks (knee)
San Francisco 49ers Alex Smith - Out for Season (shoulder)
Posted by John Barfield | 3 comments
Here is the great Jack Buck's poem that was given on September 17, 2001."Since this nation was founded ... under God
More than 200 years ago
We have been the bastion of freedom
The light that keeps the free world aglow
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Believe. Believe. It’s the one word in sports that says so much but says so little. You’ve seen signs in every NFL stadium at some point with this simple word. ”Believe.” When MLB baseball approaches the postseason every year, the word reappears. “Believe.” But believe in what I ask you? Do the Chicago Cubs “believe” that they will win a World Championship? Or do they “believe” that some strange twist of fate will ruin another promising season. What does your team “believe” in?
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10 September 2008
NFL Week 1 Results
NY Giants 16 Wahington 7
Pittsburgh 38 Houston 17
Atlanta 34 Detroit 21
Tennessee 17 Jacksonville 10
Baltimore 17 Cincinnati 10
Philadelphia 38 St. Louis 3
NY Giants 16 Wahington 7
Pittsburgh 38 Houston 17
Atlanta 34 Detroit 21
Tennessee 17 Jacksonville 10
Baltimore 17 Cincinnati 10
Philadelphia 38 St. Louis 3
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9 September 2008
This is an ongoing record of the funniest sports' quotes from the major and local sports talk shows like ATH, PTI, Jim Rome, etc. Feel free to contribute some of you own from TV and radio or comment on the ones you see here. Your new quotes will be integrated daily as part of the ongoing record. To post a quote or make a comment just follow the comment link at the bottom.
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27 August 2008
as we get closer to the 2008 season, we'll take a look at what I think about the 49ers' projected roster and how each position looks. starting with the signal-callers, and the surprising (somewhat) leader of the Niner offense...
Posted by Cecil Butler III | 2 comments
26 August 2008
it seems to be as it's time for a new direction with the team... just think, if you thought J.T. O'Sullivan would be the 49ers' starting QB, Ashley Lelie and Tully Banta-Cain could be on their way out the door, and Mike Martz would be running an offense that has, at times, looked fluid... please raise your hands...
Posted by Cecil Butler III | No comments yet
6 January 2008
My #1 team(s) the San Francisco 49ers and the Oakland Raiders never even made it to the playoffs - so the time has come for auxiliary cheering methods – jump on the bandwagon! I have planned out who I will be rooting for next week for sure (remaining season afterward to be determined):
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27 December 2007
ust have been since I didn’t realize I witnessed Bryant Young’s last home game with the San Francisco 49ers until it was almost over. I hate when I don’t get to pay attention to football!
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23 December 2007
Yup - we were at Monster Park today to see the San Francisco 49ers host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs didn’t really have to worry much about the game’s outcome. The team is playoff bound regardless but the 49ers wanted a win very badly. This game was QB Jeff Garcia’s “homecoming” and possibly Bryant Young’s last appearance.
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22 December 2007
Growing up with the sport pre-salary cap, you always had the old stand-bys that won. The San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Oakland Raiders, and Pittsburgh Steelers made appearance after appearance in the post-season and nearly every other team was just window dressing. Later, when the cap came along things slowly changed. The shift has been interesting and it has taken me a bit to become accustomed to teams from smaller markets and without storied pasts gaining prominence.
Posted by Apryl DeLancey | No comments yet
14 December 2007
My San Francisco 49ers are stinking up the place as are my Oakland Raiders. There is no hope from my San Diego Chargers either…huuuuhhhmmmmm
Go Bucs!
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