Super Bowl XLVII: San Francisco 49ers vs Baltimore Ravens

[dave]

I watched maybe three minutes of Beyonce. Yeah, she's a great looking woman, but I switched to Rocky 3 on another channel to see Rocky beat Clubber Lang. I'd rather watch sports than listen to Beyonce's music. That said, I missed Bootylicious ... a terrific pop song.

 

[dave]

Shut the fuck up Canadian.

I'm not sure if you're taking your meds or not ... so I'm not sure what to recommend.

 

[RosettaStoned]

The officiating in that game was shit. Dude from the Ravens shoved an official lol. Before Crabtree's first TD, he got held like a mofo going down the sideline.. the end was fucking atrocious.. two obvious holding calls. Not a fan of how that game was called at all. Oh well, wasn't my team getting fucked.

 

[Palooza]

Sadly, I think you believe Obama had something to do with this. Please leave politics out of the sports discussion forum (other than the Obama opining on football violence ... then it's fair game).
Jesus, there's nothing more annoying than politicians and sports.

dave plz

 

[dave]

dave plz

Sorry Beiber. Just bugged me that someone had to say something about Obama in this thread.

 

[Cornelius]

Sorry Beiber. Just bugged me that someone had to say something about Obama in this thread.

He's referencing this, you twat.

 

[red33]

Niners fan say good no call when holding roddy white then scream for call when down against them.

They lost Kaep choked and showed inexperience in start. If it wasn't for lights out game wouldn't even be close.

 

[ram29jackson]

Wow!! The Baltimore Ravens are Superbowl Champs again!!! I'm so hyped!! It's going to be a long night!!

Keapernick had me nervous the entire second half. That dude is going to be scary good in the very near future.

he was scary bad in the first half and thats all that mattered in the end...that and not being able to finish in the red zone either at the end.

 

[Bigpapa42]

Congrats to the Ravens and Ravens fans.

Gonna be a long off-season.

 

[ralaw]

New definition of swallowing the whistle was made tonight. Wow.

You better believe they were "swallowing the whistle ", this is the SB.....the refs always let the players play. Unless it is an absolute mugging the refs aren't going to call that. Teams and coaches have to make adjustments in their play and playcalling. That was a horrible call in that situation. It was Crabtree's fault that he didn't get to the spot. In that situation you better believe there will be some extracurricular activity. As far as I am concerned and I am extremely bias....the better team won and that play had nothing to do with determining the outcome. With Kaepernick I don't understand why they did not try to use him to run the ball for a touchdown. I thought the play calls on that last drive were terrible.

 

[Maynard]

I'm not sure if you're taking your meds or not ... so I'm not sure what to recommend.

i thought this line was reserved for me? cmon dave, you are better than that

 

[calgaryballer]

The officiating in that game was shit. Dude from the Ravens shoved an official lol. Before Crabtree's first TD, he got held like a mofo going down the sideline.. the end was fucking atrocious.. two obvious holding calls. Not a fan of how that game was called at all. Oh well, wasn't my team getting fucked.

For me, the bigger missed call was this one

Fucking ref is RIGHT THERE! You can't play a ton of cheesy concussion PSAs before the game and then swallow your whistle. Not surprising in the least though

 

[leaffan]

Niners fan say good no call when holding roddy white then scream for call when down against them.

They lost Kaep choked and showed inexperience in start. If it wasn't for lights out game wouldn't even be close.

The ravens crazy all out blitzs on really important downs were just dam good play calling too. They had a jump all game on the 49ers snap count and were abusing it when they really needed it. (questionable offsides being missed by officials aside) Forcing Kaep to make really fast decisions worked out well for the most part except on the one rushing td play where he ran outside of it.

There were some really key drops too that could of really turned things. Crabtree's drop in the first half would of made a difference and davis's drop in the 2nd half was big.

Anquan Boldin really seemed like a guy who was playing like it was his last game too and was working his ass off all game.

 

[Senser81]

Very strange game...but entertaining nonetheless. I think the Niners were the more talented team, and it was only a matter of time before they started asserting themselves against Baltimore. Maybe the power outage was the catalyst, but the Ravens had plenty of time to "regroup" after the initial Niner score.



The 3 play calls by Jim Harbaugh on the 2nd-4th and goal plays were probably what cost SF the game. The Ravens couldn't really stop the read option at that point, and the Niners O-line was dominating. I thought three running plays would have gotten the necessary 5 yards. IMO, the rollouts were pretty stupid, because they eliminated half the field that Baltimore needed to defend, and Kaepernick was getting open run lanes from being in the pocket.



Much like the Ravens SB win over the Giants many years ago, when this SB ended I had a bad taste in my mouth. I think WWF refs would have been more effective than the all-star crew they had at the Super Bowl. Lots of extra-curricular stuff. I do give the officials credit for not allowing the Ravens O-line to line up in the flying wedge formation they had been using throughout the postseason.



Its interesting to me hearing some of the "talking heads" discuss the PI non-call at the end of the game, as if it were no big deal. Village idiot Herm Edwards said the non-call was correct because 'they weren't calling it all game'. Not really on board with the logic of "its ok to blow a call since you were blowing calls all game". I thought it was a shame that the SB had to end that way, because the PI eliminated any opportunity Crabtree had to make a play on the ball. Instead of having one of the great moments in NFL history with Crabtree making a difficult catch to cap the greatest comeback in title game history, we get the Ravens blitzing and grabbing the WRs so they have no chance to catch the ball. Not exactly Alcoa presents Fantastic Finishes material.

 

[x0xHumblex0x]

For me, the bigger missed call was this one

Fucking ref is RIGHT THERE! You can't play a ton of cheesy concussion PSAs before the game and then swallow your whistle. Not surprising in the least though

fine line there
but
the ruling is spearing with the helmet.
he led with his shoulder "First".......its a good no call since he made contact with his shoulder first then his helmet.......

 

[killgod]

The talking heads have to defend the league, I would assume it's in their contract. No way you can justify not calling that. It was a penalty, without question. Douchy McDouche Simms trying to argue that Crabtree had his hand on the DB's helmet washes it out, is nothing but ludicrous. He was being held with two hands and trying to get free, how do you blame him at all?


I really didn't like the refs and the whole swallowing the whistle in the playoffs stuff really needs to stop. How do you essentially change the rules in the Championship game is just beyond my understanding.



The refs lost control of the game early and never did anything about it. That was the biggest mistake overall. Both benches should have been warned, and at further altercations players possibly should have been tossed. At least put the threat out there to calm people down.

 

[f16harm]

fine line there
but
the ruling is spearing with the helmet.
he led with his shoulder "First".......its a good no call since he made contact with his shoulder first then his helmet.......

It was a correct no call. At that point the receiver was a runner, and there are no helmet to helmet rules for a ball carrier, only for those in the act of receiving.

 

[Point Blank]

Karma for that mess vs Atlanta. :rofl:

 

[Woy]

Still can't wrap my head around Jim Harbaugh's play-calling and Colin Kaepernick's reads on their last four plays at the goal line.

Running LaMichael James on the first down play was pretty awful, considering James's ineffectiveness. If Gore needed a breather then fine, but run a play that spreads out the D and allow James to go one-on-one with a linebacker or something.

Don't really have a problem with the second down call...Ravens just snuffed it out. I would have liked to see Gore get a carry here on the read option though, or have Crabtree on the one-on-one fade like they tried on fourth down.

The third down call was atrocious. One Kap sent Crabtree in motion, the flood route route combinations were pretty obvious and the Ravens jumped on that. Kap made a bad read by throwing it to Crabtree, because there was no way he was getting anything more than two yards after the catch.

Don't like the fourth down call either, but the great blitz call by the Ravens affected it. Still iffy on the no-call with Crabtree.

 

[Liquidrob]

Choked on the playcalling on the last drive, brutal

Couldn't stop Kaep when he would take off, that would have better success just going shotgun and let him take off, rolling out and trying fades, blah

Kaep screwed up on that 3rd down, they called time out because it would have been a delay of game, only run they called for him on that series and he couldnt get the play off