No Turkey For The Red And Gold

The most anticipated game of the year for the Niners and their rival, Seattle Seahawks. San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks- Thanksgiving night at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. I had been looking forward to this game, even before the start of the season. Whenever the 49ers and Seahawks play, you are guaranteed an insanely physical game that will even get your adrenaline going. These games are made up of big hits, big plays, fights, and just old-fashioned football. These games bring back the game that my dad and grandparents used to watch, where there weren't penalties called for hitting players too "hard". These games represent how the game of football should be played.

This game has been on every players calendar since the beginning of the season. Said to be one of the biggest new rivalries sports, The Niners and Seahawks always put up great games against each other. Games that will make you bite down yours nails to stubs, and restrict your from going to the bathroom for at least four hours. I was looking forward to this game because of the niners bitter defeat to the Super Bowl champions, in last years NFC championship game. The game where Richard Sherman expressed his opinions in a very strong way, to the reporters on the sidelines. The game that I learned to despise the awful looking, dirty football team that the Seattle Seahawks truly are. So in other words, this game has been on my mind for a long, long, long time.

Richard Sherman post game interview that shocked the world. Thanks to http://minustwentytwo.com for the picture.

The game did not start like the Niners hoped it would. The Niners defense held the Seahawks to only a touchdown in the first quarter, while their offense could not get anything going. Frank Gore ran for only 7 yards in the first quarter and the offense was held to under 50 yards in that stretch. They were going to need to get something going. The halftime score was 13-0 in the Seahawks favor. The 49ers were not looking good on either side of the ball, in a game that had lots of importance. The second half was the same as the first. The Niners would get the ball, and not capitalize when they needed to. The final score to the game was 19-3, with the Niners looking like crap. They had 164 total yards of offense and Colin Kaepernick looked like a rattled rookie.

I think that the Niners seriously need to tune things up on the offensive side of the ball. The season is closing and this is the time where everything needs to be fine tuned to get into the playoffs, and the Niners do not look like contenders right now. Colin Kaepernick needs to step up and take control of the offense, or the team is going to tank really quickly. Kaepernick has shown that he has the talent to do amazing things, and he needs to gain his confidence back, so that he can perform like the unbelievable player that he truly is. Next week, the Niners will be playing the Oakland Raiders. This game is known as the "Battle Of The Bay". Even though the Raiders may not look good on paper this year, they sure as hell are going to show up to play in this game.

Battle Of The Bay- Thanks to Niners Nation for the Picture.

A Pummeling In Mile High

This weeks game was far from fun to watch. The Niners got torn part by the Peyton Manning led Broncos, With the legend only needing another three touchdowns to tower over all in the most touchdowns every thrown in a career. Because of this, you could tell the team had an extra chip on their shoulder to get the win for Manning. The crowd was going insane the whole game, and I even knew that it was going to be a very tough victory to pull out. Plus, the Niners looked like the only thing they would be doing, is using their energy to crawl off their asses after getting piled rived by the AFC's best team. Surely, that is all they did on Sunday night, and a lot of it.

Because I live in Park City, there are a lot of people in the town that live for the Broncos, including many of my friends from school. At first, I believed that the niners had a chance to go into Denver and knock off a great team, until I found out that Patrick Willis was out for the game. The team announced that he would be inactive due to a to toe injury that had been nagging at him for a few weeks. He is arguably the Niners best defensive player, leader, and teammate. So in other words this was a huge loss for the team. The game started rough, with the Broncos scoring two straight times and the Niners looking as flat as tap water. The 49ers scored a field goal at the beginning of the second quarter, then went into halftime losing 21-10. The second half was worse than the first. The inner gave up three third quarter touchdowns and pretty much took themselves out of the game with their crappy offense. The end score was 42-17, with Payton Manning throwing for 4 touchdowns, surpassing Brett Favre as the all-time leader in career touchdown passes thrown. 

Thanks to http://www.milehighreport.com for the picture

My reaction to the game was not pleasant. My whole family will usually always sit through the whole game, but this week was not the same. My dad and I both knew from the beginning of the game that it was not going to be pretty. He decided to go to bed during the third quarter, so he could sleep on his utter depression. As for me, I sat through the miserable game, even though I was wanting to punch through a brick wall at the same time. But, I knew the worst part had not come yet. I was going to have to deal with nearly all of my friends giving me crap for the "half-ass Niners" and praise the unbelievable Denver Broncos. But, thats what friends do. Luckily, we Niner fans are looking forward to the upcoming Thanksgiving game against our worst enemy, The Seattle Seahawks. Its going to be a hard-nosed, tough football game that I am definitely looking forward to. So until next time, Go Niners!

Lets get PUMPED!-Picture from http://www.ecloudtimes.com