Super Bowl 47

Hey All,

As we all know, yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday, and boy was it one for the ages. The San Francisco 49ers took on the Baltimore Ravens, and both teams put on a good show.

The game got started a bit slow for San Francisco, and it may have took them out of the game early. The Ravens took full advantage of the 9ers misfortune, in the first half, and went up big.

San Francisco looked like they didn't know they were playing in the Super Bowl. They came out and were flat for the entire first half. They found themselves down 22 point before they know that the game had started.

At the end of the first half, the 9ers were down 21-6, and everyone thought that this game was over. But not me, I knew that San Francisco were not going to go down without a fight.

After all the halftime festivity's, it was time for some more football. The Baltimore Ravens took the electricity right out of the stadium, literally. After a record tying 108 yard kick return by Ravens return-man, Jones, they power went out in the Superdome.

Half the lights went out in the stadium, as well as the scoreboard. This caused a 34 min delay in the game, and couldn't have helped the 9ers more. During the delay, it gave Kaepernick time to collect himself, and get his mind back into the game. At this point in time, San Francisco was down 28-6, and it didn't look pretty for San Fran. 

Once the game got back underway the 9ers had to punt the ball back to the Ravens, and were able to get them to go 3 and out. The next possession for San Fran was a good one, as they were able to drive down the field and put up a touchdown, making the score 34-13. After the kick the 9ers Defense was able to force RB Ray Rice to fumble, and get the ball back in great field position. They were able to capitalize with yet another touchdown on a run by Frank Gore making your score 28-20. San Francisco after forcing another 3 and out were able to put another score on the board off the leg of David Akers, with a 34 yard field goal. Now this was a little troubling, because he was roughed, which should have been a 15 yard penalty, but they only got the 5 yard verity (running into the kicker). If they would have got the roughing call, it would have gave them 4 more downs, and I think they would have put another touchdown on the board, but what are ya going to do. 

The 4th quarter was the most exciting  quarter of the game. Baltimore's rookie kicker Justin Tucker was able to put 3 more points on the board. San Francisco was able to put up some more points on a Kaepernick rush from 15 out, which was the longest rushing touchdown by a quarterback in Super Bowl history. The 9ers failed on the 2 point conversion, making the score 31-29. The 9ers weren't done yet, they were able to drive down the field and get back into scoring position, but on a couple of bad play calls the Ravens were able to get a goal-line stand, and win the game. The game finished on a Sam Koch intentional safety making the score 34-31 in favor of the Ravens. This would be the final score, and the Ravens are your Super Bowl Champions. 

Now everyone is going to say that the last play ran by the 49ers on the goal-line should have been a penalty. Well guess what, it wasn't so get over it. There were a lot of missed calls, and if they would have made that call at the end of the game, then it just wouldn't have been right. The Refs were letting the receivers and corners battle a little bit more than usual, so that "no call" was the right call. Even if nobody agrees with it. 

It was a great game, the Ravens were able to hold off the 49ers late in the game, and nobody can take that away from them. All in all I'm just glad it was a good game, and wasn't a blow out like it looked like it would be early. The 9ers will be a good team for a long time now. They have a great team, and a lot of talent on it. I'm interested in what they will do in the off-season, because everyone knows how Jim Harbaugh is. He will make moves that everyone will think is the wrong one, and somehow it seems to work. I think that the 49ers will make it back to the dance next year, and with a more experienced Collin Kaepernick under center, I think they will take it to win their 6th Super Bowl.

Until next time,

You keep doing what you do, and I'll keep you up to date with everything sports. 

Deja Blue

Hey All,

Sorry for the late post but, here is what I got out of Super Bowl XLVI.
This game was meant to be a great one from the get go. The New York Football Giants and the New England Patriots, a heated rivalry that goes back years in the making. With the Yankees and Red Sox and all the great sports teams, New York and New England just don't like each other. So you know this game was going to be a battle from the sound of the first whistle. The Giants came out and got the ball to start the game and their offense looked good from the start of this game. They were able to put a good drive together and show that they were able to move the ball against the Pats. Their D showed that the Pats weren't going to be able to move the ball easily on the Giants D, and their outstanding pass rush. Justin Tuck, on the first play of the on D, was able to put the pressure on Tom Brady, and force him to make a bad pass which ended up being a safety to put 2 more points on the board for the G-Men. Making the score an outstanding 9-0 in favor of the Giants. The Pats would answer back though, getting a few more scores on the board to bring them the lead 14-9 going into the half. The Pats got the ball to start the second half and were able to drive down the field to put 3 more points on the board, and things weren't looking food for the Giants. But that Defense for the Giants weren't ready to give up hope, and the Offense did their part as well. The Pats would be stuck at a score of 17 for the remainder of the game. The New York Football Giants would make some big plays through the air to bring the game within a winnable margin. With 2 minutes to go in the game the Giants had the game within 2 points, were going into score, and only needed a field goal to win the game. With Nicks picking up a key first down to keep their drive alive on a wide receiver screen, everyone thought he made a huge error in not staying in bounds to keep the clock moving. The Giants were trying to not leave enough time on the clock so that Tom Brady would not have the time to put a winning drive together. On the first play inside the 10 yard line, Eli Manning handed the ball off to Ahmad Bradshaw and screamed "DON'T SCORE!" But Bradshaw's momentum was too much for him to stop and carried him into the end zone with 57 seconds left on the clock. More than enough time for Brady to make his move down the field, and put a W on the board for the Pats. This is were disaster would strike New England as their receivers would just forget how to catch the ball. Brady made some good throws, but the Pats receivers would drop balls that any other time, they make with ease. The Pats yet again fell short to the Giants in the big game. It happened 4 years ago and this year looked strikingly similar.
All in all this game came down to the Giants make fewer mistakes in the clutch then the Pats did. Tom Brady and his Offense just had no answer for the Giants Defense. No one can argue that the Giants just seemed to want it more, and had the right game plan to get the job done. Now that football is over everyone is wondering what will happen now, and what will people watch. Need I remind you that we are right in the middle of 2 major sports seasons, the NHL and the NBA are right in the heart of their seasons, and the excitement is outstanding. I also would like to remind everyone that I correctly predicted the outcome of Super Bowl XLVI to a T. I said it was going to be a close game, and it was. I said it was going to be the Giants coming up with a late game rally to win the game in the fourth quarter, and they did. I want to congratulate both teams on making this far, and a bigger congratulations to the New York Giants on winning against the New England Patriots yet again in a Super Bowl.

Until next time reader,
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Super Bowl Prediction

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I know if you a football fan, or even a sports fan in general, you are excited for this Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday is by far the most exciting day in America. It puts the two best teams in the league against one another for a winner takes all showdown. Who wouldn't love that? This year the game has even more hype to it, because it's a rematch of Super Bowl XLII with the Giants taking on the Patriots. The last time these two teams met in the Super Bowl. The New York Giants came up victorious buy a slim score of 17-14 on a great comeback from Eli Manning in the 4th quarter. This year makes for another great match up between two great teams. The Pats, though they are not undefeated like last time, are just as dangerous offensively like last time; and for the G-Men they are even more dangerous Defensively then last time. This game has the the makings for one of the greatest Super Bowl's ever. Between the greatness of the Giants pass rush, the great passing game of the Pats, and a Pats D that is making improvements every week this game shouldn't cease to amaze anyone.
The Giants come into this game with a lot of confidence after beating the teams they did on the road to the Super Bowl. It started with the last week of the season, when they basically had a playoff game against the Cowboys to see who would win their division and get into the playoffs. Once into the playoff they had one of the toughest roads to pass through then any other team in the league. It starts with the Atlanta Falcons, one of the toughest teams to play on the road. The Giant's defeated them in convincing fashion by the score of 24-2, this gave the G-Men a lot of confidence for the playoffs. The Divisional round, no one thought they would get past, as they took on the defending Super Bowl Champs The Green Bay Packers. The way that the Packers were playing all season, everyone thought they were a shoe in to repeat and return to the Super Bowl. But the Giants had other plans, they beat the Packers once again in convincing fashion. Their Offense just destroyed the Packers Defense. The final score in this game was 37-20, and sent the Giants back to the NFC Championship. The NFC Championship game would be the toughest game that they would face. The Giants would take on the surging San Fransisco 49ners. The 49ners would make it interesting for the Giants to make it back to the Super Bowl. This game would go into overtime but the Giants came out on top 20-17 and are going back to the big stage.
The Pats on the other hand, had a easy task through the Playoffs. As they got a first round bye after winning they division and having the best record in their league. In the Divisional round they had easiest game ever in the Denver Bronco's as they won that game 45-10. In the AFC Championship game gave them a bit of a test as they took on the Baltimore Ravens. This game went down to the wire but the Pats come up victorious by the score of 23-20 and this is where the Pats D stepped it up and showed they were ready for the big stage.
Everyone is talking about this game, the buzz for it is outrageous. A rematch of a Super Bowl, in a Super Bowl makes for a media frenzies. No one is picking a set winner this early, except for me. My pick for this Sunday's game is the New York Football Giants in a very close game. I just think that they have the best recipe to win this game; their Offense has pulled through in the clutch before to beat the Pats this year in the regular season, their pass rush is unavoidable, and their secondary is playing pretty well. I can't wait to see what happens, and like everyone I can't wait for the commercials either.

Like always readers,
You keep doing what you do, and I'll keep you up to date with everything sports.