Watching replay of opening game. On the play where CMIII hit C K out ofbounds the 4pers also got an unsportmans like penalty. The refs made it 3rd and 6 when it should have been 4th and 2. Boldin gets a TD on the next play. However if the right call had been made the 49ers very well have kicked a FG in a tie game in the 2nd quarter. When you lose by 3 that call turned out to be huge. I never know the refs blew that call.
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Ah yes, the good old days of having a run D. I hate to say it but I think Gore is going to go nuts sunday. At least enough to suck a safety in.
It wasn't by a FG, it was by 6. The network promo gave the final as 31-28but in reality it was 34-28.
I will never understand how people can rewatch losses.
I predict Boldin will be open....
Why???????
Why ? because you can often learn something
If the difference between a win and a loss is as arbitrary as what happened on the Fail Mary in Seattle...it means that you'll miss some good performances if you only re-watch the wins
Good things happen in losses too and some large- brains have opined that "you learn more from your failures than your successes"
Meh, I get learning from mistakes, etc and fully support that in academics, work, life, etc. On board there.
Sports? I just can't enjoy watching them lose after the fact. If I was the coaching staff, etc of course, I'd watch the piss out of it. And, if you enjoy it, more power to you. I just cannot spend my time on an outcome I already know is/was disappointing. I'll watch every game live, even if I am 100% my team loses (hell, I watch my alma mater's football games), but would never rewatch it...
I am a glutton for punishment. I watched Super Bowl XXXII probably 10 times after the Pack lost in my younger days. Somehow, I hoped the result would change but it never did. It was truly a great game though from a football standpoint. 2 very strong teams and 1 team wanted it more than the other.
If I remember right on that same drive McCarthy accepted a penalty on what would have been 4th and goal from around the 2 yard line to give SF another shot at 3rd down. Didn't understand at the time why he didn't decline and let the Niners either kick a FG or go for a TD.
