I'm going to watch this Super Bowl
I think a lot of people were sleeping on SF. They ain't sleeping anymore. That team is nasty on both sides of the ball.
KC is good but I don't think those long developing routes they use are going to be there against that SF front.
It pains me to praise SF but Lynch and Shanahan have done a great job rebuilding that franchise.
BTW, on a field of physically impressive specimens Nick Bosa stands out!
The Joe Montana Bowl
by Jack 
, Monday, January 20, 2020, 05:19 (1551 days ago) @ hobbs
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I remember Montana's last regular season game
as a Niner. It was a Monday night game against Detroit. Nothing was at stake -- the playoff berths were set. I think Young played the first half and Montana played the second. Dierdorf (I think) said of Montana: "I just want to see him throw a touchdown pass and one more time raise his arms." Montana obliged.
There were few bigger Montana fans than me. I think he's the greatest NFL QB of all time. But he had to be traded. Young was the NFL MVP the year Montana was hurt almost all of the year. You can't bench the NFL MVP. Plus Young was younger and was a tremendous runner. He wasn't as good of a QB over his career as Montana, but he was a better option for SF then.
I would like to have seen Montana
by Jeff (BGS) , A starter home in suburban Tempe, Monday, January 20, 2020, 13:49 (1551 days ago) @ omahadomer
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At night, the ice weasels come.
Helena, Missoula, oh I wanna take ya
by Jack , Monday, January 20, 2020, 15:26 (1551 days ago) @ Jeff (BGS)
edited by Jack, Monday, January 20, 2020, 15:35
Anaconda, Eureka, come on pretty mama . . .
KC opens as a 1-point favorite --
This is as close to a pick 'em game as I can remember in the Super Bowl.
Mahomes is the kind of QB that gives SF trouble. Of the three games they lost (Ravens on a walk-off FB and Seattle in OT) both had highly mobile QB's. I very much wanted SF to play GB, and not Seattle. The first half was basically a continuation of the 37-8 beat-down (after the Packers had a bye-week).
On the other hand, SF's running attack is much harder to stop than the "pound Henry at you" scheme of the Titans. They run out of a million formations. And Jimmy G. hasn't had to pass in the playoffs, but he's a good player. SF won some shootouts (like the Saints game) when SF had half its defense hurt. I don't think SF is going to be able to win this game with 8 passing attempts.
if we did 4 outcomes...
by HumanRobot , Cybertron, Monday, January 20, 2020, 07:10 (1551 days ago) @ omahadomer
SF Blowout -- KC has no answers for SF's ground game. SF defense doesn't completely bottle up Mahomes and the offense, but slows it down enough. SF wins a 37-24 type affair.
SF Close A -- KC has no answers for SF's ground game, but SF doesn't have an answer for Mahomes and the offense. SF wins a 34-31 type affair.
SF Close B -- KC stops the ground game, but Jimmy G does just enough in the air. They slow down Mahomes to the tune of 28-24
KC Close A -- KC stops the ground game, but Jimmy G still moves it through the air. Mahomes wins the QB dual to get Reid his first SB, 31-21
KC Close B -- total barn-burner. KC comes out on top 48-45
KC Blowout -- KC stops the ground game, and Jimmy G shows himself as a limited QB. Mahomes goes bananas and Chicago as a city self-immolates. KC rolls 45-21 but it isn't that close.
I'm a little surprised that KC is favored --
I thought SF would be about a FG favorite, but 1-point lines are close to meaningless. If you bet a 1-point favorite, the only risk you take if your team wins is that if it's a one-point win it's a push.
I still think OT games should count as a half point win regardless of the final score, but Vegas doesn't agree with me.
Re: Overtime
Can you imagine if the SB goes to OT and gets decided on a first possession score.
The chatter on that would last months.
IMO, that is a bad rule that needs to be addressed.
It already happened (Pats and Falcons in SB LI)
I don't remember too many complaints about the format at the time, perhaps because the Falcons blew a 25 point lead to get to OT in the first place. Personally, I think the NFL overtime rules are pretty reasonable, particularly compared to what one finds in other sports.
NFL OT is about 50/50 (with some ties) in regular season
by HumanRobot , Cybertron, Monday, January 20, 2020, 11:27 (1551 days ago) @ HCE
However, I recently read that NFL playoff OT games are 7-1 in favor of the 1st possessor, including 5 wins on the 1st possession.
Congrats to Sheldon Day and Mike McGlinchey
by Jim (fisherj08) , A Samoan kid's laptop, Sunday, January 19, 2020, 18:43 (1552 days ago) @ hobbs
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