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NFL 2011 Conference Championship |OT| Mission Impossible? It Takes a Cruz!

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jakncoke said:
Yeah but they've been irreverent for a decade and haven't won a ring in nearly 20 years
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Before this year, and for every year for the last 20, if you told a Niners fan they sucked, they'd point to those championships. They lived in the past. They don't get to pull that underdog shit now. They're the two seed playing at home. They're favored in the game (for now).
 
Narag said:
While the idea of the 9ers being a novelty in the playoffs is hard for you and I to grasp, don't forget there's probably niners fans on here that weren't even born the last time they won a Super Bowl!
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no way! They don't let those types onto neogaf do they?
 
BaltimoreLarry said:
Before this year, and for every year for the last 20, if you told a Niners fan they sucked, they'd point to those championships. They lived in the past. They don't get to pull that underdog shit now. They're the two seed playing at home. They're favored in the game (for now).
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true

Edit: a 17 year old on GAF, is such a thing possible? It seems its either a college age or 30+ on gaf.
 
Plinko said:
As someone mentioned earlier, I'm shocked Fisher didn't wait another week before deciding. I'll bet he would have jumped at the chance to coach Indy.

I honestly have no clue who they're going to go after. To me, this seems to be the team I think could get Cowher out of the booth again.
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Or Gruden...you know how much Gruden loves his QBs.
 
Everybody wants to play the underdog. It's ok if they lose, because, hey, they were the underdog. If they win, they feel they can gloat more. Want their cake and eat it too. SMH.

Drop the act boys!!!

Go Pats!!!
 
BaltimoreLarry said:
You've got five fucking rings!
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I understand but that is ancient history!

It has been 8 Fucking abysmal years...

2003: 7-9
2004: 2-14
2005: 4-12
2006: 7-9
2007: 5-11
2008: 7-9
2009: 8-8
2010: 6-10

Plus it isn't the FRANCHISE it's Alex Smith, Vernon Davis, Frank Gore...etc

This is a made for TV Movie waiting to happen...

A rag tag bunch of players and their down trodden QB get a new rookie head coach!
Can they overcome their past?
Can they survive the lockout shortened off-season?
Will they believe in themselves when no one else does?

You will believe in the impossible!

Tune in Sunday 3:30 PM Pacific Time on Fox
 
meljeff said:
Plus it isn't the FRANCHISE it's Alex Smith, Vernon Davis, Frank Gore...etc

This is a made for TV Movie waiting to happen...

A rag tag bunch of players and their down trodden QB get a new rookie head coach!
Can they overcome their past?
Can they survive the lockout shortened off-season?
Will they believe in themselves when no one else does?

You will believe in the impossible!

Tune in Sunday 3:30 PM Pacific Time on Fox
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It'll end like Moneyball.
 
Plinko said:
As someone mentioned earlier, I'm shocked Fisher didn't wait another week before deciding. I'll bet he would have jumped at the chance to coach Indy.

I honestly have no clue who they're going to go after. To me, this seems to be the team I think could get Cowher out of the booth again.
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https://twitter.com/jthom1/status/159394385430196224

League sources: Colts reached out to Jeff Fisher prior to firing Jim Caldwell and before Fisher accepted Rams job. But Fisher not interested
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1. Probably doesn't want to deal with a team that goes behind it's current coach's back

2. Didn't want to deal with return to TEN media melodrama every year
 
9ers. Rag tag bunch of players?? wtf. there are alot of first round draft picks on that damn team.

Good lord, get over it with the hokey we overcame odds BS.

There are full of first round picks. THEY SHOULD HAD BEEN WINNING. They are 2 seeds this year. Drop it.

Go Pats.
 
Futurevoid said:
We have elite women, too!

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meljeff said:
A rag tag bunch of players and their down trodden QB get a new rookie head coach!
Can they overcome their past?
Can they survive the lockout shortened off-season?
Will they believe in themselves when no one else does?
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Will the favored team win at home against a team that snuck into the playoffs the last day?
 
cuevas said:
It'll end like Moneyball.
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Well we'll know on Sunday won't we?

At this point I was just hoping for a winning record this season.
Everything so far has been gravy.

The 49ers are playing with house money, but no we are down to the last two games so why can't they get it done.

I know you are all about how "Lucky" the 49ers are but frankly, sometimes its better to be lucky than good. Also how long does it take before you realize that the 49ers make their own luck.

Hard hits, Strips, and blue collar hustle make the 49ers go.

Not saying the Giants can't/won't win it was a hell of a game in week 10.
So we will see, but I love the 49ers chances at this point.

Either way it has been a hell of a ride.
 
I'm probably pulling for:

Niners (Yes, it's "feel good" I guess.)
Patriots (I want to see a modern qb with 4 rings)
Ravens (The team no one is thinking about)
Giants (They won not too long ago, but seeing Eli win would be kind of cool after endlessly being compared to Peyton)


But I actually won't mind any outcome.
 
TUSCALOOSA | Former University of Alabama defensive back Dre Kirkpatrick and former UA teammate Chris Rogers were arrested in Florida and booked by the Manatee County (Fla.) Sheriff's Office for possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana Tuesday morning, according to a police report.

Kirkpatrick was booked shortly before 1 a.m. and was bonded out for $120 cash. Rogers' charge and bond were the same.

According to the arrest report by the Palmetto Police Department, Kirkpatrick was the front-seat passenger in a truck that was stopped for driving on the wrong side of the road. A police canine alerted the officer to the presence of drugs, and the officer discovered 7.9 grams of marijuana on the floorboard at Kirkpatrick's feet. According to the report, Kirkpatrick admitted after being advised of his rights that he was present in the car when the drugs were purchased, but did not know at the time that drugs were being purchased.

Kirkpatrick's court date was set for Feb. 21.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as Christopher Airruen Rogers, who admitted, according to the report, to purchasing the drugs after being advised of his rights. Rogers is a former defensive back for the Crimson Tide and was a teammate of Kirkpatrick's on Alabama's 2009 national championship team. According to the report, Rogers was driving a rental vehicle.

Kirkpatrick, a junior cornerback, declared early eligibility for the NFL Draft last week, and draft services have projected him as a high-to-mid first-round choice. He was a two-year starter for the Crimson Tide and made 30 tackles during UA's 2011 national championship season.
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Little bit more info. Wasn't the Combine like Feb. 22nd?
 
Jim Harbaugh just won coach of the year.

Trent Baalke (our GM) just won executive of the year.

Damn what an offseason for Jed York (owner).
 
AngmarsKing701 said:
The pure truth is that all of GAF would be trolling the shit out of you, but you're playing the Pats. No one other than your own fans wants either of you to win. Honestly, this is the nightmare matchup.

Go Mayans! Begin the fucking decimation of the Earth! Save us from this shit AFC championship game, please.
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Straight truth right here. I'm pulling for a volcano to sprout at midfield.

BaltimoreLarry said:
This is what I don't understand. Why is no one rooting for the Ravens like they are jumping on SF? I understand you Steelers fans hating the Ravens. I hate you too. But is it just the murder thing and the fact that people want to fake like this matters on their moral compass?
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I'm a Browns fan. You stole my team.
 
methodman said:
Jim Harbaugh just won coach of the year.

Trent Baalke (our GM) just won executive of the year.

Damn what an offseason for Jed York (owner).
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Link?

Also, my respect for Harbaugh continues to grow:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19760332

The way 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh looked at football began to change the moment Jerry Hanlon became his quarterbacks coach at the University of Michigan.
Hanlon had been offensive line coach since he arrived in Ann Arbor, Mich., with coach Bo Schembechler in 1969. Harbaugh's arrival in 1983 coincided with Hanlon's switch to quarterbacks.

Harbaugh delighted in recounting the blocks of left tackle Joe Staley and wide receiver Kyle Williams on Alex Smith's 28-yard touchdown run in the divisional playoff win over the New Orleans Saints, a former quarterback who gets as much pleasure from a textbook block as a perfect pass.

"I was always coached with an offensive line perspective to everything," Harbaugh said. "It was always about the offensive line. Probably, that deep, abiding respect for blocking and offensive line play came from Jerry Hanlon."

Hanlon, 80, left coaching in 1993, but still lives Ann Arbor and jokes, "I never retired, it's just that they don't listen to me any more."

Harbaugh listened intently and applied much of Hanlon's old-school values to his stops at the University of San Diego, Stanford and the 49ers. Since Hanlon was a line coach at heart, Harbaugh was trained to view offensive football through that prism.

"What we learned to do is understand the overall aspect of an offense so you know who to block and how to block them," Hanlon said. "I'd give him an awful lot of latitude in terms of play-calling, what passes to throw, but it had to be based upon what the offensive line could do and couldn't do. I think he learned from that."

When the 49ers host the New York Giants Sunday in the NFC championship game, the game will hinge on San Francisco's ability to block a front seven that includes stands Osi Umenyiora, Justin Tuck and Jason Pierre-Paul.

The Giants' defense stuffed Atlanta 24-2 in their wild card opener, holding the Falcons to 64 yards rushing. Then New York sacked Aaron Rodgers four times and threw off the timing of the NFL's Most Valuable Player in a 37-20 divisional victory. Umenyiora has three sacks in the two playoff wins.

J.T. Rogan, the leading rusher during two of Harbaugh's three seasons at USD and who later joined him at Stanford as an offensive assistant, said getting people blocked is a weekly point of emphasis.

Wide receivers and running backs are not exempt from the dirty work.
"It's a unifying strand. It's a creed, and it's a motto -- everyone is going to block," Rogan said. "It's part of his mission statement. We're going to block, and we're going to hang our hat on it."

Harbaugh's USD teams had a nearly 50-50 run-pass balance and a punishing running game, a trait which followed him to Stanford. Of the five top rushing seasons in school history, the first, second and fifth best seasons belong to Harbaugh teams, with the 2011 team following up with No. 3 under David Shaw.

His Michigan experience, Hanlon said, allowed Harbaugh "to develop a real sense that you have to run the ball in order to control the game, and he's carried through on that."
Hanlon was amused when Michigan coach Brady Hoke, who arrived from San Diego State, came in and talked up Stanford's blocking systems.

"All they talked about was, 'We run things like Stanford does,'" Hanlon said. "I thought that was funny. For a hundred years the only thing Stanford ever did was have a quarterback that dropped back and threw it. Now, all of a sudden, if you want to run the football, go look at Stanford."

Forty-Niners center Jonathan Goodwin said Harbaugh relates to offensive lineman on a different level than most coaches.

"I think he understands what we go through," Goodwin said. "He has a lot of respect for the position and he knows it takes a lot for us to play well and be on the same page."
Right tackle Anthony Davis said Harbaugh often sits in on team meetings and when he sees a big block on film, "It's like he's playing again. He's as fired up as we are. It comes natural to him."
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Good shit.
 
ThatCrazyGuy said:
9ers. Rag tag bunch of players?? wtf. there are alot of first round draft picks on that damn team.

Good lord, get over it with the hokey we overcame odds BS.

There are full of first round picks. THEY SHOULD HAD BEEN WINNING. They are 2 seeds this year. Drop it.

Go Pats.
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OH I agree...but every damn week it is someone saying...

Oh they got lucky...
Oh Alex Smith can't win the big game...
Oh they can't win a shootout....

So basically there are 13 excuses as to why they won and 3 "I told you they suck" games.

If the media would give them their due respect then yeah a 13-3 second seed team shouldn't be underdogs.

At the beginning of the year. The 49ers were like preseason 65-1 odds going to the Super Bowl how the fuck isn't that an underdog?

There are lots of teams that should be winning...San Diego Chargers, New York Jets....etc
Bottom line it takes more then all stars to win football games.

So you can have a lot of picks and still be underdogs.

I'm just telling Larry why people aren't all up on the Ravens like they are the 49ers.
Whether you like it or not I'm sure that is the SHEEPLE's perspective.

Just like SHEEPLE think Drew Brees single handedly rebuilt New Orleans after Katrina and Tim Tebow is the greatest QB ever.

I know the 49ers are a damn good football team, the body of work this season shows it.
 
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